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7 October 2013, 06:10 AM | #61 |
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Sounds like a nightmare place - who would go near it!
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7 October 2013, 06:20 AM | #62 |
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7 October 2013, 06:44 AM | #64 |
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I've been to his store and trust me it's a duck.
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7 October 2013, 06:53 AM | #65 |
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When the selection of comparatively hard-to-find timepieces is that extensive, and anyone who has passed the Plaza Galleries will attest, there are a lot of watches, there must be a reason. Either the shop has a very gifted and resourceful set of buyers OR the prices are exorbitant and nothing is leaving the shop. The customers who have commented in this thread are offended by the New York style of aggression and security: these are less reprehensible than the bad deals and criminal attitude. If you want a nice watch, you sometimes have to put up with some 'tude and some inconvenience. You may receive nearly the same level of abuse at J & P Time over on 2nd: they were subject of a thread back in 2009. Again, some items there you won't see elsewhere, but why spend three times market value? I think these groups make their money on visitors to New York who aren't 100% on the local currency. I think most New Yorkers (and heretics like me) tend to avoid them.
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7 October 2013, 08:00 PM | #66 |
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8 October 2013, 11:51 AM | #67 |
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Michael57 lololol what a funny guy.
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8 October 2013, 12:18 PM | #68 |
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Thanks Michael57, if you hadn't bumped this thread back up, I would never have seen it. You've saved me and many other forum members some grief, by the sounds of it. Will steer clear of the place when I visit NYC, despite your kind advice.
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9 October 2013, 12:13 AM | #70 |
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30 March 2017, 06:44 AM | #71 |
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I went in there in January and he was unreasonable. That many watches in one place is a sight to see, but that was the only value I got. He tried to sell me a refinished dial datejust where one of the coronet points was crooked. Not just a little either, I didn't have a loupe on hand and could see it. Every watch I was actually interested in, he had a story of why it was priced so high and how special it was. No box sets. No papers. We are talking DJ here too. I wasn't looking for a special watch. I left after a while because he didn't seem to care if he made a deal for anything. I'm actually not sure what his purpose is. They still make you write down what you want with your info on a paper. My opinion is that it's worth seeing all that stuff in one place at one time if you have time to kill, but other than that... he's a joke and really doesn't want to sell anything.
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30 March 2017, 09:41 AM | #72 |
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My friend left a deposit for a watch but after I did my research (Yelp, and here) I am really worried.
And everything everybody has been saying about the "customer sign in sheet" and not being able to be buzzed out is true. Any advice? |
7 December 2017, 07:26 AM | #73 |
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Did you poor friend end up buying from him?
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16 December 2017, 11:05 AM | #74 |
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Passed by their store once last month and thought the store looked interesting from the outside. It was filled with lots of interesting watches.
Today, I went in, and the experience was ridiculous. Some old guy rudely directed me to some younger guy. The guy had an attitude and did not know anything about watches. He started interrogating me and asking for my personal information. I told right away, that I did not want to give him any of my information. I asked to see two watches--both were ridiculously overpriced. At that point, I was done. I tried to leave, but the door was locked. I asked the guy to let me out. He said that he has to buzz me out and walks away to the back. The old guy comes back and start trying to sell me watches again. I told him I was not interested. He started asking for my information, phone number, email, etc. I had to raise my voice and tell the clown to open the door. I almost lost it. He buzzed me. All along the button for the door was right where the younger guy was. I hope other people read these reviews and never go there. |
12 July 2019, 08:43 AM | #75 |
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Lol I just experienced the same thing many of you have already posted. My polite Canadian demeanour had to take the back seat for about 25 seconds. During this time I told Lee how I felt about his ridiculous prices and strategy of trying to force me to make an offer while restricting my ability to exit his store.
$8900 for a Tudor big block. Lmao. I couldn’t run fast enough. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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