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The most
important part of this page is the lower part.
There you can learn how to avoid scams, and
also learn about some know scam websites that
you should avoid.
If you decide to go with replica watch, you
should know these things:
Replica watches vary in
quality, and they vary a lot.
The price of replica watches
vary from approximately 20 - 500 dollars. You get what you
paid for.
This
table might not be accurate as it is currently
being updated.
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Replica
- Quartz |
$50
and less. |
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Replica
- Asians |
$80
to $110 |
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Japanese
high end with Japanese movement -??? |
updating...see
forums |
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Japanese
high end with Swiss movement - ??? |
updating...see
forums |
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Swiss
high end with Swiss movement -??? |
updating...see
forums |
For full
information about replica watches grades,
prices, etc. please
visit forums!
Some websites will
sell watches for less than $500, saying that
they use Swiss movement, where the reality is
that those watches use nothing else but
Japanese movement that
should
cost much less.
If you are buying a replica I would not
recommend buying the most expensive one. Well,
it all depends how much money you have.
However, if you have a lot of money do not buy
replica. It's simply not worth it.
BEWARE OF SCAMS!
Here are the 10 quick guidelines on how to avoid
possible scams.
1. Make sure that watches
on the pictures provided do
not show 10:10. All authentic pictures (from Rolex, Omega, etc.) show this time.
If you ever see a commercial or an add for the watch it will
always show 10:10. You want
a retailer that you are buying from to have pictures of actual
watches that they
are selling. Preferably with their website URL included in the
picture - NOT written on the picture.
Click
Here to see an example.
2. Send an e-mail
before you make a purchase and ask if the watch you are buying
looks exactly as the watch on the picture. Tell them that if you
get a watch that doesn't t look exactly the same you will call
your credit card company immediately to tell them that you got
ripped off, and cancel the purchase. Also observe on how
professional they are in responding to your e-mails. If they do
not respond to your e-mail within a few days, avoid that website.
3. A good thing to do when buying
replica watches is to
use a credit card that has 100% fraud protection. Most of these
retailers are going under all the time and you can never be sure
that you won't get ripped off. However, don't forget one thing.
You are buying a counterfeit product.
4. Avoid making
payments by Western Union, bank wire or money order. If you use
you credit card you can at least be sure that you will get you
money back if you receive no watch. Or at least receive something,
even though it might not be the watch of the same quality that you
expected. If you wire money or use Western Union, chances of
getting your money back are very slim. Also a good option would be
to pay by COD (cash on delivery), but ONLY if you are able to
look at the product and then decide if you are going to pay or not. If
you don't get what you were promised, do not pay! If postal
service wants you to pay before letting you inspect the product,
reject the package!
5. Make sure that the
website you are buying from offers a money back guarantee. That
way you can get money back from your credit card company if you
get scammed. But make sure you use a credit card, as this is the
only way you can get you money back based on the money back
guarantee.
6. Never buy very expensive
replica watch. It's simply not worth it.
7. Just because a website looks really fancy
it doesn't
mean that the scam artist isn't behind it. As a matter of fact,
the best looking sites I have seen in this business are those of
the scam artists.
8. Just because a
website has a 1- 800 telephone number does not mean much. However,
make the use of this, call them and ask questions. However, keep
in mind that this does not mean anything, as the phone number can
get disconnected over the night. Many of the scam websites will
list their phone numbers all over the front page so you fell more
safe. Phone number, although a good addition, does not guarantee
you anything.
9. Avoid buying from
new and unestablished websites. Google PR of 0 is also a good
indication that website should not be trusted. Most of the scam
websites are online just long enough to scam certain number of
customers and then they disappear. Most of the customers complain
to hosting companies about the scam websites and their accounts
get closed. Website with good rankings and high Google PR does not
guarantee you that it is not a scam, but it makes it much less
possible.
Also NEVER buy from
websites that are hosted on free servers such as Tripod,
Geocities, etc.
10. Be familiar
with the known scam websites that you should
avoid at all costs. Websites you should
avoid are:
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- replicasworld.com |
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showtimereplicawatches.com
- not working any more.
Other names that this website might be
using:
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replica-planet.com
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showtimewindsor.com
- replicawatchsource.com
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This site
looks great and very professional, but I have heard some
complaints about it. This however, does not mean that you
will not get a good deal, but a few people were not very
satisfied with their service. Also, most of the
affiliate websites that rank great on search engines, are
partnered up with
showtimereplicawatches.com. Therefore, sooner or later you
will probably run into this website, if you already didn't.
I believe that this website has moved to this domain:
replicawatchsource.com |
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- watchimports.com |
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- swisswatchreplica.com |
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- 5starreplica.com |
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- fancyfakes.com |
Links to HollywoodReplica.com
and DreamReplica.com. Two well known scam websites. |
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- replicalord.com |
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- geneve-replicas.com |
geneve-replicas.com
is another huge scam website, apparently associated with
scams such as: replicabillboard.com and bestswiss.com |
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- bestswiss.com |
At the
time of this writing, bestswiss.com is probably one of the
biggest scams around, along with geneve-replicas.com
and idealwatches.com! Their watches are easily 10 times
overpriced! Avoid bestswiss.com! |
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- bestswiss.net |
scam,
scam, scam |
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- precisereplicas.com |
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-
deluxefashion.com |
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-
deluxefashions.com |
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- fineluxurytime.com |
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- thebestreplicas.com |
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- saesonsdeals.com |
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-
okreplica.com |
Sending
spam e-mails to attract new customers. I don't know if the
site is legit or not. |
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- preciseknockoffs.com |
This
website used to look exactly like
preciseknockoffs.net. I believe
that preciseknockoffs.net stole content from preciseknockoffs.com
as the latter one is older website. However, recently they
have changed their name to gradeonewatches.com, and also the
design a little bit. However, this
website should also not be trusted. |
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- preciseknockoffs.net |
These
websites are apparently owned by the same scam artists. This
list was much bigger as they have made many more scam
websites. However, one by one their accounts are getting
suspended by their hosting services, (click
here for a screenshot) apparently after receiving
numerous complaints from scammed customers. All of these
websites have a 1-877 numbers on the front page. This was
made in order to make you think that website is legitimate.
Phone number that you can call does not guarantee you
anything. Most of them also have Google PR of 0 because they
all come and go and never stay online long enough to get
good rankings. This is also good indication that website
should not be trusted. Avoid these website at all cost.
This list will be updated regularly, as they always come up
with the new websites. |
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- hollywoodreplica.com |
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everyswiss.com |
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replica50.com |
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prizereplica.com |
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replicatree.com |
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- swissfreeze.com |
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- globalreplica.com |
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italianreplica.com |
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- replicareport.com |
This
website is promoting it self as a guide that helps people
avoid replica watches scams. The main purpose of the
Replicareport.com is to provide reviews on websites and to
recommend legitimate ones. Even though most of the reviews
are truthful, some of the reviews are totally false.
DO NOT BELIEVE REPLICAREPORT.COM and stay away from this
scam website! |
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- bluefakes.com |
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- myreplicas2you.com |
Myreplicas2you is the on the top of the list of recommended
websites in replicareport.com - website owned by the biggest
scammers in this industry. Avoid this website. |
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- dreamreplica.com |
This website is recommended by
replicareport.com & replicaprofile.com and it also links to
those two websites, so it is probably affiliated with them
in some way. |
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goreplicas.com |
goreplicas.com is a major scam website. Avoid at all costs!
Their watches are several times overpriced. |
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-
eurofakes.com |
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- Idealwatches.com |
Idealwatches.com is a major scam
website. Avoid at all costs! Their watches are several times
overpriced. |
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- genuinereplicas.biz
Other names that this website might be
using:
onlinereplicastore.com
replicabank.com |
People
behind these websites are using spam mail in order to
attract new customers. Beware of theses websites. They are
nothing but scam! |
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replicaoutlet.biz |
Sending spam mail out to attract new
customers. |
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* If you believe that your website should
not be listed here, please contact me.
I have reasons to believe that all websites here should be listed,
however, if you think that you can prove me wrong please
contact me.
- This list
only contains the websites that are online and working, and will be
updated on a regular basis as many more websites will be listed
here soon, but I first want to make sure that they should not be
trusted.
(Updated: July 15, 2005).
Colors explained:
RED
- Known scam websites
BLUE
- Does not offer authentic pictures, sell Japanese replicas as
Swiss, etc. |
There are many other scam websites that show
up and disappear all the time. Therefore it is impossible to name
them all. Do your homework before buying replica watches!
NEW - REVIEW
WEBSITES
The websites listed
below all provide recommendations on replica dealers websites.
This recommendations are nothing else but their own websites. I'm
not saying that you will be scammed if you by from their
recommended websites, but just be aware that most of the reviews
that they provide are fake. These recommendations are influenced
by the fact that they just want to promote their own websites.
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REVIEW WEBSITE |
PROMOTING |
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- replicareport.com* |
Replicareport.com
is owned and operated by one of the biggest scammers in
replica watches industry. They also promote their own
websites such as:
TheWatchFather.com
MyReplicas2You.com
preciseknockoffs.net
etc.
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- replicacenter.com |
replicacenter.com promotes:
Idealwatches.com
goreplicas.com
eurofakes.com |
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- fakereviews.com |
fakereviews.com promotes:
bluefakes.com
Italianreplica.com
etc. |
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fakereplicareview.com* |
fakereplicareview.com promotes:
GlobalReplica.com
Preciseknockoffs.net
myreplicas2you.com
etc. |
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- replica-watches.org |
replica-watches.org promotes:
replicasworld.com
deluxefashion.com
2004swiss.com
replicas2you.com
style2k.us
etc. |
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- replicaprofile.com* |
replicaprofile.com promotes:
GlobalReplica.com
Italianreplica.com
fineluxurytime1.com
myreplicas2you.com
Preciseknockoffs.net
etc. |
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- replicabillboards.com |
replicabillboards.com promotes:
idealwatches.com
goreplicas.com
bestswiss.net
eurofakes.com
etc. |
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- replicabillboard.com |
Looks
the same as replicabillboards.com, but promotes different
websites. These morons (replicabillboard.com and
replicabillboards.com) keep bashing at each other, calling
each other scams, where in fact, they are both equally big
scams, and you should avoid both sites and their
recommendations at all costs!
replicabillboard.com promotes:
bestswiss.com
geneve-replicas.com
etc.
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- replicajournal.com* |
replicajournal.com promotes:
GlobalReplica.com
fineluxurytime1.com
myreplicas2you.com
Preciseknockoffs.net
etc. |
* If you believe that your website should
not be listed here, please contact me.
I have reasons to believe that all websites here should be listed,
however, if you think that you can prove me wrong, please
contact me.
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Websites listed in this section are all websites that offer
reviews of replica dealer's websites. Do not believe their
reviews. Reviews were made in order to promote their own websites
that sell replicas, which are usually recommended websites
on the top of their review list.
RED -
Scam, avoid!
* - I believe
that these websites are made by the same people. (Updated:
July 15, 2005). |
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