Paul Perret Utopia review

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jskelton said:
F*ck me, I'm the next Jim Bakker... the next Uni Bomber... clearly as evil as ISIS...
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Playing the drama queen much?

The rest of the response was ok, but this portion was just a wee bit over the top. No one is nailing you to a cross.
 
jskelton said:
Nope, not letting this slide, and I do NOT want it removed....










Wonder where your bitterness is coming from? I can take a guess...

Who said anything about resale value? Sorry, but if you're buying watches as an investment, I have some bad news for you.

I've been completely transparent with every single review. I've stated clearly if a watch is "worth" the selling prices (both MSRP and actual selling prices), and strongly suggest that people shop around and never just blindly buy anything. It's because of people like you, that I have HAD to over-explain everything, over-explain that I'm not selling anything and that people should do research themselves on everything they intend to buy. I can't just go out and enjoy what I do, I am forced to put disclaimers on half the things I say because some know-it-all internet loser has to trump up theories and cast dispersions.

Know what? I'm f*cking tired of it. God forbid I do something that I enjoy. That people have posted and asked me to do since the day I announced that I was leaving TV. Why should I be happy, why should I have the freedom to do what I please? Clearly I've done something so terrible that people have to pursue me all over the internet to be sure I don't have a clear path to the things that I enjoy. I sold over a Billion dollars worth of watches in my career. I worked with good and bad people sitting next to me who chose how they wanted their company & products represented. F*ck me, I'm the next Jim Bakker... the next Uni Bomber... clearly as evil as ISIS and everyone on the internet should be told, and I should be followed around and belittled by everyone unprovoked, as often as possible.

Ya know what's funny about it all? One of the people who verbalized more than almost anyone else how much he detested me, and talked a big game... never said a single thing to my face when we met in person. He later reported on a forum that he was in the same store I was at when I bought my Ducati... even spoke to me... and continued to run his commentary... yet didn't have the balls to say anything to my face. And most of these types tend to do it behind a moniker, a screen name. I say what I say, how I want to say it with my own name sitting right there.

So, in your own words... "just admit it"... you're just trying to stir the pot. watch folk

And people wonder why I took such a long hiatus from all the forums. Unreal.
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Well Jim, being a public figure for so long, you're bound to know that that you will always carry some baggage from those days - like it or not, some folks love you, some dislike you and some just couldn't care less - that's just the way it goes and nothing you say or do subsequently will change it. Public figures, past or present just don't get a clean slate. Since it appears that you still imagine a career somewhere in the watch biz, you are clearly trading on the value of your name amongst watch folk in order to post your reviews. If you want to post as "Jim Skelton", you'll have to accept whatever baggage goes along with it - the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" if you will. The only way to avoid it is to become a recluse like Garbo - or realize that it is inevitable, develop a thicker skin, suck it up and continue to do as you please - regardless of your detractors. You can't have it both ways. A "poor me" post does you no credit.
 
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stevemayer said:
Playing the drama queen much?

The rest of the response was ok, but this portion was just a wee bit over the top. No one is nailing you to a cross.
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It's just the venting of my frustrations after years and years of this type of thing (and worse). I spent a lot of time having to answer to someone else in order to financially support my family, and was told to bite my tongue, so people got used to getting away with saying whatever they wanted about me without any retaliation from me. Those days are over. I represent no one, no brands and no one else's interests, so I can speak freely... and when someone decides to push, I will push back.

It's not really over the top when you consider what I've had to listen to for over ten years now. It's more of a "straw that broke the camel's back" scenario honestly. I've had people say some nasty things about me that were completely made up, I've had people threaten me and my family, and I've had to shake loose a stalker that took things from online to the real world... and all had to be dealt with "softly" and quietly.

No more.
 
jskelton said:
It's just the venting of my frustrations after years and years of this type of thing (and worse). I spent a lot of time having to answer to someone else in order to financially support my family, and was told to bite my tongue, so people got used to getting away with saying whatever they wanted about me without any retaliation from me. Those days are over. I represent no one, no brands and no one else's interests, so I can speak freely... and when someone decides to push, I will push back.

It's not really over the top when you consider what I've had to listen to for over ten years now. It's more of a "straw that broke the camel's back" scenario honestly. I've had people say some nasty things about me that were completely made up, I've had people threaten me and my family, and I've had to shake loose a stalker that took things from online to the real world... and all had to be dealt with "softly" and quietly.

No more.
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Well, venting is certainly understandable but if I might be permitted to suggest something: you're seeing boogymen where none exist much like some see ISIS tattooed across your forehead unjustifiably.

As the demon Abaddon points out you cannot simultaneously deny and benefit from your past. It's rather of a package deal, so to speak. It is reasonable to assume that for every ten watch aficionados that will thank you for your instruction there exists one, two, five or more that blame you for having filled their heads with stuff that later needed to be unlearned - sometimes at great expense. You have admitted to saying hinky stuff yourself to stay employed so I'm assuming there is no contention on this point.

Sometimes people take being lied to personally. I am not one of them but I never once spent money based on your say-so hence I have no personal complaint. But if someone bought 450 Invicta Swiss watches based on your counsel that turned out to be Chinese there may exist some residual stress regarding such matters. I'll grant they did it to themselves but not many will acknowledge having done so unaided.

But, and I mean this only constructively, I think I speak for some few of us that we expected, well, something more from your escape from being forced to misrepresent stuff. Personally I expected a greater depth of understanding regarding crystallization and the practicality of coating stuff with sapphire. But, admittedly, I have a background in such stuff and there was no reason for me to assume it was background needed to be quite competent in the watch trade as you clearly are.

When I noted that 3, 4 or 5 brands tracked back to the same anonymous GoDaddy account in Scottsdale I did say something about the dubious provenance of "Swiss" being printed on the dial of some of these products and I would admit that I would have much preferred that you covered it in your review. This is, admittedly, a minor point. Then again I admit to having a high regard for Zelos despite being a relatively new Kickstarter funded Singapore brand. By all indications the guy is doing a good job of bringing value to the market.

No doubt people have picked on you but, for the most part anyway, they're not here. Carry one and enjoy.

But, as the demon notes, for so long as you intend to trade on your expertise gained while selling people Invicta you must, perforce, deal with the negative aspects of having sold people Invicta. They are inextricably tied together for good or ill with nothing neither you nor I could do to change it.
 
dorothyparker said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who drinks in the evenings.

Atauction.com sells some Paul Perret, Balmer, Brandt and Hoffman, Buech and Boilat and Tschuy-Vgot.
I've never bought here, so I can not say if it is a good place or not, but a lot of watch brands from Jims videos are sold here. You may be able to get some deals.
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I WAS WRONG, please see the links I am listing and DO NOT purchase from atauctions.com. I would hate to see someone here get ripped off because of something I put up.
This site could not figure out who the owner is.
http://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/atauction.com
This site has prior employees and they identify John House as being the owner. There is a bad history associated with this name.
https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/At-Auction-Reviews-E387128.htm



I looked for a thread here about rip off sites and couldn't find one. Maybe it would be a good idea to have one so members could beware.
 
I'm not sure what your point is. Paul Perret is available at a number of different e-tailers. If the atauction thing scares you, buy elsewhere.

Don't ever spend your money someplace that gives you a bad vibe. Always follow your gut. The internet is too big for you to feel like you're limited in your choices.
 
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