surely you done all your reading of all forums of this type before taking the plunge on your first rep, so surely you would have known how it works, what to do and what not to do, which watches are good and which are bad etc etc
surely you would have done all of the above before spending your £300.
we all know the risks involved I did before i parted with my cash as like you i dont like losing money I work hard to earn it. Not all of us are in the situation to be able to buy a gen either new or second hand so these forums and TD's are all thats available to us to follow our watch passion. Im sorry you have had a very bad experience but surely a post like this serves no purpose and those that wish to enter the rep world should do so by their own choice and admission all be it based on their research and reading.
I am 3 reps in now and have had not a single issue with all three and different TD's
regards
D.