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First purchase with Steve and THEONEWATCHES
- Thread starter Evox
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Jlatorre53
Getting To Know The Place
Greetings...I agree with you about Steve at "The One Watches" performance. Like you, yesterday I order a Breitling. I liked the $50 deposit plus the 8% discount until end of Dec. I am awaiting for the QC pictures.
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I very much like doing business this way, it's better than paying 100% upfront and then waiting. This way you can put $50 down, and pay the balance when you approve the QC pictures and he's ready to actually ship. A lot of buyers, especially first time buyers are more nervous sending 100% and then having to wait sometimes weeks for QC pictures as has been the case with some other TDs.
Also, I like it that they are so responsive. You're not sitting around waiting for a response. Good communication is essential.
Jlatorre53
Getting To Know The Place
Very well versed. Additionally, he offers a 8% discount till the end of December and if you pay through "Wise" an additional 5% discount.
i signed dup for a wise account but I still don't know how to use it. I guess its like a wire transfer and the bank also charges me a fee as well?
They charge a litte fee. I payed almost 7 Euro for sending 390 Euros. It works really fine
Jlatorre53
Getting To Know The Place
It is very confusing at first. Took me a while to get familiarize. Gives you three transfer options, have to use the "swift" transfer. Yes, your bank will also charge you...that's the reason TD's give you a discount for the use of this system. They do not get charge but they offer you the discount to compensate for your charges. At the end all balances up.
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He accepts Bitcoin as well. That's probably a slightly cheaper option. (I've never used Wise ...so, I've no idea)
At last you got yours mate. My tracking number got from Steve is a little weird. It's my order number with Steve. Steve told me is Special line. I don't think it will be trackable at all.
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Mine is not trackable either, at least not until it is transferred to the United States Postal Service. That was the tracking number given to me, but that won't be trackable until the package is stateside.
The company handling the shipment is a company called Fast Track Express. I've no tracking number for Fast Track Express, only USPS. The Chinese link provided to "track" the package is 17Track, and gives this update:
JAMAICA, NY 11430, Arrived Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item -> Your item arrived at a shipping partner facility at 12:37 pm on January 6, 2023 in JAMAICA, NY 11430. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the act mailing date.
What makes that funny is the fact that I'm typing this post at 8:09 AM EST (New York Time) on January 6th. So the update indicates that the package has already somehow arrived in the future. Einstein is once again proven correct time is relative.
Honestly, this kind of sketchy situation happens with every item I've EVER ordered directly from China. Eventually it gets logged into the USPS system but until then it's in the Twilight Zone.