As a matter of fact, all watches I bought, I payed for with the money I gained from rep selling. Even though I didnt get my stuff from the factory in China but from our dealers. And I only marked them up about 50bucks!
Otherwise I wouldnt be able to afford any watches for 200$, because I have to pay the debts, since I investet over 300k in a Bar!
How do you think someone from China or Taiwan can afford various genuine watches?
You know what those Rolexes cost straight from the factory? Expect 25$-35$! The ones with asian movements can be bought for less than 10bucks on the STREETS! That means you will still get them cheaper from the factory.
200$ for a Rolex might not be bad, but you probably dont think about is, 200$ is a months income for a lot of families in Asia!
Believe me, SOMEONE in the line marks them watches up BIGTIME! I'm not saying its the dealers, maybe they have middle men too. But even mentioning the thought that the replica business is not all about making big bucks is ridicolous!
I'm pretty sure Sichuan ernst more money with selling reps over here than he could otherwise! And the risk of getting caught in those countries is minimum, if you compare it to western countries.
PT and Homer do a risky business, because its SO easy for feds to track them down&stuff. But I doubt anyone in China/Taiwan cares about someone who sells stuff on the net. And IF they do every once in a while, they do it for the media. Maybe someone refused to pay the bribe? Or maybe competition bribed the cops to arrest them?
I'm pretty sure it was 300k per person, because I doubt they only sold 1 watch per day over 4 years!