buy watch from rude dealer @ lower price or pleasant dealer @ higher price

[triton]

need to keep few factors constant.

• there are 2 sellers in the market. one is rated as rude by buyer while the other is rated as pleasant by buyer
• each seller has the same watch buyer is looking at.
• the condition of the watch is rated the same by buyer
• the price difference is 500.
• the lower priced watch is sold by a rude dealer
• the higher priced watch is sold by a pleasant dealer
• ignore the fact the watch is rare find in the market or not.

given such factors. if you are a buyer who will you go to.

[Oceanklassik]

I think this very much depends on individual personality and the kind of watch we are talking about. Firstly, how does one see rude as rude? There is a current thread where the TS felt he was being rude at, which few others responded otherwise. Secondly, the watch in question. Price aside, how rare and difficult it is to obtain the watch can be a strong determinant to how one will respond too.

I have a personal encounter with a seller of a watch which was reasonably priced and rare for its condition. Upon the first meet-up to view the watch, the seller refused to allow verification of authenticity at the watch's service centre, despite my face-to-face agreement to purchase the watch. But later, I realised the seller's valid concerns about verifying the watch at the service centre and the deal went thru' after much persuasion.

What appeared rude to me at the beginning of the conversation with the seller was him mentioning that if he knew I had to be so troublesome to want viewing and verification, he would not have met me to deal because he could easily find a 'more convenient' buyer for his watch, which I presumed he meant a buyer who would just meet and buy the watch immediately without any verification. I also recalled him mentioning that he had a buyer after me who was offering him a couple of hundreds more and no need to verify. But he kept to gentlemanliness and deal with me first.

I was upset at first because the seller was a regular and not a newbie, which I thought should have expected some form of basic trade preparedness. Especially when I thought my requests were legitimate and genuine. Anyhow, we managed to talk it out and he sounded really professional and reasonable later on. He was also honest and gentleman enough to hold the watch till the following day to go thru' the verification with me and we settled the deal smoothly and amicably.

So this begs the question - how will you react in my case if the watch is a regular model but selling at a lower price?

[triton]

most of the time, members will enquire about where to get the lowest price for a particular watch. is price the sole condition for buying a watch?

if you encounter a rude dealer who can offer you a watch @ lower price compared to a pleasant dealer who offer you a higher price considering that both dealers have similar watch, price is probably different like $500 but condition watch of watch is rated the same by buyer, package of watch aka include box and papers.

will you as a buyer be willing to pay more just for better service?

please vote and state your reason why for discussion.

thank you