So I have been into watches for some time and as such, my circle of friends are (sometimes painfully) aware of my interest. Some years ago I was given an obvious fake as a gift from a friend.
She gave it to me as a gift from her soon to be father-in-law who lives in Mexico City. While visiting Mexico, she told her FIL that she had a friend back in the states who was into watches and her FIL claimed to “know a guy” so she brought back a fake and gave it to me as a gift.
I accepted the gift and just kinda sat on it, not really sure what to do. I didn’t want to make her feel bad because her heart was in the right place but I also wasn’t going to actually wear it either.
Time marched on and I have moved away from that friend which makes it easier for me. My question to the community is how would you deal with an obvious fake being given to you as a gift?
On a totally unrelated note, anybody have any suggestions on the best way to dispose of a fake Piaget? 😂
Edit: pics for the curious: https://imgur.com/gallery/Aj6JXoQ
How hot is she?
If your still good friends just sit on it. If you’re not…toss it.
What is the idea behind throwing it away exactly? Are you afraid of being arrested for owning a counterfeit? Do you live in a very, very tiny space where you have a literal finite amount of space and thus have no room to put it in a drawer? Asking ‘what to do with’ it seems like a weird question, either keep it in a drawer or wear it or don’t. I couldn’t imagine needing feedback on ‘what to do with it’.
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Leave it on a park bench in a poor neighborhood.
Leave it on a watch stand in your place, somewhere very out in the open. If it disappears, problem solved and you learned who you can’t trust. If not, it continues to tell you your visitors are honest.