Aboardman
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:26 PM |
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ebay sellers from hong kong etc...
Looking for a new watch lost the old one and been looking on the old ebay site, my question is has anybody bought from singapore or hong kong as does
it cause problems with customs (ie duty to pay) and are the watches fake and are the guantees world wide.
thanks
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ruskino80
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:33 PM |
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its all junk and you may have to pay duty
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stevec
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:48 PM |
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Bought a MP3 for my daughter it broke exactly half an hour later. They did replace it and it died after a month or so. Would not buy that way again
and if customs do open it I think you get the bill. However I know people who have good stuff aswell.
Steve.
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D Beddows
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 05:56 PM |
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99.999% fake obviously! (most of the 'name' watches/pens/mobile phone accessories etc etc on ebay are anyway  ) as long as you go into
it knowing that and don't pay much I'd say go for it. I've bought one or two things from Hong Kong sellers and to be honest
I've had less hastle, better quality fakes and better service than from quite a few UK sellers.....
Any kind of guarentee wont be worth the paper its written on though 
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snapper
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 06:05 PM |
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I have in my travels throught the former Yougoslavia bought replicar (fake)
Rolex, Breitling, RayBan and other goods all very good for the price but no guarantees. 25 euros for the watches and they do look the biz, 5 euros for
the RayBans, look good but don't work.
Most of this stuff comes from China.
Don't pay more than you are prepeared to loose.
[Edited on 27/7/06 by snapper]
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Hellfire
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 08:07 PM |
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I bought a Titanium Porsche watch from China... it was £6! The material alone maybe worth more than that now but it's a crock that holds good
time. It was nothing like what they advertised, they advertised the watch as slimline (in who's eyes?) It's a nice looking watch apart
from it's 20mm thick!!!
Buy a proper one!
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 09:36 PM |
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I bought a cheap watch on Ebay from Hong Kong (It had the Plymouth Argyle crest on the face) and cost a grand total of £7 inc. postage. (Thought
'what the hell - if it doesn't arrive etc. I've only lost a few quid.)
It arrived within 10 days and has worked fine from day one.
Do the usual checks like reading their feedback score etc. Don't spend more than you can afford to lose and you should be ok.
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indykid
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| posted on 27/7/06 at 10:43 PM |
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just ordered a phone cover from hong kong.
it's rubber coated, so should last more than a month in my pocket with keys. i don't know if it'll arrive, but if not, i paid £4,
posted. i've lost more than that in the course of a normal day, before.
if you can't afford to lose it, don't think about paying it, and don't expect it to be genuine, unless genuine fake. i'd maybe
think twice about a watch though.
tom
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wyatt
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 07:54 AM |
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I have bought 2 MP3 players one of them was an IPod copy
got them both about 3 months ago with no problems with duty and work great.
www.bynxy.co.uk
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02GF74
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| posted on 28/7/06 at 10:05 AM |
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I bought a casio protek watch, titatnium bracelet and the one with built in compass.
Arrived quickly, no duty - that is random and depends if customs are having a good day or not.
Dunno if tis is fake - certailny looks real and it took a lot of effort to do the manual, billions of pages of it in different language,
keeps good time so I am happy with it; caost about 1/2 price in UK.
also got 2 memory sticks, both look genuine and work fine, well the first one I bought seems to give a problem when it is warm - need to lok into so
not so happy an ending there.
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