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Originally Posted by ts3
I dealt there once at a small desk many, many years ago. Seller was a Russian or Ukrainian immigrant, I forgot. Watch was neo-vintage and pretty rare - like 0 or 1 piece listed on Chrono24 worldwide at any time - and it came with box and certificate. They even brought in a guy from HSWA to open it up for me. The price wasn't bad to begin with but they didn't move whatsoever despite me walking out on them twice over several days. They showed me other watches where they'd have been quite flexible, but not on that one. The third time around I pulled the trigger regardless. The heart wants... No regrets, but the overall atmosphere in the building was not pleasant.
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Those people are very hard nosed. I also find the older dealers much harder to deal with than the younger ones.
Some of them can get very indignant.