Horology House fake Daytona audio interview with Shohaib the man who bought the watch

[RathaTaz]

Originally Posted by FXD

Great episode, I listened intently. Although no new information for someone like me who read the full WhatsApp transcript and all 52 pages of the thread, it was good to hear it in Shohaib's voice and fully appreciate the human aspect (instead of just reading text on a screen) and really drive home what it would feel like to have $29k on the line with no guaranteed resolution.

Well said, thats how I thought as well, to put a real human element to the conversation was great. Great interview and insight from Shohaib

[AuspiciousCat]

I can't access the link...wondering if it's just me?

[white__light]

Great interview. Well done guys.

[SydR]

Originally Posted by AuspiciousCat

I can't access the link...wondering if it's just me?

Nope, not just you. Can’t access it either this morning. Whole site seems to be offline.

[Andad]

Website still seems to be unavailable?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by AuspiciousCat

I can't access the link...wondering if it's just me?

https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/...hwatches.co.uk

[SmileyKot]

I'm a big watch enthusiast. I love watches and was most upset to have found out about this fraud by Chris Essery.

The past couple of days I've gone through pages and pages of material on TRF. Thank you to the moderators who had kept the original page going as long as they did.

Some people posted on there that Chris still had his Patreon page going. It was still up moments ago and so I have written to Patreon asking for them to remove his income source from Patreon. Not only has he committed fraud but also now deleted his online presence. That's not the hallmark of an innocent man.

I want our community to stay honest and have the highest standards and people like Chris Essery should be made accountable for perpetuating fraud and fake watches. These fakes have no place in our society. More should be done to shut down frauds and fakes.

[chrisbrown2243]

Originally Posted by AuspiciousCat

I can't access the link...wondering if it's just me?

Maybe too much site traffic, this topic has created a lot of interest.

Have you tried iTunes, Spotify etc for the podcast?

Edit: just checked, interview available on Spotify and iTunes for those interested.

[swatty]

Not sure if Shohaib has joined TRF, I hope he does, sounds like a great guy

[swatty]

@Eddie, love the interviews accent

[swatty]

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aH...EegQIBRAE&ep=6

[HL65]

Great interview thanks for sharing.

[FXD]

Originally Posted by swatty

Not sure if Shohaib has joined TRF, I hope he does, sounds like a great guy

He has, he posted in the original thread: https://www.rolexforums.com/member.php?u=238574

[DJRikki]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to listen to the interview.

Shohaib was an absolute gent and even speaking for over an hour kept everything civil with no name calling or anything which is a testament to the man himself. I doubt I could have kept my cool recounting a story like that.

I fully agree with the comments here that hearing the information from the person it happened to gave far more depth than just reading words on the screen.

Our server took a tumble this morning as rightly pointed out the interview got more traffic than any previous edition of our show but was back up within a few hours thankfully.

And thanks again to the moderators and admin team here on TRF for moderating the original thread and allowing me to post Shohaib's story here too.

All the best,

Rikki

[Randomgary]

Great interview guys.

Shocking and sad to hear how long this has been happening and the sum of money involved.

BZ

[Rushhour]

Originally Posted by HL65

Great interview thanks for sharing.

Agree.

Thanks Rikki for setting it up and thank you Shohaib for having the perseverance to get this out to the community.

Steve


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[ZOOK]

Originally Posted by swatty

Not sure if Shohaib has joined TRF, I hope he does, sounds like a great guy

Shohaib ‘SMEHK’ has joined TRF. He and his friend Rob ‘iamgook’ did a great job and persevered through the initial defense of Chris and doubts of others. I commend them both.

[erhein]

I just listened to the podcast. Shohaib and Rob have performed a public service for the watch world by both painstakingly putting the details together and then reporting them to TRF. Thank you, Rikki, for providing an additional platform. Hearing the spoken word is very different from reading it on the page. Well done.

[cop414]

Originally Posted by ZOOK

Shohaib ‘SMEHK’ has joined TRF. He and his friend Rob ‘iamgook’ did a great job and persevered through the initial defense of Chris and doubts of others. I commend them both.

Originally Posted by erhein

I just listened to the podcast. Shohaib and Rob have performed a public service for the watch world by both painstakingly putting the details together and then reporting them to TRF. Thank you, Rikki, for providing an additional platform. Hearing the spoken word is very different from reading it on the page. Well done.

I agree 100%, a well done job where the horological community really came together. Shohaib and Rob it’s good to have you here on TRF.

[David cote]

Yes, great interview for sure. It did give it a lot more depth for sure hearing him tell the story.

Thank you


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[imgook]

Very kind words guys, much appreciated.
Sorry if this is not the place, but I didn't know where else to place this info, this came in via my PMs.
It's from someone that want to remain anonymous, but has some very important info to anyone that is still dealing or has dealt with HH/Chris.

[samuel019]

Rob,

Thank you brother for what you did for the watch community and having all the patience in the world. I got absolutely disgusted by what he did to so many. All the while stumbling upon on Bark and Jack video saying that on “face value” everything didn’t seem that bad before then bringing up some of the points about the fake pictures etc. I mean how can someone say not that bad period? He screen shot your avatar and posted it on his video before saying we all hide behind our avatars.

I just thought in my opinion he should’ve ripped HH to death or said nothing at all.

Just my 2 cents

[swatty]

Wow

[Andad]

Originally Posted by swatty

Wow

x4.

The jigsaw is coming together?

[Koolpep]

Originally Posted by DJRikki

* Moderator permission saught and granted before posting *

I recorded an interview today with Shohaib about the whole ordeal and have just uploaded it as an early episode instead of waiting for our usual Friday release spot.

A full breakdown of how things unfolded start to finish and a lot of questions answered along the way so if you checked out the thread here and have an interest then give it a listen.

He is also offering his assistance to anyone else who has been snared over the past 2 years in dealing with the authorities too.

http://www.scottishwatches.co.uk/202...lex-interview/

Thanks guys, great interview as always. Even after reading all 52 pages still good to hear it from the source.

Cheers.

[Koolpep]

Originally Posted by imgook

Very kind words guys, much appreciated.
Sorry if this is not the place, but I didn't know where else to place this info, this came in via my PMs.
It's from someone that want to remain anonymous, but has some very important info to anyone that is still dealing or has dealt with HH/Chris.

So he was never duped into any fakes, he deliberately bought them knowing full well they are fakes. Clear intent to do harm, this is not for “research purposes”....spreading over more than half a year.

[Onikage]

Selling people PoS for Rolex money is up there Imo. What a #£%&.

[Jules944]

Originally Posted by imgook

Very kind words guys, much appreciated.
Sorry if this is not the place, but I didn't know where else to place this info, this came in via my PMs.
It's from someone that want to remain anonymous, but has some very important info to anyone that is still dealing or has dealt with HH/Chris.

Apologies, but I don't really understand this "Fake" allegation.
Do the sales / DHL tracks (that go from HK to Perth) some what proof that all those packages were bought from a Fake seller?

If so then this would be of course quite disgusting...

[SMEHK]

Originally Posted by DJRikki

Thanks everyone for taking the time to listen to the interview.

Shohaib was an absolute gent and even speaking for over an hour kept everything civil with no name calling or anything which is a testament to the man himself. I doubt I could have kept my cool recounting a story like that.

I fully agree with the comments here that hearing the information from the person it happened to gave far more depth than just reading words on the screen.

Our server took a tumble this morning as rightly pointed out the interview got more traffic than any previous edition of our show but was back up within a few hours thankfully.

And thanks again to the moderators and admin team here on TRF for moderating the original thread and allowing me to post Shohaib's story here too.

All the best,

Rikki

Hi Rikki,

Many thanks for your invitation to the podcast. I hope the listeners got a feel for the human side of these events and it helps those still waiting on a resolution.

Cheers

Shohaib

[swatty]

Originally Posted by SMEHK

Hi Rikki,

Many thanks for your invitation to the podcast. I hope the listeners got a feel for the human side of these events and it helps those still waiting on a resolution.

Cheers

Shohaib

Sorry about the circumstances, however I’m glad you joined the forum , great to have more Aussies here.
Hoping you stay around, this is a great place for a WIS