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Is this real at all? How could it be so cheap? 321 for 1.4K?

  1. jtth May 22, 2015

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    I'm just getting into doing research on Speedmasters, as I hope to get one when I finish my PhD in a year or so. I came across this: http://forums.watchnet.com/index.php?t=tree&goto=723003&rid=0

    There's no way that's still functioning correctly, with that movement, at such a cheap price, right? Something seems fishy, but I'm just starting to dip my toes in this pool, and that seems like an impossibly good price, right?
     
  2. ulackfocus May 22, 2015

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    If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. The seller just registered and has 2 posts. We've had scammers here offering vintage Speedmasters for similar and lower prices. We sniffed them out quick and banned them.

    Can't say for sure if that is legit or not, but if it is the guy is asking half of what it's worth. If he can post on a forum with pictures, he can search for the value of a watch.
     
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  3. ElVerde May 22, 2015

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    They say if it seems too good to be true....

    I don't know that I've ever seen a working speedy that cheap...let alone a 321.
     
  4. scruffy May 22, 2015

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    the #16 end links could probably fetch that price on their own
     
  5. lenny May 22, 2015

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    The email doesn't bring up much of anything on Google. I'm curious if he would actually take PayPal or will he push for bank wire.
     
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  6. oddboy Zero to Grail+2998 In Six Months May 22, 2015

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    Who will make contact and see where it goes? :)
     
  7. Spacefruit Prolific Speedmaster Hoarder May 23, 2015

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    For heavens sake it's a bare faced scam
     
  8. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member May 23, 2015

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    Ecuador, I'm sure he'll prefer bank wire too, his paypal may have "a problem" or something.
     
  9. persco May 23, 2015

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  10. ricardorio May 23, 2015

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    I sent a e-mail in spanish very clear. Ecuador like Argentina has a lot of shackles to send many articles out side the country.

    Will see.
     
  11. michaelmc May 23, 2015

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    To good to be true alarm going off :)
     
  12. Misterred May 23, 2015

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    If it sounds too good to be true....
     
  13. GeorgeS May 23, 2015

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    He might really send you " a " watch but not the actual one in the picture :eek:
     
  14. GeorgeS May 23, 2015

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    I got a reply back from him
     
  15. redpcar May 23, 2015

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    I fell for a scam like this many years ago. Seller listed a watch worth $1K for $300. Paid with paypal thinking I would be safe. Shipped me a $5 watch, closed his paypal account and ran.
     
  16. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member May 23, 2015

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    Sending this guy offers really is the Speedmaster equivalent of drunken blokes pissing on the third rail and hoping not to get their frank melted off.
     
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  17. wsfarrell May 23, 2015

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    Exactly. If he sends you nothing, PayPal will make you whole. If he sends you anything, PayPal will refuse to get bogged down in a "fake/genuine" debate, and you're screwed.
     
  18. Taddyangle Convicted Invicta Wearer May 23, 2015

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    And the problem is some sucker will fall for the bait.

    Much like the countless emails in my spam folder suggesting I can make a million dollars if they can temporarily transfer $6 million in my US bank account from their insert third world county.
     
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  19. persco May 23, 2015

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    I can't believe anyone here is even bothering to email this guy. The pictures are ripped off from WRUW threads in a Spanish forum. He's listing one watch on one forum, and this Speedy on a different forum, with almost identical language in the ad. Low post counts on both forums. But he's not listed either watch in the Spanish watch forum (for obvious reasons that someone there will likely recognize the watches as the ones currently on his or her own wrist). So much going on here that should be enough to make anyone run away.
     
  20. ulackfocus May 23, 2015

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    These scammers will NEVER go away because there's ALWAYS somebody stupid & greedy enough to screw over.
     
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