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I thought it was over...I thought wrong

In Response To: Re: True Amateurs or Crooks vs True professionnals ()

This is UNREAL!

I got my Omega back from authenticwatches today and guess what... The bezel is just as loose as it was when I sent it to them 8 weeks ago and $40 shipping and $95 repair costs later. This is just crazy! I can easily rotate the bezel of my SMP with my pinky finger.

I called and they assured me that if I shipped it overnight to them they would have it back ASAP. I raised as much cain as I know how and apparently they are used to it. I got the monotone vanilla responses that you would expect. LOL. This is from a company who sold me a model number that does not exist, kept my watch for 2 months to fix a loose bezel, did not fix it or even test it before sending it back and constantly mislead customers with their 'authentic' image and good feedback. What a sham. I am considering buying a strap or something from them on ebay just to get an opportunity to share a real and honest experience with them as my NEGATIVE feedback. This should be a warning to anyone thinking of buying from authenticwatches ...DONT!

To make it one step worse for me personally, the watch was given to me as a graduation gift and I have had to hound my friend to make contact with them since he is the one that purchased it and whose house it is shipped to. AHHHHHHHHH!

Chris

: Final Update: I had to pay the $95 for repair
: since their warranty states that the bezel
: is not included. They are shipping it back
: next Monday. As many of you have stated, it
: does suck when it happens to you. Hopefully,
: this will be the last issue for a while and
: I think that I will use my friend of the
: family jeweler from now on. He has done some
: repairs on my father in laws Rolex so I am
: would think he could help me just as well as
: authentic watches. Their warranty seems to
: be junk anyway so I am not nervous about
: getting him to open it anymore.

: Either way, I do love the watch and if I were
: to buy another Bond watch from an AD, I
: would still change the bracelet to the
: non-bond version. It is a matter of
: preference I guess. My next watch will be a
: Speedy Pro from an AD. I could use one of
: those referrals...

: I hope this thread opens a few eyes to those
: who are considering grey market watches.

: Chris