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A forum for identifying and avoiding wholly or partially non-authentic wristwatches --
including counterfeit, replica, Frankenwatches and other fake or bastardized pieces.
Our objective here is to DISCOURAGE the sales and purchase of counterfeit
wristwatch and jewelry products. It is also for helping people identify
watches that are mostly authentic, but have been: altered for personal customization,
repaired with inappropriate parts or modified to be passed off as more valuable pieces.
Including a photo of the piece you are talking about ALWAYS helps! You can learn how to post a photo here: How To Include Photos In Your Postings. 'For sale' postings, commercial solicitation and ads are not allowed. Links to Internet auctions are acceptable only if their purpose is to question the authenticity of a product or provide new clues for identifying counterfeit products. Links that appear to be 'shills' promoting the sale of counterfeit products will be deleted. Links to websites of sellers of counterfeit items are not permitted -- we know they are out there and do not need to be encouraging them by sending traffic to their sites. Privacy, additional policies and administrivia are covered in the Terms of Use.
To start with a bit of background info. I am a Master of Business Administration Student at Glasgow University in Scotland and I am writing my dissertation on the effects of counterfeiting on brand equity in the Swiss Watch market. To do so I am researching the effect counterfeiting has on specifically, attitudes towards quality, loyalty and brand relationships. To do so I have compiled a survey using academic questions from literature and I hope I am not breaking any forum rules in posting the link to the questionnaire here.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=b_2bK_2b6TtQvo7PWJOVIhwSSw_3d_3d
May I assure you that I am in no way linked to any industry bodies, organisations or companies and the only personal information the survey looks for is occupation and nationality and your IP address will not be recorded.
May I thank you for your time in reading this posting and in advance for completing the survey.
Kind regards
James.
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