mbjoer Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 New to the world of replica watches I stumbled over a website called swissreplicawatches.com. Bought two watches and to my delight they arrived with DHL about a week later. Great! Well.....perhaps. As it turned out neither was quite what was promised. One, a Cartier Pasha replica was not the one I ordered. And it was missing a screw and crown where the bracelet holds the watch. But all in all a pretty well made watch, which seems to work and to represent a degree of value for money. The other , an A. Lange & Sohne replica (or fake or whatever....) was the model ordered but turned out to be of totally inferior quality. It looked cheap, felt cheap. And proved the point by coming apart within hours. Loose bits of movement rattling about in the case. And dead as a dodo. So I tried to get through to them. First two messages on the day of arrival (which was also the day of the demise of the Lange) via the website. Later via email to the dispatch department. For ages no reply. But then after a couple of weeks I received a response telling me how to wind a watch. Not perhaps a brilliant reply, but a reply none the less. And when I told them that I received a fairly prompt reply, which promised that I could change the watches to any one of the watches on their website. Very positive and very promising. So based on my previous experience I requested a confirmation that the two watches I was interested in would in fact be precisely as shown on the website. And.....well...so far nothing. This leads to to suspect that the company is a very small operation. It is based in China (at least that is where the watches are dispatched from). I also suspect that they just trade, have no quality control, struggle with English and yet...perhaps have good intentions. I am wondering how the saga will turn out in the end. And now I have discovered RWG. It looks really good. And it looks like there are quite a few others out there who share my newly found interest in replica watches. My question is: Does anyone out there have experience with swissreplicawatches.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Welcome to RWG. Your story has been told many times over,and Im sure it will be told many more times to come. These sites pop up here and there. These people will sell several watches then move on to a new domain. It can be a very shady business. What there selling is flea-market crap. Watches one would pay $10-20 for, maybe a little more. There are legends of customers out there who end up with nothing. They send there crappy watch back never to be seen again. Reading Toads Noob Guide is a great place to start. The information here is overwhelming so take your time There are several trusted dealers on this site that members have had much succuss with,trader reveiws is a good place to look. Good luck and happy hunting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterOfPuppets Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 welcome aboard sorry to hear about ur bad experience, but u came to the right place before buying a watch u should research to find out everything concerned in the purchase, such as models of the replica, the dealers reputation, reviews from members who already bought it, and a million other things!!! its an easy process, and there are several noob guides to point u to the right direction stick to the trusted dealers on this forum, they have every single rep u can think of! and they have excellent customer relations and comunication (at least some of them do!) cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjoer Posted March 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thanks guys. Story is moving at a snails pace, but I have now received a return address. Chancing it and sending back the watches.......and wondering if I will ever see any replacements... Wiser for now (at least a bit) and will definitely follow your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxman Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 I got lucky. I was about to order a watch from Exactreplica. Iwas about to put in my order when I thought to myself " Hmmmm,maybe I shoud look into this site". Well there were numerious complaints on them. There is a complaintsborad.com with many complaints about Exactreplicas. Then I found RWG. I have stuck to the trusted dealers here and have not had any problems what so ever. I hope everything works out for you in your situation. Good luck Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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