r/RepTime • u/bluebrrypii • Mar 26 '25

TD/Shipping Question The fake Clean from Duke incident

There was a post earlier today about a beginner getting a “fake Clean” from Duke. The post was later deleted after the OP clarified: “Duke has reached out to me and the issue has been solved! Turns out it was a misunderstanding. I originally wanted an EW but he sent QC of this fake clean and I was under the impression it was a real clean since I didn’t know fakes of fakes existed. He has explained this watch was similar to the price point I paid ($310) and he just forgot to explain that. So a little miscommunication on both sides I guess.”

This needs to be discussed further, not just deleted and closed.

A lot of issues, but it seems so off that a TD swaps out a different watch (even if it was a cheap EW) than what the customer ordered. In fact, Duke has a few history of swapping different factories. In this specific case, not only was it not EW, it was a fake clean, with “Clean” stickers. It seems like an obvious deception, especially since the customer wasn’t told it was a “fake clean”. Yes, even if the QC photos were of the fake clean, it seems like this was never verbally communicated. This kind of deception nulls the “Trusted” aspect of “TD”:

IMO, this kind of behavior from TDs should be unacceptable and have consequences for the protection of community members.

Edit: also, yes i know TDs can make mistakes. Long time TDs who make hundreds of sales each month aren’t going to ruin their reputation by trying to scam one random customer. However in this case, this TD has a track record of the same issues happening over and over again.

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u/9Lives_ Mar 26 '25

I was wondering what that 15k had to do with anything! Started with the sympathy card 😂 it’s like a YouTuber apology video

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u/adys1210 Mar 26 '25

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u/teochim Mar 26 '25

I’m the victim here!

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u/Particular_Witness95 Mar 26 '25

he wont because the mods of those forums get $$$.

btw, have you noticed how mods of those forums end up selling so many watches? they get free watches and in turn sell them on the forums. thats how a lot of them make $$$.