sawalke4

nah im not that confrontational...i was trying to educate the guy...maybe next time ill wear one of my pannies and see what he says..lol

so I was working out today and a guy asked me to work in the machine I was using. I noticed him looking at my joe modded sub, and he was wearing an ss sub also. He commented "nice watch" to which i kindly replied thanks, and commented on his. Then he asked me to take the watch off so he could get a better look. I did, and he compaired mine to his. He said " yea mine is a rep and you cant even tell the difference" i replied that mine was also a rep. He perked up said that he got his on idealwatches for only $900, what a great deal, when its so close to gen, right" I told him that I paid only 200 for mine from a dealer plus the price of mods. Then he said...no, what you have is actually a cheap japanese movement, still nice, but not as good as his ETA. I assured him that mine was also an ETA and in fact serviced and waterproofed.. He refused to believe me and said that I was scammed. I then expalined to him the truth about idealwatches and that actually HE was scammed. He became upset and kept insisting that these "private dealers" were all scam artists that sell inferior quality under the guise of selling a good product and I din't really have a A++ quality rep. I insisted that he should visit this forum to learn the truth, but he was adamant that his rep was superior and he could fool any jeweler. When i showed him the flaws his had with a bad pearl, solid links, and fat crown gaurds he didnt believe me and said " all i know is that you get what you pay for and i paid for a perfect replica"....I guess some people cant be convinced. It upsets me to know that unscrupulous sites like idealwatched scam people all the time, making huge money off of replica lovers, and they are ignorant to the fact that they have been scammed.We really should do something to shut down these scammers.

I know its selfish, but I kinda like that we have an "exclusive" window with dealers and access to good info on reps. Not everyone is willing to spend $600 on a rep, but if everyone knew the truth, more people would be wearing good reps, making responses like "wow that a rep, I cant believe it" more rare, which makes our reps more believable and "exclusive" since most rep wearers will have a cheap asian crap rep. This is exactly the opposite point of reps, i know.

i cant post in the member trading forum. Why? I have been a member of the old RWG for a long time.

I really WAS curious to see where he got it. PLUS, its not such a big deal, I didnt really call his watch a POS, I intended to direct him to better reps was truly my intent.....

I dont think so, I would really check where he got the rep. Plus, I ultimately asked the question so he could say, "yea its a fake" then direct him here.

plus if someone callled me out i would openly admit it and tell them what a great watch I had.

I really didnt mean to call the dude, out, I was just kinda making converstion, I was about to direct him here, but he got all defensive so I changed the topic

today i was at the t-mobile store and they guy helping me had a pretty bad rollie GMP pepsi on. Small misalighned date, horrible dial. Anyway, I wanted to know where he got it so maybe I could check to see if they have any decent reps. I asked "where did you get the watch" He replied: Graduation gift from my Dad. I replied, no man really, I dont care, I just want to get one myself. He replied " Its a gift, my Dad got it from Mayors. Then I replied, No, its fake, I can easily tell. He got defensive and said, no, I have the papers and serial and box, and I got it checked by a AD! Its not fake!! Its worth about 5 grand!! I can show you the box, and papers, come back tomorrow!!.. I was like.. whoa, take it easy man. I just wanted to get one for myself. Then he said, well go there and shell out a few grand (pointing to the AD in the mall) I leaft it at that and dropped the topic. Geez, if you want your rep to pass as gen at least get a good one.

thanks, but I cant see the link..

These look nice. I think I remember someone saying that they were solid. Im thinking of pullling the trigger. Anyone done a review?

99% of people wont be able to tell its a rep. Most gen owners probably wont tell. Wear it for a week or so and you will see. Then you will be satisfied. Just dont give it to an AD, and you will be fine.

Anyone see the Daytona rep on the movie " The DaVincci Code"

like the TOG?

anyone?