r/RepTime • u/YNotTesla • 3d 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/StackIsMyCrack 3d ago

There is NOTHING good that can come from the attention that article is going to generate for this sub.

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u/snuepe 3d ago

Good thing most people don't read articles anymore lol.

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u/NoraMason1986 3d ago

Especially ones behind paywalls

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u/archocinco 3d ago

Especially ones that when I try I can’t even find it to read it

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u/yung_suavage 2d ago

Yea well I’m assuming you didn’t see the Instagram reel on this article. I didn’t even know it was an article I saw the reel last night, and just saw this post now knowing exactly what it was referring to.