"Consumer Advocacy"
What this thread is suggesting is "consumer advocacy:" threatening dealers that if they don't "shape up" we'll take our business elsewhere! While that may work somewhat with small dealers who sell primarily to members of replica watch forums, it probably has no effect whatsoever with the "big guys," like Josh, Andrew, etc. Watch forum members make up a tiny % of their sales. Also, I'll bet the sellers we're all familiar with have little sway over QC because they make up a small % of the factory's business.
The idea that a few hundred forum members, or even a few thousand, can influence the replica market as a whole is ludicrous.
That being said, it's great that forums like RWI exist. Without them most of us would be buying from the likes of bluescams and worstswiss. Dealers selling bad watches and giving bad service should be identified, so at least the few of us who care enough to log on and do a little reading can avoid them.
We're like a small (very small in a world-wide market) club.
Think of it this way. If all of Boise Idaho decided to stop buying Mobile gas for a week to get them to drop their prices, do you think Mobile gas would care? What if Boise did it for a year? Mobile would probably close the Boise stations and keep selling gas at whatever price they wish.
Bottom line: Pick your dealer(s) with care; through e-mail ID exactly what you're expecting to get; if you don't get what you were promised hold them to their word.
Anyway, just my two cents. Obviously I've learned all this from others who know more than I do and have been in this "game" for years.
RWI is a great forum filled with people who know what they're talking about: a great resource. Let's just not deceive ourselves by thinking the watch factories and dealers in China read our threads.
