Calling B.S. – The Ebay Timex Doppelganger… at $82?!

Ours:  The Watch Refresh Project – $40 | Theirs: A fake “J. Crew” – $82.00

I was looking around on ebay for watchbands for the timex I got (from your post a while back) and noticed someone selling what appears to be the EXACT same watch and an AE strap for over $80. – a few poor souls appear to have bid on it too.  It seems as though he’s trying to sell several of these and calling them “jcrew watches”.  I thought you’d be interested to see.  I figure whoever it is must have taken your idea.

– Chris

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Huh.  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?  Even when the person doing the imitating is ripping people off?  Probably just a coincidence, but what’s certain is that there’s something more than fishy going on here.

That’s no J. Crew Timex no matter what the item description says.  It’s a T2N228 with a substitute strap.  The very same model that was used in our 10 minute watch refresh project from mid April:
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Might be an AE strap, might be a J. Crew strap, but no matter the strap, the watch itself retails for $31.11.  At most the watch strap would set you back $15 if you picked one up at J. Crew.  But you can find an extremely similar watch strap at American Eagle for $6.50… or less.

The seller is basically marking it up by double.  Buyer beware.  Especially on Ebay… right?
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