A very, very painful lesson...

[Afghanvet]

Last week I found a watch that I wanted to buy on watchrecon.com. I contacted the seller and began negotiation. Meanwhile, I checked him out - was a highly regarded seller here on TRF, so I went ahead and completed the deal.

Much to my chagrin, the "highly regarded seller" was a scam artist who was posing under the name of someone here on TRF. I thought I had done my homework to make sure I was dealing with someone above board... but I got screwed... now I'm out a chunk of change and feel like an .

Please, PLEASE be double sure of who you're dealing with before you make a purchase... this one felt as good as it could... but he was smarter than I... and now I've got to start the long process to see if I have any kind of recourse.