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25 February 2017, 10:45 PM | #1 |
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Does this look scammy to you?
This site has been advertised heavily in a Facebook group I'm in. Prices look decent, but I have doubts with the stock photos and the story (guy claims his dad died and left him the jewelry business, and he is selling them at these prices to clear stock . . .)
https://www.thefreedomrepublic.com
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25 February 2017, 11:02 PM | #2 |
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Yes sounds very dodgy also there contact us page has no address that's a big red flag when shopping online
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25 February 2017, 11:10 PM | #3 | |
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'How DO I know This Isn't A Scam To be honest, and this may sound harsh, but you don't. It is NOT - but I am reasonable and can understand wondering. Your option is to go elsewhere, pay more and take the exact same risk as you would be buying through me. If you THINK that a person selling on any bidding site is more reputable than me you are sadly mistaken. ' That in itself would make me look elsewhere......and as you say lots of stock photo's ......personally I wouldn't.......unless someone else here is able to shed more light. |
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25 February 2017, 11:25 PM | #4 |
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Yeah, I agree. If someone has had business with this jeweler I would be interested to know.
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26 February 2017, 05:40 AM | #5 |
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Seems like a rather elaborate website just to sell a dozen watches. They invite you to visit in person, but don't have a physical street address anywhere.
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26 February 2017, 07:24 AM | #6 |
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Freedom Republic Jewelers Scam
It's a total scam. A quick google image search on the Omega Seamaster points to this site in Japan:
http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/z...tem/used-2592/ His Sub LV pics were stolen from here: http://www.carrwatches.com/products/ROLEX/-/2734 And his black faced explorer II was sold out of Jakarta to a Mr Gab of Switzerland, website here: http://www.preownedwatch-id.com/2013...i-42mm_25.html That's just three watches chosen at random and searched, I'd bet all the others would turn up results too. |
26 February 2017, 12:40 PM | #7 |
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Nice detective work cryten, there you go op pass
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26 February 2017, 12:43 PM | #8 |
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Yep certainly looks scammy. I would not buy from here. All of his content is basically trying to justify all the reasons why you should trust him. I'm skeptical
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27 February 2017, 05:30 AM | #9 |
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Weird thing is this guy was taking paypal originally and is now using credit card payments, not wire transfers. How does he expect to keep scamming using those payment methods?
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27 February 2017, 07:07 AM | #10 |
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Oh oh. Scam. I found the pictures of the "sold" gold daytona on chrono24 from a seller in germany.
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27 February 2017, 07:15 AM | #11 |
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Here's the link to the daytona with the same images as the freedomrepublic site. http://www.chrono24.com/rolex/dayton...-id3371828.htm
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27 February 2017, 07:33 AM | #12 |
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I agree. A big thanks to everyone who put in actual research on this.
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27 February 2017, 08:02 AM | #13 | |
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I also notice the web domain he's using is masked my Domains By Proxy LLC, another massive red flag. |
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24 October 2018, 02:48 AM | #14 |
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Here's the black faced explorer II was sold out of Jakarta to a Mr Gab of Switzerland, website here
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24 October 2018, 03:41 AM | #15 |
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You guys are good.
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