Another SANIII OQ bites the dust... ...Bad hands and Mold
TrashmanNYC Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 570 Real Name: Robb Another SANIII OQ bites the dust...... Got my Green SANIII OQ kit today............guess what i found when i opened it up? another magical floating day hand that fell off........and it seems like the insided of the yellow case/box got wet somehow and there was mold or mildew growing in there.......it smelled like an old basement when i opened it.......... ^^top left corner of the date window^^ WTF?!?! is it a science experiment? Robb __________________ Robb 3 Lastest Threads by TrashmanNYC Thread Forum Last Last Replies Views Poster Post #2 Yesterday, 05:43 PM Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Peoria, IL Posts: 1,109 Real Name: Ryan Foster Senior Member Super Geek That's horrible. Sorry to hear about that. I hope you can get a replacement. __________________ Waddayamean.....sold out? Foster View Public Profile Send a private message to Foster Send email to Foster Find all posts by Foster Add Foster to Your Contacts #3 Yesterday, 05:43 PM Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Morgantown WV Posts: 11,056 Real Name: Tommy tkromer Senior Member True WatchGeek
Yikes! Hope they get you a replacement ASAP! #4 Yesterday, 05:44 PM Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: philadelphia Posts: 3,512 Real Name: david b. soberdave09 Senior Member Master WatchGeek that's F'up.there's no excuse for that. __________________ soberdave09 View Public Profile Send a private message to soberdave09 Send email to soberdave09 Find all posts by soberdave09 Add soberdave09 to Your Contacts #5 Yesterday, 05:44 PM Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Braintee, MA. Posts: 10,372 Real Name: Rick 50mm&up Senior Member True WatchGeek Must have been in the basement down there in Hollywood, FL. Sorry to hear of this. __________________ 50mm&up View Public Profile Send a private message to 50mm&up Send email to 50mm&up Find all posts by 50mm&up Add 50mm&up to Your Contacts #6 Yesterday, 05:44 PM Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 13,598 Real Name: Gene RenatoDiamond Senior Member True WatchGeek Definitely no excuse for that __________________ All the little kids growing up on the skids go "Cleveland rocks!", "Cleveland rocks!" RenatoDiamond View Public Profile Send a private message to RenatoDiamond Send email to RenatoDiamond Find all posts by RenatoDiamond Add RenatoDiamond to Your Contacts #7 Yesterday, 05:45 PM Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: West Virginia Posts: 533 Real Name: Mike W WolfemanUK Senior Member Veteran Geek Do folks show this stuff direct by PM to Jim & Mike? I would PM them with these photos......just horrible. __________________ WolfemanUK View Public Profile Send a private message to WolfemanUK Find all posts by WolfemanUK Add WolfemanUK to Your Contacts #8 Yesterday, 05:45 PM
curiousgeorge Senior Member Super Geek Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Mpls Posts: 2,068 Real Name: George You either have the worst luck in the planet or someone at ShopNbc hates you and peed in your kit and sent it back to you. That completely sucks and I hope something works out for you the way it's supposed to. curiousgeorge View Public Profile Send a private message to curiousgeorge Find all posts by curiousgeorge Add curiousgeorge to Your Contacts #9 Yesterday, 05:46 PM TrashmanNYC Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 570 Real Name: Robb they sent out a replacement already......hopefully i have better like bc i really like the watch............. __________________ Robb TrashmanNYC View Public Profile Send a private message to TrashmanNYC Find all posts by TrashmanNYC Add TrashmanNYC to Your Contacts #10 Yesterday, 05:47 PM Peerless Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 765 Senior Member Veteran Geek That is unforgiveable.....I hope you get a refund....... Peerless View Public Profile Send a private message to Peerless Find all posts by Peerless Add Peerless to Your Contacts #11 Yesterday, 05:47 PM jamesk Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 620 Wow that is horrible, Where o where is the Quality control. Truly disgusting. jamesk View Public Profile Send a private message to jamesk Find all posts by jamesk Add jamesk to Your Contacts #12 Yesterday, 05:47 PM drwatch
Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TN Posts: 277 OMG!!! Both Shop's and Invicta's bad! drwatch View Public Profile Send a private message to drwatch Find all posts by drwatch Add drwatch to Your Contacts #13 Yesterday, 05:48 PM DJF1978 Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 124 Horrible bro...im worried for my blue one that arrives monday..... DJF1978 View Public Profile Send a private message to DJF1978 Find all posts by DJF1978 Add DJF1978 to Your Contacts #14 Yesterday, 05:48 PM Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,877 Real Name: Rob ArmyBigDawg Senior Member Master WatchGeek wow what a mess. that strap is terrible but the hand is worse. there are other bands but only one dial. good luck in what ever you do with it __________________ Cry me a river then build a bridge and GET OVER IT!!! ArmyBigDawg View Public Profile Send a private message to ArmyBigDawg Find all posts by ArmyBigDawg Add ArmyBigDawg to Your Contacts #15 Yesterday, 05:49 PM TrashmanNYC Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 570 Real Name: Robb you would think that they could take 30 seconds before packing it up for shipping to take a quick peek inside and save everybody headaches and wasted shipping costs on their part........ __________________ Robb
TrashmanNYC View Public Profile Send a private message to TrashmanNYC Find all posts by TrashmanNYC Add TrashmanNYC to Your Contacts #16 Yesterday, 05:50 PM Bdawk Junior Member New Geek Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 15 Quote: Originally Posted by TrashmanNYC Got my Green SANIII OQ kit today............guess what i found when i opened it up? another magical floating day hand that fell off........and it seems like the insided of the yellow case/box got wet somehow and there was mold or mildew growing in there.......it smelled like an old basement when i opened it.......... ^^top left corner of the date window^^ WTF?!?! is it a science experiment? Robb I had weird dust crud on my SAN III kit too. Gotta love the QC Bdawk View Public Profile Send a private message to Bdawk Find all posts by Bdawk Add Bdawk to Your Contacts #17 Yesterday, 05:50 PM DJF1978 Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 124 Quote: Originally Posted by wolfemanuk do folks show this stuff direct by pm to jim & mike? I would pm them with these photos......just horrible. couldnt agree more...mike and jim need to see this......stuff like this is happening wat too often!!!!! DJF1978 View Public Profile Send a private message to DJF1978 Find all posts by DJF1978 Add DJF1978 to Your Contacts #18 Yesterday, 05:51 PM icewolf64 Senior Member Super Geek Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,594 Real Name: Dave I thought that case was waterproof. Would be very upsetting to receive that one. Definitely a return __________________
icewolf64 View Public Profile Send a private message to icewolf64 Find all posts by icewolf64 Add icewolf64 to Your Contacts #19 Yesterday, 05:52 PM Seattle Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 420 Seriously, is anyone really surprised? __________________ Your act of kindness or compassion may not change the world but it has to start somewhere. Seattle View Public Profile Send a private message to Seattle Find all posts by Seattle Add Seattle to Your Contacts #20 Yesterday, 05:52 PM Buddha Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Dover, DE Posts: 597 Real Name: Ray but you can call me Buddha Quote: Originally Posted by TrashmanNYC you would think that they could take 30 seconds before packing it up for shipping to take a quick peek inside and save everybody headaches and wasted shipping costs on their part........ Unfortunately this is never the case. It sits in a warehouse in a distribution center waiting for you to pull the trigger. Then off it goes! Sorry to hear of the misfortune. Hope the replacement isn't bad or even worse. __________________ “The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood.� Buddha View Public Profile Send a private message to Buddha Find all posts by Buddha Add Buddha to Your Contacts #21 Yesterday, 05:54 PM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 340 Real Name: John Nismo Senior Member Senior Geek I have to say my Orange Kit arrived today & it smelled pretty rank as well. My Leather Straps were ... for lack of a better word... "dusty". But with a yellow funky dust. Didn't think much of it until I saw your post. I cleaned mine off since it was just on the leather straps. Must have been some water damage @ the warehouse or somethin' weird. It was so random I just cleaned mine off. They do kinda smell rank still. My "day" hands were all in place. Seems like a lot of folks got some crusty leather bands, myself included... maybe that's why they
went on "sale." All other bands straps were ok... just the leather were funky. Strange. Strange. Strange. __________________ SAIII / 350Z / 88 / MGS / 3A : for life! Nismo View Public Profile Send a private message to Nismo Find all posts by Nismo Add Nismo to Your Contacts #22 Yesterday, 05:56 PM DJF1978 Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 124 Quote: Originally Posted by seattle seriously, is anyone really surprised? no....not at all...unfortunately....i ordered a yellow oq set in march and it came in similar shape...just not as bad....the day of week indicator was still in tact but not aligned....my leather strap had some kind of dust all over it too but not as bad as trashmans. DJF1978 View Public Profile Send a private message to DJF1978 Find all posts by DJF1978 Add DJF1978 to Your Contacts #23 Yesterday, 05:56 PM TrashmanNYC Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 570 Real Name: Robb i sent both Jim and Mike PM's with a link to this thread......... __________________ Robb TrashmanNYC View Public Profile Send a private message to TrashmanNYC Find all posts by TrashmanNYC Add TrashmanNYC to Your Contacts #24 Yesterday, 05:57 PM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,147 Real Name: Doug Ronko Man Senior Member Super Geek Robb I think that one was from someones garbage pal in the city my friend! In all seriousness I am really speechless This one is right there with my Pro Diver COSC Blue Sandstone - short version: 1) Pins where just falling out & watch falling apart from my wrist 2) 9-10 wks later replacement was a "Used" "Scratched" bracelet 3) About 3 months later a new bracelet! __________________ Ronko Man View Public Profile Send a private message to Ronko Man Send email to Ronko Man Find all posts by Ronko Man Add Ronko Man to Your Contacts #25 Yesterday, 06:00 PM Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 330 Real Name: George
huitball Senior Member Senior Geek I wonder if it may have been a return (because of the hand) that the original recipient sabotaged in an effort to make it impossible to re-sell? Yesterday, 06:01 PM DJF1978 Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 124 Quote: Originally Posted by trashmannyc i sent both jim and mike pm's with a link to this thread......... cant wait to see what they say DJF1978 View Public Profile Send a private message to DJF1978 Find all posts by DJF1978 Add DJF1978 to Your Contacts #27 Yesterday, 06:01 PM DIME3 Member Member Geek Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: WISCONSIN Posts: 74 Not cool at all....should pm jim a pic of that...im sure theres some excuse they will make about this one...and the other bunches that are jacked up.....just lucky it was'nt a reserve....lol....then the fish might have still been in the case....id be embaressed if i was eyal and jim.. DIME3 View Public Profile Send a private message to DIME3 Find all posts by DIME3 Add DIME3 to Your Contacts #28 Yesterday, 06:06 PM Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Pompano Beach , Fl. Posts: 554 Real Name: Roger Rog1 Senior Member Veteran Geek Thats bad......real bad.........I hope your luck changes soon. Speculation: The case is waterproof... Someone had this watch before you... He retuned it because of the date hand problem... He did the unthinkable... Wash your hands of the watch...(pun intended) R Rog1 View Public Profile Send a private message to Rog1 Find all posts by Rog1 Add Rog1 to Your Contacts #29 Yesterday, 06:06 PM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 340 Real Name: John
Nismo Senior Member Senior Geek I think we need I new thread for all geeks who received the SAN OQ kit with "mystery, yellow, funky, dust" on the Leather Straps. The "funky yellow stuff" was on mine too.... just the leather straps though. Now makes me wonder... WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT CRAP!!! __________________ SAIII / 350Z / 88 / MGS / 3A : for life! Nismo View Public Profile Send a private message to Nismo Find all posts by Nismo Add Nismo to Your Contacts #30 Yesterday, 06:10 PM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: South Jersey Posts: 211 Real Name: Rob Onemorewatch Senior Member Senior Geek Pathetic Quote: Originally Posted by TrashmanNYC they sent out a replacement already......hopefully i have better like bc i really like the watch............. you have another shipped already??? Did they give you special treatment?? I got nowhere with my used and damaged venom kit I just recieved yesterday. __________________ Onemorewatch View Public Profile Send a private message to Onemorewatch Find all posts by Onemorewatch Add Onemorewatch to Your Contacts #31 Yesterday, 06:14 PM TrashmanNYC Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 570 Real Name: Robb Quote: Originally Posted by Onemorewatch you have another shipped already??? Did they give you special treatment?? I got nowhere with my used and damaged venom kit I just recieved yesterday. yeah, i got the confirmation email already.....its due on or before April 19........ __________________ Robb TrashmanNYC View Public Profile Send a private message to TrashmanNYC Find all posts by TrashmanNYC Add TrashmanNYC to Your Contacts #32 Yesterday, 06:15 PM Jim3 Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 421 Real Name: Jimmy
Someone shoul be embarassed!!! What the hell is going on??????? Thanks for the photos. __________________ We all need a good camel. Jim3 View Public Profile Send a private message to Jim3 Find all posts by Jim3 Add Jim3 to Your Contacts #33 Yesterday, 06:19 PM Bdawk Junior Member New Geek Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 15 Quote: Originally Posted by TrashmanNYC i sent both Jim and Mike PM's with a link to this thread......... You gotta wonder how they will spin this. Free Swiss Moldy Dust Layering on all OQ kits!!! Bdawk View Public Profile Send a private message to Bdawk Find all posts by Bdawk Add Bdawk to Your Contacts #34 Yesterday, 06:20 PM nismo1 Senior Member Super Geek Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: nashville tn Posts: 2,353 Real Name: Sean The case is supposed to be wr rated to what,30m? no reason for any moisture to be in the box. I guess yellow means Biohazard? __________________ nismo1 View Public Profile Send a private message to nismo1 Find all posts by nismo1 Add nismo1 to Your Contacts #35 Yesterday, 06:22 PM Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: THA BRONX Posts: 103 sunaru Senior Member Senior Geek ThAt is a damn shame plain and simple. sunaru View Public Profile Send a private message to sunaru Find all posts by sunaru Add sunaru to Your Contacts #36 Yesterday, 06:23 PM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Houston, by way of Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 1,131 MrMayface Senior Member Super Geek What in the hell! Looks like someone dropped the leather strap in the mud and then stepped on it. How in the world could they accept something back in this condition, let alone ship it back out like this? That's a complete travesty! __________________ Finally! Delhomme Is Gone! Bring On Vick, or Anyone!
MrMayface View Public Profile Send a private message to MrMayface Send email to MrMayface Find all posts by MrMayface Add MrMayface to Your Contacts #37 Yesterday, 06:26 PM Downhome Junior Member New Geek Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 10 Real Name: Jerry Quote: Originally Posted by TrashmanNYC Got my Green SANIII OQ kit today............guess what i found when i opened it up? another magical floating day hand that fell off........and it seems like the insided of the yellow case/box got wet somehow and there was mold or mildew growing in there.......it smelled like an old basement when i opened it...WTF?!?! is it a science experiment? Robb Seems as though the QC team was on extended holiday, unacceptable get a 100% replacement quickly. Downhome View Public Profile Send a private message to Downhome Send email to Downhome Find all posts by Downhome Add Downhome to Your Contacts #38 Yesterday, 06:29 PM hope you androponic Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 134 I wonder if the moldy issue has anything to do with the leather straps. If these were rushed to market is it possible that the moistening during embossing the crocodile pattern never was dried properly and then they sit in the sealed cases for months. Just Curious if this seems possible. All of my many other items in sealed boxes come with silica gel bag inside.. not these kits. Owners should put one in there if you plan to leave it sealed androponic View Public Profile Send a private message to androponic Find all posts by androponic Add androponic to Your Contacts #39 Yesterday, 06:30 PM Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Toledo, OH Posts: 141 Withoutlooking Senior Member Senior Geek Unexceptable. Withoutlooking View Public Profile Send a private message to Withoutlooking Find all posts by
Withoutlooking Add Withoutlooking to Your Contacts #40 Yesterday, 06:31 PM Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 300 Real Name: Brian Paedin Mayne Senior Member Senior Geek Damn shame...hopefully it will get resolved quickly for you. Paedin Mayne View Public Profile Send a private message to Paedin Mayne Send email to Paedin Mayne Find all posts by Paedin Mayne Add Paedin Mayne to Your Contacts #41 Yesterday, 06:32 PM Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 178 Real Name: Larry ltbovat Senior Member Senior Geek Aahhh! The love of ISA movements, NOT!!! ltbovat View Public Profile Send a private message to ltbovat Send email to ltbovat Find all posts by ltbovat Add ltbovat to Your Contacts #42 Yesterday, 06:33 PM Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: nashville tn Posts: 2,353 Real Name: Sean nismo1 Senior Member Super Geek I've been diving for years and have leather straps that have gotten wet and put up damp to dry out.None ever had mold on them.Thats the 1st time I've seen this one.maybe they need to check all of them before anymore get shipped.No telling what type of mold it is or if its toxic. __________________ nismo1 View Public Profile Send a private message to nismo1 Find all posts by nismo1 Add nismo1 to Your Contacts #43 Yesterday, 06:34 PM Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Midwest USA Posts: 280 Real Name: Scott Smith Scoots Brew Senior Member Senior Geek I'd like to know what Mike thinks about this and what can be done. There's no excuse for this and Invicta owes it to you to forgo all charges and overnight a new one to you. This goes beyond just a QC issue with a hand falling off. Sending that out is inexcusable in my opinion. That's truly a shame. Keep us posted on this one please! __________________ View my Watch Pictures Scoots Brew View Public Profile Send a private message to Scoots Brew Visit Scoots Brew's homepage! Find all posts by Scoots Brew Add Scoots Brew to Your Contacts #44 Yesterday, 06:35 PM
drwatch Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: TN Posts: 277 Must be a Sunday Run reject! Really did fall off the truck! drwatch View Public Profile Send a private message to drwatch Find all posts by drwatch Add drwatch to Your Contacts #45 Yesterday, 06:41 PM DJF1978 Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 124 Quote: Originally Posted by Nismo I think we need I new thread for all geeks who received the SAN OQ kit with "mystery, yellow, funky, dust" on the Leather Straps. The "funky yellow stuff" was on mine too.... just the leather straps though. Now makes me wonder... WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT CRAP!!! +1 DJF1978 View Public Profile Send a private message to DJF1978 Find all posts by DJF1978 Add DJF1978 to Your Contacts #46 Yesterday, 06:43 PM Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bellevue Posts: 386 Real Name: Jim SandsOfTime Senior Member Senior Geek Horrible. Probably was rolling around the bilge water on Lalos yacht. Just send it back, hero. SandsOfTime View Public Profile Send a private message to SandsOfTime Find all posts by SandsOfTime Add SandsOfTime to Your Contacts #47 Yesterday, 06:47 PM Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brockton, MA Posts: 5,663 Real Name: michael mikeizzy Senior Member True WatchGeek Sorry to hear and see that. Guess i will be expecting the worst for the 4 that I picked up and the venom kit also, So that makes a total of 5 kits coming. mikeizzy View Public Profile Send a private message to mikeizzy Find all posts by mikeizzy Add mikeizzy to Your Contacts #48 Yesterday, 06:59 PM kingswords Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Nu Joisey Posts: 538 Real Name: Ken
Lets start "THE NO HANDS CLUB" We seem to have a lotta' clubs starting lately. How about a club for geeks with hands falling off. We could call it "Look Ma-No Hands" or the "I'm Missing a Hand but its OK I'll keep buying anyway club" club. I'm in! I just bought my second Venom OQ Kit. But seriously now folks,now take my watch.........please. I'll be here all week. "Why do you keep coming back to Invicta".........Quality We could call it the "LUCKY HAND" club __________________ "Time wounds all heals." Mr Peabody Last edited by kingswords; Yesterday at 07:14 PM. Reason: comedy kingswords View Public Profile Send a private message to kingswords Send email to kingswords Find all posts by kingswords Add kingswords to Your Contacts #49 Yesterday, 07:05 PM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Madison Heights, Virginia Posts: 2,053 Real Name: Lynn bugduck Senior Member Super Geek Horrible Indeed ! HOPE Invicta will take care of it ! bugduck View Public Profile Send a private message to bugduck Send email to bugduck Find all posts by bugduck Add bugduck to Your Contacts #50 Yesterday, 07:10 PM Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 37 chefrobert Member Member Geek Sorry to hear that im in NJ just got the same kit today in shock green no mildew but dust all over my leather strap best of luck next time Yesterday, 07:11 PM Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,792 Real Name: "Diamond Jim" Skelton jskelton WatchGeeks Owner True WatchGeek Passing along to call attention to the issue... __________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by charleswatts Your candor in the explanation reveals the nature of the relationship you have formed with your viewers. jskelton View Public Profile Send a private message to jskelton Visit jskelton's homepage! Find all posts by jskelton Add jskelton to Your Contacts #52 Yesterday, 07:12 PM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 340 Real Name: John Nismo Senior Member Senior Geek Quote: Originally Posted by chefrobert Sorry to hear that im in NJ just got the same kit today in shock green no mildew but dust all over my leather strap best of luck next time That's what I has also. Did your dusty yellow leather straps also reek? Mine were like a wet dusty tennis shoe. __________________ SAIII / 350Z / 88 / MGS / 3A : for life! Nismo View Public Profile Send a private message to Nismo Find all posts by Nismo Add Nismo to Your Contacts #53 Yesterday, 07:14 PM Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Holland, MI Posts: 340 Real Name: John Nismo Senior Member Senior Geek Quote: Originally Posted by jskelton Passing along to call attention to the issue... Cool. Thanks Jim! __________________ SAIII / 350Z / 88 / MGS / 3A : for life! Nismo View Public Profile Send a private message to Nismo Find all posts by Nismo Add Nismo to Your Contacts #54 Yesterday, 07:14 PM Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Queens N.Y. Posts: 134 DomTime Senior Member Senior Geek Unacceptable.....I cannot believe what I am seeing,and reading from other posters.How could the shop let these out,without inpecting them????? That's a bunch of bull.....I hope Jim and Mike do respond.I am dying to hear what they have to say about this mess..... DomTime View Public Profile Send a private message to DomTime Send email to DomTime Find all posts by DomTime Add DomTime to Your Contacts #55 Yesterday, 07:15 PM androponic Senior Member Senior Geek
Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 134 my blue kit came today with day hand floating around inside, and smells like an old mop. androponic View Public Profile Send a private message to androponic Find all posts by androponic Add androponic to Your Contacts #56 Yesterday, 07:15 PM Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Baltimore,MD Posts: 1,666 Real Name: David buck219 Senior Member Super Geek Sorry to hear that happened. Thats just crazy and shouldn't happen at all. I hope Shop takes care of this... __________________ buck219 View Public Profile Send a private message to buck219 Send email to buck219 Find all posts by buck219 Add buck219 to Your Contacts #57 Yesterday, 08:05 PM wilco Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 230 Does anyone at Invicta really care about these issues? Anyone? Hello!!! wilco View Public Profile Send a private message to wilco Find all posts by wilco Add wilco to Your Contacts #58 Yesterday, 08:16 PM Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Dauphin Island, Al. Posts: 51 Real Name: Michael chiefeng Member Member Geek Feel your pain man, nothing worse than waiting in anticipation of something then having it be screwed up through no fault of your own when it arrives. Hope your replacement comes in better shape. I've been lucky I guess, all of my Invictas have arrived in good working order and continue to work as they should. Shouldn't have to call it luck though, every one they send out should be as advertised, every time, all the time. chiefeng View Public Profile Send a private message to chiefeng Send email to chiefeng Find all posts by chiefeng Add chiefeng to Your Contacts #59 Yesterday, 08:20 PM Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,381 NIGHTHAWK007 Senior Member Super Geek One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch! I'm sure you will be taken care of. __________________ Quote by jskelton.."Folks! If you're not on the phone right now,you're not
gonna get one! Do what you gotta do!!!!" NIGHTHAWK007 View Public Profile Send a private message to NIGHTHAWK007 Find all posts by NIGHTHAWK007 Add NIGHTHAWK007 to Your Contacts #60 Yesterday, 08:22 PM Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 296 Blade Senior Member Senior Geek What were the condition of the cardboard Invicta box and the yellow case? Blade View Public Profile Send a private message to Blade Find all posts by Blade Add Blade to Your Contacts #61 Today, 01:40 AM TrashmanNYC Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 570 Veteran Geek Real Name: Robb Quote: Originally Posted by Blade What were the condition of the cardboard Invicta box and the yellow case? Those were in good shape. __________________ Robb TrashmanNYC View Public Profile Send a private message to TrashmanNYC Find all posts by TrashmanNYC Add TrashmanNYC to Your Contacts #62 Today, 01:54 AM G.A.R.Y Banned Senior Geek Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Nebraska Artist Posts: 273 Real Name: Gary Mayo 25 Watches If the Watches have a mold problem, all the watches must have mold spores on them. Everyone should clean your watches very carefully. If your leather bands look normal, they could still be waiting to explode mold spores. Leather if not treated correctly when processed has some pretty wild stuff in it. I would suggest everyone with leather straps in the kits, freeze the straps inside a zip loc bag, that will kill most of the bacteria. Once frozen, put the strap in a oven at 200 degrees for an hour, that should be the end of it. I have an autoclave and all my bands from Invicta are getting autoclaved asap If your straps look like death in green, do not breathe touch, or excite the contents of the package. Get rid of it!, box it back up, clearly mark it moldy, and return it. G.A.R.Y View Public Profile
Send email to G.A.R.Y Find all posts by G.A.R.Y Add G.A.R.Y to Your Contacts #63 Today, 02:12 AM chitown Senior Member Super Geek Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tampa Florida Posts: 1,427 What the hell is going on with Invicta, and the guys in shipping at the Shop,seems we would have better luck and get better product from the back of Happy Harry's Car Trunk. That damage happened long before u recieved it, and definately before the Shop sent it. I wish one show they would show us what really goes on behind the scenes at the shop in shipping & recieving. The man in charge should be fired for even sending something like that out as a New Watch Kit. These guys should think how would they feel recieving something like that if it were sent to them or someone in thier family in the condition they are sending these out in. I've got mine comming Monday and not that excited about it after hearing and seeing these horror stories. I just sent back an S1 touring in Blue Dial back to WOW after opening it up, the watch and pillow was out of its hole and the top of the box was ajar, because they sent it in the small yellow box. The Bracelete on that watch does not bend enough to fit in it, but yet they send it. I taped the box, the watch in the box, the card board box, all shut and filled with paper so the watch can not move, but still when they pop open that box the top will pop open, has no choice. One good thing is when I reported it to them, that night they E-Mailed me a shipping sticker to ship back to them for free, and already have it with the signature of who recieved it, and hopefully I'll have one of those next week too. The watch seemed like a return the Chrono. Sec. Hand was stuck on the # 6 and just shook, like a tunning fork. The trials and tribulations of watch collecting, just be thankfull these guys are not Doctors, and we are just beotching about watches. And they are not shipping Hearts or other organs to save peoples lives, cause they would not be usable. chitown View Public Profile Send a private message to chitown Send email to chitown Find all posts by chitown Add chitown to Your Contacts #64 Today, 02:23 AM samuelrz Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Posts: 968 Real Name: Sam Wow, I am speechless. I would be so angry if I bought a twenty dollar toaster and it looked like that, much less spent 3 bills on a kit. WTH man! __________________ SAM http://www.giltman.com/invite/samuelrz samuelrz View Public Profile Send a private message to samuelrz Send email to samuelrz Find all posts by samuelrz Add samuelrz to Your Contacts #65 Today, 06:48 AM Graveyard Diver Junior Member New Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 23
My blue kit arrived with the new "magical floating" day of the week hand.I am NOT HAPPY !!!!! Graveyard Diver View Public Profile Send a private message to Graveyard Diver Find all posts by Graveyard Diver Add Graveyard Diver to Your Contacts #66 Today, 06:53 AM Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Staten Island, New York Posts: 163 Real Name: Eddie B. Gencoupe10 Senior Member Senior Geek At least you proved you cant wear the leather band when you dive ........ Gencoupe10 View Public Profile Send a private message to Gencoupe10 Send email to Gencoupe10 Find all posts by Gencoupe10 Add Gencoupe10 to Your Contacts #67 Today, 07:04 AM kdking Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 528 Somehow this incident will be catagorized as: if you sell 100,000 watches your gonna have some bad one's......... Stick to your gun's,demand an explanition & compensation ! kdking View Public Profile Send a private message to kdking Find all posts by kdking Add kdking to Your Contacts #68 Today, 07:17 AM Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 1,774 Real Name: Larry bichondaddy1057 Senior Member Super Geek Wow...that's the worst I have ever seen...and pics to document it too!!! I would have gotten sick from the mold...I am extremely allergic to any type of mold!!! YUCK!!!!! That's not right....I know the cases are water tight...but man...not even opening it up to see if everything was okay before shipping it out????? Because the cases are water tight...just the smallest amount of moisture will cause an explosion of mold and mildew....dang....that's just very disappointing!!! __________________ Larry in Humble Tx bichondaddy1057 View Public Profile Send a private message to bichondaddy1057 Send email to bichondaddy1057 Find all posts by bichondaddy1057 Add bichondaddy1057 to Your Contacts #69 Today, 07:19 AM John Gourley Member Member Geek
Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Living in central Florida. Posts: 91 trashmanNYC...you mentioning that there was water in your yellow case reminds me that when I got my SANIII OQ (Blue dial set I ordered back in the fall) I too had not water but moisture in the bottom section of the case, under the styrofoam. It took me 2 days to let it dry out completely. I did not however have any mold or residue like you ended up with! No telling how this may have happened...conditions during shipping most likely, but sorry to read of your extreme situation and I hope you can rectify it completely in a short amount of time! John Gourley View Public Profile Send a private message to John Gourley Find all posts by John Gourley Add John Gourley to Your Contacts #70 Today, 07:21 AM Seattle Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 420 This conversation should not be happening. I appreciate the detailed instructions on "how not get sick wearing your Invicta watch". No one (not even the die hard apologists) should view this most recent episode from Invicta acceptable.....folks, this is you and your family's health. Disgusting Quote: Originally Posted by G.A.R.Y If the Watches have a mold problem, all the watches must have mold spores on them. Everyone should clean your watches very carefully. If your leather bands look normal, they could still be waiting to explode mold spores. Leather if not treated correctly when processed has some pretty wild stuff in it. I would suggest everyone with leather straps in the kits, freeze the straps inside a zip loc bag, that will kill most of the bacteria. Once frozen, put the strap in a oven at 200 degrees for an hour, that should be the end of it. I have an autoclave and all my bands from Invicta are getting autoclaved asap If your straps look like death in green, do not breathe touch, or excite the contents of the package. Get rid of it!, box it back up, clearly mark it moldy, and return it. __________________ Your act of kindness or compassion may not change the world but it has to start somewhere. Seattle View Public Profile Send a private message to Seattle Find all posts by Seattle Add Seattle to Your Contacts #71 Today, 07:21 AM Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Lynden, WA Posts: 89 Real Name: Barb Van Vliet bvan99 Member Member Geek Now that is unbelievable, that whole package should have been thrown away by Invicta or Shop NBC. There is no excuse for that and you should be given a credit for that and a new watch at no cost. My mouth is still open. __________________ Barb V. I love my 59 Chevy Impala bvan99 View Public Profile Send a private message to bvan99 Send email to bvan99 Find all
posts by bvan99 Add bvan99 to Your Contacts #72 Today, 07:23 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Va,beach, Virginia Posts: 1,071 Real Name: Rich "Hot Shot " WATCH-OUT-1 Senior Member Super Geek from all the problem invicta storys i have seen here,Sir yours won! soak straps in bleach or just send the mold back __________________ WATCH-OUT-1 View Public Profile Send a private message to WATCH-OUT-1 Find all posts by WATCH-OUT-1 Add WATCH-OUT-1 to Your Contacts #73 Today, 07:34 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mt. Airy, North Carolina Posts: 1,152 Real Name: Dennis B Nonchalant Senior Member Super Geek This is unbelievable, and very un call for, sure make's me wonder what in the world is going on with Invicta these day's. Nonchalant View Public Profile Send a private message to Nonchalant Find all posts by Nonchalant Add Nonchalant to Your Contacts #74 Today, 08:31 AM Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Euclid ohio Posts: 85 Real Name: Jefim Mrjefim Member Member Geek wow hope they also paid shiping both ways and gave you a credit or at least free shiping next time!!! Mrjefim View Public Profile Send a private message to Mrjefim Find all posts by Mrjefim Add Mrjefim to Your Contacts #75 Today, 08:45 AM Ibis9999 Junior Member New Geek Wow Quote: Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 11 Originally Posted by jskelton Passing along to call attention to the issue... I know this will be deleted rather quickly, but I must comment as I too just recieved a SECOND San III with a dislodged DAY POINTER. My comment is: WHY should I ever bother with Invicta again!? Today, 08:55 AM Ibis9999 Junior Member New Geek One Bad Apple? Quote:
Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 11 Originally Posted by NIGHTHAWK007 One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch! I'm sure you will be taken care of. have you read thru the San III threads? Ibis9999 View Public Profile Send a private message to Ibis9999 Find all posts by Ibis9999 Add Ibis9999 to Your Contacts #77 Today, 09:13 AM modgoldwing46 Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Lodi, Ca. Posts: 649 Real Name: Dennis Well, some much for the water proof case!. Man, I don't even know what to say! I guess they don't pay their people to think just to ship!! __________________ Subaqua Noma III Limited Edition Valjoux 7750 modgoldwing46 View Public Profile Send a private message to modgoldwing46 Send email to modgoldwing46 Find all posts by modgoldwing46 Add modgoldwing46 to Your Contacts #78 Today, 09:16 AM Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: monroeville pa Posts: 681 Real Name: steve viper1 Senior Member Veteran Geek guess im lucky my kit arrived on thursday,everything was in tact like it was a brand new 1 that never left the building,all wrapped like the watches always come,or supposed too,the day hand fine,already swapped the bands no problem there,WOW guess the watch gods looking out for me from what im hearing,now this 1 you recieved,it definatelly has to be a return,has to be,theres no way water could have gotten in the box from brand new,the shop should look at every return and make the person sending back accountable for this,that would stop the BS going on with people returning watches in this condition!! Today, 10:24 AM Join Date: Dec 2009 Nismo Senior Member Senior Geek Location: Holland, MI Posts: 341 Real Name: John Quote: Originally Posted by viper1 ....what im hearing,now this 1 you recieved,it definatelly has to be a return,has to be,theres no way water could have gotten in the box from brand new,the shop should look at every return and make the person sending back accountable for this,that would stop the BS going on with people returning watches in this condition!! I just want to clarify from my point of view, that I don't believe nefarious customers are the source of this issue. Mine arrived the same way: with yellow, dusty, rank dust. Seems to be the issue is primarily contained to the Leather Straps. (my watch, case & all other straps were "normal"). It is coming from the source... not from customers abusing & then sending them back in poor condition. The odds of the same dusty (moldy?) condition repeating itself from random
"abusive" customers is unlikely. I would have to believe that the leather straps were dyed, chemically treated etc, ... moisture was retained & over time created a reaction. I'm sure it's harmless, I wiped & rinsed mine off... but will wait for Jim to determine what the issue could be, & then see if I should exchange mine or not. __________________ SAIII / 350Z / 88 / MGS / 3A : for life! Nismo View Public Profile Send a private message to Nismo Find all posts by Nismo Add Nismo to Your Contacts #80 Today, 10:39 AM Bdawk Junior Member New Geek Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 16 Quote: Originally Posted by Nismo I just want to clarify from my point of view, that I don't believe nefarious customers are the source of this issue. Mine arrived the same way: with yellow, dusty, rank dust. Seems to be the issue is primarily contained to the Leather Straps. (my watch, case & all other straps were "normal"). It is coming from the source... not from customers abusing & then sending them back in poor condition. The odds of the same dusty (moldy?) condition repeating itself from random "abusive" customers is unlikely. I would have to believe that the leather straps were dyed, chemically treated etc, ... moisture was retained & over time created a reaction. I'm sure it's harmless, I wiped & rinsed mine off... but will wait for Jim to determine what the issue could be, & then see if I should exchange mine or not. I also only had moldy dust on my leather strap from the Kit. Bdawk View Public Profile Send a private message to Bdawk Find all posts by Bdawk Add Bdawk to Your Contacts #81 Today, 10:47 AM acertaingirl Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NY Metro Area Posts: 132 I wonder if the dust was due to manufacturing, then some of the shipping cartons got wet during their trip across the ocean? I also wonder if they actually shipped from Switzerland. acertaingirl View Public Profile Send a private message to acertaingirl Find all posts by acertaingirl Add acertaingirl to Your Contacts #82 Today, 10:53 AM Join Date: Nov 2009 bentley85 Senior Member Veteran Geek Location: Overland Park Posts: 559 Real Name: Jake I have heard a lot of horror stories but this one takes the cake! __________________ If it don't make dollaz...Then it don't make sense! bentley85 View Public Profile Send a private message to bentley85 Find all posts by bentley85 Add bentley85 to Your Contacts #83 Today, 11:11 AM richretired Senior Member Senior Geek Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 198
Robb, I agree. You would think that either Shop or Invicta, if not both, should be looking at these watches before they are shipped. Here is hoping the next one is OK. It really is a great watch and a great kit. Rich richretired View Public Profile Send a private message to richretired Find all posts by richretired Add richretired to Your Contacts #84 Today, 11:13 AM Join Date: Feb 2009 TM Maker Senior Member Veteran Geek Location: Chicagoland Posts: 971 Real Name: Rob I wouldn't have sold it like that at a garage sale!!! Man, that's nasty. TM Maker View Public Profile Send a private message to TM Maker Find all posts by TM Maker Add TM Maker to Your Contacts #85 Today, 11:26 AM My Watch Senior Member Veteran Geek Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 538 Real Name: Ken WTF is going on seem,s we have seen way to much of poor QC no wonder they can;t sell these kit,s look at all the horror story,s My Watch View Public Profile Send a private message to My Watch Send email to My Watch Find all posts by My Watch Add My Watch to Your Contacts #86 Today, 11:31 AM cpalmer777 Senior Member Master WatchGeek Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,616 Wow, this is very sad to hear. Please let us know how things work out for you. cpalmer777 View Public Profile Send a private message to cpalmer777 Find all posts by cpalmer777 Add cpalmer777 to Your Contacts #87 Today, 11:34 AM Join Date: Sep 2008 rayfan Location: VA. Senior Member Posts: 1,198 Super Geek Real Name: Steve That is one of the worst examples of QC that I have ever seen. If a return, then the shop is a terrible company to do business with. If it came straight from Invicta they need to ramp up QC instead of production. rayfan View Public Profile Send a private message to rayfan Find all posts by rayfan Add rayfan to Your Contacts #88 Today, 12:44 PM Join Date: Jan 2010 TrashmanNYC Location: Long Island, NY Senior Member Posts: 571 Veteran Geek Real Name: Robb Quote: Originally Posted by My Watch WTF is going on seem,s we have seen way to much of poor QC no wonder they can;t sell these kit,s look at all the horror story,s I'll get an orange one when they hit $99 __________________ Robb