asciwhite Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 How much do a full relume cost at our esteemed relumers? I got a really sloppy lumed and misaligned markers @ 12. And I don`t want to risk shipping it back, to many losses in the mail that way. Do you think this is something that can be saved or am I screwed. All the QC pics I got cleverly disguised the flaws with the angle of the camera. And is any of the relumers read this. Can you give me an estimate and waiting period to get this done? reluming and aligning. It also have really dirty hands in the light.. Now I am going to bed to read and forget about this for a little while.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalengkong Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Geez, looks like the AP Diver latest batch is like game of luck. some are good some are bad It happened to my PAM111 from puretime too. The hands are so dirty, so I googled how to open it , and open + clean it by myself. Dont risk it to send it back. just do it your self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 This piggy is going back to Andrew He refuses to give me a new watch and will give me a refund minus the shipping costs. F*** it I will get it from another dealer with better QC.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 To be acceptable it needs a full relume on the rotating ring. One of the markers on the dial is damaged (Scrathed) + the misalignment The lume is blobby and uneven. I dont want to ship it back but it looks like my only option. I dont have any local watchmakers here in the mountains... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Do anyone have the contact info for Zigmeister or Pbdad? Maybe one of them can squeeze this one in for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Contact vaclume! Here's mine he did relume and AR'ed the xtal: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDD Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 sorry to see this man. Hope you can get this sorted out. I wonder what Andrew would do in this situation? Please keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@tommys Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hike that's a great looking strap.were did you get it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiker01 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Hike that's a great looking strap.were did you get it? From APBands.Took it out of my Safari before I sold it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@tommys Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 From APBands.Took it out of my Safari before I sold it! Nice match!Might get one of those for my black themes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@tommys Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 This piggy is going back to Andrew He refuses to give me a new watch and will give me a refund minus the shipping costs. F*** it I will get it from another dealer with better QC.. I don't know why they would send this crap out knowing you're a member here and you're going to share your bad experience.good luck with the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Here is the deal.... Andrew refuses me to get a new watch. He says I will only get the price of the watch minus the shipping costs in return. So instead of loosing $45 in shipping from him + $55 in shipping to china. This watch will go on a spa treatment and get better. I am a bit irritated at Andrew, and I said to him he should be ashamed to send this quality watch out to customers. I am not a welcome customer anymore at his shop! I have only been nice in my mails to him and this is what I get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike@tommys Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Here is the deal.... Andrew refuses me to get a new watch. He says I will only get the price of the watch minus the shipping costs in return. So instead of loosing $45 in shipping from him + $55 in shipping to china. This watch will go on a spa treatment and get better. I am a bit irritated at Andrew, and I said to him he should be ashamed to send this quality watch out to customers. I am not a welcome customer anymore at his shop! I have only been nice in my mails to him and this is what I get. Mate that's bloody awful customer service.may be contact hikeusa to find out wre he got his watch.might work out cheaper to het anther better one.at least It will be on you're wrist sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Allready booked spa treatment with waterproofing regulating and full relume Cost me a pretty penny but the watch will be AOK when it returns.. And it will be a keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgematic1 Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 This comes from Andrew? Trustytime?! Since when did he start to sell these? It doesn't look good indeed. And the reason why he doesn't want to replace might be the fact that he doesn't get noob watches from the factory, he uses a middle man due to his bad relationship with the noob maker. Might be that but I don't know. Get one from Angus, Toro or RyanWayer is what I would say... And accept the refund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 I have talked to Andrew again, and he apologizes to me and offered to refund me $30 after I said I would send the watch out for reluming. I told him he could keep the money. Just remeber to be more vigilant with QC on the n00b products. He said he won`t deal with n00b products much longer because of QC issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 Jesus, messing about all round, dealers and factories. I said it before, they should sell these at half price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgematic1 Posted January 10, 2013 Report Share Posted January 10, 2013 He said he won`t deal with n00b products much longer because of QC issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greekgod Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Of late I have had issues with Andrew as well. But he has managed to keep my business just by the skin of his teeth, when at the very last he has mended things. Problem with this is the valuable time one loses and money to send the watch back to him and wait for a replacement for 6 weeks!! Hope you end up with a good product at the end. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 It is now on its way to a spa... I hope that with a good relume it will be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraExtra Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 It is now on its way to a spa... I hope that with a good relume it will be good! Wondering if you can post the QC pic(s) that made it difficult to see the crooked markers and flaws? Maybe a good learning for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Sure I can. Hang on! You see from the angle of the camera its hard to see misalignment on the problem area @ 12 and the bad lume on the "50" plus the damaged marker. You can see it on the last picture only if you are aware of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted January 11, 2013 Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Sneaky buggers, Hmm this was intentional. Not good not good at all what did they think you would not notice, just a big f**k you in shipping that. White hopefully it will come back in great form but you should not of had to have had to do it,those are not cheap reps. I guess they are so busy that they don't care if a board member gets pissed figure we can all take a hike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Yes. From the QC pics this should be a good piece... I was gutted when I examined it on arrival. To me it also seems like they knew about the problems, and masked it with the photography angles & light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asciwhite Posted January 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2013 Here is the last picture I talked about. You can see the misalignement @ 12 if you are aware of it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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