Help needed ..... Rolex Daytona

[rr-nyc]

Originally Posted by sp3tiger

Well, I'll give the benefit of the doubt to the person that gave it to me, since he's about 90. The backstory, of which I'm pretty sure he's not lying, made it believable enough that it shouldn't have been fake.

That's alright though, instead of selling the watch for a lot of money like I planned on doing if it was real, I guess I'll pay for the big screen tv and lazy-boy the old fashioned way...by earning it.

I'm not sure what to do with this thing now. Maybe I'll wear it to start getting the feel for a watch again, and move myself up to the good stuff later on.

That makes no sense. If you don't think he knew it's fake, then he was ripped off... Someone is out several thousand dollars so if your story is legit, you would tell your "friend" that you confirmed it's fake and whether he knew it. But then again, if he had a relationship with Rolex, as you stated in a previous post, he would have been able to get it authenticated. So bottom line is either he was ripped off or he's a liar

This reminds me of the typical eBay story of those selling fakes. They almost always start off with "I got this as a gift but it didn't come with box and papers...blah blah blah"