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Here’s what a ‘bargain’ Rolex looks like
Is the lucky buyer on here...
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Hopefully it’s some meddling kids messing with the seller.
Oohhhh a rare ‘Fat Nipple Dial’ 😜
Originally Posted by jameswrx
Is the lucky buyer on here...
Graphic post warning...
Hopefully it’s some meddling kids messing with the seller.
Quelle fromage as we say round these parts
The clarity and finish of the cyclops....its timeless, true workmanship
Rare prototype
Christmas has come early for someone out there!!!
What is the deal with these eBay beauties? Who is bidding them up to that level?
Can’t be the seller surely as you’d imagine they’d be happy with a few hundred for that POS and at that sort of money it’s into people thinking they’re getting a bargain for the real thing. Surely nobody in their right mind is legitimately bidding £4K on that!
Money laundering of some kind?
Does anyone actually know what happens if you buy a fake watch (accidentally) on ebay. Are you protected if you use Paypal? i.e. will they just refund you? At some point in the near future I might buy a watch or two from there but would hate to be stung and have no protection.
Ironically, the person that bought that watch would probably be totally satisfied until it stopped working. Anyone that would fall for that obviously would just be wanting a Rolex to have a Rolex.
You’d be totally fine as far as a refund goes. Just back it within 30 days.
One thing I wouldn’t want to do is sell an expensive watch on eBay. Where was it I was reading, some git had made a career out of buying Rolexes and sending back fakes and getting his refund. Or saying they didn’t turn up. Think he was actually returning empty boxes? Might have been on here I read about it.
Imagine selling a legitimate £7k watch and the seller wants to return it “because they’re unhappy” and you get back a fake!
Do you think someone has really paid £4K for that? I just don’t get it, I can’t see someone spending £4K on a Rolex without some knowledge or research.
I get that people will be taken in by the bargain of a few hundred without real knowledge but £4K?
This one Came with the usual story too, passed down through the family.
Lost boxes in house move??!!
Normally it is difficult to tell a watch is a fake from the photo but in this case it is totally obvious!
Those were the days. Haven't seen much of that brouhaha around these parts for quite a while.
Cheap postage costs though.
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There’s another on the bay tonight, similar price to above, zero feedback , owner died.....lots of bids on it. I know everyone loves a bargain, but a watch at 60% of mkt value from a zero feedback seller !
Oh postage is £25 this time
I think the price is all part of the diversion to be honest, if it was a couple of hundred quid people would soon be asking questions but in the thousands-people think they're getting a genuine bargain.
You simply have to remember that most people on eBay are not watch enthusiasts, nor experts.
The theory is kind of sound, but... The type of regular joe who can’t tell that is fake is never spending £4K on a watch as a ‘bargain’
Also that price was achieved at auction, that’s the final bid not a buy it now price to get people thinking it’s a cheap genuine sub. Bidders have set the price.
I still think something else is going on, either people are bidding it up to wind the seller up or the seller is up to something.
Just hope no-one is actually getting burned by these monstrosities!
Ebay is a mare for selling watches - I sold one for £200 and within a day the seller was telling me it was a fake because his brother had read something about fakes on ebay. He wanted a refund with me paying the postage again then got arsey when I told him there was nothing wrong with it. He opened a case against me with PayPal freezing my funds until it was sorted (to his) satisfaction!
That cyclop gave me an headache.
This seems to be a bit of a regular occurrence on eBay atm! Tonight is a used but in good condition steel and yellow gold with blue face for only £987!! Bargain..... Not.
My guvnor showed me his 'Rolex' today, I have just finished adequately bleaching my eyeballs such was the horror, on the face it proudly proclaimed being a "Oyster Perpetual Date Explorer II Submariner" all topped off with a GMT style Pepsi bezel. It was quite possibly the grimmest watch I have seen in my entire life! He was actually quite proud of it! This man is my boss which is even more scary.
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Haha.
I’d love to see a picture !!
ha, sounds something else! You should have snapped a pic. Could have gone with the “wow, that’s really cool... I’ve gotta take a pic”
I love reading threads on TRF & the Rolex section on WUS when people ask “is this legit?” You get a similar pic to that and the nonsense story. When they’re told it’s a really bad fake I’d say 8/10 times the OP will come back with “what makes it fake? But how do you know for sure?” errr because it looks like an absolute turd!Haha.
"I stopped counting at six tells."
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