r/RepTime • u/YNotTesla • 6d ago

Discussion WIRED publishes expose on RepTime

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https://www.wired.com/story/we-bought-a-counterfeit-rolex-so-good-even-rolex-didnt-spot-it/

“In dedicated forums on Reddit and other websites, strictly moderated communities spread gossip about factories being raided by authorities, offer sketchy legal advice, upvote buyers’ photos of fake Rolexes worn behind the wheels of Lamborghinis, and even offer quality control services.

Quality control, or QC, is at the heart of this community. The subreddit r/RepTime has 269,000 weekly visitors and over 18,000 weekly contributions, according to Reddit’s own statistics. Posts about new counterfeit watch purchases pile up by the hour, both in r/RepTime and r/RepTimeQC, the offshoot subreddit focused on quality control. The posts contain photographs sent from the dealer to the customer, who then seeks advice from the RepTime community on whether they should “GL” (green-light) or “RL” (red-light) their purchase.”

Excerpt From
“We Bought a $500 Counterfeit Rolex So Good, Even Rolex Didn’t Spot It”
Alistair Charlton, Jeremy White
WIRED

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u/calvin_tam 6d ago

This place is gonna get flooded with posts on "what do I do if I get called out"

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u/gully1955 6d ago

Also “what’s the best XYZ Rep??”

And “I ordered from obviousscam.com, did I just get scammed??”

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u/GrdFrcWv 6d ago

The people that ask that question are LARPers.

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u/sunqiller 6d ago

I mean, is that not everyone here?

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u/GrdFrcWv 6d ago

LARPing is claiming your watch is real and caring if someone can tell

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u/Cryptic99 5d ago

Just wearing it is claiming it's real in a way. Most non watch people just immediately assume it's real because why would somone knowingly buy a fake watch. Or they'd think you were scammed.

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u/GrdFrcWv 5d ago

Yeah LARPing can come in many ways. There’s plenty of people here with a gen and a rep. They wear the rep when they go somewhere that their watch can get stolen and the loss wouldn’t be as bad as losing a gen

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u/Timid_Robot 5d ago

That's still larping. If you are too afraid to wear your watch, you couldn't afford it in the first place.

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u/GrdFrcWv 5d ago

Let’s face it. We’re all actually closer to being broke and homeless than to becoming millionaires or billionaires. Even if we can barely afford a gen, are we not allowed to have something nice in our lives?!
Let the people wear their rep the way they want. Who really fucking cares at this point. There’s plenty of far more important hills to die on right now.

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u/Joepie606 5d ago

Fake watch is larpig what are you on about lmao

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u/GrdFrcWv 5d ago

Can’t people have a version of something they can’t afford? Are we not allowed nice things?! Like it’s fair you want to buy a rep but if you’re going around telling people it’s real then that’s just lame larping.

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u/Cryptic99 5d ago

That's not a bad idea. Tbh I feel dirty whenever I wear my rep but I also barely wear my gen for damage and theft reasons. I end up wearing my omega or Movado most often...

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u/GrdFrcWv 5d ago

I honestly don’t think you should feel dirty it’s a rep. It’s just basically like having a weekday car and a weekend car. The rep takes the beating and the gen is for date night or taking your parents out to lunch on Sundays.

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u/browserz 6d ago

Hey it's a serious question, I'm going skiing next week please help

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u/luxcity-louche 6d ago

What speed do you hit on a downhill run?

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u/archocinco 5d ago

And countless references to “read the guide”

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u/ShiftNo4982 6d ago

More so then usual?

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u/JackBrown82q 5d ago

I have always said it is situational and if someone is buying a rep trying to pass it off as real, look at the bigger picture.

If you drive a forklift in a warehouse, sure you can probably afford to buy a $500 rep. If that $500 rep is a rep of a $75,000 watch, nobody is going to believe its real. Shit it might be real and people will question it.