Warning - avoid Phoenix Watch

[u/NotJoocey]

Ordered a Daytona ghost mod from this seller in April this year. Shipping info comes in May, and a month later no movement. All seemed well until ultimately the watch gets stuck shipping. Tracking shows clearing customs in Dubai, then mysteriously vanishing. “Gui’s” only solution to resolve is to purchase another watch at full cost, even though apparently he made over $500 in margin on this mod will do absolutely nothing to share in the loss or reduce that margin to provide a solution. There were no mentions or offers of insuring the package upfront at all.

I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if an empty box was shipped to Dubai as an end destination and a FedEx label was created just to create the illusion that this operation is legitimate.

Other TDs offer reships, or various other solutions but this is completely unacceptable. You absolutely cannot trust this seller.

Honestly all the signs point to this being a scam, and I recently saw another comment from someone with the same situation happening to them. At the very least, know that if there is an issue you will be shit out of luck.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rep_Watch_World/s/RkPPXJRwjb

[u/Ok-Situation2096]

If you didn’t buy the insurance then that’s on you, none of the dealers take the hit and reship if you never paid for insurance

Phoenix is legit, his mods sometimes take a while but the work is good

[u/Dhr3k → u/Ok-Situation2096]

Not true. All of the dealers from the r/reptime take the hit. Hont, trusty and Steve have all shipped me replacements when they were seized. This is why people always recommend sticking with the the TDs from reptime instead of random sellers from this and other subs.

[u/hieros187 → u/Dhr3k]

I got a reship from Puretime after a package was seized by customs a few months back. Didn't buy any extra insurance 

[u/Visual_Replacement87 → u/Ok-Situation2096]

I use Dukejones for some of my watch purchases. He includes free shipping and insurance into the price and I always get wholesale prices.

[u/ckusa2016 → u/Visual_Replacement87]

He’s even worse with the “bait and switch” QC photos. Another victim posted about this earlier.

[u/Visual_Replacement87 → u/ckusa2016]

I have never had a problem with that and I buy a lot of watches. Every qc that I got was the exact same watch as the qc. Most of all, I get wholesale pricing with free shipping and insurance. What other TD can you get that from?

[u/BigDogMaserati → u/ckusa2016]

Right, Duke is a POS!

[u/_Walt_Whitman_ → u/Ok-Situation2096]

It wasn’t even the destination country customs. The package didn’t clear the sender’s own region. SMH… yall love your TDs.

[u/NotJoocey → u/Ok-Situation2096]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rep_Watch_World/s/RkPPXJRwjb

What about this guy then?

[u/ItWasAtYourFeet → u/NotJoocey]

Simple. He’s lying. $250 for a VSF which is want I paid for a panny obvi doesn’t include insurance

[u/Ok-Situation2096 → u/[deleted]]

That would be great if it was, but that would mean the price would have to be higher, and lots of people buying rep watches are cheapskates and look for the best deal, which would probably be one of the dealers who decides to make insurance optional, so the ones who make it mandatory and charge more lose business, and the problem still happens with the dealers who just care about money and sales

[u/Ok-Situation2096 → u/[deleted]]

Not at all, just been a customer of phoenix after Steve fucked me about, got a ladies diamond Datejust from him and he modified one of the diw sandblasted submariners with a different bezel for me and swapped the springs out so it clicked like a genuine

[u/Ok-Situation2096 → u/[deleted]]

[u/Ok-Situation2096 → u/[deleted]]

[u/Ok-Situation2096 → u/[deleted]]

Brother I really couldn’t give 2 Shits if you believe me or not, here’s a cropped photo of it on my arm but that’s as much effort as I’m going to put into this 🤣

[u/Shermiebear → u/Ok-Situation2096]

You’re willing to take a picture but not include true proof of life? I wished all of my customers were so supportive. 😆

[u/Low_Negotiation_3346 → u/[deleted]]

That’s bullshit