[johnny action]

For whatever reason, I have always assumed that the Etsy marketplace was trustworthy. But I’ve come across several of their vendors selling watches at incredibly discounted prices. I just thought Etsy had closer monitoring of its vendors for something like this to happen. I guess it’s no better than Ebay.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1778892176/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1794584607/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1793129497/

 

[ColinW]

Did you report them?

 

[flypanam]

I've come across similar listings on poshmark and mercari. I've reported on every site I come across these listings on, but it appears that reporting basically does nothing. If you browse these kind of sites, once in a blue moon you'll find a nice vintage watch, or a luxury watch sold by someone who's not really into watches and doesn't know their worth, or a cheaper seiko for a good price, but there are lots of fakes and scams out there. Best to just stay away, honestly.

 

[midshipman01]

Yes. One of the few places I can think of where fakes of all types and seemingly just whatever is allowed to be listed on a major platform. Even outside of that, the the core of the business model is completely rotten, with virtually every category taken over by “handmade” drop shipped china junk.

 

[Viper98912]

I thought Etsy was supposed to be for people custom/hand making items, not selling off-the-shelf goods.

 

[B_Spacey]

Etsy was originally founded as a marketplace for crafters and artists to sell handmade goods. Now I see more resellers and Chinese produces items, and less handmade stuff. Google searches for watches have taken me to etsy a few times and I thought - no one hand makes brand name watches so what are they doing there? So yes, they have become an alternate to ebay essentially (and maybe less policed for non-genuine products). The watches I see there are usuall a. overprices trying to lure an uneducated buyer, b. frankenwatches from India, or c. dubious pedigree that I wouldn't take a chance on.

 

[Russ1965]

Just like most online selling places, the rot sets in eventually 😕

 

[johnny action]

Did you report them?

I didn’t. Should I? I can only assume it’s a scam, can’t prove it. On the other hand, what else could it be? I guess I will.

 

[Saswatch]

The market for luxury watches has fallen.

 

[Stellite]

Etsy has been a he for fake sellers for quite some time. I see their ads all the time for ap, rolex and pateks for 700 bucks

 

[johnny action]

I just messaged the sellers this:
“Is this watch a genuine Omega or is it a replica?
Thanks. “

let’s see if they respond.

 

[O .]

Yes. One of the few places I can think of where fakes of all types and seemingly just whatever is allowed to be listed on a major platform. Even outside of that, the the core of the business model is completely rotten, with virtually every category taken over by “handmade” drop shipped china junk.

This. It used to be a niche place for some quality handmade goods. It's now 98% garbage.

 

[johnny action]

One of the sellers just responded. See screenshot below. So it’s 99% genuine, huh? And box and papers too?!?😂

I just reported them. WUS mods, please forgive me for starting this thread; I know we’re not supposed to discuss fakes but I wasn’t sure. I never thought I’d live to see Replicants popping up on Etsy.

 

[Koztac]

Thanks for providing the listng. I reported one of them so far. Convenient theyre selling all those Omegas for the same price, its like theyre not even trying.

 

[monza06]

Honestly, if you are naive or stupid enough to think you can get a $3-4K watch for 600 bucks, then you deserve to be scammed, sorry but that's the truth....

 

[johnny action]

Honestly, if you are naive or stupid enough to think you can get a $3-4K watch for 600 bucks, then you deserve to be scammed, sorry but that's the truth....

Nobody deserves to be scammed.

 

[Davekaye90]

Absolutely no way I would ever buy a watch on Etsy. There are some fantastic strap makers there, though. Indonesian based 7th Creation is a long time favorite of mine. I bought a few of Hodink's $125 straps when they were closing them out for $25. 7th C's straps are much better than the Hodink stuff.

These are absolutely hand made as well. Any size you want, thread color you want, pattern you want, etc etc etc.

 

[monza06]

Nobody deserves to be scammed.

Well, I don't wish it to anyone as it is not a pleasant experience but one still has to exercise some kind of knowledge or common sense even when shopping online, I mean what would you expect will happen if you buy a Breitling on ebay for $600 listed by someone with 0 feedback from Tajikistan and who named himself "farto_36" ??

 

[JSnipes]

Absolutely no way I would ever buy a watch on Etsy. There are some fantastic strap makers there, though. Indonesian based 7th Creation is a long time favorite of mine. I bought a few of Hodink's $125 straps when they were closing them out for $25. 7th C's straps are much better than the Hodink stuff.

These are absolutely hand made as well. Any size you want, thread color you want, pattern you want, etc etc etc.

This ^^^^^

I view Etsy as a place to buy nice handmade straps. You have to do some searching but they're out there.

 

[Noblecru]

Depends on what you're shopping for. Some nice little crocheted item, perfect. A watch, give me a break.