VERY IMPORTANT READ REGARDING LISTING RULES...

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canwatchco

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Please note that each and every listing in this forum is moderated for compliance. Sometimes it takes a few minutes, and sometimes a few hours. Please be patient and do not relist if you don't see your ad appear instantly.

ALL WATCHES LISTED IN THE >$8000 FORUM REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 10 PHOTOS. The attachment function can accept 12. More is better. If you have more, they can be added up as a follow up post and then I can merge it into one.

Your photos. Ten photos doesn't mean simply 10 photos of the face of the watch. Your 10 photos will include shots sides, lugs, caseback, kit etc... You will highlight any blemishes on the watch, and you will mention them in your description. You cannot simply say "photos" speak for themselves. The seller must speak for the photos and the watch.

YOU WILL SPECIFY HOW MANY LINKS ARE PRESENT ON YOUR ROLEX WATCHES. MANDATORY. IF IT IS MISSING LINKS YOU MUST DISCLOSE IT!!!!!

You will not say UNPOLISHED unless you are the original owner. If the watch is months old, buyers will recognize that on their own.

You will not say APPEARS UNPOLISHED, unless the watch is only a few months old.

USE A LOUPE to inspect your watch. Too many caseside photos showing polished over gouges in ads stating mint or "never polished". No one cares what the previous owner told you. It is only what you have to say that matters.

There is a buyer for every watch in any condition. Telling the complete truth about the watch leads to successful transactions. Your reputation is everything.

We are simply trying to make CWC a safer trading platform. Great listings make easy sales and happy buyers. Yes, it takes some time to do it right, but it is worth it in the end.

Photo attachments are limited to 5mb for each individual post. If your photos are larger than that, please scale them down a bit.

Third party photo links. If you are using photobucket etc... please set your size to 1920 x 1080 for optimum viewing.

If you have any questions, please pm me, canwatchco, or this forum moderator bigfatpauli.

Thanks you!

Cheers.
 
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canwatchco

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Listing your watch for sale on CWC can be a real pain in the butt.... so many rules. So many new rules. But it didn't used to be that way!.... is what I hear.

Well, CWC, the real CWC... Canadian Watch Collector Forums... is a great place to buy a watch.

It is made greater because of all the rules that are in place to add integrity to the buying experience. These rules, many of them new, and many of them that actually require sellers to clean, examine, photograph and properly describe their watch, so that the buyer has no surprises or disappointments.

It is not easy to become a new seller on CWC. Any of the new sellers can attest to that. Integrity is key.

There have always been alternate places to list and sell your watch. Places that are free. Places where you can accidentally on purpose forget to mention something about your watch... places you can try to sell watches that you don't actually own... etc...

Great. If you have something to hide, use them!

As long as I have the helm, I will continue to do my best to make sure that the people that I let in are people who belong, and that the people that sell, whether Sponsors, or the general community, maintain the highest integrity that you can find anywhere in this glorious country of ours.

The watch buying community is bigger than it ever has been, and many of the newest buyers don't have a clue what a watch forum is. A watch forum is a real community of like minded people who agree or disagree with each other on every topic of import.

A watch forum can be loose and unregulated. It can earn its living selling ads... it can target the world.

The CWC community is unlike any other watch collector forum. It is private. It is regulated and policed and it narrowly targets Canadians, and Canadians only.

We have begun to make it really tough on sellers who are selling in the above $8000 category. We will make it tougher on all categories soon enough. If doing the bare minimum to create the integrity required for your listing is too much for you, then that is fine. But if you want to avail yourself of this tight knit vetted all Canadian watch trading community, you will do that bare minimum. I do, and so can you. The new standards set here will be the most rigorous of any platform out there... anywhere, not just in Canada. I know how long it takes to make a properly composed ad... barely any time at all...

Follow the rules.

This site is primarily designed for the sale and trade of used watches. Those that wish to sell new watches pay fees to the site in order to do so. If those fees are too much for you, that is fine. But if you are selling a new watch, call it what it is or don't list it here. Yes, your 5 day old watch is a new watch. Yes, your "unsized, unworn semi-stickered" watch that is two or three months old is a new watch. A used watch will have age and show clear signs of use. Period.

Just as a note of caution. Sponsor or not, BS will not be tolerated. If you know something about your watch that has a negative impact on its value and you fail to disclose it, your activities here will be suspended.

The moderators and myself spend a lot of time trying to improve the integrity of the site. Help us out. We shouldn't have to tell you the same things twice.

Let us all up our game!
 
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canwatchco

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Just a friendly reminder for those that have not yet renewed for the August 2023 listing access, that the old access will expire at midnight tonight eastern time.

Thank you again to all for your continued support!

Cheers!
 
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