Now I'm hoping this does not fall under how much is my watch worth.
My question is your opinion on the difference in value between a 10RG watch and its twin in 14k RG.
The reason I ask is I purchase a 14k that turned out to be a 10k. Do you think it is really enough to complain about?
In value....no. In principle, that's up to you. If your talking about plate vs solid.
For example-
There are many reptuable eBay sellers who back up what the sell. I trust them, and these sellers are happy to accept refunds for any reasons. Their listings always have great pictures and accurate discriptions. They are the solid, trusted and proven dealers in great quality watches and have fantastic customer service.
Then there are the occasional sellers- Grandma trying to sell off some stuff to pay for Grandpa's mounting medical bills- and personally- If i get a watch that even closly resembles the pictures (and doesn't come in pieces- unless it's stated "in pieces") I'm happy and I give five star positive feedback.
So if it were me, I wouldn't even batt an eye at a possible typo like 10kGP vs 14kGP- unless I paid big money and the gold content may be a determining factor in the model ID- the reason I made the purchase. I could care less as far as "gold content value", which is minimum.
I agree with William, I recently purchased what was listed as 14K Gold filled. However it has a Butler dial that I could see in the pictures, and the two don't usually go together. When it arrived it was 10K Gold filled but a really nice watch. I left 5 star rating but I did contact the seller and explained that they listed the watch incorrectly just so they would know for next time. They immediately contacted me and apologized and offered to make it right. Just goes to show that there are a lot of good e-bayers out there.
Well this was listed 14K. Well I got 10 rgp . I did get it for a decent price but no explanation why it was advertised as 14K. Thank you for your comments and I am going to keep the watch. Just an apology would be good. Just a bad taste in my mouth.
Thank you for your level headed comments.
Gerard
Could be a variety of reasons- as Will said, Grandma selling and her eyesight isn't what it used to be, or groups of watches getting written up at the same time. I often find small errors in my own inventory records.
Value wise, a marginal difference. RGP and GF are 1/20 of the weight, and an alloy, of course. The 10K wears slightly better. It always astounds me when I see someone selling old Gold Filled cases and listing their weight, as if they are a viable source of gold. I suppose if you melted down hundreds of cases at a time, and they had minimal wear, and you found a smelter that didn't charge too much, etc etc. Then you take your tiny ingot and get it assayed- for a price.
Sorry, I went right off there. I would mention it to the seller, but would keep the watch regardless. The response would be very enlightening.
Just to clarify the watch was advertised a 14K gold not plate.I am not a vindictive person I just have never had to deal with this kind of thing before. Its a great thing to be able to have this site and get some opinions on many subjects.I have contacted the seller and am waiting for a reply. Regardless I will keep the watch. In the large scheme of things its another nice Bulova watch for me :)
Thank you
In reply to Just to clarify the watch was by Gerard
eBay has strict policy for items listed as precious metals and stones. They fall under a slightly different "item not as discribed" policy- although i've never requested a return based on mis-representation of a solid gold being a plate when it arrives. Even if it was Grandma's poor eyesight and a mistake, this is a different situation than 10k plate vs 14k plate. If you wanted to return, I believe you could based on this "seperate policy" for listing solid gold/precious stones. I'm sure eBay would ask you to go throught the steps of simply asking the seller for a refund, but you should be able to return it for full payment and shipping, regardless if the item was listed "no returns", "as is", etc...or even if the seller doesn't want to make the refund. But I don't like playing hardball and relying on policy when a simple request may get you the outcome you desire.