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Re: Event: Scammer alert or just a game?

I always verify before I post. What potential buyers here should note is that you SHOULD have VERY little confidence when you deal with a site where anyone can post. There is no way to check of sellers here have any sort of history. Anyone can start a new email account and put a watch here for sale. You need to do some EXTREME VETTING with the sellers on this forum (unless they're known sellers...cross check other forums). Also, if someone has very little email history (google their email address) and they're selling a high demand watch for a good deal, then you should assume it is a scammer until THEY prove otherwise because in my decades long experience with online watch sales, they are scammers 99% of the time. THINK! Why would someone sell a high demand watch for less than average market value?

Potential buyers need to look at this place like Craigslist but w/o the face to face aspect. Would you blindly send a wire (which is the same as sending cash) to some random Craigslist seller? Then you shouldn't here either.

Any legit seller on here should understand that they're going to put under scrutiny if they have no history of selling watches...especially high end ones that are in high demand.

: Hi guys,

: I seriously believe, it’s sure a good thing to try unmaske
: Scammers but one should first double check before defamating
: each other as if not, this sales place in the Forum can become a
: very frustrating and unfriendly place to be with little
: confidence left.
: Let’s not take it as a game!

: Thanks and happy Easter :)

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