Do not, do not send your watch to Watchbrokers.com. Based on my experience and in my opinion watchbrokers.com is an outright scam. My experience has been a nightmare and I have no expectation of being paid or receiving my watch back without resorting to a legal process. I firmly believe, based on my experience, that watchbrokers.com is entirely fraudulent.
My experience mirrors the other reviews on this site. Initial contact was fine and I had no trouble having phone calls and emails returned. Watchbrokers.com could not wait to get their hands on my Breitling watch, they were even willing to send FEDX to my residence to pick it up. I was initially told to expect a selling price of anywhere from $4, 000 to $7, 000. However, once I shipped the watch I was told it was not in very good shape (false, it was in excellent condition when I shipped it to them) and that I would be lucky to get $2, 000 and might even have to drop down to $1, 000. I have since conferred with an expert collector and the Breitling rep and learned that watchbrokers.com selling price estimates on the low end are not realistic.
Watchbrokers.com will not return emails or phone calls. I was told by Ty Gardener, a "Senior" watchbroker at watchbrokers.com that at my request they would remove it from auction and return it to me but he has since refused to contact me by phone or email. Again it appears their only interest is to secure your property and then sell it as cheaply as possible. Based on their refusal to contact me I have no expectation of ever being paid or having my property returned.
I have had to resort to legal counsel and have been informed that many legal issues are involved: fraud, breach of contract, bait and switch to name only three.
Since this is an internet issue there exists the possibility of involvement with the FTC. Given the value of the property I may also have to file criminal complaints against the people involved, notify the fraud unit of the Atlanta Police Department and the Atlanta District Attorney as well as the Attorney General for the state of Georgia. Let me repeat that watchbrokers.com refuses to contact me.
Please consider that my experience is essentially the same as the other reviews, 100% negative, and do not under any circumstances submit your timepiece to watchbrokers.com. This is absolutely the worst experience of my life and that based on my experience and in my opinion watchbrokers.com is a scam designed to secure the property of others without payment.
Hi Koobane... I am curious to see if you ever got your money now that a month and a half has gone by? I sent them my A Lange & Sohne watch and they sold it for me at just what I wanted. There was a short delay and then I recieved my $10, 075 as promised. I would recommend them to any of my friends or family. Let us know how it turned out for you...
Hi, I cant believe how awful your experiance has been with Watchbrokers, and I am so glad I googled them before I sent my watch to them. I too am in the process of selling my watch, and have a Breitling Skyland Avenger, which as you can imaging is my pride and Joy. For the company to do this to someone is damn right disgusting, and I really do appreciate how awful this must be for you and the other people i have read about with experiances with the company. I emailed them this morning to enquire about a watch price and someone emailed my right back, so they do have people there waiting to recieve the watches. I really hope you get your watch back and put these people carrying out this scam wear they belong - behind bars.
RPL, which one of the people working at that watchbrokers store front in Buckhead are you? Toso? Piquant? Funny how you keep showing up on all these negative posts as a comentator about your "great experience." Funny stuff.