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Damage during shipping.
Home alone today and watching YouTube videos. I just saw one where
the buyer received a watch the just didn't run well, kept losing time.
Sent back to manufacturer where it needed a regulation. They
thought it was probably due to the watch being subjected to a severe drop, hit etc.
I've seen the way a lot of packages get tossed around, putting fragile, or handle with care
on the label/box means nothing. Anyone received a watch that needed to be returned for this reason?
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Damage during shipping.
Home alone today and watching YouTube videos. I just saw one where the buyer received a watch the just didn't run well, kept losing time. Sent back to manufacturer where it needed a regulation. They thought it was probably due to the watch being subjected...
If the packaging is that incompetent, I'd be worried before even testing the watch.
Virtually all professional dealers dread returns, and packaging is the easiest precaution to take against this outcome. Most shipments from half-decent vendors should arrive in such a ball of bubbles that even a low-altitude bailout couldn't break the mer...
Only takes one time to learn a lesson
I never scrimp on packaging and size, and insist on the same from sellers I buy from. Further, overnight shipping means less time for the watch to get handled, thrown, laid in corner of wet truck over a weekend, etc. Oh yes, make sure packages are water r...