Oh well. I've been told 100 times that Ryan will make it right. He have me a voucher after I explained the payment situation. So I know he is customer oriented. I will continue to trust him until I have a reason not to. These things happen. I'll be patient.
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noob v3 disappointed
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I ordered "the hulk" (v3) from Puretime this morning, Are they having the same issues? I hope not... This would be my first time ordering such a watch and I would hate to have an unpleasant transaction. Being that I'm new to this, I'm a perfect target to send a v2 when in reality I ordered a v3 because I really don't know the differences by eying the 2. :facepalm:
i think this is another defect of v3 noob.... the ring around the pearl has two level... not on gen
Its not just Ryan, its nearly all dealers. Most dealers do not stock watches themselves, they go buy it from the factory after you pay for it. This is due mostly to raids, they do not want to have a pile of stock and lose it all if they are raided. So don't feel bad that he took payment before verifying stock with the factory, he most likely assumed they had stock and was told they were out when he tried to buy it. Once you've paid for it and its not in stock, the options are wait for the next batch or get a refund, however since all TDs deal with the same factories, all TDs will be in the same stock situation, so refunding and re-ordering from another dealer will likely put you at the back of the line and result in more delays.
Also, as I have said before, I don't believe that Ryan's staff (Jordan?) who sends the QC pics actually knows the details of every watch, he trusts the factory to provide what was ordered and sends the QC pics for you to verify and approve. You caught it as a v2 and denied, I didn't and now pay quite a bit to ship it back and get it replaced. I HIGHLY doubt that Ryan or any of his team members sent you or I v2 pics intentionally, more likely is that noob factory tossed a bunch of v2 parts (cases, bezels, etc) in the batch and hoped no one would notice, and Ryan's people just don't know the details of the watch to the level they need to differentiate between a v2 and a v3. Just so you know, the same thing happened to a few of Angus' (PureTime) customers as well, its on his thread in his section over at RG.
The real question here is "should Ryan's staff know the difference between a v2 and v3?". That's a tricky one to answer...on one hand I think it would avoid problems like this and provide a better overall customer experience, on the other hand it would require a great deal of training in intricate details for many, many watches. Don't forget, the sub-c is not the only watch InTime carries, and to train his staff to be intimately familiar with every model to the point of distinguishing a v2 from a v3 would be very time consuming and difficult.
i think this is another defect of v3 noob.... the ring around the pearl has two level... not on gen
not a defect the pearl housing on gen is two piece,but the v3 and v2 pearl housing is wrong because it has a weird lip at the bottom part
mmm.. even on lv the same pearl. today my italian friend received QC pics ( not by intime) and also...
sorry live1 but all v3 has this double ring around pearl.. also alfru sub... i'm not sure this is defect, but 99% yes it is
this v3 lv
this v3 lv
I seem to be in the same boat as most of you guys. I ordered from intime, payment was collected, and told tonight that it's out of stock. Im a bit disappointed as I have taken months of doing research on this great site, and finally pulled the trigger and ordered my first rep.
I have faith in Ryan and his team that I will get the watch I ordered, just a shame it's going to take longer than I first thought.
I have faith in Ryan and his team that I will get the watch I ordered, just a shame it's going to take longer than I first thought.
all noob v3 and v2 have an incorrect pearl mount its not a defect ,its just not the same as a gen pearl
Gen rolex has two rings, but the mounting looks off, is that an easy fix? I don't wanna loose me pearl
lol it cant be fixed the pearl housing is made the wrong shape on all v3 and v2 subs .noob just got that wrong
So there are no mod's like drilling or such? Damn, either way v3 looks pretty good, almost TC worthy.
i suppose u could pull off the pearl and file the lip to make it flush all around then polish it .but its not been done before