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Old 15 December 2018, 02:33 AM   #31
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OP, glad you reached a suitable solution you are happy with. I'm too OCD to have taken the same route but again, glad you are happy.l
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Old 15 December 2018, 06:05 AM   #32
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You bought it from a some what reputable seller who bought from a trusted seller ? I wonder if your seller bought it right after you paid for it and just shippied it out barely looking at.

Then on receiving it you noticed the dings and bad polish. But your seller confessed up it was polished like it shouldn’t have been after you notified him of dings and a bad polish. Offers you approximately half of a new polish cost all the way in Japan, and it might need new hands too ? So it could’ve been opened up as well. This could be a 6 + week turn around plus you have to ship and insure to Japan ?

If you wanted not to take his 300-400 offer on this you had to pay the insured shipping back to him plus his wire refund fee ? I think I’m missing something..there’s no way I’d pay for shipping back a watch that was misrepresented and his wire fee to boot. Sorry, I would’ve fired shots off all over this seller. He could keep his huge refund. Sellers like this need to be outed. IMO this is a mess, hopefully nothing else is wrong with it.

But I guess if your happy that’s good. The seller must be very happy cause he really didn’t take care of anything. I hope after it’s all fixed up you’re very happy with it.
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I have to agree with Mark on this one. You seem happy with the results at this point however a truly reputable seller, agreeing that the watch was not correctly represented would not have asked you to pay for return shipping or refund fees. That's all on them not you.

Right now you don't know if Seiko will be able to fully restore this watch. You even wondered how much metal was removed to cover up the dents that were there. What do you do if Seiko says they can't give you the original polish because of this? Or new replacement hands?

I would not like to buy from this seller but I don't know who it is so this thread is no longer any help to me. Good Luck.
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Old 15 December 2018, 09:32 PM   #33
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New hands and case won’t be an issue for this model.
Seiko holds spares for at least 10 years (may’ve been extended by now) after it ceases being produced.
In the event there aren't any spare cases, I think I’m right in saying Seiko will laser fill the dents.
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Old 15 December 2018, 10:02 PM   #34
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I would have sent it back and bought another without issues
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Old 16 December 2018, 08:13 AM   #35
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Return it or ask for him to fully or at least partially fund a service by Seiko
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Old 16 December 2018, 08:28 AM   #36
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OP, Happy you two worked out a solution. Hope the folks in Japan do an amazing job on your watch.
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if it was misrepresented and it certainly sounds that way, i’d send it back for a full refund. Too much work involved and the seller only offering half the cost. Unacceptable.
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