Withheld Warranty Card Question..

[Swiss Mad!]

Ok, so I see a lot of resellers on eBay & Chrono24 etc advertising their watches as only having a photocopy of the original warranty card as the AD is keeping it for up to 12 months..

I thought the whole idea of the AD keeping the card was to prevent people from instantly flipping for profit?

So then, for arguments sake, what will happen if you were to purchase a watch from a reseller with only a photocopy of the original card, then in 12 months how will the reseller be able to get that card off the AD without being able to prove they still own the watch as it will have been sold to you, and you may not even be in the same country as each other so there would be no chance of meeting up to show the AD the watch and get the card that way?

Has anyone been through such an experience yet to try and retrieve a warranty card from an AD without the actual watch to prove you still own it if you've sold it on or the other way round and you are the new owner trying to get possession of the card?

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