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.......and if you order from China.....with that level of Anxiety, you'll be crazy by the time you get your watch! In this hobby of ours, you better have the patience of a Monk and level headed, if not you'll go bunkers! Buying from our Members here is a safe bet, but it's not 100% guaranteed.

I agree with Hike 100%. You better order a case of replica Valium when you buy a watch. While it is completely safe to own replicas, there is always a chance for seizure by customs coming into the country. While that happens only a tiny fraction of the time, it does occasionally occur. :pardon:

What is going to drive you crazy is the wait!! Depending on where it's shipped from and the method of transportation, time with the good Ole USPS, etc. it could take from 7-10 days up to a month. You need to ask yourself, is my personality such that I can endure a wait of 3-4 weeks without going nuts? Another thing about the dealers, most are really good about communication with customers, but none of them are going to answer three emails a day from a customer about "where is my watch"? :whistling:

Another option for you would be to look for what you want in the sales forums of the various rep sites. If you buy a used watch from a member, first of all it is running, so more than likely the DOA problems aren't going to happen.Second most of the guys here are pretty good at taking photos, so you will have good clear photos of EXACTLY the watch you are buying. Also if you are in the USA, and buy from other members here in the USA, you avoid all the hassles of customs and overseas shipping. USPS Priority mail is cheap, and you will have your new watch in hand in 2-3 days.

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I've bought a few replicas and so I know the wait... my concern is just the law suits wanting information on those who purchased the watches (names, addresses, etc.). I've been searching the sales forum a lot, I'm either too late, too poor, or it's not what I want! :wounded1:

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Yep, the law will not spend money on finding YOU and then examining your rep watch to see whether it is rep or not. There are bigger worries to them.

Watch companies would probably only spend money on targeting the watch factories and big time dealers and distributors, not individuals.

If reps were stuffed with drugs, that's another case, but here we are only indulging in telling the time with style.

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If you have this much anxiety before you even purchase one, just think about the nervous wreck you are going to be wearing one.

"did they notice my watch is fake? What if they call the police? What if they get a search warrant and find more replica watches in my house, I'll go to jail FOREVER!"

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Lists of customers????

You do remember that this is an illegal business...??? right?

When drug dealers are caught, the police don't go looking for records of their customers... It's also not likely that the dealers maintain an ongoing list... And if they do, I don't see what any authorities would want with it...

You're obviously not a lawyer BGgoodwin... right??? haha

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Lists of customers????

You do remember that this is an illegal business...??? right?

When drug dealers are caught, the police don't go looking for records of their customers... It's also not likely that the dealers maintain an ongoing list... And if they do, I don't see what any authorities would want with it...

You're obviously not a lawyer BGgoodwin... right??? haha

Negative, not even close! :bangin:

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Lists of customers????

You do remember that this is an illegal business...??? right?

When drug dealers are caught, the police don't go looking for records of their customers... It's also not likely that the dealers maintain an ongoing list... And if they do, I don't see what any authorities would want with it...

You're obviously not a lawyer BGgoodwin... right??? haha

I dont now about Spain, but in Norway if drug dealers are caught first thing Police do is check phone,notes and such after buyers or the drug dealers supplier.

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I dont now about Spain, but in Norway if drug dealers are caught first thing Police do is check phone,notes and such after buyers or the drug dealers supplier.

in hindsight.. maybe drug dealing was a bad example.. but in general.. if notes were kept about those kinds of things then 1/4 of southwest Atlanta (where I'm from)would be locked up.

A near-homeless guy getting a $10 vial of heroine is not who the police or anyone in the legal system benefits from going after.

Sure notes might be checked, but that's only if the drug dealer is stupid enough to have them written down. One of the first rules of drug dealing is no names and a good memory. Certainly writing things down is always bad (unless it's to calculate profits.. in that case... pure numbers and lots of code).

I imagine any other illicit business is run in a similar fashion

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the problem is that china does not actively pursue the factories where replica merchandise is made.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/13/chinese-authorities-arrest-3001-product-piracy/?test=latestnews

I hope you're right that this 3001 arrested doesn't include our favorite 'ultimates' factories (the H factory with their new line of clear ARs & superlume Pams for me especially). Funny only Rolex was mentioned in the article as seized.

"It said authorities shut down 292 websites selling counterfeit and fake goods."

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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/13/chinese-authorities-arrest-3001-product-piracy/?test=latestnews

I hope you're right that this 3001 arrested doesn't include our favorite 'ultimates' factories (the H factory with their new line of clear ARs & superlume Pams for me especially). Funny only Rolex was mentioned in the article as seized.

"It said authorities shut down 292 websites selling counterfeit and fake goods."

I think it's funny, that the U.S. is led to believe this. It seems like news like this comes out about once a year. The number of people that are arrested for couterfeiting is as large as the chinese government says it arrested. Obviously, we NEVER see pictures, trials or the merchandise that police seize in China. More than likely, the government hasn't done anything but release a report and close a few websites. China REALIZES the importance of their huge counterfeit market on its economy. Show me the goods and the 3,001 people arrested.. and I'll believe it ;)

If this were to happen in the U.S. or Europe, the police would be posing with the contraband and putting on a press conference. But not in china! The government just "releases a report" :/

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China REALIZES the importance of their huge counterfeit market on its economy.

I guess the tripping point is when the Loss/Threats/Boycotts/Trade sanctions IS GREATER THAN the gains derived from the counterfeit market. I hope this article is not the beginning of that sweeping (no pun intended) change. If not, we'll be out of reps :cry2:

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Yes, the arrest appears just a routine gesture to let the First World shut up. Scapegoats are caught, if the numbers are not ten times of the actual, but the influential guys still make big money.

+1

Any country willing to sacrifice the well being of it's own people for sole sake of HUGE annual economic growth is willing to do a lot more than they'll ever let foreigners know.

p.s. I'm referring to china's fixed exchange rate. If the rate fluctuated with the market, like all other currencies.. china's yen would be stronger than our dollar and lots of china would get out of poverty almost immediately... (obviously.. we'd all stop buying from china, but at least we know whose side their government is on.... )

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it mentions that 242 websites were shut down.........and suddenly Josh and Trusty are gone. Coincidence?

Josh and Andrew both went down for "maintenance" just before the problems, Both are back up now at their old URLs

One might speculate that they got word and closed up shop until the storm passed, but that would be a cynical thing to think -

Still, Blue Fakes and Watchez both went down, no great loss there!

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