Fake watch busters

Lorddrakul · 31-10-2020 9:42pm

Red alert!

https://www.adverts.ie/casual/rolex-yacht-master/22004825
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StereoSound · 31-10-2020 9:44pm

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Red alert!

https://www.adverts.ie/casual/rolex-yacht-master/22004825

At €40 he isnt claiming it to be real or anything.

Higgins5473 · 31-10-2020 9:47pm

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Red alert!

https://www.adverts.ie/casual/rolex-yacht-master/22004825

Again €40, I pointed this out in another post, it’s not someone trying to sell a fake as authentic. It’s someone selling some piece of **** fake as a fake and charging fake prices for it.

Lorddrakul · 31-10-2020 9:53pm

Kind of missing the point.

No fakes are tolerated on Adverts. Doesn't matter how they are described, they are entirely proscribed.

Higgins5473 · 31-10-2020 9:54pm

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Kind of missing the point.

No fakes are tolerated on Adverts. Doesn't matter how they are described, they are entirely proscribed.

Get on to adverts then

Lorddrakul · 31-10-2020 10:09pm

Higgins5473 wrote: »

Get on to adverts then

Oh, I've a feeling it won't last long...

Birneybau · 31-10-2020 10:12pm

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Oh, I've a feeling it won't last long...

'Last as taken down for some reason'

893bet · 31-10-2020 10:23pm

Higgins5473 wrote: »

Get on to adverts then

Why do pedestrians keep wandering into this thread with out actually reading the thread..........

Please read as the thread from start to finish and you will understand the purpose of this thread......then you oh will see there are multiple moderators of adverts.ie on this forum (remember when adverts.ie was actually part of boards??) and they remove adds based on this thread often.

Hardly that complicated to understand and funny enough we are aware that the seller is not presenting the watch as real. That’s pretty ****ing obvious.

893bet · 31-10-2020 10:25pm

Higgins5473 wrote: »

Again €40, I pointed this out in another post, it’s not someone trying to sell a fake as authentic. It’s someone selling some piece of **** fake as a fake and charging fake prices for it.

Your three posts on this forum have been whinging about this thread.

Anything positive to contribute or are you just another “hurler on the ditch”?

adam88 · 03-11-2020 11:17pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

The fake tag heuer card I pointed out has been bought and added to a watch
People think fake items going cheap isn’t important but in the wrong adds they can add false value

https://www.adverts.ie/22035900

Is the watch fake ?

T-Maxx · 04-11-2020 12:17am

That fake warranty card was shocking and worse in my opinion than selling a fake sh!tter. Apart from completing a "full set" it's only other purpose is to enable someone to commit fraud.

893bet · 04-11-2020 12:45am

Assume seller doesn’t even realise.

893bet · 04-11-2020 9:32am

OmegaGene wrote: »

The card
Was reported the fake card, I then posted here about it when I saw the seller was trying to buy a blank warranty card from the seller called sprocket, the seller probably doesn’t know but now the buyer will be stuck with a fake card
If the card was removed last week it could have been avoided

Agree 100 percent. I was just pointing out that a fake piece can enter the market and then suddenly the new seller and buyer are both unaware.

Fitz II · 04-11-2020 9:44am

This is why a zero tolerance policy is critical, even when you calling 50 euro fakes out, and the harpies are laughing at the effort. That Tag with its box and papers now makes an appealing purchase to some unsuspecting buyer.

893bet · 04-11-2020 12:03pm

Agree. I flagged it on the add.

banie01 · 04-11-2020 1:05pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

No just the warranty card and I reported it in adverts and here but it was a waste of time obviously

Good spot by Omega Gene and nicely put to him 893.

The whole point of a "full set" is the extra security it brings to your big buck buy.
A full set also bumps the price.
This seller adding the fake warranty card to his set is a means of artificially inflating the price and of making the watch appear more desirable versus a non-full set.

893bet · 04-11-2020 1:20pm

He ain’t listening.

I predict...

1) my comments are removed

Or

2) he withdraws and realists with the same card again.

893bet · 04-11-2020 1:21pm

So what are the tell tale signs Omega? Bar the colour being a long way from black?

893bet · 04-11-2020 2:36pm

He ain’t listening

banie01 · 06-11-2020 12:25am

OmegaGene wrote: »

Looks like the penny finally dropped regarding the fake card

It's a pity he got caught for the card but it's refreshing to see some honesty on the ad and a mea culpa and good will gesture.

893bet · 06-11-2020 12:30am

banie01 wrote: »

It's a pity he got caught for the card but it's refreshing to see some honesty on the ad and a mea culpa and good will gesture.

He was forced into it.

Most people would have removed immediately but he tried to tough it out.

banie01 · 06-11-2020 1:55am

893bet wrote: »

He was forced into it.

Most people would have removed immediately but he tried to tough it out.

Of course, I don't doubt it. He had his eyes opened for him

I think removing and relisting the watch could have possibly looked dodgier than holding his hands up.

Lorddrakul · 20-11-2020 5:58pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

https://www.adverts.ie/dress/tag-heuer-carrera-16/22209445?notification=28080c03dcb1d7c0e8f0caa7cd9ae417-1605885794

Hmm, deliberately vague shots...
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Fitz II · 27-11-2020 4:37pm

The Rolex in this box of stuff is fake, date is off and the cyclops doesn't magnify.
https://www.adverts.ie/casual/selection-of-watches/22283171?notification=61a16d2b96af661f831cb46f4b310d7b-1606487121

893bet · 27-11-2020 5:06pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

2 dealers on them straight away
tut tut

What were the asking prices?

I lol hard at the “dealers” who this in the hope one of the watches is real. Says a lot about the “dealer”.

Fitz II · 27-11-2020 5:11pm

Sorry I didnt grab the screen guys, its gone now. It was a not the worst fake, but the text on the date was not aligned, cyclops did nothing and it was in a box of ****ters.

I suppose the "dealers" get lucky one in 50 times and get a bargain

Fitz II · 28-11-2020 12:26pm

We missed this beauty on adverts for 550 euro, seller claim its not fake.....good one.

Homer · 28-11-2020 1:32pm

Aye I was up early this morning zapping a couple of eye wateringly bad fakes!

Squeeonline · 30-11-2020 9:54am

893bet wrote: »

What were the asking prices?

I lol hard at the “dealers” who this in the hope one of the watches is real. Says a lot about the “dealer”.

I have seen spare/loose authentic Rolex links going for more than that whole watch.

Homer · 02-12-2020 9:19am

Caught this one this morning. I suppose it was listed for €5 but good lord...

893bet · 02-12-2020 9:40am

I seen that......u left out the best part.....the 3 euro offer

Lorddrakul · 02-12-2020 2:46pm

Homer wrote: »

Caught this one this morning. I suppose it was listed for €5 but good lord...

But doesn't everyone want an Oyster Perpetual Cosmosraph (tm)?

hitemfrank · 02-12-2020 3:10pm

Lorddrakul wrote: »

But doesn't everyone want an Oyster Perpetual Cosmosraph (tm)?

Only if it comes with a second Rolex logo at a jaunty angle on the dial.

Fitz II · 02-12-2020 3:50pm

hitemfrank wrote: »

Only if it comes with a second Rolex logo at a jaunty angle on the dial.

Maybe that extra crown is indicating the sidereal time offset, about 3 minutes a day.:pac::pac:...that watch is quite a thing alright.

njburke · 02-12-2020 4:14pm

I like the crown logo at an angle, kinda like a cocked hat, jaunty indeed.

Thirdfox · 02-12-2020 4:41pm

It's a rolex watch with three crowns... should have called it a Daytona

Fitz II · 02-12-2020 5:06pm

Thirdfox wrote: »

It's a rolex watch with three crowns... should have called it a Daytona

Daytona has 5 Crowns and one cock (wearing it)

NIMAN · 02-12-2020 8:21pm

Bargain Seiko

https://www.gumtree.com/p/mens-watches/seiko-divers-watch/1391595202

NIMAN · 12-12-2020 4:07pm

Seller in Armagh with 3 very cheap Tag's

https://www.donedeal.ie/all?userId=480046

Lorddrakul · 12-12-2020 4:12pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

they need flushing but for some reason fake gear is allowed on dung deal

Given the cross site cooperation between Dung Deal and Adverts, I am surprised that this is still allowed.

Lorddrakul · 12-12-2020 4:16pm

Ah OK, didn't know that.

Doubly surprising then, given the strict policy on Adverts.

Perhaps it is a long transition.

With all the recent seizures of counterfeit materials, including watches, I'm surprised that this persists.

Homer · 12-12-2020 6:07pm

I have no mod powers on donedeal just adverts.ie FWIW so cant help!

Birneybau · 12-12-2020 7:32pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

Use the force Homer use the force

The forks?

Lorddrakul · 12-12-2020 8:23pm

Birneybau wrote: »

The forks?

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Birneybau · 13-12-2020 1:43am

Lorddrakul wrote: »

This is what I was referring to

https://youtu.be/hiX9nbI56DI

Lorddrakul · 17-12-2020 1:09pm

This is fairly blatant...
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https://www.adverts.ie/casual/rolex/22454786

Spocker · 17-12-2020 4:33pm

Lorddrakul wrote: »

This is fairly blatant...

https://www.adverts.ie/casual/rolex/22454786

Already gone (it wasn't me)

Spocker · 19-12-2020 6:33pm

OmegaGene wrote: »

1 seller with 2 stinkers that need to be nuked

https://www.adverts.ie/22465375

https://www.adverts.ie/22465360

Gone

unkel · 22-12-2020 2:01pm

Question for the adverts mods. Whenever I (or anyone else in here) report an adverts ad with a fake watch in it, you guys are usually super quick to intervene and remove the ad. Kudos for that!

However when I report an ad for another reason, like "not marked as sold", most of the time nothing happens. From a user's point of view, the latter is extremely annoying and frustrating. You search for something, find it, read the description and the full bidding history, only to find out it is sold already. Why do you guys refuse to mark an ad as sold when you are made aware that it is sold?

Spocker · 22-12-2020 3:15pm

unkel wrote: »

Question for the adverts mods. Whenever I (or anyone else in here) report an adverts ad with a fake watch in it, you guys are usually super quick to intervene and remove the ad. Kudos for that!

However when I report an ad for another reason, like "not marked as sold", most of the time nothing happens. From a user's point of view, the latter is extremely annoying and frustrating. You search for something, find it, read the description and the full bidding history, only to find out it is sold already. Why do you guys refuse to mark an ad as sold when you are made aware that it is sold?

Great questions, let me try and answer:

Something fake usually has some form of a legality breach behind it, and all fakes (not just watches) are treated equally - nuked on sight. Occasionally we make a mistake, and always have the option to put an ad back if we need to.

Regarding reports, theres lots (and lots, and lots) of reasons why people report an ad, and those reports end up in a big queue. Someone has to eyeball the reports, and decide if they need action or not - some need action straight away, and some don't. As a volunteer mod I do have access to the report queue, but I leave that to the Adverts staff to deal with, as they see fit. Sometimes that may mean a report is just closed. It's not up to me to mark an ad as sold, thats the sellers job.

While I'm at it, it's worth mentioning that occasionally we (the volunteer mods) may occasionally go against the 'grain' of an opinion, but that'll be because it's not my site, I'm not the boss, I only help out

Fake watch busters

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