Got a new watch yesterday. funny story
02 February 2006, 10:06 AM
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Got a new watch yesterday. funny story
Strange story.......I walked out my front door yesterday, about to get into the car to come back to work and a new AMG merc pulled up outside the house.
Window wound down and matey shouts, ''excuse me any chance of some directions please'' ...........wander over and he explains he is lost and trying to find the A303. I give him directions clock his Mercedes jacket, tie and on the passenger seat is a Brouchure for the SLR. Nice car I comment and he starts showing me the brouchure and telling me how he's just been to some launch or another of the revised car. Bear in mind he is in a brand new AMG I have no reason to doubt him. We chat about this and that and he comments on the Pug and Nurburgring badges. I explain I spend a fair bit of time over there and how I prefer the Carrera GT to the SLR
It turns out we know a couple of mutual people with plenty of cash and chat for 5 mins.
He is just about to leave and says actually mate, here have one of these. Passes me a box from the back seat, he has load there. Open the presentation box up and inside is a watch. He goes on to explain how he was given a load of them at the Merc place to give to potential customers. They wont miss one he says.......He showed me a mag with the same watch in it for sale at £135.
Cheers matey ....... I have no reason to assume its a fake, but if it is so be-it. Its a free watch given to me by a guy driving a £50K car
happy days
Gary
Window wound down and matey shouts, ''excuse me any chance of some directions please'' ...........wander over and he explains he is lost and trying to find the A303. I give him directions clock his Mercedes jacket, tie and on the passenger seat is a Brouchure for the SLR. Nice car I comment and he starts showing me the brouchure and telling me how he's just been to some launch or another of the revised car. Bear in mind he is in a brand new AMG I have no reason to doubt him. We chat about this and that and he comments on the Pug and Nurburgring badges. I explain I spend a fair bit of time over there and how I prefer the Carrera GT to the SLR
It turns out we know a couple of mutual people with plenty of cash and chat for 5 mins.He is just about to leave and says actually mate, here have one of these. Passes me a box from the back seat, he has load there. Open the presentation box up and inside is a watch. He goes on to explain how he was given a load of them at the Merc place to give to potential customers. They wont miss one he says.......He showed me a mag with the same watch in it for sale at £135.
Cheers matey ....... I have no reason to assume its a fake, but if it is so be-it. Its a free watch given to me by a guy driving a £50K car
happy days
Gary
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02 February 2006, 10:08 AM
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lol nice, I thought you was gonna say he charged you £100 before driving off laughing, given for free. Not bad.
Still, hes probably selling £20 watches to mugs and what he thought was he wont mind giving one away as theyre only worth pittance anyhow
Still, hes probably selling £20 watches to mugs and what he thought was he wont mind giving one away as theyre only worth pittance anyhow
02 February 2006, 10:09 AM
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lucky Bas***d! - where you live? - i'm coming to get one! (I'll buy a saxo and put max power stickers on - maybe it'll work!)
02 February 2006, 01:27 PM
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The ones in the mag's have a different spelling on the face from the one you have.
I have been stopped a couple of times, bird in a CLK, guy in a 330ci & another guy in an X5.
All selling the watches, they usually get you in petrol station's & once was in the health club car park.
Never bothered my **** buying one, as i have a couple of nice one's anyway
*wanders off to bragging thread*
I have been stopped a couple of times, bird in a CLK, guy in a 330ci & another guy in an X5.
All selling the watches, they usually get you in petrol station's & once was in the health club car park.
Never bothered my **** buying one, as i have a couple of nice one's anyway
*wanders off to bragging thread*
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02 February 2006, 02:17 PM
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Gary, you checked which way round the hands go
A freebee is a freebee, if it does not work it has'nt cost you bugger all so there is nothing to lose. You might get a nasty metal rash thou off the back of the watch
A freebee is a freebee, if it does not work it has'nt cost you bugger all so there is nothing to lose. You might get a nasty metal rash thou off the back of the watch
02 February 2006, 03:05 PM
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Bloody hell,
it's nice to read about people doing nice things. instead of punch ups!
Get a pic of the watch up for us all to look at!
G.
it's nice to read about people doing nice things. instead of punch ups!
Get a pic of the watch up for us all to look at!
G.
02 February 2006, 03:17 PM
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Get it valued - bet it's about £10 if that... so if you wanted a very cheap watch, it's better than nothing, but it's bound to be pants...
02 February 2006, 04:16 PM
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Fluck me, why so much venom in the thread (typical Scoobynet these day??) 
Nice one Gary is my comment, there's nothing better than a freebie, especially a watch
Lets see some pics.
Nice one Gary is my comment, there's nothing better than a freebie, especially a watch
Lets see some pics.
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Had this a few years back!! Was outside the bank @ the ATM, when a Black guy pulls up in a Brand new M3 cab.
"scuse me mate, just on my way back from a Jewellery show, and have these watches spare! Wanna buy one!??"
Takes the watch out etc, and shows me mag advert, etc etc...
Basically, this watch is supposed to be £300 odd quid, the car was his company car (Apparently the watch company was something to do with BMW!!) He wanted £40 for it!!!
Klaus Kobec I do believe the watch make was!! See their adverts in every Sunday Paper Magazine supliment!!! LOL
Its a stitch up Gary, good job you didn't pay any money for it!!
"scuse me mate, just on my way back from a Jewellery show, and have these watches spare! Wanna buy one!??"
Takes the watch out etc, and shows me mag advert, etc etc...
Basically, this watch is supposed to be £300 odd quid, the car was his company car (Apparently the watch company was something to do with BMW!!) He wanted £40 for it!!!
Klaus Kobec I do believe the watch make was!! See their adverts in every Sunday Paper Magazine supliment!!! LOL
Its a stitch up Gary, good job you didn't pay any money for it!!
02 February 2006, 05:41 PM
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pmsl ........just looked the make up on the net and its a scam your right ........ Still I never payed a penny so he aint much of a scammer now is he haha.......
We did also have mutual aquantainces, he mentioned the names not me .....scratches head
We did also have mutual aquantainces, he mentioned the names not me .....scratches head
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lol I had one about 2 years ago, was in a service station on the M6 when some guy pulls up in a BMW. says with a dodgy European voice, Im on my way back from a major fashion show and Im heading down to Birmingham Airport (alarm bells ringing straight away as hes on the wrong side of the carriage way for that anyways he said he has a few Armani Jackets in the boot spare which he doesnt want the hassle of taking out of the country with him so starts waffling about them, nicely said no and sat watching him circling the car park until he see's a new car enter the car park to prey on nutter. But for every 10 people that laughs at them theres some guillible mug who will get some cash out thinking they have a good deal til they get home.
anyways he said he has a few Armani Jackets in the boot spare which he doesnt want the hassle of taking out of the country with him so starts waffling about them, nicely said no and sat watching him circling the car park until he see's a new car enter the car park to prey on nutter. But for every 10 people that laughs at them theres some guillible mug who will get some cash out thinking they have a good deal til they get home.
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Originally Posted by davegtt
lol I had one about 2 years ago, was in a service station on the M6 when some guy pulls up in a BMW. says with a dodgy European voice, Im on my way back from a major fashion show and Im heading down to Birmingham Airport (alarm bells ringing straight away as hes on the wrong side of the carriage way for that anyways he said he has a few Armani Jackets in the boot spare which he doesnt want the hassle of taking out of the country with him so starts waffling about them, nicely said no and sat watching him circling the car park until he see's a new car enter the car park to prey on nutter. But for every 10 people that laughs at them theres some guillible mug who will get some cash out thinking they have a good deal til they get home.
anyways he said he has a few Armani Jackets in the boot spare which he doesnt want the hassle of taking out of the country with him so starts waffling about them, nicely said no and sat watching him circling the car park until he see's a new car enter the car park to prey on nutter. But for every 10 people that laughs at them theres some guillible mug who will get some cash out thinking they have a good deal til they get home.I stopped for the loo on the M6 heading north, past brum. He was sitting in a Beemer and shouted me over. Said he was going to brum (on the north side past brum...?) and was I interested in buying a watch for myself and one for the missus....?
He didn't try a dodgy accent though, sounded like he was from London.
No thanks, I replied, I have a real one. Then I hurried away incase he mugged me! Ha ha!
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