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Your home is quite interesting! It is a temple, and nothing is better then to be at home in such a place My home is quite different, at least on the inside.......image of my house outside taken some years ago

Just to remind everyone: we are here to protect each other, not the dealers. you are a number and a dollar sign to them.

First, I'd like to say that I'm sorry to hear of your bad luck Ade. I guess it's good that you seemed to have dodged the bullet with customs though. Second, I'd like to comment on those that mention how long Ade has been a member and how many posts he's made. That logic is ridiculous. I've seen guys on this forum who have been members for many years with thousands of posts and their posts are generally useless and annoying. Ade's posts are some of the more entertaining and genuinely useful posts I've read, and this one is no exception. The big message here is to use caution, be specific and perhaps think through how you would react to this scenario should it happen to you. If he doesn't want to share the TD's name, that's his prerogative. In fact, I'd be willing to bet that if he had mentioned the dealer's name he would have been blasted with more criticism than he's getting here now. It's posts like this that really help other people. I know some would like to know who it was, but I just know that I'm going to be very specific in my direction of how to ship. And if I ever get called in to the post office to sign for something that says "watches" I'm going to tell them I did not order any watches and please return the package to the sender. Thanks Ade for a great post!

well heres my new lovely deep sea dweller,ive had it now nigh on three days and i would have posted this earlier but ive been incredibly busy with stuff so im doing it now, guys please please humour me over the pictures ive taken, i used a galaxy s2 to take them and apart from the phone being awesome the camera sucks, and i dont have a dedicated digital camera yet. ok so this is my second official rep that ive bought from old trevor, the first was my ceramic sub back in october last year and i really really like that watch apart from obviously the horrible solid end links but what can i say. so id been thinking about buying a sea dweller even before i made my sub purchase but i wanted to hold out a bit longer because word was that one of the factories was bringing out a new deep sea but just like life and my future wife to be im still waiting for it lol, so basicy id given up waiting and i chose this trevor v6 mainly becuase i like the nice hour markers and the dial, every time i glance at the dial i realy feel satisfied lol, now on the trevor description it said that the dial was semi gloss and to be honest ive noticed when i shine the watch under a bright light the dial has a wonderful matt look to it but at other times it seems glossy especially on the bevelled date window but thats probably down to the angle of light and reflection and what not. i ordered the watch on the 4th last week and i recieved it on the 10th via ems and parcel force who deliver to the door here in the uk,i was bloody pleased with the swiftness of how long it took from being in trevors mitts and on to my wrist, i thought it would take at least 10 days. ok so i took the watch out and as usual it was wrapped in a billion layers of bubble plastic and i had to hack at it with my mums kitchen knife and then eventually get at the last layer with my teeth lol,im very impatient lol,so i finally unwrap the beast and then take off all the bloody blue tape and the rest of the plastic protecting the bracelet and i straight away adjusted by carefully taking a link out on either side of the bracelet, so basicly its 4 links on iether side which is the way i like the bracelt,gives it a nice symetrical look and really shows the nice tapered shape of the bracelt though ive had to wear it with the extension fully out not the actual divers extension but the bit that you can adjust,ok im mumbling now lol. so slipped this beast on my wrist and for the first couple of hours i coudnt get over the weight of this thing, i weighed it in my mumsys kitchen scales and it came up at just over 200 grams even with the links removed, by the end of the night i was used to the weightand now i barely feel it,i will say i wasnt too self conciense about the size of the watch it seems perfect for my wrists and looks even smalles after ive been pumping the old weights lol, not that im a massive guys,im 6ft1 and 220 pounds lol so ive been wearing this thing for a few days now and quite frankly i cant keep my eyes off her lol,i love the way it feels and sits on my wrist this watch stays in place and sits on my wrist far better than my sub, i can flex my wrist, lift the heavy garage door, wash the dishes, anything strenous and the thing does not move an inch out of position and hell i dont even wear it tightly, i can just about get one pinky under the braclet and it it sits perfectly just above my wrist bone. ok now some negative points lol, i hate the bezel insert on this watch, the numbering and markers on it have no depth and feel almost like theyve been printed on, the insert on my trevor sub is much better with the engraved markings, when i got the watch that very nearly became a deal breaker for me and the secong thing the pearl on it is just so fake looking, its domed and everything but its got this matt white colour on it, apart from those two points i coudnt be happier with this rep, at the end of the day i got this watch as a base for some modifications which i intend to get done by pbdad, and then ill be satisfied with it,like i said i consider this just a good base watch on which to build further a good foundation if you will lol. i love the way the bezel turns, now ive turned the bezel on the gen one and to me its absolutely identical in sound,feel and amount of pressure that needs to be appkied to turn it,oh and the glass seems to be a bit too domed for my liking, when i tried on the gen i cant remember wether it was that domed, but i suppose i could get a replacement crystal on it the only thing ive done to this myself so far is to take the bracelet off and give it a proper satin finish and brushed finishing whic took me most of the day and to my eyes it looks bloody gen and theres a bueatiful silvery shine to it especially when im outside and the sun shines on it, yesterday it was glinting so much even my dead pan lifless neighbour looked round to see what was glinting at his eyes lol, that the most life ive ever seen in the guy lol guys this is just a quick thing im doing, im gonna write some over the coming days and hopefully take some decent pictures, and guys please be honest about this watch. lastly i wanna add that as always trevor was splendid and an awesome dealer, the guy is super polite and with his trademark thank you at the end of every email hes just a hoot to deal with, hell if this guy was selling cars and houses id go to him, a very genuine and trust worthy guy, this guy actaully sent me qc pictures and when i looked at them and noticed nothing wrong with them he turns around and says the watch isnt perfect hold on another day while i find you a perfect one, thats how honest this guy is, well enough said about trevor boy

Time flys. Just think any watches you owned or bought back then are probably now due for a service!

Back on steel!

Omg... The reason why I made the "4 months member, 600 posts" comment is, that the OP tells a story about what happened to him, to "warn others", but doesn't say in what country it happened or what dealer was involved. His reason for this secrecy is as he states, that he wants to protect the dealer and himself and "keep a low profile". 1. If you don't tell the dealers name, no one will be able to take ANY care when ordering from him. 2. If you don't tell what country you are from, the people who REALLY should be concerned will not expect ANYTHING like this to happen to them. 3. if you want to "keep a low profile" making more posts in a couple of months than others make in several years is NOT the way to do it. When you are that far out, you really think that keeping your country a secret is going to do anything? Do you think the feds are on to you, now that you bought a fake watch and will scan the internet for some dude who comes from your country? Without giving ANY information this thread serves no other purpose than getting your story off your chest. Not helping anyone, really. IMO. No need for all new members to come out and act all offended.

Never ever admit to a parcel containing counterfeid goods! Always deny you have ordered them. All customs can do, is return it to the sender and then you can figure out another way. Accepting the parcel is commiting to knowingly having purchased replicas and is a crime in most countries. Btw - some of the member's "dealer protection" attitude is ridiculous. Just tell who it was, otherwise your thread is useless in the first place. All guidelines you posted are already stated on this and every other rep board.

The weird thing is that I have never even heard of this kind of mistake from any dealer. The only thing I can think of is that it may be another example of a TD having grown his organization too big and losing control of his minions or it somehow relates to his specific concerns about your country. I have never seen one be so stupid. But I also have to say you live in an odd country who has you sign for the package first before telling you what there concern is. Do you live in a communist or Arabic country. That sounds literally like a set-up. In most Western countries they tell you what their concern is and then you refuse delivery.

@Adeodatus - Sharing your experience, specially with what you went through took courage...and as Ronin stated is one of the reason why were here. Granted you will share the info when requested. But not entirely fair for the rest of the members...specially new members when this thread become stale.....The whole point of dealer review is to specifically address this and for future buyers (old and new) to know and get the chance to be specific in shipping details instead of a broad stroke affecting the rest of the dealers....and this helps to avoid the same witch hunt that you are trying to prevent. It just baffles reason for protecting this dealer.

@ ASCIWhite, that looks a great set up at home mate

I should take some....here you can see it in the background:

I just bought this one! It's arriving on Tuesday! :clap2:

@Zeleni , indeed a very special case back engraving Carpe Diem Cats