zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: I've had one major bad experience from a gray
: market dealer and have learnt my lesson
: since. The 4 o'clock button on the watch I
: bought didn't work properly, and the dealer
: claimed it was in perfect order. Try proving
: something like that through mail
: correspondence. In the end, I was so
: frustrated that I told the dealer to keep
: the watch as a Christmas present.
: I will never buy watches from gray market
: dealers, or eBay dealers again, period. It
: can go right 99.9% of the time, but when it
: goes wrong, it's a complete annoyance. I
: don't want to die of a heart attack! :-)

Your story brings up a very good point. When you buy authorized, even if the dealer gives you a hard time you can say "scr*w you" and send the watch back to Omega yourself for warranty repair. When you buy gray market, you are entirely at THEIR MERCY. Like I said before, that's too much of gamble for me on such an expensive item.