It should be done everywhere..... Vintage Rolex are a bit of a nightmare....

Regards

Alistair

:
: The Vintage Rolex Forum is one of my favorite places, and there
: is a discussion today that I find interesting.

: Yesterday, someone listed a watch for sale on the Vintage Rolex
: Market . . . an old Submariner for approx. $20,000.

: In accordance with their policies, readers immediately posted
: messages on the "For Sale" thread, pointing out that
: the dial was either refinished or replaced . . . neither one an
: acceptable element for A submariner offered at this price. After
: a few polite posts, the Seller also responded politely and ended
: his "For Sale" listing.

: Today, someone proposed that their should be a committee of three
: members, to "police" the Buy / Sell / Trade listings.
: Here is the response from the Moderator (Richard Carver):

:
: We're all the "police" here... why limit it to just
: three? As you know, it's always been the policy of the VRF for
: all Members to point out flaws, errors, misrepresentations and
: mistakes. That's what happened to [a seller], it happened to a
: new seller Rene yesterday.

: The situation with Rene was an almost perfect example of how the
: VRM works. He posted his watch, several Members politely pointed
: out what was wrong with the watch, Rene politely acknowledged
: the consensus on the watch and agreed with it.

: By appointing three or however many uber experts the rest of the
: Membership might feel it would be impolitic to say something is
: wrong even though they know it is for fear of upsetting the
: overlords.

: I want every Member to be "Police" just like it is now.
: If you see a someone questioning a part or watch jump in and
: confirm or deny. I don't care if there are 50 afterposts on an
: ad as long as the object is to keep the Market clean and safe.
: The Vintage Rolex Forum and the Vintage Rolex Market are excellent
: resources, and the discussions over there are among the best of
: any watch forums. I thought that our readers might like to think
: about these issues and see Richard's message. Indeed, we are all
: "police" when we see sellers making errors, either
: intentionally or unintentionally.

: Jeff