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Originally Posted by kopi-c
What I find interesting, is that when a watch is posted up for sale.. the serial number is blurred out or seller does not want to list it. WHY NOT?!
Say buying a car online, the VIN number is usually shown, or can message the seller for the VIN number; so the buyer can run a CarFax report.
I would think if the member who post their watch for sale would list the serial number for full transparency would be a good thing.
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The serial number is blurred out for two reasons:
1. Any Rolex AD can look up where the watch was purchased based on the S/N, so grey dealers "protect" their sources by blocking the serial number. Also people would be less willing to sell to grey if their AD can easily find out that they flipped.
2. Any counterfeit company can see a serial number and know - okay that serial number is a BLNR, then they can create counterfeit BLNR's with that serial number to make it less easy to detect.