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About a month ago, I ordered an Omega Planet Ocean from a TD. Originally, I placed the order for the wrong model watch, and contacted the TD immediately to have the order updated. He was agreeable, and I sent him the difference in cost between the watch I ordered, and the upgraded version I didn't see at first. After a short time had passed, I began to notice things that weren't right. First, the AR coating came off nearly immediately. Next, I noticed the serial number was different than the number the website said it would be marked with. I was starting to suspect I was sent the cheaper model from my original order. I was nearly certain, so I purchased a tool to open the back of the watch, and I discovered that the movement was all gold, no insignia of any kind on the rotor when the website clearly stated and showed pictures that it was to be a Nickel-plated Swiss ETA 2824-2 with the Omega insignia engraved. When I contacted the TD, I was essentially blown off at first and told it was a "100% genuine ETA or money back" to which I replied "while that may or may not be, this is not what I ordered -- the watch on the page I ordered from is Nickel Plated with an Omega logo on the rotor, this is some kind of gold movement that does not resemble the pictures on your webpage at all." Now I'm being asked to ship it back to China on my dime so the TD can discuss what might have gone wrong with the factory (apparently pictures won't suffice). Please see that attached picture. I'm not trying to throw the TD under the bus, I'm just looking for some advice because I think it's ridiculous to have to pay to ship something back when I was sent the wrong item in the first place.