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Originally Posted by freefly
You bring up an interesting/valid point. While it seems that the OP is being honest/truthful about this matter, the fact is that buyer scams are just as plausible/possible as seller scams.
Not saying that's the case here at all, but it certainly wouldn't be the first time the old "I got an empty box!" scam was run.
Again, so far it sounds like the OP is being truthful, but just goes to show how "messy" these situations can become.
The mantra around here is always "buy the seller" but I think there should also be some weight given to "sell the buyer" as well.
This is especially pertinent if/when accepting forms of payment other than a bank wire. Just my $0.02...
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Totally see what you're getting at and understand the perspective entirely.
All I can say is that the situation is such that I waited with my housemate for the watch to arrive this morning until 11am (despite scheduled delivery at 10:30am) so I could receive it in person, but had to send him off to the airport.
I received notice it arrived at the office of my building at 11:29am, which is a full glass area run by two employees that have been working there for years and receive dozens of packages a day, so I doubt they tampered with it.
I came home and picked it up at 12:18pm when I returned from the airport. Shot a message with the picture of the empty contents at 12:21pm to the seller, and called him 3 times within the next 50 minutes before he picked up and confirmed he had indeed not forgotten to pack the watch, at which point I promptly called the local PD, which had an officer there within 20 minutes.
After this happened I documented all of this in case it needed to be used as evidence later on. This is my second Rolex and I purchased it to celebrate my business hitting a milestone, and I had even been in talks with the dealer of my previous Rolex, an Explorer II, to sell my old one back to fund this purchase as it was supposed to be a "trade up".
I then came on TRF to seek some help and advice on this matter. All I can say is that everything I've said is entirely truthful, and that I would never do something like this. It hurts me to see that the fruit of my hard work has pretty much been spent on an empty box.