PAMman Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Has anyone had any dealings or experience with bestsource123? This seems to be a California based material house with some amazing prices for ETA chrono movements. The website is clearly a 'ripoff' of the Ofrei design. It seems too good to be true and probably is - see the ETA 7750 & 7753 prices. Has anyone any experience here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphakazi Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Swiss 7750 for $180? scam - where's his contact info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_r Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 If it looks too good to be true, trust me, it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted October 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Swiss 7750 for $180? scam - where's his contact info? Contact info at the bottom of each page. I have gone back to the 'site and the ordering instructions are; "Order Form, For Watch Parts If you would like to place an order for any the the 500,000 possible watch parts we might be able to supply or to manually process an order for some of the 12,000 items we show on-line, please click the link below to access the page containing the order form. You will need to print this page, fill it out completely and send it to Otto Frei via postal mail or Fax. When you are done printing the Order Form, press your browser's back button to return to the Otto Frei website." Go to the FAQ and it's Bob Frei's usual friendly self; "To Send Email: Always Fill Out Subject Line, with text relating to the subject in the email. Your first and last name, phone number and address. If allowing me to know who you are is all to personal for you please use the phone, or take your problems to someone else. We do not sell names and addresses to mass marketers, however I am tired of dealing with people hiding anonymously by email. Sincerely, Bob Frei E-mail: Info@bestsource123.com" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakemaster Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 Damn. I'll have to look into that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted October 8, 2008 Report Share Posted October 8, 2008 did someone say Cali-based ? i'd like to go & check it out in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcsherry Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 Contact info at the bottom of each page. I have gone back to the 'site and the ordering instructions are; "Order Form, For Watch Parts If you would like to place an order for any the the 500,000 possible watch parts we might be able to supply or to manually process an order for some of the 12,000 items we show on-line, please click the link below to access the page containing the order form. You will need to print this page, fill it out completely and send it to Otto Frei via postal mail or Fax. When you are done printing the Order Form, press your browser's back button to return to the Otto Frei website." Go to the FAQ and it's Bob Frei's usual friendly self; "To Send Email: Always Fill Out Subject Line, with text relating to the subject in the email. Your first and last name, phone number and address. If allowing me to know who you are is all to personal for you please use the phone, or take your problems to someone else. We do not sell names and addresses to mass marketers, however I am tired of dealing with people hiding anonymously by email. Sincerely, Bob Frei E-mail: Info@bestsource123.com" If you think of Bob Frei's attitude towards his paying customers, I can only imagine his response to a scam site stealing his webpages! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphakazi Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 I can't make heads or tails of this site Otto's contact address is : P.O. Box 796 126 Second Street Oakland, CA 94604 USA USA Telephone 510.832.0355 800.900.3734 (fax) International Telephone and Fax 510.832.0355 510.834.6217 (fax) and this site is : 19227 E. Colima Road, City Of Industry , CA 91748 - United States fax 1-800-900-3734. international orders is 510-834-6217. phone 1-510-832-0355 Ext. 2 if this was a scam site, would they use the same phone unless they are trying to load Otto with spam OR the Swiss 7750 for $180 is a misprint on Otto Frei's site ( http://www.tztoolshop.com/FB_Catalog_Movements.html ) - the Valjoux 7750 sells for $598 the 2824-2 sells for $148 on otto's site and $150 on bestsource123 maybe someone has the will to dig into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted October 9, 2008 Report Share Posted October 9, 2008 i think the 2nd address (City of Industry/Rowland Heights) belongs to the website designer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky driver Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 sorry to bump this but are we any the wiser as to who or what bestsource123 is?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbutlerman Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 This is very interesting...it uses the same confusing web-layout as Ofrei with a few small changes...very weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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