A bioceramic Omega x Swatch MoonSwatch sold on eBay for £8,100 a day after the watch was launched worldwide.
But, having checked back on eBay after comments on this story alerted WATCHPRO, the watch appears to have been relisted and then sold for £1,700.
This can happen when an original transaction fails to complete.
The MoonSwatch, designed to look like a Speedmaster in 11 different colour combinations, became a global sensation with crazed crowds camping out overnight to be first in line when Swatch shops opened on Saturday.
With stores caught unawares, there were numerous reports of crowd trouble including at Swatch on London’s Carnaby Street, where police had to intervene and the shop was closed within minutes of opening.
MoonSwatch is not limited in its production, and Swatch staff at stores told disappointed shoppers that more would be available in the coming weeks.
A statement was even issued by Swatch Group this morning stressing: “The Bioceramic MoonSwatch collection is not limited and more products will be available in the next days, weeks and months. With this in mind, all our customers will be able to purchase the model(s) they wish.”
That has not stopped people paying astronomical prices on the secondary market to get their hands on the space-themed watches immediately.
Where is the evidence that is actually been sold? the can fake this by having it “sold” to a close friend.. I don’t believe there must be one living soul to buy the MoonSwatch unless it is a person who makes 8100 per minute.
There is a link to the eBay listing in the story. It has definitely sold.
I actually also went on Ebay to see the listing and there are others with active bids at around $2-3k listed right now. What a world!
No chance the sale will go through Rob
Does an item “selling” on eBay mean that it was actually paid for?
And if you follow your link you will see it was relisted so I doubt it was actually sold at that price. Even the relist was ended early so hardly reliable information.
yeah but the same seller relisted it, i think this is people getting revenge on the scum that are flippers, bid it up to stupid prices and then not pay
Ebay, 39 bids, so commitment to pay…. £63k
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304410425008?_trksid=p2471758.m4703
A fool and their money are soon parted…..
Sorry your wrong, go back to the listing and you will see it has been “relisted”
No Rob it didn’t sell for that at all, clicking the link you provided shows the watch has been listed for a 3rd time. Maybe it would have been prudent to actually check these sorts of things before posting the story and adding fuel to scalping fire. Very poor show.
That person is so dumb. The watches will be made in vast quantities and they will be sold online soon too, at $260 price point.
Rob, you might want to check again. I must admit I have never sold anything on ebay so it may well have sold for what you have reported but have just checked the listing and from what I can tell there was an error with the original listing and has been re-listed starting £1,700 with no bids.
Come on guys, you have edited the article and still not checked it out properly. The seller closed the item again and has relisted again as a new item to avoid it showing as relisted. Looking at his previous sales he is a sneaker scalper.
This is the 4th time the same watch has been listed, it has not sold.
These are common scam tactics by scalpers to drive up hype on items on ebay and more than likely this is being done multiple times on ebay on many of these swatches. They have other accounts to bid up items in the hope to make more money. This is the angle you should be covering really.
The watch is now at fixed price with best offer, I would guess if a sale gets cancelled again his account will get flagged.
Jumping in, i can confirm ive sold 4 moonwatches on ebay, 1 for £1500 and 3 at £1200 each, look up sold and completed listings, MrCryptonic, items have been paid for and happy to share via insta to those who disbelieve, why be angry? If your not one to oay pay over odds then thats your position, a lot of people out here have more money than most and enjoy spending it, let them spend it, ih and to thise thinking we self bid to up the hype, £1500 buy it now best offer, i dont get why you hate resellers, were just trying to earn honest money, no ones forcing you to pay extra
I sincerely hope you haven’t deluded yourself into believing you’re providing some sort of service here… Scalpers buying as much as they can get their hands on with the intention of depriving end users from purchasing at RRP and forcing people to spend more on “resellers” should absolutely be illegal. Of course some people can afford to spend 2-3x RRP but most can’t. Just because it’s not currently illegal doesn’t make it “honest” money. You know what you’re doing is wrong.