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    Manchester Watch Hub

    I've just seen the last week or two's reviews on Google and Trustpilot, which at face value would be alarming.

    Anyone got any insight ?

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    Rented office space - few changes of 'person(s) on company house register.
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    Just read some of the trust pilot reviews.....not heard of them before but sounds like another Anthony Farrer character.

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    All 30 of the disastrous Trustpilot reviews have been within the last 10 days. Ditto the 13 terrible Google review. Either he's suddenly turned to crime, or someone is trying to hurt him.

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    Very concerning, one of the reasons I try to shy away from SOR, even with well known companies...you just never how businesses can change and how people can turn as a consequence.

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    Reports still seem to be landing steadily about MWH : https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/man...m?sort=recency

    Interesting to read some claiming they have reported their watches as "stolen" to police (and perhaps, then, insurers). I would be interested to see what paperwork there is to document their business with MWH, as such claims may not be correct.

    In my experience, selling on consignment too often turns into disaster and I would never recommend it. Whatever the truth of this case, there will be other dealers who fall. Don't expose yourself to the chance of it.

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    Alex Photi tried to bring it up on one of Paul Thorpe’s stream a few weeks ago and was promptly shut down by Thorpey (champion of protecting watch buyers from watch theft and fraud), the topic killed and not mentioned again that evening. Sad scenario for those who watches have vanished and presents a issue for the trade if stolen/not stolen watches are being recirculated - there’s a suggestion that the propiertor is now located in a Middle Eastern state…


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    Quote Originally Posted by stelmo01 View Post
    Alex Photi tried to bring it up on one of Paul Thorpe’s stream a few weeks ago and was promptly shut down by Thorpey (champion of protecting watch buyers from watch theft and fraud), the topic killed and not mentioned again that evening. Sad scenario for those who watches have vanished and presents a issue for the trade if stolen/not stolen watches are being recirculated - there’s a suggestion that the propiertor is now located in a Middle Eastern state…


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    Seems like we should all go on thorpeys live stream and bombard him with questions about said dodgy grey company? Just saying

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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    All 30 of the disastrous Trustpilot reviews have been within the last 10 days. Ditto the 13 terrible Google review. Either he's suddenly turned to crime, or someone is trying to hurt him.
    The 1 star Google Reviews stopped as suddenly as they started

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    Quote Originally Posted by Der Amf View Post
    The 1 star Google Reviews stopped as suddenly as they started
    Are such reviews blocked because it now has a red banner status on Google saying "Permanently Closed" ?

    I've no business with MWH but interested.

    Someone appears to have changed the name of the Trustpilot page for www.manchesterwatchbub.com to simply "M Ltd" with "Na" address, while the type of business is now listed as "Horseshoe Smith" : https://www.trustpilot.com/review/ma...m?sort=recency

    Anyone any first hand knowledge of what's going on / gone on ?

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    No idea what's going on, but I've reported it to TrustPilot.

    Hi Ralphy,Thanks for reaching out to Trustpilot's Content Integrity Team. We've received your inquiry entitled ‘Something strange going on here’, and we're here to help.
    We wanted to let you know that we’re experiencing high volumes of inquiries, resulting in longer response times than we’d hoped for. We aim to reply to you within 10 working days.
    In the meantime, you can check our Help Center for useful information. If you need to send us updates or extra information, please reply to this email without changing the subject line.
    Thanks again for contacting us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Haywood_Milton View Post
    Someone appears to have changed the name of the Trustpilot page for www.manchesterwatchbub.com to simply "M Ltd" with "Na" address, while the type of business is now listed as "Horseshoe Smith" : https://www.trustpilot.com/review/ma...m?sort=recency
    Assuming that the business concerned controls its Trustpilot page, it seems very possible that the MWH owner has done this to try and obscure the association between the reviews and his (former?) business.

    If so, not really the action you would expect from a legitimate businessman who had been wronged by a smear campaign.

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