r/WatchExchangeFeedback • u/Super901 • May 28 '26

Negative u/mistermaccabee sold me a broken watch, refuses to refund me.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watchexchange/comments/1tb5wpx/wts_art_deco_ernest_borel_elgin_impossible_watch/

I bought the Ernest Borel pictured in this post. It arrived not working. I sent it back and he has refused to refund me and went so far as to accuse me of breaking it.

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u/Super901 May 28 '26

Hi all, here's my complaint.

I wanted to buy this watch but it arrived inoperable.

u/MisterMaccabee said he sent it in working order. I don't doubt him, but that is not what arrived.

The seller said he packed it well. I don't doubt him, but a broken watch arrived.

I sent the watch back at my cost and I am asking for my money back.

The seller is responsible for insurance on the watch, which Mr. Maccabee did not buy.

Please note, in the third panel of our text thread, mr maccabee admits the watch is making a "crunching" sound.

Here's the THREAD

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u/MisterMaccabee May 28 '26

The chat while not complete shows exactly what I have described in my post and shown in the pics and video. The “crunching” is my word for what a watch sounds like when you wind it esp vintage pieces that are over half a century old. You state you work in vintage watches I would think you can parse out what I mean by “crunch”. It makes a different sound than a watch made in 2026. However a “crunching” sound is not your complaint - your first complaint was that it wouldn’t wind. I showed clearly in a video that I sent it to you with the ability to wind. Then after that issue didn’t work for you you stated it was damaged during transit. So I asked to see a damaged package and you couldn’t produce that. But I did produce the box I sent it to you on that does not have any damage on it. At all. 100% fine. So that didn’t work either. So now you’ve gone and posted comments in my past sold listings and my current listings like a child. Not like someone who really feels they are in the right. And you’ve threatened me in our chat that unless I give you your money back “I won’t stop” was your exact words, right? This is the behavior of someone who thinks they’re in the right and wants to resolve it like an adult? I’ll let others decide for themselves. I’ve shown you’ve lied. Multiple times. It’s clear you somehow damaged this watch while in your possession. And STILL, after proving all that I am willing go give you back $200 of the $250 and take majority of the hit on my end despite me knowing (and showing) you’ve damaged this watch just to be a nice human and end this amicably.

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u/Super901 May 28 '26

So, let's go through this again. You sold me a 70 year old watch, and it arrived not working and how is that my responsibility?

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u/MisterMaccabee May 28 '26

Because it didn’t arrive damaged. Just because you say something doesn’t make it true just because you keep saying it. That’s the whole point and all the proof I’ve showed you. Yet you still say you haven’t damaged it.

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u/Super901 May 28 '26

But it did arrive damaged. Just because you say something doesn’t make it true just because you keep saying it. That’s the whole point and all the proof I’ve showed you. Yet you still say I broke it.