The Fakers are busy..... nearly 30 Bids / one day to go....

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I messaged the seller, just for fun, asking whether the dial was original. He replied that it was “professionally restored”. Two problems with that. The first is that my dictionary says that “restored” means returned to an original state. The second is that there’s no mention of this “restoration” in the listing. Instead it’s described as in “near mint condition”, which I find a very misleading phrase too.
 
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Say what you like but I'm collecting as many dial variants of these beauties as I can while the prices are still low. These are sleepers, real future classics. I'm up to about 40 of them so far, paid only about £30k for the lot. I love them and they are REAL and never featured in any catalogues nor have they even surfaced until now. No way are these re-dialled. Sure, some might have been sympathetically and professional restored but not so as you'd know. I can tell a redial and these are 1000% (yes, ONE THOUSAND PER CENT) legit.

I suspect some folks here are talking them down to snap 'em up cheap. Well SHAME ON YOU.
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I have a feeling this is another one of those cancers that doesn’t go away any time soon. I really hope ebay Authenticator reject these pieces of crap, it would be a good litmus test for the program.
 
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I have a feeling this is another one of those cancers that doesn’t go away any time soon. I really hope ebay Authenticator reject these pieces of crap, it would be a good litmus test for the program.
Sadly, they are below the $2k threshold so don’t think they will go through the process .
 
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Sadly, they are below the $2k threshold so don’t think they will go through the process .

That.
And the fact that they originate in the UK where the authentication program doesn't exist (AFAIK).
 
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That.
And the fact that they originate in the UK where the authentication program doesn't exist (AFAIK).
If it reached the 2k limit and the buyer were located in the US (despite the seller being in the UK) it would go to an authenticator. Sadly, these will likely avoid it altogether due to selling price.
 
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Given what he's offering, I'm surprised the seller includes his name, company, address and phone number on his ad and from there you can find more about him and his company from the Companies House UK government website.
 
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They are really skilled in India:


This man's talents are wasted. On every other day he either works in customer service for your bank/telecomms provider or he designs currency notes.
 
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I messaged the seller, just for fun, asking whether the dial was original. He replied that it was “professionally restored”. Two problems with that. The first is that my dictionary says that “restored” means returned to an original state. The second is that there’s no mention of this “restoration” in the listing. Instead it’s described as in “near mint condition”, which I find a very misleading phrase too.
I also messaged the seller yesterday morning asking if the dial was repainted or refurbished. No answers.
 
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It sold for £640.

was really surprised to look through his completed listings. The dude is a criminal. But… the buyers leave positive feedback.

ignorance is bliss?

Added a new one just after these finished.





His completed listings.

 
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It sold for £640.

was really surprised to look through his completed listings. The dude is a criminal. But… the buyers leave positive feedback.

ignorance is bliss?

Added a new one just after these finished.





His completed listings.

Holy shit!! Look at the bid counts for those! No doubt there is a ton of shilling going on, but there are some real bidders in there. I’m actually saddened by this.
 
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Holy shit!! Look at the bid counts for those! No doubt there is a ton of shilling going on, but there are some real bidders in there. I’m actually saddened by this.

yeah it’s tragic.

I sent him a question. “How do you sleep at night?”