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IWC UTC on Ebay?

jambus572

Getting To Know The Place
21/5/11
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For me, it's the lack of real feedback, the type of past selling transactions etc. that make this seem fake. However, there is also no warranty card present...

Honestly though, who actually sells a fake IWC on ebay? eBay is near impossible to register to these days without handing over at least some of your contact information and anyone who buys an IWC from you, if fake, no matter HOW good the fake is, will eventually find out. It's just a matter of how long till they send it to Schaffhausen or to the London office etc. to get it serviced and BAM, "we regret to inform you that your watch is counterfeit blah blah". Hell, even a Concepta or other Genestein will be busted if they send it to get serviced. Having paid over 3 grand for the watch the buyer, eBay and paypal will hunt you to the ends of the Earth and you'll probably end up in-front of a court, because it's pretty big-time fraud conning someone into buying a multiple-thousand pound watch.

For that latter reason I like to think no-one is stupid enough to try this and subsequently I'm going to say it's genuine...
 

Bomba

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We've seen numerous Top Gun reps on Ebay as gen, as well as some 3717s.

It seems that some of the trusted luxury watch sellers engage in the practice of mixing some super reps in with their gen inventory. Whether deliberately or not, we don't know, but they definitely do it from time to time.

Thanks for the reply.
 

jambus572

Getting To Know The Place
21/5/11
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We've seen numerous Top Gun reps on Ebay as gen, as well as some 3717s.

It seems that some of the trusted luxury watch sellers engage in the practice of mixing some super reps in with their gen inventory. Whether deliberately or not, we don't know, but they definitely do it from time to time.

Thanks for the reply.

Seriously? Honestly it just leaves me speechless. I'm honestly of the opinion that the people who buy the poor reps. on eBay are probably experiencing some pseudo Darwinian punishment for being stupid enough to not do suitable research. But selling a "super-rep" such as a Genestein is, well, just wrong. Not to mention a far more deliberate case of fraud