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I purchased this 40mm Victorinox Alliance ETA 2824-2 based automatic from Touch of Modern for $200 in September. I received it late October (and have posted wrist check shots of the watch).
As it turns out, ToM bait and switched me on the warranty. Their ad said it includes a 2-year manufacturers warranty. The watch came with an unstamped 3-year international warranty card. Today I received an email from them saying it includes a 2-year aftermarket warranty. I have screenshots of the ad showing the original warranty offer.
What would you do? Would you return it because of the the bait-and-switch and because it does not have the manufacturer's warranty, or would you keep it? It's been running fine out of the box, but something could happen in the 2 years. Also, the after market warranty appears to only cover the movement. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RPyULVTAjB_q7ypHJXFmfCqoxokhYGtE/view
Their ad said final sale, no returns so this could wind up as a PayPal dispute, which I fortunately used to make payment. I am deciding what to do and have sent an email to ToM asking them what they're going to do about it.
Lastly, I recommend that you take ToM's deceptive selling practice into consideration before purchasing anything from ToM.
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WatchDoctor
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Nov 12, 2017
While I understand it can be a matter of principle and/or a feeling of your trust being taken advantage of, but in practice even If you wear this everyday (while I know you wouldn’t since you have so many other watches) it would still be unlikely that you’d need to exercise warranty as it is such a robust watch.
Tough call. I guess I'd take in to account the MSRP. If a repair job came up outside warranty period would it push total cost past MSRP? If yes then I'd send it back.
I appreciate you posting this and sharing your experience with ToM. The fact that they require you to join their email list before seeing product pages had me really skeptical about them and this seems like another questionable practice by them.
PetrosD
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Nov 12, 2017
Vintage1982BenzI have recommended them in the past (maybe here, certainly on WUS) but now I will warn people about this. Yes, some will argue it's an isolated incident, but all experiences like this should be taken into account by prospective customers to make an informed decision. Had I known it, I would have made a different decision.
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