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josh · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Location: Mapo

My friend who owns a jewelry shop is clearing out Swiss made watches and selling them off at big big discounts! You can get more discounts if you buy a pair (for couples?). Tungsten case and band with Bezel sapphire glasses original Swiss made.

Original prices range from 560,000wons and above. Selling them all at 150.000won each with free shipping.

Don't know how to post pics. here. Please e-mail her at [email protected] for pics. and info.

Thanks for looking^^

Here's a link :
http://englishspectrum.com/board_.php?include=&mode=view&id=3628&lc=&sc=&mc=&gid=BnS&

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

Original prices are a like or they're fake.

Even on the 1% odds that the above statement is false they're still a ripoff. Can I tell time on them any better than my $2.97 wal-mart watch? No? Not interested.

Chicoloco · Joined: 18 Oct 2006 Location: In the ring.

I'll buy the lot.......once my investment with that nice gentleman at the Nigerian Oil Ministry comes to fruition.

Seriously.

Just hold them for me.

Very Happy

josh · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Location: Mapo

These watches were used to be the showcase display at my friend's jewelry shop and since she's changin' new designs in her showcase she's sellin' them all cheap. If you have the time and visit the jewelry shop in Pocheon city you can check if they're fake or not.

Thanks for all the comments and your time looking.

Trevor · Joined: 16 Nov 2005

Look, Josh, let me explain things to you. I don't question your sincerity. I think you believe the watches are real. Your "Friend" with the shop got you to post on a foreigner site hoping to unload some "Swiss" watches. No doubt she's a young, ambitious, attractive Korean lady...

I hate to break it to you...but this smells like the oldest trick in the book. Take a step back and re-survey the situation. Wink

josh · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Location: Mapo

Hi Trevor,

Thanks for the advice^^...Anyways, she didn't ask me to post it. I offered to post it since I thought or I believed they're good. I bought all my wedding jewelries from her shop six years ago here in Seoul. And since then I've been a costumer and became a friend as well. She moved to Pocheon last month and it's part of the reason.

I think not everyone is looking for second hand goods here. This post is just for those who needed it though. I bought my watch from her shop at more than 800dollars six years back. Even if it doesn't make any difference between a 3,000won watch in tellin' time...it made me happy to know that my watch is expensive even if I have to walk home because I can't afford a bus fare!

You're right she's ambitious and beautiful but she's not young Sad

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JMO · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Location: Daegu

This may or not be a ripoff but this statement is ridiculous..

agoodmouse · Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Location: Anyang

I saw a classic Casio calculator watch in Itaewon selling for 35,000 won. Ridiculous, huh? I'd expect to pay 20,000 or less. But 35,000?

josh · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Location: Mapo

I agree agoodmouse. It's no good to shop at Itaewon. My friend's shop was once in Home-ever Mapo.

JustJohn · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Location: Your computer screen

zakuta · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Location: Seoul

bought a genuine swiss watch a year ago from a shop closing sale,worth $110 for $10!!!got it checked from experts and turned out to be genuine but i just bought it for being inexpensive. No offense josh but personally i would only buy if i could see the watches in person first. Anyways good luck with the sale Smile

idonojacs · Joined: 07 Jun 2007

No sale, Josh. I will not settle for anything less than the very best, and we all know who makes the best watches in the world.

Does your buddy have any of those genuine Korean-made watches?

wuzza · Joined: 02 May 2003

I regard myself as "in-the-know" for watches.
I own about 8, ranging from two that cost 10,000 Won at Seoul Station to one I spent 900 Euro on at CDG airport. I've never bought a very expensive one.

"Swiss-made" implies, but doesn't guarantee quality. The Swiss like everyone else make cheap stuff too. I would be more interested in knowing the brand - the pictures that are posted are difficult to make out, and the tags attached to them are probably incorrect - One is for Elgin, which was never a Swiss watch, and another is for Benrus, who haven't made proper watches for 40 years.

My one piece of advice would be to go down and see them for yourself before making judgement on whether they're fake or real. Watch prices are often slashed to make space for new styles; check out Amazon.com right now, and you will see they are selling Swiss-made watches that RRP for between 500 and 1,000 dollars for about 20% of the price. Cheap doesn't mean fake.

As for the debate about whether a 500 dollar watch is better than a 3 dollar watch; that all depends on your priorities - I've often blown 500 in a month on drinking. would I prefer a nice watch instead of the hangovers? Sure. Is a CK sweater 5 times as good as a Giordano sweater? Probably not, but I will guarantee that these watches will still be ticking away when Walmart and all the watches inside it long gone.