lack of 70s leds?

[holly35]

there seams to be a lack of original led watch available on e bay ,for some time now its been full of modern cheap tack.whats happend to all of the usual sellers from this time last year? i know the exchange rate for the pound has crashed reacently and i suspect that money is tight.is this puting sellers off from listing?

[bucko170]

Maybe they are holding them back for Christmas

Still one or two to be had and plenty of sellers on the net away from ebay to browse Sometimes these offer the better option as you are more likely to get what you actually pay for, ebay can be a gamble where you can win some but also lose some IMHO.

[retroleds]

Still one or two to be had and plenty of sellers on the net away from ebay to browse Sometimes these offer the better option as you are more likely to get what you actually pay for, ebay can be a gamble where you can win some but also lose some IMHO.

There are a lot of people who never shop on ebay, so it doesn't really stand as the benchmark for pricing - some folks would rather spend $100 for a Hughes module once, than guess that they are buying the right piece, with the correct module for their minty but quite dead case. Some will pay more for a dealer/customer relationship. The main bubble of pieces buried away in drawers and such may have came to head, since if the average recipient/purchaser of a [now]desirable vintage LED was 35 or older back then, they owner is now 70+. With life expectancy around 78 yrs., the vast majority will be out of the drawers during the next 7-8 years is what I'm thinking.

Ebay and paypal policy changes have probably altered the playing field also.

[bucko170]

When I first started collecting I made all of my purchases on ebay, attracted by the seemingly cheap prices and also due to my lack of knowledge of the other sellers on the net.

A lot of what I purchased on ebay has had to be repaired\replaced at some stage including Pulsar Bigtime (new module) Pulsar dress (running fast) Hamilton (new PCB) 2 x Jaz Derby Swissonic's to name a few.

I still buy the occasional piece from ebay but not as much as I used to and I am now ordering more from the reputable dealers away from ebay as I think they offer the best deals, all things considered.

[Led-Time]

Ebay and paypal policy changes have probably altered the playing field also.

Ed, you've hit the nail right on the head, Ebay/Paypal are taking far too much of sellers profit to make it viable to sell certain items now, what with increased listing fees, +9% completion fees and finally Paypal takes a slice if you receive a payment using them. Its put me off selling for a while even though I’d like to shift around 30 LED’s as I’am up to my eyeballs in them just now but I’am stuck with where to sell as I can’t find anywhere that comes close to Ebay. Plus the feedback system is now set-up for sellers to take a hit of negative feedback from dodgy buyers who are trying to rip them off or just be arseholes.

I really can’t understand why companies need to be so greedy when they have a monopoly and not to mention a global brand name they’ve always made good profit but the green eyed monster has got the better of them and I hope it’ll bite them in the arse as sellers stop using them.

Holly35,

I'll gladly sell you some 70's LED's how many would you like....

[bucko170]

though I’d like to shift around 30 LED’s

What have you got - anything special?

[Led-Time]

If you mean Pulsars, Omega's, Hamiltons etc then no nothing special, here's a quick run down of some I'd like to pass on to new homes.

Trafalgar (1boxed and several other styles)
Timex (several styles)
Quartzmatic (3off boxed)
Baylor (well used condition works perfect though)
Compuchron (boxed, rare line display with AM dot)
Wittnauer Polara
Accurist
Exelar (two types)
Novus
Benrus (duel time)
Litronix (boxed with flashing colon display)
Marcel
Texas Instruments (lots of styles plus a boxed Star Wars)
Commodore
La Generale
Gruen
Helbros
Sears (two types)
Hudson Harris dress (big dot display)

All running as they should.

[bucko170]

Klippie :: WOW you do have loads for sale !!!

Litronix (boxed with flashing colon display)

What is a flashing colon display?

[Led-Time]

The colon between the hours an minutes flashes once a second...

These are the only watches I've come across with this feature, click...

Litronix - not my auction by the way.

Sears - solid stainless steel and glass crystal, the pride of my collection.

Majestyk - superb display on these.

This is my Litronix...

[LEDluvr]

Those Sears watches are under-rated IMHO. Solid SS construction, glass crystals, hughes modules - and affordable too.
I don't have the model you have Klippie, but I have a few of the angular ones - they rock!

You wouldn't happen to have a green in your collecton??....

[Led-Time]

You wouldn't happen to have a green in your collection

Unfortunately no, did you see the one on Ebay last week, I was really tempted but as it was non-running and this model with red or green LED’s doesn’t have a Hughes module I thought the better of it, but I do wonder if…

[Steamerpoint]

Klippie I don't want to upset you old bean, but I think your Litronix is busted. I've been watching it blink away for ages mate, but not once has the time changed and it still says 8:18 !!!

Lol

Now my next question is how did you make a still photo blink? Did you make a gif image or something?

[Led-Time]

Thanks for letting me know, I've check it out thoroughly and found it to be stuck in a cyberspace infinite time warp at exactly 8:18pm, its lost in time...

Its an animated gif dead easy to construct in Photoshop.

[bucko170]

Shit - I viewed at 8:18 and never realised

[LEDluvr]

Unfortunately no, did you see the one on Ebay last week, I was really tempted but as it was non-running and this model with red or green LED’s doesn’t have a Hughes module I thought the better of it, but I do wonder if

Nooo! I didn't see it. I was "off" ebay last week. That's what I get.
But it may not have been able to be ressurected. There, I feel better.
How much did it go for??

[Led-Time]

It went for $155.99, quite a bit for a non-runner.

Ebay link - Sears green led watch

[retroleds]

A skilled repairperson can(generally) swap the display to another Sanyo module, even if the circuitry is shot.

[LEDluvr]

A skilled repairperson can(generally) swap the display to another Sanyo module, even if the circuitry is shot.

Hhhmmm.... something to keep in mind for future auctions.

[Planet-LED]

Is it just me, or is everyone just sick to death of all of those cheap modern LED watches that just take up page after page on Ebay?

Steve

[rewolf]

Yep - and I still found no way to filter them out. Excluding all sellers from Hongkong would do it, but excluding sellers by country is not possible.

Additionally, there are thousands of "LED" watches that are actually LCD. I've given up searching for LED watches on ebay...

[LEDluvr]

VERY irritating- and disappointing. The technology is available to make a better LED watch - but greed demands that these companies make them as cheap (and apparently as ugly) as possible.

rewolf - if you are not looking for LED watches on ebay, may I ask where you are looking for them?

[retroleds]

LED watch -trendy -silent -new -dual -retro -designer -fashion -colour -styl* as a search string will get you down to around 600. "New" is the only really questionable includsion, since some seller might say,"Like new LED". IT does suck having all that new crap to wade thru - time was you could put in "Led watch" and have around 700 to go thru. Well, tell yourself every modern POS bought is just more reason for your vintage one to be ultra cool. The DHNY 1367 OLED watch has a very nice red display - but impossible to read in daylight, outside.