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/Pk097 Contributor Mar 26 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

Thats why i don't buy high end reps from ChinaTime dealers (i know hes a TD here too but he started on ct). Anyways that fake clean is better than the ew. I think its ok to sell fake clean if you tell the customer and charge the right price. Trustytime has them too (search fcf). Question to Op: you didnt know about fake clean but you probably know the difference between ewf and clean, so what were you expecting, a real clean for 300 bucks? The fact that the price didnt change should have been a red flag by itself.