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Old 10 January 2007, 05:21 PM   #1
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Watch Scam
Some company out of Dallas/Ft.Worth area in Texas is selling watches on e-bay and ubid. They are selling these watches at a supposed extreme discount to MSRP. They attempt to prove it by directing you to a bogus website that advertises the watches to be $2000.00+. The websites are owned by this company and the sites are used exclusively to validate the claims on E-bay that the watches are fine timpieces at a drastic discount. Totally bogus!
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Old 10 January 2007, 11:51 PM   #2
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Happens a lot these days.

Buyer beware.
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Old 10 January 2007, 11:57 PM   #3
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Don't be surprised, Jason. Probably at least 25% of the watch sales on fleabay are scams or fakes.

It's the old story: caveat emptor, buy the seller, and always pay with a credit card that allows you to dispute the charge. That last has saved me thousands.
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Old 11 January 2007, 04:29 AM   #4
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Whats the brand?
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Old 11 January 2007, 04:41 AM   #5
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Whats the brand?
Hopefully it's RADO. No brand deserves worse!!
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Old 11 January 2007, 06:51 AM   #6
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What's wrong with Rado?
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Old 11 January 2007, 06:52 AM   #7
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Yes!
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Rousseau and SUG are two of the ones I recall.
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Old 11 January 2007, 07:35 AM   #9
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yourself. Answer the question, I'm so confuzzled!
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Old 11 January 2007, 07:45 AM   #10
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Old 11 January 2007, 07:52 AM   #11
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You're easily amused - go look at something shiny!
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Old 11 January 2007, 07:58 AM   #12
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Rousseau and SUG are two of the ones I recall.
LOUIS BOLLE
HEUER & LAMBELET (no longer produced)
ROUSSEAU
DEPORTE
Duboule
OMIKRON
SUG
TAVAN
PICARD & CIE
BALMER

You are correct, this came up on a quick google search.
http://www.fratellowatches.com/archi.../another-scam/
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Old 11 January 2007, 08:22 AM   #13
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Exactly that.
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Old 11 January 2007, 04:46 PM   #14
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Old 11 January 2007, 05:10 PM   #15
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Just list what's right with Rado. Much shorter list.
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Old 11 January 2007, 05:25 PM   #16
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ZILCH!!
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Just list what's right with Rado. Much shorter list.
1) It can tell time
2) ?

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How many do you own? I'm sure the re-sell is amazing!

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Old 13 January 2007, 04:44 PM   #19
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Even a stopped watch is right twice a day!
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Old 24 January 2007, 08:50 AM   #20
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