FAKE AQUADIVE UP DATE PLEASE HELP IF YOU HAVE ONE
AQUADIVE FAKE-UPDATE
Unfortunately I too fell victim to the seller in December 2011, We will now refer to him as
Hong Kong Fooey,No 1 fake guy, Id rather not use his name as we all know who he is!
This is what I have done so far to try to get my money back.
Firstly I sent him the link about the fake Aquadive watches on this forum, and received no reply, So then I sent the following message through ebay to try to get a response
Dear watch-navi,
Right, you have obviously checked the link I sent you, because you have now removed the watch from your listing. Unfortunately you sold me one of these watches in December 2011 for the sum of £1094.56. I would like this money refunded to my pay pal account this is my email for you to do this
tonkawilson@aol.com
If you do not refund the money I will report the matter to eBay. I have checked your feedback back to 2008 and you have sold 13 of exactly the same watch with the same serial no on. I will email everyone of these 13 buyers with the link and no doubt all of them will also report you to eBay and PayPal. I will then go on every watch forum and tell them all the full story relating to these watches and your selling of them! Given that eBay has just been fined a substantial sum for allowing sellers to list counterfeit goods, I doubt they will allow you to continue as a seller. I also intend to contact the police in the UK and Hong Kong regarding this. I do believe this is fraud and obtaining money by deception.
It is of course entirely up to you how you wish to proceed it would seem your best course of action would be to refund my money in full immediately.
- wilson1071
here is the response I finally received.
Dear wilson1071,
Yes, I have checked the link you sent me, however, I do not think it is entirely fake. I bought these watches from a dealer locally, who claimed that he had assembled these watches from original parts from a closeout factory. Unless you can get some sort of letter from an authorised Aquadive dealership, there is nothing much that I can do to get your (or my) money back. I had ended the current auction becasue I had already sold it locally. Thanks for understanding.
- watch-navi
you will see that his response relating to the watches is quite different from his description in the original listing i.e. he now describes the watches as being built up from parts, no mention of this in his listing description, just 100% authentic!
I then went through all his feedback to find another 12 persons who had also bought one of these watches and sent them the original link from this forum about the fake watches.
5 have now responded confirming that they all have the same serial nos.
I have contacted ebay and paypal to report the seller and suggested that all the other victims did the same. I am shocked that despite my report to ebay, the seller remains active on their site,
As I am in the UK and at ebays suggestion I have contacted the police who immediately passed the complaint to the action for fraud department. At the time of writing the investigation is ongoing. Can I ask that all other victims please contact me at
tonkawilson@aol.com with your full name and either your telephone number or email address, this will then be passed to the fraud department. The more information the fraud squad have on the extent of this guys activities the better chance we have of getting some type of restitution.
To any of the victims who are planning to send back their watches for a refund. I advise you to check the sellers history on charge backs. It would seem that he has a history of offering a full refund on receipt of the goods back. He then states that he received back an empty box! Its win win all the way for him, not only does he get to keep your money, but he also has the watch back, no doubt ready to sell on again.
I'm not a member of many watch forums but please fell free to share my post with any other forums, so any other victims or owners of these watches, who may be at this time, unaware of their watches history, can contact me with their details.
Jeff wilson
