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Fake watch busters

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  • #802
    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    Not commenting on that Daytona specifically, but I saw a scam with a vintage moon watch that looked similar. Credible source story, original paperwork and receipt, but when asked for a pic with the day's date, he could not produce.

    Always worth a check for these kinds of things, irrespective of outright value.


  • #803
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    hitemfrank wrote: »
    At least one of the pictures is definitely not of that watch.

    Edit: removing the image I posted earlier.

    The pictures are from this ebay listing - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333442641066

    And the ones not in this ebay ad are likely taken from elsewhere.
    What's his game here if he has lifted the pictures from an ebay ad?? Surely someone is gonna want to see it before they buy it?!


  • #804
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,918 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    aaakev wrote: »
    What's his game here if he has lifted the pictures from an ebay ad?? Surely someone is gonna want to see it before they buy it?!

    For that amount of money you would hope so.

    Maybe hoping someone turns up with 13k in cash to mug them?


  • #805
    eljono
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭eljono


    I came here to post that ad, looks like the Fake Watch Busters are already on the case!

    I've just reported it in any case. Clearly different models in the photos.


  • #806
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    Assume rest of adds are fake aswell. I threw some comments on them..


  • #807
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,871 ✭✭✭Spocker


    893bet wrote: »
    I threw some comments on them..

    No need for that, it's already been flagged


  • #808
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    Spocker wrote: »
    No need for that, it's already been flagged

    A single add was flagged. Rarely does that follow through to other item review.


  • #809
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,871 ✭✭✭Spocker


    893bet wrote: »
    A single add was flagged. Rarely does that follow through to other item review.

    Yeah, I know, but sometimes we do :) What I'm asking for is for folks to report any other ads instead, rather than chasing people around on their ads


  • #810
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    That is fair enough.

    Not as much fun tho ��


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  • #811
    aaakev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭aaakev


    hitemfrank wrote: »
    For that amount of money you would hope so.

    Maybe hoping someone turns up with 13k in cash to mug them?

    That's the only thing I could think of too... anyone up for some vigilante justice?? Haha


  • #812
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    Jesus

    https://www.adverts.ie/20111542


  • #813
    Homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭Homer


    aaaaaand gone thank jebus


  • #814
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,871 ✭✭✭Spocker


    Homer wrote: »
    aaaaaand gone thank jebus

    Pictures or it never happened.... :pac:

    ODFkNGZlY2E5Yzc2ZDFiNDBjOTYxNWNiMDE0NWQ4OWEEE1WNPgk7HtPqjk4-3_XpaHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vZjI5NzliMGEyYzk1YWUwNTViMzRkOTBmNjg0MGIxMGUyZjgzN2YxZGRjOTBhZThjNDg3N2EyYzlkOGM5YzIzMy5qcGd8fHx8fHwyNTV4NTI1fGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS93YXRlcm1hcmsucG5nfHx8.jpg


  • #815
    funkyouup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭funkyouup


    Might not be fake but the pictures are screenshots from a withdrawn add from a different seller

    https://www.adverts.ie/vintage/vintage-longines-18kt-solid-gold-watch/18858193

    And the ad they came from

    https://www.adverts.ie/vintage/longines-18k-solid-gold-ref-8192-2-date-big-size-box/15080440


    bit strange to me


  • #816
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    That's the same fella who sells repainted Indian watches

    Have a look at his sold ads, a lot of cleared details


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  • #817
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's the same fella who sells repainted Indian watches

    Have a look at his sold ads, a lot of cleared details

    I don’t trust lads who delete details from old adds in the slightest be it price or images.

    Avoid.


  • #818
    funkyouup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭funkyouup


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That's the same fella who sells repainted Indian watches

    Have a look at his sold ads, a lot of cleared details


    I didnt realise that was him, i was hoping to do a deal for the watch and that johnny depp boxset he has for sale:pac:


  • #819
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    funkyouup wrote: »
    I didnt realise that was him, i was hoping to do a deal for the watch and that johnny depp boxset he has for sale:pac:

    Lolled at the description.

    In excellent condition 3 Dvd Blu-Ray Johnny Depp. Charlie ant the chocolate factory, Sweeney Todd and the other one.


  • #820
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,871 ✭✭✭Spocker


    funkyouup wrote: »
    Might not be fake but the pictures are screenshots from a withdrawn add from a different seller

    https://www.adverts.ie/vintage/vintage-longines-18kt-solid-gold-watch/18858193

    And the ad they came from

    https://www.adverts.ie/vintage/longines-18k-solid-gold-ref-8192-2-date-big-size-box/15080440


    bit strange to me

    I'll ask again, please don't chase people around on their ads, report them instead. I checked, it's the same watch


  • #821
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,871 ✭✭✭Spocker


    Pictures or it never happened !

    MDZlN2I4ZjZlYTVhMTMwYjY4MGExOTUzNTQ0Nzg1M2OF2fykYijczlZSofPjyxCdaHR0cDovL21lZGlhLmFkc2ltZy5jb20vNGVhMmY0YThmNjkxYmM1NWUyNGJiZDg4NTkxOGVjMDM5ODUyMzY1OGQ4MTU3NTkyZTYyYmQ5NWFkMjE0NWMzMS5qcGd8fHx8fHwzOTR4NTI1fGh0dHA6Ly93d3cuYWR2ZXJ0cy5pZS9zdGF0aWMvaS93YXRlcm1hcmsucG5nfHx8.jpg


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  • #822
    funkyouup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭funkyouup


    Spocker wrote: »
    I'll ask again, please don't chase people around on their ads, report them instead. I checked, it's the same watch

    i typed longines into the search box after asking him for better pictures and found that, no chasing lad, i was just doing my homework seen as adverts has alot of dodgy ads


  • #823
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    funkyouup wrote: »
    i typed longines into the search box after asking him for better pictures and found that, no chasing lad, i was just doing my homework seen as adverts has alot of dodgy ads

    Good lad, I will offer what a wise man once said to me :p
    funkyouup wrote: »
    Good job you are around to set everybody straight on everything watch related based upon a few posts on a thread on the internet.

    Turnabout is fair play.


  • #824
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    If you can't post with being a sneering muppet best left in the schoolyard, don't post at all. That goes across the board. I've personally had enough of this crap and I'm not alone in that.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #825
    adam88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭adam88


    https://www.avenwatchesalike.co/replica-breitling-chronoliner-watch-y2431012-be10-453a-94.html?search=Breitling%20&description=true&category_id=17

    Apart from it telling me it’s a fake how do you know it’s a fake???? I’m comparing it to my one which I know is an original and I can’t tell any difference.


  • #826
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    adam88 wrote: »
    https://www.avenwatchesalike.co/replica-breitling-chronoliner-watch-y2431012-be10-453a-94.html?search=Breitling%20&description=true&category_id=17

    Apart from it telling me it’s a fake how do you know it’s a fake???? I’m comparing it to my one which I know is an original and I can’t tell any difference.

    I read before that alot of replicas use images of the real thing on the websites.


  • #827
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    What is it with chronoliners and this forum lately. Not a sign of them and now 3 of them in threads in quick succession.


  • #828
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    adam88 wrote: »
    https://www.avenwatchesalike.co/replica-breitling-chronoliner-watch-y2431012-be10-453a-94.html?search=Breitling%20&description=true&category_id=17

    Apart from it telling me it’s a fake how do you know it’s a fake???? I’m comparing it to my one which I know is an original and I can’t tell any difference.

    Most watches have their telltale signs if you research them. Check out a forum like rwi.
    As for people using real images, if you use a trusted dealer website you'll be fine. You'll see images of the real model you'll be buying. After you buy you'll get images of the exact watch you're buying and if something if off you can tell them you want another. Obviously quality control isn't top level, so you might notice something off like an hour marker slightly crooked


  • #829
    hitemfrank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,918 ✭✭✭hitemfrank


    I've no idea if that's a fake or not, but the fact they didn't put the pip to 12 really annoys me.


  • #830
    2shea
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭2shea


    http://www.adverts.ie/20165419 fake Omega


  • #831
    adam88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭adam88


    2shea wrote: »
    http://www.adverts.ie/20165419 fake Omega

    He says it’s a replica. To be fair I wouldn’t be able to tell either way.


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  • #832
    Homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭Homer


    adam88 wrote: »
    He says it’s a replica. To be fair I wouldn’t be able to tell either way.

    Regardless of whether he says it’s a replica they’re against adverts rules. Most of the time you are funding elements of criminality also. Nuked now.


  • #833
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,717 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    I reported that watch yesterday morning. Advert mods need to be a bit more alert even when working from home or there'll be no more C&H :pac:

    My ads on adverts.ie

    https://www.adverts.ie/member/5856/ads



  • #834
    Spocker
    Moderators Posts: 6,871 ✭✭✭Spocker


    unkel wrote: »
    I reported that watch yesterday morning. Advert mods need to be a bit more alert even when working from home or there'll be no more C&H :pac:

    :pac::D


  • #835
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    https://www.adverts.ie/20164786


  • #836
    run_Forrest_run
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,446 ✭✭✭run_Forrest_run


    "Brand New" Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887 for €120

    https://www.donedeal.ie/jewellery-for-sale/tag-heuer-watch-automatic/24512223?campaign=14

    Same lad is selling Omega 'replicas' for €85
    Actually I mis-read the ad for the Tag, it is also listed as a replica...is he breaking some rule on DoneDeal?


  • #837
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,717 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    There always are fakes on DoneDeal. They must allow them (unlike adverts.ie)?

    Or it's just a matter of hands off moderation on DoneDeal, they don't do anything or moderate anything unless someone reports the ad?

    My ads on adverts.ie

    https://www.adverts.ie/member/5856/ads



  • #838
    This is it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,689 ✭✭✭This is it


    What are people's thoughts on replicas? I ask only as someone very new to watches :)


  • #839
    Time
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 993 ✭✭✭Time


    This is it wrote: »
    What are people's thoughts on replicas? I ask only as someone very new to watches :)

    This is the wrong forum for thoughts on replicas, i don't think a single one of us will have a good thing to say about them.


  • #840
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    This is it wrote: »
    What are people's thoughts on replicas? I ask only as someone very new to watches :)

    Fake watches for fake people.


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  • #841
    adam88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭adam88


    893bet wrote: »
    Fake watches for fake people.

    Fake it till you make it


  • #842
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Holy fúck, look at this abomination.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/jewellery-for-sale/rolex/24611635


  • #843
    Rootsblower
    Registered Users Posts: 453 ✭✭Rootsblower


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Holy fúck, look at this abomination.

    https://www.donedeal.ie/jewellery-for-sale/rolex/24611635

    I can’t un-see this my eyes are burning.


  • #844
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    Lolled at the “ I have seen the hands move but they have stopped moving, think the battery needs changed”!

    Tis bad.


  • #845
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    It's a terrible copy
    It's filthy
    It looks like it was left out on the M50 for a week.
    It doesn't actually work
    €50!
    €60 would get a half decent new one delivered to your door that looks 100 times better

    uIsW12p.jpg


  • #846
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Cienciano wrote: »
    It's a terrible copy
    It's filthy
    It looks like it was left out on the M50 for a week.
    It doesn't actually work
    €50!
    €60 would get a half decent new one delivered to your door that looks 100 times better

    Sorry now, there is no such thing as a half decent one, all replicas are total muck and an embarrassment to those who purchase them. Never mind the funding of criminal activity etc.


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  • #847
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Aitana Freezing Fibula wrote: »
    Sorry now, there is no such thing as a half decent one, all replicas are total muck and an embarrassment to those who purchase them. Never mind the funding of criminal activity etc.

    Everyone is entitled to their opinion ;)


  • #848
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Everyone is entitled to their opinion ;)

    I think the fact that people who buy and wear fake watches are gimpers is a pretty universally held opinion. Totally unjustifiable under any circumstances. The fact they dont allow that **** on adverts says it all.


  • #849
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Aitana Freezing Fibula wrote: »
    I think the fact that people who buy and wear fake watches are gimpers is a pretty universally held opinion. Totally unjustifiable under any circumstances. The fact they dont allow that **** on adverts says it all.

    They're not allowed on adverts because it's illegal. Not everyone likes everything in the watch world, so your personal opinion is fine. Personally, I really dislike rolex's.


  • #850
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Cienciano wrote: »
    They're not allowed on adverts because it's illegal. Not everyone likes everything in the watch world, so your personal opinion is fine. Personally, I really dislike rolex's.

    Do you like fake Rolex, do you like fake omega, fake patek, etc. Your the one recommending buying a replica rolex for 60 euro on the fake watch buster thread....come on man, this is ridiculous.

    Fake watches of any kind are for wannabes. I dont care what watch you like or dislike honestly, posting recommendations for a fake is inexcusable. If that picture is your own fake on your own wrist you are beyond redemption.


  • #851
    893bet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭893bet


    Cienciano wrote: »
    It's a terrible copy
    It's filthy
    It looks like it was left out on the M50 for a week.
    It doesn't actually work
    €50!
    €60 would get a half decent new one delivered to your door that looks 100 times better

    Mjpg[/IMG]

    9-FF434-CB-B1-F5-4-BBD-8-C5-C-B21254-AFD81-B.jpg


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