InGold dial held by U.S. Customs?

[jphendren]

Hello,

Several weeks ago I ordered a Rolex 1016 dial from InGod, and so far it has not shown up. Stuff usually arrives in about a week. So this morning I decided to track it and see this:

Does this mean that it is going to be taxed, or possibly seized?

 

[R2D4]

I think you have to wait for them to contact you but yes, it looks like it is being taxed. They are probably waiting for a value from one of their agents. Is it gen?

 

[Bonesey]

No, ingod dials are reps.

 

[jphendren]

No rep. If they think its gen, then the tax will probably be more than I paid for it. A gen gilt 1016 dial runs over $2,000. Do I just ignore them if they contact me?

 

[Bonesey]

They might just ask you for an invoice. You can send them the PP information and hopefully only charge you for that cost. However the fact that they appear to have opened it is not good :/

 

[jphendren]

Surprisingly, the dial showed up a few hours after this thread was started yesterday. It had not been opened, or tampered with. I guess those tracking pages are not too accurate.

 

[R2D4]

Not surprised at all actually, glad you got it mate.

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[arcadia]

Good for you JP. I can relate.

 

[cybee]

Whew! That was a close one.

 

[BrinEter]

Happy end!

 

[sub4me]

Damn, way to make you sweat it. Glad you got it man.:sub4me:

 

[believer123]

I wonder what happened???

 

[Craig88]

I doubt there is much they can actually do. There is no way they have a watch expert on site verifying every watch/dial etc that comes through and secondly you can always claim you got it at a bargain price as it was pre-owned. I'm pretty sure they have no idea what the various rolex dials sell for pre-owned.

I've actually wondered if they could do anything to your watch if you state it is franken. Ie the dial is real but the rest of the non-branded parts are cheaper. Surely a franken, provided there is no other branding on the watch is legal?