Well that was fun; glad I caught the first page at least, before the mods killed it. Particularly hilarious was how the watch suddenly morphed from a Spectre into a Daytona!

Though it'd be nice if the mods could archive these examples of how not to act, rather than simply removing them.

 

any chance of a recap since some of us have no idea what the hell you are talking about

 

I was following the thread as well and found it amusing.
What I wonder though is if this behaviour is for real?
As in a person actually signing in and honestly wanting to do business or just someone trying to piss other people off?

 

It was Megan trying to fool everyone.

 

They PM'd me asking what gives regarding popcorn reactions.
I filled them in on, amongst other things, some of the minimum requirements folks like to see, that it's a community who like to talk watches and not ebay. Ho hum.

 

I got to the end of page one but the (personal) insults became unnecessary and shows what a fool he/she was. Fake daytona won in a poker game suddenly became a real one verified by his mother 2 years later which he was trying to sell with zero posts in the general forum haha. Wish I'd seen pages 2 and 3! Bet it was from them ranting.

 

Quick summary: Dude posted crappy pictures of his “rare and valuable” Bond Spectre SMP and asked for “serious offers only” in the Modern Omegas forum, then got pissy when folks called him out. And as @bonerp cited, we were subsequently treated to the story of how the watch (which had suddenly and mysteriously morphed into a fake/not fake Rolex Daytona) came to be in his possession, and the verification of its veracity by his watchmaking mother-in-law.

I too only got to read the first page before it was pulled. Quell damage.

 

How ‘bout the F to F part, where he was asking the prospective buyer to go pick it up? I didnk’t reply, but I did inform the moderators, as I am sure many others did, as well.

 

That must have been on a later page.

 

Damn European office hours, I missed that bit

 

“If you can afford this watch than you can afford to fly to me or fly me to you”.

Yah - flying to Alabama to collect my Platona based on horrible pictures sounds like a great idea

 

I fully understand why the mods binned the thread, but it could have been fun !
„Yeah sure mate. Go to airport xy, Business Class tickets will be waiting for you at the desk. Cash on delivery, when you arrive at my location“

 

Seriously?

 

Sounds like an interesting thread, in a trainwreck sort of way. Sorry I missed it.

Sure, I'm going to travel to a strange country to meet a stranger because they've agreed to sell me a watch, so I'll be carrying lots of cash on me. What could possibly go wrong there.

 

Ive done that once. Man did I think it was a bad idea... turned out good though

 

I was going to ask the exact same question.

 

I was informed of this debacle this morning. Unfortunately, I had to drive to our furthest west location and missed all the fun. You KNOW I would have jumped in if I had the chance.

At least I got a few shots in at Doucherang Sunbean before I left for work. It was fun picking apart his little infomercial.

 

I Was about to fly out there and buy a platona.

 

Damn guys, I’m from Bama and am flying back in 2 weeks for my nephews wedding. You’re saying I could have gotten a free ticket and a platona out of that trip? Tell me someone screenshot the FS tread with his contact info!