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...to being scammed again.....

A year ago about, I joined Breitlingsource very excited as I just had transferred funds for a Super avenger. As it turned out I was being taken on a ride by the "seller" who emailed back and forth with me for almost two months claiming the DHL pickup didn't come, that the snow was to heavy and so on. He even sent a parcel to another person here in Stockholm claiming that DHL had accidentally swapped the adress tags. After two months I filed a police report here and found out that there was at least one other victim, a french guy by the name of André with whom I've had plenty of contact after that. André and I also filed a report with the german police in Flensburg where the thief said he was from and he also had sent a copy of his passport to verify name and adress. Well, it turned out that the thief had been quite stupid having used Wire bank so the police immediately found out his tue identity and could apprehend him in february already. The thief had been quite active I found out when googling his real name, Christian Lofi. He had done this before, many times. André and I were very glad when we learnt that Lofi would be spending at least five years in prison but we had written our money off. Until last week when we got letters from an attorney representing Lofi. The attorney wanted us to retract any financial claims towards Lofi if we got our funds back and so we did and last night I had my money back finally. Today I wrote to the prosecutor and learnt that regardless of having withdrawn any finnancial claims on Lofi he still will remain in jail for fraud and for using a stolen passport. So, money and thief in prison, good ending to a very bad thing.
Well, this last year I've been quite turned off by the watch market as I felt ashamed for having been tricked and also all my watch funds were gone. I bought a Sinn 103 and a Suunto this summer but weren't very happy and I haven't worn the Sinn at all really. The Suunto I wear while riding my bicycle instead of my Rolex but I wasn't that thrilled with having bought a new watch.
When I learnt I might be getting my cash back I started looking and found that the urge for a Breitling was still huge. I haven't had a Breitling for about ten years and before I was cheated I was really glad that I had found my way back to the first brand I loved.
Today I transferred funds to a spanish shop that sells used watches and am eagerly awaiting a white dial Evolution on leather strap.
I've googled the shop and I haven't found anything negative, they have a facebook account and 1500 friends, they exist on Chrono24 as trusted sellers and also have a website. Looks kosher to me but please, keep yuur fingers crossed!!

/Kristofer, Stockholm

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Current collection:
Rolex Submariner 16610 X-series (stolen by wife)
Omega 18k vintage dresswatch
Record, 14k vintage pocket watch
Sinn 103 Ha Sa neo vintage
Suunto Core All Black
Breitling B01 ss on bracelet

Welcome to BreitlingSource, and glad that a bad story had a happy ending!

Congrats on the Evo!

Make sure you post pictures of it when it arrives. we're all keen to share your happiness.

Enjoy your time here!

Glad the thief ended up in jail and you got your money back.

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Current collection:
Rolex Submariner 16610 X-series (stolen by wife)
Omega 18k vintage dresswatch
Record, 14k vintage pocket watch
Sinn 103 Ha Sa neo vintage
Suunto Core All Black
Breitling B01 ss on bracelet