" if you dont hold it , you dont own it" Those are words to live and die by

1. any adult conducting business with a company called 'Watches 'R Us' is a mark. 2. any adult conducting business with a gentleman who models themselves as a prison convict is a mark. 3. any adult conducting business without due diligence is a mark.

The prison tattoos was a dead giveaway. Why the owners trusted him is just beyond stupidity.

@clifforddriver9434

3 күн бұрын

HA!

I don’t understand people handing over watches to people they don’t know, absolutely crazy

@clifforddriver9434

3 күн бұрын

It's the same as handing over fine artwork. There's literally no difference.

so many watch dealers are scammers!

You didn't even mention the biggest red flag! If his profile picture shows him perched over a poker table? That's probably bad news! 😢

Sharf hoodie style is also a RED FLAG!!!!

Tatts n watches…

Watches are us 😂 These people probably believe politicians are telling the truth.

It’s just so tough to protect people from bad judgment

At one stage I thought it was Paul Thorpe’s wrist.

@frankflex4465

2 күн бұрын

good one

You can judge a book by its cover when it comes to watch dealers.

@JoeKing-u3r

8 күн бұрын

That picture isn’t Ian Tilman - news posted wrong picture

Call me a snob but I never do business with someone who has tattoos on their hands or face unless I want a builder...

@daryl9799

9 күн бұрын

Anyone that get tattoos in place they shouldn't be you know there fucked up people. I got 4 tats if I could go back in time I wouldn't have never got them they make people look trashy.

@balance3201

9 күн бұрын

Concur

@davidc5191

9 күн бұрын

Also always buy with a credit card since if scammed, you can reverse the charge and get your money back.

@derekbrettell8121

9 күн бұрын

I'm exactly the same. People can call us snobs all they want

@MrSete15

9 күн бұрын

Or class A's obviously 😂👍

That's a very exclusive Sydney CBD address. No wonder people got hoodwinked with such a High Street location giving them confidence thinking their timepiece can be sold quickly and for a profit by a professional, successful and connected dealer. I agree with our esteemed venetian host Oisin: avoid such geezers. They can often be identified by their heavily tattooed knuckles scraping on the ground behind them and they saunter down the high street, usually dressed in bright Fluro designer garb, often in company with a rotund, short, uncouth and obnoxiously loud man-child screaming into a GoPro.

The company name would have been the first red flag.

Never trust your money with someone that gambles... never

How hard is it to see these guys are jocks? Did Paul back him up?

And look what happened to 4P? Tattoos on hands period or saying you’re “honest” seems conspicuously and criminally consistent.

@thediplomat3137

2 күн бұрын

Who is 4P (genuine question)

Only Sill and Dill when you have a bareback buyback guarantee like coach offered his clients-changing the way the west coast shops for heavy hitters!

You are absolutely correct 100% Oisin…..And yes, you could tell by this guy‘s appearance…. He’s not a refined person….! Another scam artist…! Don’t ever sell your watches on consignment ever! Good reporting Oisin…5 ✨

You only need a backpack and a rail pass to become a watch dealer these days?

Buy from an authorised dealer - no where else ever , people are foolish for dealing with people like this

That dealer looks like the archetype of a sketchy scammer.

Looks like a fairly respectable young lad. I would definitely give him my luxury watch.

Thought it was the blob of Brisbane…..

@AuntyArthur

9 күн бұрын

Clay?

Watches r us ? Like toys r us ? Come on bro 😂

Why are watch dealers always either from the Traveller community or covered in tattoos?

@JoeKing-u3r

8 күн бұрын

It’s not even Ian Tilman in the picture , news got it wrong

Avoid these flyby nights better to go to established watch dealers.

Well said Oisin.

Some epic puns in that news report, I bet they are very proud over there 😂

Also, the watch market "has stabilized" in the same way the Titanic "stabilized" after it hit the iceberg.

got my 39mm with the white dial on the 3-link "Bader" bracelet watch on amzwatch 3 weeks ago and am loving it to pieces. Absolute fantastic watch that wears super comfortable on my 6.75 inch wrist. Chose the 3-link over the 5-link bracelet for the toolless quick adjustment. Way more comfortable than my Longines Hydroconquest 41 mm.

If you watch youtube watch sellers, many more look like this guy than some kind of sophisticated gentleman.

Well said. It's remarkable how this sector has evolved since the pandemic. One normally would associate fine Swiss time pieces traded by smart, professional, central Europeans in the manner of a private banker. After Covid, baseball caps, tattoos and vulgarity

When is Anthony going to face the Judge?

Here we go again 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hey O'Malley, you may not like everything I have to say here but ever since Roman started filming the trade shows, it has left a semi bitter taste in my mouth; The way they handle these items that we cherish, it is with no emotions, sure they are some what used to dealing day in day out and therefore, they see it as a business. However. the treatment of watches in these shows has lost some value for me in a lot of these dealers. Another big issue for me is when these guys wear watches they have for sale, that is so unethical. So, yea you are right about the watch world full of cow boys. Online journalists have commented about the market being low, it is a correction in my view because prices went from 0-60 in few months with the help of guys who thought they were in the stock market with high frequency trading. I am so happy with the current state. The industry was fostering investors, rather than true enthusiasts, they are part of the problem.

@GregSmith-pb3gh

9 күн бұрын

Funny, about 4 yrs ago I emailed Roman to ask a few questions about a watch and mentioned why do you guys treat watches like crap and throw them around....he just said yes you are right but never really answered my question.

@Joe-xo3xy

9 күн бұрын

@@GregSmith-pb3gh IT really is off putting, it was really nice to see what goes on. I'd rather go into a so called hated AD and buy a watch whenever I can.

@vinceslapchopper

9 күн бұрын

the same muppets who throw around watches like groceries will skin you from the value of the timepiece you want to sell if the caseback is scratched by laying flat on the bracelet. low class scumbags

No sympathy for idiots.

Thanks for the update.

You need to do a Public Service Announcement (PSA) once a week until people finally get the message.

@heiner71

9 күн бұрын

and becoming the next Paul Thorpe?

Mazal!!!! My friend 😂😂😂

9 күн бұрын

😂

I purchased an Everose Meteorite Daytona from the timepiece gentleman. Thanks Tony!

9 күн бұрын

You'll hear from the original owner someday. Or the cops.

Watches R Us..😂😂😂

Apparently Ian Tilman fled to Dubai and has been there for some time now.

@joellando500

7 күн бұрын

who told u this mate?

i’m keeping an eye out for any more news about that business in London about a month ago. spiv salesman committed suicide after what we’re told was a robbery. it may well have been a robbery or they might have been stealing back already stolen watches or Frankenstein watches. it’s great to see these people have lost their watches. it’s hilarious you talking about the tattoos on his hand, yes you are right that’s what you’re dealing with in this day and age.

Really like that gold sub you got on!

Wet day for the vintage show in Streete today

I think the next chap for this too happen to will be a certain fella from Belfast area

@Bill_the_Terrible

8 күн бұрын

I hate to say it, but I fear the same. Once the flexing and the flying starts, it just raises red flags. I own my own business and know what travelling like that costs and is there enough money in watch sales to carry all that? Please let me be wrong!

@Graham-rc1cp

8 күн бұрын

Possibly, if the pikeys don’t get raided again first

Nice video mate 🥃🏌🏽‍♂️

Cheers mate

Book him Danno, shame Shame SHAME😢

Let's not insult the used car salesman.

He is likely in Lebanon with that huge cedar tree tattoo.

good puns in the aussie news report

Spending 100 grand without checking him out a bit stupid

If it looks like crap and smells like crap chances, are it probably is crap . I feel sorry for the pigmy with the tough stickers one day he might meet a guy he ripped off and the tough stickers are not going to save him . Karma is a bitch when it bites back.

What you said was 100% true

ahh sheet…here we go again.

I’m beginning to think these guys getting ripped off are in on the scam somehow

Watches R Us , I imagine it took about 2 minutes to think up that name.

Strong George Michael vibes, great video!

Beware anyone donning a flat-brimmed hat and sleeve tattoos. "The flat-brimmed hat is the modern day dunce cap." --Daniel Tosh

They represent fine artwork.

cash upfront. dont gamble with consignment.

its a watch. i love it. i have 30. wait few years and get it at 50% off MSRP

Your watches are us he ment!

Funny thing is a watch market is worst place to do dealls, Im often buying and selling antiques, electronic. all kind of stuff that I can make some money on it, and watches are most risky, brutal, angry, fake, non trusty and ugly market from all of them. People are rude and so many scammers between them. I never buy watches for flipping, always for my self and sometimes I help people with my knowledge and many times they didn't say thank you when they know what they need. This is very ugly and specific market infected by worst people.

Awful, so shady

I would love to hear Lenny‘s point of view on these pieces of crap.

Again. Who wants to deal for a time piece like this by a dumpster in the back alley from a guy who just got out jail? Why anyone does business with these charlatans is beyond me.

They prefer to be paid in cash. “No shit”. 😂 Good job commentating without over talking.

@oisin what is wrong with the phrase MAZAL?

@barbarianming9227

6 күн бұрын

It's Hebrew for trading I guess

Didn’t you used to do a regular live show with a chap with similar Tattoos who’s Son was found guilty of a Million dollar watch scam.

9 күн бұрын

I did. I’ve grown up since.

"Geezers" 7:35 must be some kind of Irish slang for scammer, I assume, since in the U.S. "geezers" refers to old people.

9 күн бұрын

20 years in New York and I never heard a senior citizen referred to as a geezer. It’s more of a British term than Irish. It actually just means a guy but said in certain context, it evokes the image of a shifty looking good-for-nothing on a street corner with a cigarette in his mouth.

Eye opening. I always thought geezer meant old guy 😂

4 күн бұрын

@@hiboostsupra5965 I was 20 years in New York and never heard the word geezer used for anything. I think it means old guy in the states but over here, it’s different.

@hiboostsupra5965

4 күн бұрын

Yeah it's mainly geezers who say geezer these days 😂

People are so gullible

The watch market is dead 💀

My mother told me : In business - Tatts and/or baseball cap - RUN.

@spaghettislim7283

9 күн бұрын

Your mother sounds like a prude

@heiner71

9 күн бұрын

No kidding. I wouldn't leave a Casio in consignment with a guy looking like that.

@hondacbx1975

9 күн бұрын

Yeah because a suit and a tie won’t f* you over …

@jcb0920

9 күн бұрын

My mother told me, "A fool and his money are quickly parted".

@sumitkar8146

9 күн бұрын

The most sweeping generalization ever

Popcorn time!

Cant hide with those tats, someone must know where he is probably Dubai

Just fall guys for the real criminals at the top.

What does the word “Mazal” mean??

A dude with Arabic tattoos and the sign of Lebanon on his arm ..but goes by jewish name .. 😂 that should be a huge red flag

If only they were registered in the Digital Watch Vault😂

@zr7083

Күн бұрын

Good one 😂😂😂👍

I don’t care if people have tattoos or nose piercings. I do care that they have a spotless verifiable history

Just looking at that In guy I wouldn't trust him with a timex.

Someone enlighten me on the term “Mazal” and why it strikes a chord.

@heiner71

9 күн бұрын

There was a time when youtube showed tons of shorts with scammy watch dealers doing their horsetrading and sealing the deals with saying "Mazal".

@marclassman311

9 күн бұрын

@@heiner71 well it’s spelled wrong. It’s spelled “mazel”, and it’s offensive to assume it’s implied connotation.

@heiner71

9 күн бұрын

@@marclassman311 , that's what Oisin referred to, like it or not.

@marclassman311

9 күн бұрын

@@heiner71 whether it’s liked or not is irrelevant. It just reveals ignorance.

@koolpep

9 күн бұрын

@@marclassman311Mazal comes from Hebrew word Mazalot, mazel (like in mazel tov) is derived from Mazal. Here Mazal means you honor the deal no matter what, as agreed. Nobody will walk away from it. It’s similar to the gentleman’s handshake that should not be broken. Just verbally/in written form. That’s what I learned a while ago. 🤷🏼‍♂️

How can people trust such a hooligan tattooed like a tagged public toilets' door? When walking in the Sydney's CBD, one changes sidewalk just seeing him! How people are naive and gullible....

the mazal group ! lol

I can't help it but I don't feel sorry for idiots who hand over their valuables to a person, they don't know anything about - especially to such a shady guy...

Don't buy, sell or trade a watch with a guy in a back alley. Use ONLY reputable dealers, feel uncomfortable walk away.

At this point I can't feel sorry for anyone that gets scammed by giving their watches for consignment. FInd yourself a brick and motor store with someone that has been in business for 10-20 years. Stop giving your expensive watches to these johnny come latelys.

The watch market world wide had such a dark side, you thank used car dealers are crooks. let me put you on a wait list and I will see if you can spend $10,000.00 bucks on a stainless steel watch. another Crime piece gentlemen !!.

Its called natural selection.

Flexing an AP while sitting at a craps table? Nah, nothing suss. Just another day on Instagram !

@JoeKing-u3r

8 күн бұрын

Lmao the news posted the wrong picture , that’s not even Ian Tilman 😅

Those "refined types who know about art & wine" can be scammers too, they're just better at it; look at Aurel Bacs and Goldberger, for example. Pretty silly to assume that these people are any more honest, just because they wear a suit and know a fun fact or two about grape juice.

100% agree

Don't ever buy watches as an investment, buy them to wear! Investments go up & go down, unless you have money to lose think very carefully..

Send in "Mr. In Between" otherwise just kiss your money good bye

Um, I seem to remember a certain you tuber not paying for watches he had been sent ……..🤔🙄

@weezkidtube

9 күн бұрын

🫢

9 күн бұрын

The wizard? Yeah. Bad guy.

@mikeybmw1

8 күн бұрын

Um no lol 😂

8 күн бұрын

@@mikeybmw1 poor fella. Not the brightest spark, are ya?