Quote Originally Posted by ferretallica View Post
I haven't bought off WBK yet (still waiting for my first locally-sourced rep to arrive before buying overseas - it's a gradual confidence thing!) but they seem very friendly, professional and prompt with communication.
I was anxious about buying from overseas too, but a couple of things really allayed my concerns.

The first being that it is widely accepted as reliable and safe by everyone on this forum and others, provided you use reputable dealers. At first I was suspicious that even RG was an elaborate scheme cooked by Chinese scam artists, with a bunch of fake posts about how great the dealers were, and that all the posts reporting being scammed by TDs were immediately deleted. Then, I put down the crack pipe and tin foil hat and realized that was preposterous.

The second thing that made me more comfortable was learning that many if not most of the dealers on here will replace a watch lost to customs, and will do whatever they have to to make a purchase right if there's something wrong with the product or anything else. At first I was suspicious of this too, but I realized that at the amount of money these guys are making, which for most of them is probably not insignificant, they can afford to take a hit here or there if it means maintaining a loyal and trusting customer base.

So, a week ago I was still afraid I was getting scammed out of all my money. Today I'm wearing my new 005k, and in the mail tomorrow morning I'm getting a 177m, a 288k, and a Chanel J12 for the missus.