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·Ok we always reasure new members who are paying the noob tax "we all have done it..” So now let’s share our own noob tax examples.
It might be entertaining. It might be embarassing. But consider it as service to new OF members as consolation for their travails.
If you're in the mood to overshare, you can even include how much you paid, and if you tried and were able to get a refund!
I'll start:
My son got a nice original Seiko Turtle 6039 from his grandfather who used it diving for years. I wanted one and found a "bargain" (400 euro) from a seller in Austria. I researched it up and down, dial markings, lume, date window, hands, caseback text, movement etc, and bought this:
Dial, hands, bezel, and even CASE and STRAP are all FEIKO AM
And the seller even disclosed much of it.... Too embarssed to try refund I have it on my shelf as a reminder.
It might be entertaining. It might be embarassing. But consider it as service to new OF members as consolation for their travails.
If you're in the mood to overshare, you can even include how much you paid, and if you tried and were able to get a refund!
I'll start:
My son got a nice original Seiko Turtle 6039 from his grandfather who used it diving for years. I wanted one and found a "bargain" (400 euro) from a seller in Austria. I researched it up and down, dial markings, lume, date window, hands, caseback text, movement etc, and bought this:
Dial, hands, bezel, and even CASE and STRAP are all FEIKO AM
And the seller even disclosed much of it.... Too embarssed to try refund I have it on my shelf as a reminder.
