A Tissot watch is being sold as new by a seller for $40.00. But I know that Tissot watches go from from a minimum $200 - $2,000 dollars.

[caleb2love]

I asked this seller who is in Canada about this.  She responed four times to my one question...going from somewhat polite to absolutely rude "Stay out of my business"!!  She said her uncle used to have a watch shop and she got many items from him.  She also said she researched and found that this watch is worth $200.00.  She has four of them to sell  - brand new.  From the number at back of watch I tried to find it as well and could not.  It looks nice and has the Tissot logo and year on watch face.  She rusely told me she could sell for a dollar if she wanted to.  Why would she being selling a watch ...four of them..worth at least $200.00 for $40.00.

Thank you

Barry

[dmil8030]

Because they're fake.  Her uncle used to have a watch shop?  Maybe he did, - and hence he would be able to get all sorts of manufacturers parts.  For $40 what the buyer receives is a watch with the Tissot logo on the face, and something cheap on the inside, - something worth a lot less than $40.  It will likely keep poor time, and will not last very long. 

You're not getting a Tissot for $40.  Some people don't mind fakes, -- they can't afford the real thing and so they don't mind pretending a little.  But if authenticity is important to you, be careful what you buy and where you buy it from.

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

Fixed Price or Auction?

The scenario above is possible, but even at Fixed Price the niece is turning unsold "deadstock" into cash money. If she inherited, the watch, that's free money. If she is helping uncle dispose of old stock, he is at least getting back part of what he bought his stock for.

Markups in jewelry run about 400%. Buy for $25 sell for $100.

If $40 is the opening price in an Auction, the watch could soar. I am currently bidding on a purse auction that started at 99 cents for a (shop soiled) Kors purse that retails for $348. The high bid at the moment is $47.68 with four days to go. The sellers may get her $348-- and she bought, I am sure,  at a substantial discount on clearance of showroom items,

One query is enough. If you think the item is fake, there is a Report button. Otherwise, it really is no business of yours, how the seller decides to set her prices.

[scifan57]

I agree with femmefan,unless you have reason to believe that the watch is fake and choose to report it as such,it's none of your business what price the seller decided to sell her watch for.