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  2. Gone Missing?

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    Unfortunately, mine shows leaving China well before CNY, on Feb 3rd. No tracking since. I'll wait till month-end and if it's still missing, will reach out to Ryan.

    Anything not already delivered wont move again until after the 28th of Feb.

     

     

    Ken

  5. US Customs - Anyone had any problems lately?

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    Unlikely this will become a trend.   US Customs is simply not staffed anywhere near enough to deal with the volume coming into the US.   If they are chasing our small packages, they are ignoring something else...... Like full containers.

     

    They may target some period of time where they inspect a larger sampling of small packages, but it cannot become standard practice without a huge increase in people.

     

    Agreed panerai153.  This could be a developing trend in the customs world and if/when (more likely when) the other customs port of entry locations catch wind of this, they might develop the same practices and create a widespread bolo.  Or this is just scare tactics and they have added extra personnel to go thru more boxes in order to facilitate a panic button response and scare people from wanting to order counterfeit goods and it will die down at some point. 

  8. Gone Missing?

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    Now you tell me!   LOL!!!!    :balloon:

     

    EMS shipping before CNY and before X-mas is a craps game, never know what you are going to get. Around those times you may get bad tracking, no tracking or no movement of your item as it sits in the EMS warehouse. Best advise is do not buy around these times.

    TimeShare

  10. Gone Missing?

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    I've had just the opposite experience before this shipment.   EMS and USPS tracking has been extremely good for all my previous buys.   This one, not good at all.   Hopefully you are right though and I'll get a nice surprise soon.   ;-)

  13. Gone Missing?

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    After some 20 watches purchased from TD's, I think I may have my first "missing in action" piece.   

     

    Tracking shows no activity since Feb 3.

     

    2015-02-03  05:05:00 GUANGZHOU  Despatch from Sorting Center  

     

    Of course, now I'll likely have to wait for 3 weeks for Ryan (Intime) to return from Chinese New Year, before getting anything accomplished.   I was sooooo looking forward to getting the newly released Pam 371!

     

    I guess my luck was bound to run out sooner or later.   Timing is everything!    :crazy:

  17. We are paying too much for our reps!

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    Maybe I've just been luckier than most, but with ~~20 reps in my collection I have yet to have a movement fail on me.   I have a mixture of Asian and swiss.   All perform about the same, with nice smooth sweeping second hands, except for the one Miyota,which stutters a bit but keeps perfect time!   A few of mine have been serviced, but most have not.  Based on my small sampling, it seems like the Asian movements tend to gain a bit of time, as mine all gain between 20 and 30 sec per day.   The Swis ETA's are slightly more accurate.   The one 6497 I have is dead perfect, along with the Miyota.

     

    A $6k gen sub would absolutely hold (or gain) value and become an heirloom.   However, I'd quickly tire of being limited to just a few gens and find myself much happier playing in the rep world.

     

    As you said above.... To each, his own!    :)

     

    A $6K gen has the potential to become a family heirloom and be passed down from generation to generaton.  A $400 rep... not so much.

     

    As for the value of reps, I refer back to my previous post.  For me it is all about the movements.  Given how hard it is to source ETA movments it is hard for me to make the case to buy even a nice looking rep these days.  I just don't find that the asain clones cut it - at least for me.  $400 for a good looking watch with a crappy movement doesn't seem like a good investment to me. But everyone has his/her own priorities on what is important. To each their own.

  18. We are paying too much for our reps!

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    Well, I guess I'll accept a $400 rep that should cost $100 as opposed to a $6,000 gen that should cost $800...........   Only because of the name on BOTH........

     

    Something like a Bronzo (i.e. hard to make bronze case, heavily modified movement) would make sense for around $300, but all those simple three-hand steel case watches with cheap stock movements going for $400+ are a complete rip-off.  It doesn't matter if the gen costs $10,000 (or $20,000, or $50,000) - you're still getting a cheap chinese watch that would have sold for well under $100 had it not been the name on the dial.  Cheap swiss gens like tissot or edox should be used as a pricing benchmark, not the gens those reps are trying to approximate, as the quality of the reps is still light years behind even the cheapest "real" swiss brand.

  19. We are paying too much for our reps!

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    Well.....   If your only goal is to "fool" people into thinking you have a gen watch on your wrist, today's $400 reps will accomplish that for 99.9% of the people who look at it.   You'll find that few of us in here have that as our primary goal in owning/wearing reps.

     

    There are really two groups ---

     

    Builders/Modders who accept the technical challenge of investing time, money and incredible skill in the quest to make the most gen-like watch possible.   Often times, the cost outweighs the end value of the piece, but the satisfaction these folks get has it's own value to them.   If you hang around here for a while, you'll come to appreciate the level of knowledge and incredible skills these guys have!   Personally, I envy them as I don't (and will never) have the patience and skills to do what they do.

     

    Then there are people like me who simply appreciate the look, quality and mechanical intricacies of a nicely put together piece.    I could afford a few gen's, but would never spend 5 figures for a watch that is priced that way for the sole purpose of creating exclusivity and status.   My favorite piece is my Rep PAM382 Bronzo.   IMO, there is nothing in the gen version to justify a price of $20,000+, except for the fact that only a thousand or so were made.   I wanted a Bronzo, so I bought and proudly own a rep of it.    What does a gen sub have that a TC sub does not, to justify 10x the cost?

     

    If approached by someone who recognizes what I'm wearing, I don't try to pass any of my reps off as gens.   If they say nice watch, I simply thank them.   If they ask about it, I don't hesitate to tell them its a rep.   Everyone in my office knows I'm into reps.   If they didn't and saw that I rotate ~~20 of them through on a regular basis, I'd probably be under investigation!   LOL!

     

    I do currently own a gen Breitling Chronomat Evo and am on the hunt for either a gen Super Avenger or Blue Dial Seawolf.

    YIKES I agree with this. I expected to see $150 Maybe $200 Reps..I ain't at Canal Street anymore.  But Dammm $700 for a replica?. $400 for  Rolexes? I guess if people are willing to pay up to them , the dealers can sell them and add a little something better with each version instead of making a perfect version from the get go.  Might start with a $200 Pam and see where it goes. I know a couple guys who wear rep Rolexes and everyone pretty much knows it. They don't know what to think of it. Nor do I . I mean if I am going to wear a replica I sure as hell don't want people knowing,

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