Rep Dealer Busted In Taiwan

[swdivad]

Are you sure? I've been waiting almost three weeks for a watch from him, and he isn't answering my E-mails. This is most unusual for EL from whom I've bought many watches.

He's probably gone into a deep hibernation/depression due to lack of strippers and beer because of his last purchase

[Watchmeister]

Actually, I suspect he is up to new horological mischief and, of course, strippers as well.

[kanerich]

Counterfeiting in China is a $16 billion industry.

Maybe it's not our dealers, but somebody sure the hell is getting rich.

[warburg]

He's probably gone into a deep hibernation/depression due to lack of strippers and beer because of his last purchase

I'm sure I'd find this much funnier if I hadn't sent him $600!

[cwai02]

I'm sure I'd find this much funnier if I hadn't sent him $600!

He posted his new FM a few days ago. Did you PM him? He replied all my PMs within 2 days.

[warburg]

He posted his new FM a few days ago. Did you PM him? He replied all my PMs within 2 days.

I just received an E-mail from him also. My watch is detained in customs. This is the second one of these Chronoswiss Tourbillons that he's sent me that's been detained. It's getting to be very difficult for him to ship from Taiwan, not to mention expensive. I'm certainly hoping the next one gets through.

[Finepics]

Don't forget how many people are involved in the chain. We buy off the dealers who in turn buy of the wholeaslers who in turn buy off the factory - so what we pay $300 for actually costs about $50 to make (one skilled swiss watchmaker in Switzerland may make about $70,000 PA - 1000 watch technicians in China make about $50,000 between them PA - do the math!!! I bought my first rep in Beijing - PAM 111 with ETA - $180. Sam e price we pay for a asian movt rep!!! There is lot's of markup because there is the demand.

[M5Man]

Wow - thats nuts. Seems liek the heat gets more intense as time goes buy. It will make the hobby more expensive