the_man Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 So I was at this performance shop in town ordering an aftermarket M3 bumper for my lil 3 series. Rep watches and a rep car. I can't stop the addiction. Anyways as I'm talking to the salesman, I see this guy pull up in a ML430 suv whatever the sports version of the benz suv is, new body style. He comes in acts like he owns the place, then comes and stands next to me, leans over, stars at my watch for a sec and says, "nice watch, swiss made?" Huh? "Is that a swiss made rep." My first reaction was what an [censored], then I said yeah, how can you tell its a rep? I was wearing a 168 regatta, the 2003 blue face chrono asian 7750. I was thinking he was going to bring up that its ss and not titanium like the gen. He says the luminor is pointing the wrong way? WTF? What are you talking about . He says the luminor was crooked on it. We went back and forth about wheather my luminor lettering was crooked or not, pretty childish actually. Then I take a quick glimpse at his time peice. A fugly ass LV sub with a yellow pearl, horrible bezel, crown sticking about an inch and no dial depth what so ever. But hey it was sweeping, good for him. You know what I said? "Nice Rolex." I asked him how much he paid for it, he said "$600. Its a rep too, swiss made." I was going to try to explain to him about how he got ripped off but I didn't want to call him out. Then he starts going on and on about how he can afford whatever watch he wants, but doesn't see the point in spending the money. After talking to him about reps for a couple minutes I was thinking about going into detail about spending $600 for a so called "swiss made" rep, but I didn't want to waste my time on him. I just told him about this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yt74 Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 What a tool! You did the right thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwai02 Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 ignorance is a bliss, Jerk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Good story. But why did you invent that ignorant asshole over here? You should have sent him straight to Replicacenter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkerouac Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 In my opinion, you were too polite. But I give you credit for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris5264 Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 It would be funny if he signed up and read your post, but never thought it was about him because he knows what a great person he is and the guy in the post is an obvious asshat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that_watch_guy Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I owned that watch forever and I never noticed anything crooked on it, nor did I ever have anyone call me out on it. Refer that guy to me, I have lots of watches I'dbehappy to sell him for $600 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leitztozeiss Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I think the best response is to ask whether the person thinks it's a rep and most importantly on what basis. Most people think they have the 'inside scoop' because they know about the sweeping second hand thing - LOL. Or, in your case, the alleged crooked upside down text. With that out in the open, it would be easy to dismiss the person as not really know what the hell they're talking about it. You did the right thing making think he knows what's up - let him think he's fooling people with his piece of sh*t Polex. (Oh wait . . . my 1680 is engraved Polex. It must be a piece of sh*t.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bignasty Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Feck him... He's the idiot that paid $600 for a Rollie Rep! You can have pride in knowing that his rep probably sports the Asian 21j to top it all off! Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I owned that watch forever and I never noticed anything crooked on it, nor did I ever have anyone call me out on it. Refer that guy to me, I have lots of watches I'dbehappy to sell him for $600 Hell yah, and after that I will sell him some of my ocean front property in Arizona. Sounds like that that guy has done his homework on the Idealwatch site... Hey that_watch_guy, you may be able to get $900.00 from this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willith Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Good story, I've never had anyone act like that about my reps, but then again I have never gotten called out before. You should have asked him where he got his nice grade AAA+++ Swiss Italian made rep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_man Posted June 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 It would be funny if he signed up and read your post, but never thought it was about him because he knows what a great person he is and the guy in the post is an obvious asshat. Yeah that would be hilarious. His name was Chris. Chris, if you read this I want you to know that you are an [censored]. You should never call someone out on their rep in public, especially not by interrupting a conversation to do so. And even more so, dont do it if your wearing a POS rep yourself. And the cherry topping, you paid $600 for it. Bravo you schmuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guesswho Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Yeah that would be hilarious. His name was Chris. Chris, if you read this I want you to know that you are an [censored]. You should never call someone out on their rep in public, especially not by interrupting a conversation to do so. And even more so, dont do it if your wearing a POS rep yourself. And the cherry topping, you paid $600 for it. Bravo you schmuk. hahaha, i'm literally crying with laughter at that! [censored]in' A man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Then I take a quick glimpse at his time peice. A fugly ass LV sub with a yellow pearl, horrible bezel, crown sticking about an inch and no dial depth what so ever. But hey it was sweeping, good for him. You know what I said? "Nice Rolex." I asked him how much he paid for it, he said "$600. Its a rep too, swiss made." Was his wrist turning green from his $600.00 'Swiss Made' piece o' [censored]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_man Posted June 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I owned that watch forever and I never noticed anything crooked on it, nor did I ever have anyone call me out on it. Refer that guy to me, I have lots of watches I'dbehappy to sell him for $600 Thank you Jesus. That_watch_guy ( great member dealer btw) is who I got the thing from, he knows this watch better than I do..... ITS NOT CROOKED!!!!!!! aghhh whatever I'm over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario33 Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Amazed at some of the encounters some of you seem to have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanerich Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 It sounds to me like the guy was trying to be friendly but just had a warped idea of how to go about it. It doesn't surprise me, having met a lot of people with better intentions than social skills. This Chris sounds like one of those insecure guys who has to gab with someone every second he has and tell them how great he is, and implodes when left with only himself for company. Annoying. As a non-Type A, one reason I like living in Japan is that pretty much everyone understands that it does very little good and usually some harm to walk up to strangers and point out things that are none of their business in clumsy attempts to be "friendly" or show how astute they are. What it shows in Japan is that you have no concept of proper public conduct, which negates any positive impression you might make by being friendly or even astute. While people are jumping on what a moron this Chris guy is, I have read several posts by members bragging about how they picked out some rep wearer and showed him up. So it's not just an uninformed person's problem. Rule of thumb on commenting on other people's fashion, stuff, girlfriend, job, whatever, and not just reps: If strangers, don't. You're being either a jerk or a bully, there's not that much more to it. Exception if said stranger approaches you and raises the issue himself in an obnoxious way, but that's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonystyle Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 The guy sounds like a real [censored]. Being called out is one thing, but being called out by someone like that must have been 10 times worse... Thats really classic btw, how he knew it was a fake by the "crooked lettering" - wtf ? - and it wasnt even crooked ? You were too nice to the guy, imo. Recommend him one of those rep stores you get in your spam box. I like the Swiss Fake versus Italian fake, that must have made you really roll your eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
got-it Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I was called out on my arktos few days ago, but instead, I took the watch off, handed it to him and said. "Ok, tell me why you think my watch is a rep." He pointed out that the watch has a rubber strap LOL!! I pointed out that the Arktos does in fact have a rubber strap. That's about all he could point out. Pretty funny actually. Gave me the watch back and looked real stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarks Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 It sounds to me like the guy was trying to be friendly but just had a warped idea of how to go about it. It doesn't surprise me, having met a lot of people with better intentions than social skills. This Chris sounds like one of those insecure guys who has to gab with someone every second he has and tell them how great he is, and implodes when left with only himself for company. Annoying. As a non-Type A, one reason I like living in Japan is that pretty much everyone understands that it does very little good and usually some harm to walk up to strangers and point out things that are none of their business in clumsy attempts to be "friendly" or show how astute they are. What it shows in Japan is that you have no concept of proper public conduct, which negates any positive impression you might make by being friendly or even astute. While people are jumping on what a moron this Chris guy is, I have read several posts by members bragging about how they picked out some rep wearer and showed him up. So it's not just an uninformed person's problem. Rule of thumb on commenting on other people's fashion, stuff, girlfriend, job, whatever, and not just reps: If strangers, don't. You're being either a jerk or a bully, there's not that much more to it. Exception if said stranger approaches you and raises the issue himself in an obnoxious way, but that's about it. Right on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermanx Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I've had the opposite reaction when I tell some people that a watch is a rep, they think im lying so my wife doesn't know how much I spent. Once I convince them they want to know where to get one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzanooo Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I was called out on my arktos few days ago, but instead, I took the watch off, handed it to him and said. "Ok, tell me why you think my watch is a rep." He pointed out that the watch has a rubber strap LOL!! I pointed out that the Arktos does in fact have a rubber strap. That's about all he could point out. Pretty funny actually. Gave me the watch back and looked real stupid. No-[censored], the only 2 times I was ever called out I did the same thing. Both pointed out non issues with the watch. One guy I actually showed him the flaws. He is now a member here. The second, was such a Drunken Bottom feeder that who, gives-a-[censored]. As always, the people here have a far greater knowledge of what a Gen should look like, and the flaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CY0811 Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 (edited) 99% of all people who claim ANOTHER"S watch is a rep in public is not 100% sure and is just a [censored] going out on a limb....besides us very few can call out high quality reps...but that particular rep has been called out on RWG1 back in the day due to the color dial if I am correct? Take a TW datejust for instance.....almost impossible to call out as well as most pams after mods and all $$$ modded subs... And hopefully my precious Bentley GT coming form Eddie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited June 27, 2006 by CY0811 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bres3000 Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 In my opinion, you were too polite. But I give you credit for that. I agree. You should have kicked him in the nuts. After all, you ARE the_man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that_watch_guy Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I can't believe someone had the audacity to try to point that out in public. He must have no manners or social skills. You should have just told him to bugger off as he was interrupting a conversation with his rudeness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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