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What is your favorite trusted dealer and why?

Tamerlane

Getting To Know The Place
15/3/10
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Lots of trusted dealers are listed. Its a bit overwhelming going through it all. Especially because not all Trusted Dealers are created equal. Ive had some issues with Watch Eden for example.

BTW Im looking for a Trusted Dealer who has some very nice hublot classic fusion watches

please advise
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frigpig

Ghost of Sales Mod Past
Advisor
16/8/09
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Trevor.....price

Puretime.....website and has an "in" with the dealers.

Marvellous......nice guy for sure

Good to know that ALL DEALERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME WATCHES 90% of the time. Thats why I am a Trevor man.

My fav dealer is DSN but won't be a help to you. ;)
 

TESLA760

Time is Money $$
Certified
7/2/11
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Socal Wine Country
I used Lay for long time, till he lost his status. I just made my first purchase through Torobravo. We'll see.
 

Esavy

Renowned Member
31/5/12
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Torobravos is simply amazing. Super fast communication, 100% honest, No BS straight forward guy. Awesome to deal with and gives you that peace of mind with smooth transaction.
 

Rainsick33

I'm Pretty Popular
23/3/08
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Ive used Josh and Andrew (not TD on this forum) for while. They're great and pretty much same service and quick response.

But upon coming on here, Ive used these dealers and I am more than satisfied!

Silix - Best lowest priced cheapies

WBK - CONUS! + 2-3 day ship!

Trevor - PRICE! My new fav dealer
 

txrob779

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27/4/07
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Having been around the replica scene for a long time....I have NO favorite dealer..

I use different dealers for different reps for different reasons...and there are reasons behind that as well.....

However, when I first came into the relica scene back in the day....I used Josh pretty much exclusivley...never got a raw deal or a DOA rep or any ANY issues in 5 or 6 years...but that was then and this is now....
 

thedoover

Snow Monkey Ambassador
Supporter
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15/6/10
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Price (especially wholesale): Timeshops - weaker QC but if you go wholesale you cant beat the price.

Price and customer service: Trevor - good balance of price, customer service and QC

I just tried Sead and I think the jury is still out for me. Watches are good quality, but its just one experience.

Id be willing to try Silix, Puretime, MR and the others, but I keep coming back to the others based on my wants.
 

txrob779

Mythical Poster
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27/4/07
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MR is dealerI use Scot....hits the mark on all fronts IMO.
PT is good too.....both good choices for the noob because..
They have great shopping websites
Easy to follow buying procedures
Great QC pics
Great English.....
Shipping time is about normal in most cases as far as I have experianced.
 

believer123

I'm Pretty Popular
7/11/10
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1. Pure Time for price, selection, ease of website and because they accept Credit Cards

then
2. Trevor and MR for price and customer service
 

jeffw69

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14/10/11
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Toro Bravo. Excellent communication, great packaging. Definitely a high level of QC gets done. Not to mention his involvement in bringing a rep AP ROO Montauk Highway to us.
 

Cal-146hp

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Interesting post, I have been away from the forums and 'rep scene' for a couple of years and am enjoying rediscovering the oldskool dealers and learning about the new ones.

You have been given some good advice, Trevor is the one to use, it took me a lot of trial and error before I learned this. He will beat any other price (except perhaps Robbie from Aobobuy, who tends to be similar prices but I'm not sure he's a TD here). if you send Trevor a photo or link to what you want, he'll give you his best price, and often its somewhat less than the watch is going for on the bigger dealers websites. - I remember buying an a7750 Daytona from him for $150, Perfect Clones had the same thing marked up to $288

It's worth finding out about each dealer, especially those who don't have a web shop, for instance, you would not want to miss BK's offerings.

Another trusted source which I used to to use heavily was Member Sales on the Forum. Not sure what it's like these days but ordering from Asia used to be drive me round the bend. Nothing beats discovering a classic gem (eurotimez SD for instance) for sale (in your own country) on Member Sales, striking a deal then having the watch arrive in the following days mail. Those were the days.

Better wrap this up its turned into a bit of a book.. Good luck in your
quest and feel free to PM me if you would like any more help.
 

TESLA760

Time is Money $$
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7/2/11
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Socal Wine Country
I've also used WBK for some lower end 21J. Excellent service. Ordered jewelry from Sead. Another great dealer. I have yet to have an issue with a TD. As far as modders, I always use Katt and PBDad. We have a pretty good network of people here. That's why we constantly repeat to new members, to only use TD's !
 

Craig88

Renowned Member
25/8/11
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Have ordered from a certain very TD and was not impressed. Sead would be man to go to atm.
 

ShiroTenshi

Mythical Poster
7/12/11
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Purchased from Puretime, smooth transaction nad noob proof, however QC can be of problem sometime since it is done by Angus' staff.

Trevor, definitely the leader in term of pricing, but can be really slow some times, patient needed.

Mary (watchinternational), not a TD here but at RWG, my recent purchase was with them and nothing I can fault.

My friend had bought from Reg (Narikka) and he is very happy.

Too bad MR doesnt ship to Singapore if not I would give it a go.. anyone know why?
 

Craig88

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25/8/11
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Too bad MR doesnt ship to Singapore if not I would give it a go.. anyone know why?

Think it depends on his/his staffs mood. I was going to order from him to south africa and after a few email exchanges he suddenly decided that he wasn't going to deliver to SA. Maybe he found out from prior orders that customs risk was higher although I doubt it...
 
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d4m.test

Guest
Puretime was a bit slow and sometimes mildly troublesome for communication and stock, but overall a positive experience. Pricing seems to be in the right range for a "big" TD, but the 10% discount for Western Union helps with that.

Mary at WatchInternational was smooth, fast, and worry free. Of course, I was ordering a cheap $70 watch, so I really wasn't paying attention or feeling the normal impatience that you do when you make a big purchase.

In the middle of a purchase with ToroBravos and it's amazing so far. Haven't received the watches yet, but communication and service is above and beyond expectations. Pricing and WU discount is in line with other "big" TDs.
 

cwazy1

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29/2/12
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I use PT. Angus is very helpful and his staff are all very good at emailing!