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Rules: Postings must be an ad announcing an intent to sell, buy or trade. Full item description and photo(s) must be posted within the message here, not as links to other websites. Links to online auctions and other sites: Links to online auctions, dealer sites or other listings of items are permitted, but you should be careful to ensure that such listings will comply with our other ChronoTrader Policies. In addition, we request that sellers linking to online auctions or listings offer some benefit or accomodation to ChronoTrader readers (for example, some discount or an undertaking to end an auction early, to keep a watch "in the family"). Photos must be of the actual item for sale in its present condition. No counterfeit or replica products. No post for the same item may be repeated within 7 days, except to lower the asking price. Commercial dealers are limited to three unique posts per day. [More...]
Don't hesitate to do what Frank did. ALWAYS ask for picts with a note that has the seller's user name and date. Also asking to have the watch set at a specific time and date doesn't hurt.
Just asking for better photos or even different photos doesn't always help as there is a "middle man" technique that scammers are apparently using. It involves you requesting a photo (such as a high res photo of the case back). The scammer then (acting as a fake buyer), asks a real seller for the photo you requested. The scammer then forwards that photo to you once the real seller provides the photo to the scammer. The scammers may use two different emails (one as a scam seller, one as a fake buyer) so having them ask the real seller to put some random user name on a note will hopefully put up some red flags for the real seller.
Also, as usual, if the price is too good, it's almost always a scam.
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