15047st allocation

[Armis]

Originally Posted by Xerxes77

I live in Europe and 3 weeks ago my AD write me an email and ask me if I sell my CODE because some AP employee from Japan put me on the black list because found one CODE where he see series and match with my CODE. Of course I send pictures with my CODE to my AD who contact AP Japan and ask for pictures and after they check they arrived to the conclusion that it’s not my watch.
So, if for a CODE they hunt flippers we can imagine how they hunt 50 anniversary or 15407 who are very rare.
This is my experience…..
I hope help you

The scary part of this story is that you are in Europe but it was a random AP worker in Japan (boutique?) who saw a serial number of a watch for sale but still incorrectly connected it to your watch AND automatically blacklisted you! That is very unfair to allow practices like that. Instead, there can be a small dedicated division at HQ, or with HQ oversight, that has proper processes in place to track or investigate flippers. Otherwise, I can’t imagine dedicated and established customers accepting this type of wrongful accusation and blacklisting. I’m just glad to see that your original SA had the courtesy to check with you.
Also, there is no obligation to AP for owners to be forced to keep their pieces forever, which I believe long-standing AP collectors on this forum have confirmed.