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In Response To: it true - in California they could be in trouble ()

Does anyone know of an actual case where these laws were enforced on gray market watches? I have never heard of any.

The laws were NOT put in place to deter the gray market. Instead, the laws were put in place to deter the sale of STOLEN property, which often has serial numbers removed to prevent the item being connected back to its proper owner.

The gray market is a creation of the *manufacturers* desire to control who resells their products tighter than the realities of the modern business world will let them. It is NOT criminal, even though some lax ethics are involved with certain dealers not fully complying with their authorized dealer/distributor contracts.