I am about to post the following at the Doxa forum with the hope that the guy who has my Doxa 600T Sub Professional, serial number 797, gives it back. If he quietly gives me back my watch, there will be no further word from me. If he doesn't give it back, I'm going to have to up my game:
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Dear Doxaholics,
I have a big problem: I loaned my Doxa 600T Professional (#797) to another member of this forum last year, and he won't give it back. I don't know what is going on. Here is the problem: as far as I know, he's a good guy. He told me a story several months ago, explaining why he has not sent me back my 600T, but since then, he has fallen out of communication with me. He has been active on watchuseek forums, so I know that he is around, but he has not responded to my watchuseek private messages, or calls to his personal cell phone. If I call his cell phone, he immediately hangs up, and then turns off his cell phone.
I don't want to out him. I have documentation to my statements. I have his statements, when he said that he would borrow my watch, and then send it back to me. I don't want to embarass him, but not only has he not gotten back to me, but neither has Rick Marei at Doxa, nor Ernie Romers, who I have written emails to (I was hoping that they would contac him, and pressure him). Yes, the guy who has my 600T is a big name in the world of dive watches. He is a popular, well-like person. I don't want to ruin his reputation.
Here's the deal: if I hear from him off-line, and get my watch back within 10 days (April 25th, 2013) I will remain silent about his identity. If I don't get my watch back in the next 10 days, I am going to go public. To make sure that I am not shut down by anybody, anywhere, I am going to post that information on my personal watch blog: http://insearchoftheperfectwatch.blogspot.com/ (Right now, the last post is an old post from a year ago). If necessary, I will PM a whole bunch of owners of Swiss watches, to let them know the details.
I really don't want to do this. If I need to involve the FBI, I will: he is in another state, and our paychecks come from the same entity (part of my job duties is to train local cops, and FBI agents), so I feel no aversion to calling the guys in Westwood, and asking for their help.
Honestly, after I get my watch back, I'm probably going to close my account at Watchuseek.
Here is a good phone number for reaching me in Los Angeles, California, USA: 213.471.6001
Tom Miko
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Wow..What happnd to when a man's word meant something?..I hope you went to the cops to have this guy arrested for embezzlement..or something..what an as@#!
ReplyDeleteI'm not the same Anonymous... Did you post your note in the Doxa forum? Here is my take. When someone lends something to someone else, there is an inherent risk of loss. I don't like it when someone asks me to borrow something. If this guy was so into watches and so well known in the watch community, then why can't he afford his own Doxa? Think through the result of posting. The above... Other people will argue back and forth, you will not make any friends, the moderator may not like it, and it may be against Forum policy to bring a personal argument into a public forum.
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