TwoTone Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I was able to obtain his IP's from the site... He's not a member here at RWG... TT . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deltatahoe Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 He's not a member here at RWG... well that's one bit of good news. maybe people here are finally learning deltatahoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2112 Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 He was trolling for their reaction. Nothing new to the internets and maybe worth the laugh. Just an observation, but I find the discussion here more cognitive on such things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 99% of the Rolex forum guys couldn't spot a fake. They even have a report section there with their own "experts"... when you combine enthusiasm with cluelessness you'll get dreadful results. Of course there are some HC collectors who know their stuff... but they're in the minority. I visited the TRF once, browsed around for a while, and I couldn't believe the amount of perfectly legit Rolexes that those guys reported. Amateurs! I think it's a disgrace to report someone's auction if you're not 100% sure that his watch is a counterfeit. I haven't visited in a year or so... so maybe things have changed. Ah well... not a place for me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaedo Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 99% of the Rolex forum guys couldn't spot a fake. They even have a report section there with their own "experts"... when you combine enthusiasm with cluelessness you'll get dreadful results. Of course there are some HC collectors who know their stuff... but they're in the minority. I visited the TRF once, browsed around for a while, and I couldn't believe the amount of perfectly legit Rolexes that those guys reported. Amateurs! I think it's a disgrace to report someone's auction if you're not 100% sure that his watch is a counterfeit. I haven't visited in a year or so... so maybe things have changed. Ah well... not a place for me anyway. On a related note, what is stopping me visit the breitling forum more often is the couple of idiots there that do nothing but post they have spotted a fake on ebay. One guy, joined in February, over 1,000 posts. Probably 950 of them 'look at this fake on ebay' posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 You know what he did is pretty clever. If he made a post here at RWG, and asked us to "list all the faults with the GMTII", we would tell him to read and research on his own. If he explicitly stated the watch was a fake, those other forum members would have been less precise in examining its flaws. He wanted to know about the accuracy of the watch and he got it. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2112 Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 He wanted to know about the accuracy of the watch and he got it. Good stuff. I think you're giving him too much credit here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThinkBachs Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 I think you're giving him too much credit here My first reaction was to agree, but while typing the response I had a moment to reflect and have to disagree. I don't think anyone really thinks that they can post a photo of a cheap rep and get away with claiming it was real. Instead of doing the homework, why not use the anonymity of the internet to test the waters on a gen forum before showing it off to your buds? I could see myself doing that when I was 11 years old... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroboy Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Interesting read, yes. Learned some stuff, yes. Clearly, I am not as into watches as I should be because the only thing I took away from that read was how much of a not-funny, annoying, douche Jocke appears to be! True, I did destroy my keyboard. I friggin smashed it against my skull while reading his moronic posts! And yes, the groveling idiots that fell over themselves trying to lick his bag were quite amusing too! Jocke as a watch expert.......could be. Jocke's sense of humor........severely lame! Sigh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLudlowe Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 The thing that gets me is these were serious Rollie buffs, real WISs - with a photo to study and compare to Gen in very tight detail, far closer than you'd ever get in daily life. And yet there was some serious debate, at least at first. Considering the things they spotted - how many would have noticed if they just saw the watch on his wrist at a wedding or in a business meeting? What if they didn't have a gen handy to compare, detail for detail? Compare that to how easy it was to spot a Rollie rep 10 years ago and see how far reps have come - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trailboss Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Considering the things they spotted - how many would have noticed if they just saw the watch on his wrist at a wedding or in a business meeting? None. Fakey ilistrated this damn well with this little compro: The real world is a different place and does not have a macro function. Col. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLudlowe Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 None. Fakey ilistrated this damn well with this little compro: Nicely done - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LapTime Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 Fakey ilistrated this damn well with this little compro: The real world is a different place and does not have a macro function. Well that about sums it all up right there. Nicely said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted May 15, 2009 Report Share Posted May 15, 2009 None. Fakey ilistrated this damn well with this little compro: The real world is a different place and does not have a macro function. Col. post of the year right here, folks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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