Dear Forum Members and all PureTime Customers,
As a lot of you know there have been difficulties in getting stocks of watches, and therefore there have been delays.
I would like to take some time to write down why this is so, in the hope that understanding is achieved and we can all ride out the wave together.
Every year from the 15th of March (and usually lasts for 1 week) China has an Anti-Fraud campaign, where any manufacturer of replica goods is in threat of being located and either penalized or shut down. As I said, this happens every year on the same dates, up until now.
2012’s crackdown has been the worst one yet, with the normal end date of 1 week being bypassed and continued. We have no explanation as to why this is so (the extension of the crackdowns) and because the crackdowns have been extended, we have no prediction of when they may end.
Because of this most of the manufacturers of the watches we sell have either decided to stop production until it is over, or are producing on a limited basis (perhaps running their production line for only 3 days per week, as an example). This means that watches are in very high demand, with the demand outmatching the supply.
Now from the 2nd-5th of April we have a holiday here in China called the Qingming Festival, also known as the “Pure Brightness Festivalâ€, “Clear Bright Festivalâ€, “Ancestors Day†or “Tomb Sweeping Dayâ€, where we honor our ancestors through prayer and the cleaning of their tombs. Here at PureTime we will be observing this festival and will not be in the office until the 6th of April.
The news is that the manufacturers will return to full production also on the 6th of April, although this is not 100% confirmed.
Please do not be alarmed, this will pass, PureTime is safe and that also goes for all of its staffs.
As always during the holiday from the 2nd-5th our LiveChat will be fully operational, 24/7 and in case of an emergency, please feel free to email Francis (my personal assistant) at:
[email protected]
Thanks for reading and I hope this sheds some light on the situation.
Cheers!
Angus
