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Omegamania on Ebay, what do you think?

Hi all

As most of you have already noticed it looks like AQ is listing Omegamania on ebay as well...

You can take this in two ways.....

1) AQ was smart in that they are opening the auction up to all ebayers out there.... Bigger pool of buyers. The potential of bigger hammer price obtained. The sad part the auction is listed in the wrong currency and they say as much ( Sad, that it is not listed properly ). For AQ I guess that is ok.

2) AQ and Omega have spent alot of time and energy ( Two plus years in the works ).... on this major event. For Omega this event brings the brand and its heritage to the forefront for all to see. This is a great way to move the brand "up-market " which has been Management's plans at Omega for a long time. AQ has also been getting a lot of positive press on this event. With the planning and execution of the "auction " world wide tour over the last 3 months it has been perceived as the "Exclusive Omega Collectors Event of the year " . I went to the NYC Omegamania event and was blown away with the offerings and the level of execution of the cocktail event (From what I read and saw on TZ all the other events were as good if not better). I came away with the feeling that Omega is being presented as a Keystone brand with a colorful horological history that is second to none. The way AQ handled the event and the level of quality of the actual auction catalog was stunning. But now to see that the entire catalog is available for bidding via ebay is just sad to say the least. All the time and effort that was spent in the past 24- 36 months has to say the lest been discounted. I have been in contact with many people telling me "as an Omega collector I REALLY want to win a lot from Omegamaina , even if I have to pay more!". I think these same Omega collectors are going to have second thoughts about that. It would be interesting when its all over to see if any of the winning bids will be from the ebay portal. My gut feeling is that the winner of the white gold Grand lux will be calling there bid in, or be there in person.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts...

Good hunting

Bill Sohne