I used @watchfinder to buy my next Watch! Honest Review!

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are the team at watchfinder any good at

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helping you buy a new watch well I used

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their service and found

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out welcome back to the channel or you

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watch Heroes and nerds and today we're

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going to be doing something a little

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different now if you are a YouTube

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veteran you will no doubt have seen

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these videos hosted until recently by a

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particular set of Talking Hands I have

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no trouble in saying that watch finder

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as a YouTube channel not only brought

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out some of the best watch content ever

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but on a personal note during my time in

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an out of Hospital a few years ago

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waiting on an operation their videos

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went a long way to keeping me

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sane however there is one side of the

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company that I've never really thought

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to try before and let's be honest it

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should have been something that would

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have been at the front of my mind today

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I'm going to tell you my experience of

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using their website to buy a watch and

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my honest opinions on the way that it

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went so to begin with I want to come out

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and say that I have not in any way been

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paid for this content I don't do

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sponsored content around watches or

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watch reviews this is my own firstand

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experience of using their services to

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secure my next watch so first things

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first I looked around for my next watch

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purchase and when I found the watch I

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wanted I was ready to click on inquire

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but

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I realized that for this to be a full

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honest review of their services I would

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actually be better place to trade in a

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watch too plus I would save a little

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money on my initial purchase so I

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clicked off the watch went on registered

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for an account which literally took

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about 5 minutes and then sent the

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inquiry off typically by my standards I

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sent this on a Friday so there was a bit

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of a wait until I heard back from

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somebody but in a few days quite

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literally on April Falls as as if you'd

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know I'd be contacted by somebody on

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April fools I had an email in my inbox

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with a member of the watchfinder team's

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details on it oh and by the way big

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shout out to Peter the boutique manager

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at the watchfinder in bister he had no

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idea I was making the video on this and

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by the way he didn't know anything about

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me running a YouTube channel and once we

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had concluded our business he agreed to

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be mentioned by name as well so big

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thank you Peter I really appreciate all

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the hard work that went into this he was

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quick to come back to me with any

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questions and eventually we did agree on

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a price this consisted of an amount that

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I would get credited from my part

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exchange watch and a remainder price to

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pay for the new watch I was dead set on

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acquiring he sent me a link and I duly

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ponied up to secure the watch and use

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the remainder of the price as a

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refundable deposit I could get this

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refunded at any time should I change my

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mind secondly the next part was sending

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my watch on off to watchfinder and Co

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and this was also you know pretty

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impressively quick the next day I had a

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ring at the gate and it was the delivery

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man with a prepaid box from watchfinder

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to send my watch over to them the box

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and papers and everything else would go

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in for evaluation This was later picked

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up on the same day by a delivery driver

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and sent to watchfinder and the next

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working day it had actually reached them

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now the part x side of the equation did

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take a little longer in in fact it took

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around 3 days for them to check the

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watch I had sent in test it examine

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everything to make sure it was indeed

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what I said it was but by the following

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Monday this had gone through with no

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issues at all now my watch had been

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purchased I had partex my older watch

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and now all I need to do was wait for

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the new one to arrive now the delivery

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was scheduled for the next Working Day

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and Peter who had stayed in contact with

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me throughout the process had told me

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that the watch would be with me the next

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working day

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this unfortunately didn't happen however

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it wasn't a delay on watchfinder part in

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fact it was the delivery company that

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didn't do the pickup on that particular

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day no bother though Peter again to his

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credit emailed me and probably half a

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dozen other punters and apologized with

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a guarantee of the delivery of the

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watches the next day and true to his

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word it turned up before midday the very

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next day and once the watch was

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delivered I can confirm that the

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condition of the watch was absolutely

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fantastic it was everything that I was

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looking for and more and the delivery

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was true to its word as well in terms of

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being quick and efficient so again

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nothing to complain about so what are my

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overall thoughts on the process well it

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was easy if I had just bought a watch

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without the back and forth of part Xing

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I would have had a new watch in a couple

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of days but because I decided to part X

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it did take a little longer now all in

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all the protest from inquiry to delivery

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took around 10 days and if you take out

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the weekends and the bank holiday of

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Easter Monday it's actually more like 7

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days so 7 Days 7 days to inquire choose

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a new watch partex the old watch haggle

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over price and then receive the new

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watch is actually not bad at all from my

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book especially when you consider all

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the hurdles that you need to go through

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yes of course you could walk into an ad

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and pay retail or close to retail for a

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new piece and yes if you sell on eBay or

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online you can get more for part exing a

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watch but let's be honest for a minute

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ads don't always have what you want in

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stock and although I use eBay to sell

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watches I always like to keep the value

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of the orders lower because that's where

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I feel most comfortable usually for me

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that's around the £500 or less

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Mark now overall I think the service was

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great the time scales were realistic and

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I was kept up to date on the progress

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throughout the whole process of selling

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so should you consider watch finder when

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buying or selling a luxury

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watch yeah really I think you should I

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think you should at least consider it or

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consider to consider it at least anyway

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but what did I sell and what did I buy

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well you'll just have to stay tuned for

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my next video to find out if you think

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you know though leave them in the

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comments below take care again Watch

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nerds and a big thank you again to Peter

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and the watch finder team for all their

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help with this one

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