[tyrex13]

I tried to get an Everest this morning. I was able to put a white one I’m my cart, but the black one was never available. Mistake or are flipper bots now buying them all instantly?

 

[StevieMischief]

I was able to snag a white one, but I was refreshing every 10 secs or so from 8:57 on...last time out - a few weeks ago - it seemed like the sale opened a few minutes early. This time, I refreshed at exactly 9am, added to cart, and was able to checkout without an issue.

To your point though, I do imagine there were many flippers!

 

[FJR1971]

I think it’s just such a limited number that get released.
It’s also a limit of one watch- how can bots get around that?

 

[clarencek]

Not sure if there are bots. I picked up the gilt Everest this morning. It was sold out within two minutes but if you are prepared it’s not hard to get.
1. Register an account and be logged in.
2. Make sure your cc details are in auto fill in your browser
3. Go to the product page at 8:57 am and just refresh the page until you see an add to cart button
4. Add to cart and immediately go to check out.

Process takes maybe 30 sec and you should be able to get whatever you want.

 

[Nokie]

Seems like every time they release new models they are gone almost instantly?

 

[tyrex13]

Maybe the black dial wasn't available this round. I didn't know the gilt was or I would have went for that. I was able to put the white in my cart, but didn't really want that one. I was all ready to copy paste and was also hitting refresh, just the black was never available.

 

[fisherfrost]

This seems like a lot of work to get a watch!

 

[chas58]

Black not available, gilt was...

From 5 days ago

 

[chas58]

This seems like a lot of work to get a watch!

To be fair, it is a made in China rolex homage, you can buy those all day long on ali-x

 

[MrDisco99]

Yay, another thread about this.

Timefactors' buying process sucks. Somebody posted a detailed process for how to get the order submitted in time. If you're really serious about buying one, you can try that.

Or just find another brand that actually gives a crap about their customers. Plenty of cheap Explorer homages out there.

 

[shiam_85]

There are always flippers, hard to find, sold out, etc. Whatever bs they can come out with to make a profit

 

[FullFlavorPike]

To be fair, it is a made in China rolex homage, you can buy those all day long on ali-x

I know, right? People could just buy an alpha explorer or an Addiesdive or somethingno problem. BUt they’re mad because they want something g that’s deliberately hard to get.

 

[chas58]

I know, right? People could just buy an alpha explorer or an Addiesdive or somethingno problem. BUt they’re mad because they want something g that’s deliberately hard to get.

My Smiths came not running because it was package so poorly, cost me $100 to return it and I ended up getting a San Martin because it's made so much better At least they're clear about the provenance.

If I had any confidence in the watch I would have sold it to somebody here but I'm not going to pass on a bad lemon. Let's just say the customer service left something to be desired...

 

[mconlonx]

To be fair, it is a made in China rolex homage, you can buy those all day long on ali-x

They are supposed to homage the watches, not the Rolex sales/scarcity strategy...

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

They are supposed to homage the watches, not the Rolex sales/scarcity strategy...

It is amusing (to me) that folks give Rolex crap for this, but they line up all day every day whenever there’s another TF release.

 

[mconlonx]

It is amusing (to me) that folks give Rolex crap for this, but they line up all day every day whenever there’s another TF release.

To be fair, TF takes plenty well-deserved crap for this, too...

 

[Betterthere]

Not sure if there are bots. I picked up the gilt Everest this morning. It was sold out within two minutes but if you are prepared it’s not hard to get.
1. Register an account and be logged in.
2. Make sure your cc details are in auto fill in your browser
3. Go to the product page at 8:57 am and just refresh the page until you see an add to cart button
4. Add to cart and immediately go to check out.

Process takes maybe 30 sec and you should be able to get whatever you want.

Did all that ...was in cart and I was to last page in a few seconds but snatched out.
Poor design of website imo.

Luckily I didn't want one but was trying to help a friend.

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

To be fair, TF takes plenty well-deserved crap for this, too...

Not as much as they should, in my opinion.

Here’s the TF inventory specialist hard at work.

 

[tyrex13]

Black not available, gilt was...

From 5 days ago View attachment 17217406

Looks like I just made a mistake thinking the black dial was supposed to be available when it was only white and gilt.

 

[Plasticone]

I tried to get an Everest this morning. I was able to put a white one I’m my cart, but the black one was never available. Mistake or are flipper bots now buying them all instantly?

I don’t think there were bots, I was able to get a black one this morning, refreshed the page from 8:58 and as soon as I saw it available I purchased it.
But yeah by 9:01 est the black were gone already and the white was sold out shortly after.
I am not sure about the gilt version (the only one available this morning together with the white one) that was available but since the process is so quirky I just decided to try. I hope I like it as it is very difficult to fully understand how it looks from the pics.

To be fair, it is a made in China rolex homage, you can buy those all day long on ali-x

Link please. All I can see on Ali-x are very poorly made copies but I’d be happy to get another watch with a similar quality for a fraction of the price