Counterfeit Watchers Discussion Forum

Maybe this is some explanation still nothing explain the situation where they do not get money if they did not deliver the item. The Branded Watch Company closed down the web site still now they have the new one dialawatch.co.uk with almost the same layout the top graphic and the colors are different still the quetsion is why they changed the name? Maybe they want to cheat other people. Some of them will receive the Tissot for example the rest won't get anything

: Tissot watches are probably a bit easier to source than some
: of the other, more expensive and tightly distributed brands. It
: is my impression Mr. Lees two companies didn't/don't stock
: watches, as a rule, but rather source them when they receive a
: customer's order and payment. The more prestigious brands tend
: to run a tight ship regarding transshipping. Authorized dealers
: who violate their contract/dealer agreement (by transshipping to
: non-authorized dealers) are often terminated if caught, hence a
: smart reluctance for "high street" retailers to do so.
: That could account for why Mr. Lees previous company left so
: many customers waiting so long for watches they had prepaid for.
: They simply had difficulty sourcing them in a timely fashion.
: Maybe they had to wait for a "desparate retailer" who
: was overstocked and under funded regarding upcoming vendor
: invoices(?). That's why I would never buy from a non-authorized
: internet dealer. You run the risk of them
: "inadvertently" spending those payments way before
: they are ever able to source the customer a watch. Do that too
: often and such a business may run into the problem of
: insufficient cash flow. Maybe that's why it appears the BRW left
: so many people hanging with no watch and no refund when they
: folded up.

: Tissot is more broadly distributed amongst upper and lower brow
: retailers (or jewelers) which opens the possibility of some
: risking their franchise by transshipping to make a fast buck or
: meet assigned dealer sales quotas. A Patek Phillippe dealer, for
: example, would be a fool to risk doing so since that brand
: offers them exclusivity and prestige as well as very high dollar
: margins. Same goes for many other brands. I'm not putting Tissot
: down, they make very fine watches and, in fact, I very much like
: their incredibly bargain priced PRS516 automatic watch, probably
: one of the all time best values in a Swiss watch in my opinion.
: In reality they (and others, too, you can fill in the middle
: tier brands) are simply not as valuable a franchise as say,
: Patek, AP, Ulysse Nardin, Rolex, Breitling, Omega, Chopard,
: Panerai, etc. Just my thoughts, folks!]