Japanese Ebay Sellers

Mr_Orange
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I have noticed a lot of 6000s and S/els being sold by Ebay sellers based in Japan. Rightly or wrongly, I would err on the side of trust when it comes to Japanese sellers, subject to due diligence of course. That said, I have seen watches advertised by different sellers using the exact same set of photographs. For example (and there are other listings and sellers):

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/393239391331?hash=item5b8ee4ec63:g:-xUAAOSwTdRgcGD-
and
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/402986420369?hash=item5dd3dcc891:g:uGQAAOSwIB1g62xc

So, what gives? What's going on here?
 
Aquagraph
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Interesting. I have used Spirit*Age several times and he is very trustworthy and always shows any defects in the pictures.
 
abrod520
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Not sure why they do this but most of these Japanese sellers (at least historically) have been legit. Used to be they'd offer pretty good pricing; nowadays it's kinda all over the place. Can be a little bit of a minefield with vintage watches too. But I'd say that if you were to buy the watch, you'd most likely receive it as you see in the photos.
 
kappa_md
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I’ve also noticed this same phenomenon before. Not for watches but for buying JDM car parts 😁 Different sellers, same photo of the item 😕 Pricing among them are quite similar. Generally speaking, Japanese online sellers are honest-to-goodness. But the fact that there are multiple sellers with the same photo means they might just be resellers, trying to make a cut/portion for whatever they can sell. I’d still be cautious or message the seller first and see if you get a reply.
 
Aquagraph
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There is one Japanese eBay seller that has a not so good feedback score.... which is annoying as he has cool pieces like the Ukyo Katayama F1!
 
Mr_Orange
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There is one Japanese eBay seller that has a not so good feedback score.... which is annoying as he has cool pieces like the Ukyo Katayama F1!

What is the seller's name?
 
Aquagraph
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Not sure, I can only find spirit*Age and HH7373 at the moment, both are 100% I have used both... HH7373 delivery was ridiculous - 48 hrs from Japan to the UK, but I did have to pay customs charges. Spirit*Age is more like 10-14 days but no charges.
 
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