Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree, which is why I suggested using that web site as a price guide. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, 28 May, 2007 4:17 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice or sites that > Yeah, this one scares me. > > I lost my fear of buying camera gear over the net and ebay, but from what > I > can tell, ebay is getting really scary for camera gear. > > For watches, it must be a nightmare. > > If I decide to buy, this will be with authorized dealers; I have found one > extremely trustworthy one in Hong Kong. > > Vick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Rob > McClure > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 3:44 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Watches - can you provide advice ... > > One must be very careful buying new watches on the internet. Most quality > manufacturers won't permit their authorized dealers to sell directly over > the net. As a result the watches sold by online sellers like world of > watches, amazon.com dealers, overstock.com, etc. are gray market. This > means they were obtained through backdoor deals in > foreign countries from dealers, distributors and who-know-who... > Sometimes the watches are "Frankenwatches", made from different components > or are factory returns. Some sellers grind off the serial number so the > origin may not be traced. Usually these gray market watches carry an > "international warranty" which is only honored by the seller or some other > third party. Some manufactures will not work on gray market watches. > Ebay > is even scarier. One of the Omega newsgroups monitors the Omega auctions > and finds up to Omegas being > sold are fakes. I am sure other quality brands have the same issue. > Be careful out there! > > Rob McClure > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >