Invicta headaches...

[Valenciawatchrepair]

I put an ad on facebook and other places advertising that I do repairs, but also buy/sell. I normally get people selling junk and they understand that and go about their business. Today I get someone selling this lovely Invicta(Click for link)

His watch has been worn and I inform him that these are selling on eBay NEW for less than $50. I really wouldn't be interested. He then says, "those are replicas." I then inform him that even on Amazom from INVICTA, they are $74. He still says they are fake and his is real and MSRP for his is $995. Not sure if he's just trying to BS me, or he really believes this thing is worth anywhere near $995.

[AzPaul]

If Invicta opened a Dollar Store, the MSRP would be $49.95

[SDRider]

I had a TAG-Heuer dealer tell me he wouldn’t take a TAG Calibre 5 Automatic I bought from him new less than a year prior in trade for a new TAG. This is a watch that cost $2800 retail and he expects you to take that garbage from him?

[RW16610]

LOL good luck to him selling that thing...

[GB-man]

I can’t be the only one who has watched the late night invicta tv sales shows for a good laugh!

“This watch is for the guy who wants something substantial!”

[Formulansx]

I bought a "insert banned item here" from big 5 back a few years ago. The guy behind the desk was really cocky for some reason the whole time and had a big gold mutant sub Invicta on. I sort of ignored it for the most part but his attitude really changed when I was filling out paperwork with a DD on I wasn't trying to make a point of it but he had a good 5 minutes staring at "the Crown" while I widdeled away at questions about my allegiance to the country and my mental state. I think they even asked me what my favorite color was. I answered yellow GOLD of course! Lol


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[jctrolex]

Someone would actually go through the trouble of producing a fake Invicta????

[offrdmania]

Originally Posted by jctrolex

Someone would actually go through the trouble of producing a fake Invicta????

Its like a counterfeiter who only prints $1 bills

[Kingair]

Originally Posted by offrdmania

Its like a counterfeiter who only prints $1 bills

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[SearChart]

I'm glad I don't have to repair them. Yes I'm a spoiled kiddo

[BristolCavendish]

The Invicta business model seems to involve listing an exorbitant MSRP followed by an actual POS price that is incredibly less than that figure.

This draws in a lot of potential/actual customers who in general terms, feel they are purchasing a watch that bears a striking similarity to the Rolex design. It's probably why the occasional "Is that an Invicta?" query (to someone wearing a Rolex) occurs. The Invicta has acquired a trademark look of its own and some Invicta owners probably see the Rolex as a clone (or homage) to the Invicta line.

Pretty ironic, eh?

[mps354]

Originally Posted by GB-man

I can’t be the only one who has watched the late night invicta tv sales shows for a good laugh!

“This watch is for the guy who wants something substantial!”

I'm guilty of this...I just can't look away!

[august1410]

Second only to Invicta owners, I think the owners of the current Michael Kors line have inflated their watch's value in their heads.

I am far from a watch snob. I have ONE Rolex and about five Seikos. The Michael Kors watches are re-badged Fossil watches and while there is nothing inherently wrong with a Fossil at it's price point, I can't understand paying three to four times more for the same watch simply because it has someone's name on it.