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Old 12 August 2019, 06:19 PM   #121
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It’s a real shame because I helped the guy in good faith as I have a long-standing relationship with AP. I’ve met some guys from this forum and made some friendships as they’re solid people but it just goes to show that just because we all have a shared passion not everyone here is going to turn out the way we thought or hoped.


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Old 13 August 2019, 12:42 AM   #122
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It’s a real shame because I helped the guy in good faith as I have a long-standing relationship with AP. I’ve met some guys from this forum and made some friendships as they’re solid people but it just goes to show that just because we all have a shared passion not everyone here is going to turn out the way we thought or hoped.


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Sorry to hear Ash. Makes me think twice about helping out the various people on here who have reached out to me and asked my help.
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Old 13 August 2019, 12:48 AM   #123
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Old 13 August 2019, 12:50 AM   #124
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It’s a real shame because I helped the guy in good faith as I have a long-standing relationship with AP. I’ve met some guys from this forum and made some friendships as they’re solid people but it just goes to show that just because we all have a shared passion not everyone here is going to turn out the way we thought or hoped.


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That’s really sad isn’t it?
There’re genuine people on the forums and some $h|theads who wants to mess things up.
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Old 13 August 2019, 02:20 AM   #125
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That’s too bad to hear. While ultimately the goal of these efforts is to get allocated your desired watch doing it with integrity shouldn’t be mutually exclusive.
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Old 13 August 2019, 05:35 AM   #126
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It’s a real shame because I helped the guy in good faith as I have a long-standing relationship with AP. I’ve met some guys from this forum and made some friendships as they’re solid people but it just goes to show that just because we all have a shared passion not everyone here is going to turn out the way we thought or hoped.


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The guy most definitely has issues - making up a correspondence later/email from the CEO (filled with sentence construction errors), boasting about acquiring 6 desirable Rolex models in 3 months without any purchase history yet making up excuses for his inability to post photos of his collection, etc. Sad to say that he may show up with a different username.
Ash, I hope you are able to control any damages to your relationship with AP. You're a good TRF member. Did you verify with your AP contact whether he received and followed thru with the special treatment from AP (purchasing a watch of his choice and a visit to the manufacture)? Best.
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Old 13 August 2019, 05:50 AM   #127
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That's why when something smells off about a newbie I can be pretty harsh which is not really in my nature, online anyway, I don't like p1ss takers and users who are here only to lie or take.
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Old 13 August 2019, 06:13 AM   #128
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It’s definitely a lesson learned for me, I remember sending Roger PMs a long time ago, (maybe 8 years) regarding the platinum 44 that I now have. At the time he could have treated me as a time waster but didn’t.....and I wasn’t. I’ve tried to have the same attitude when people have asked me for help/advice and I can think of at least 5 people who pm’d me regarding the platinum 44 and then went on to buy the watch. It’s good to be able to help and even meet some of the great people here but as I’ve learnt on this occasion it can leave you feeling like it would have been better to never get involved.


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Old 13 August 2019, 08:07 AM   #129
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Ash, so he was in fact connected with AP and that email screenshot he sent is legit?


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Old 13 August 2019, 03:31 PM   #130
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Ash, so he was in fact connected with AP and that email screenshot he sent is legit?


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I haven’t seen an email screenshot but it seems like a lot of work to go to to create a fake email just to satisfy some people on the internet that he doesn’t even know and will likely never meet. In the pm’s between me and the OP he came across as a decent guy that’s why I helped him, I have no idea why he’s fallen off the radar.


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Old 13 August 2019, 10:07 PM   #131
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I haven’t seen an email screenshot but it seems like a lot of work to go to to create a fake email just to satisfy some people on the internet that he doesn’t even know and will likely never meet. In the pm’s between me and the OP he came across as a decent guy that’s why I helped him, I have no idea why he’s fallen off the radar.


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It's in here, which is another recent post by OP. Fun read

All about who you know
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sha...6&share_type=t


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Old 13 August 2019, 10:51 PM   #132
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I haven’t seen an email screenshot but it seems like a lot of work to go to to create a fake email just to satisfy some people on the internet that he doesn’t even know and will likely never meet. In the pm’s between me and the OP he came across as a decent guy that’s why I helped him, I have no idea why he’s fallen off the radar.

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The “email” was debunked swiftly by others who noted several anomalies that would never roll off a CEO’s keyboard or device. Here is it is - it was a screenshot that the OP posted.



Despite the photoshopping some noted, my own opinion is AP’s CEO would never call a boutique a “store”. Nor slip so badly in grammar, syntax and usage.

But the OP in another thread had repeatedly used that term and syntax in his posts about the “Weird experience at AP Boutique”


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Old 13 August 2019, 10:56 PM   #133
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It's in here, which is another recent post by OP. Fun read

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https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sha...6&share_type=t


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Wow! Epic and very funny thread.


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Old 13 August 2019, 11:17 PM   #134
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The “email” was debunked swiftly by others who noted several anomalies that would never roll off a CEO’s keyboard or device. Here is it is - it was a screenshot that the OP posted.



Despite the photoshopping some noted, my own opinion is AP’s CEO would never call a boutique a “store”. Nor slip so badly in grammar, syntax and usage.

But the OP in another thread had repeatedly used that term and syntax in his posts about the “Weird experience at AP Boutique”


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That email is pure gold


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Old 13 August 2019, 11:30 PM   #135
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This whole thing is pure gold. Take advantage of a fellow users generosity, brag about getting a hard to get AP, start another thread bragging about all the other watches your have gotten, likely fabricate an email from the AP CEO for North America and then disappear. What a long exercise to troll people on a watch forum.

I guess I just don’t get people’s interactions with social media and creating this false narrative.
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Old 13 August 2019, 11:50 PM   #136
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This whole thing is pure gold. Take advantage of a fellow users generosity, brag about getting a hard to get AP, start another thread bragging about all the other watches your have gotten, likely fabricate an email from the AP CEO for North America and then disappear. What a long exercise to troll people on a watch forum.

I guess I just don’t get people’s interactions with social media and creating this false narrative.


I’m stunned, I’ve never given a second thought to helping a fellow TRF member and the 3,4 or 5 members that I’ve actually met have all been great guys who like me would help another member. It’s amazing that there are people who live in complete fantasy land.


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Old 13 August 2019, 11:58 PM   #137
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Old 14 August 2019, 12:03 AM   #138
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The “email” was debunked swiftly by others who noted several anomalies that would never roll off a CEO’s keyboard or device. Here is it is - it was a screenshot that the OP posted.



Despite the photoshopping some noted, my own opinion is AP’s CEO would never call a boutique a “store”. Nor slip so badly in grammar, syntax and usage.

But the OP in another thread had repeatedly used that term and syntax in his posts about the “Weird experience at AP Boutique”


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What if OP and the CEO are one and the same person? Hence the same tone.
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Old 14 August 2019, 12:09 AM   #139
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What if OP and the CEO are one and the same person? Hence the same tone.


Surely you jest...

A CEO who slams his own brand’s Boutique?


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Old 14 August 2019, 03:04 AM   #140
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People have too much time on their hands
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Old 14 August 2019, 10:48 AM   #141
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A CEO who slams his own brand’s Boutique?


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Old 16 August 2019, 02:47 AM   #142
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You mean “stores”?

Why not? So they can be like true and tempered steel.

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Old 16 August 2019, 03:18 AM   #143
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I figured that guy would find the exit door at some point.

Ash, don't let this douche change your ways, we have an incredible community here and it's what makes TRF such a unique place.
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Old 16 August 2019, 03:25 AM   #144
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No, indeed don't let one fool infect the community spirit. Although, I say that as I'm about to PM Ash about his ROO.
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Old 18 August 2019, 01:18 AM   #145
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hey trf - thank you so much for your feedback on another thread about my experience buying a 15450 a few weeks ago. Through a recommendation on here i reached out to their hq and they are working on making the situation better. One follow up is i am meeting the new us ceo on monday. Outside of discussing what happened to me and how to make the customer experience better, any other topics you'd recommend or i'm happy to inquire/pass feedback on?
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