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I was going add this to "Random musings and general banter" but decided it was important enough to deserve its own thread. First up we have this Vostok watch show broadcast on Saturday 25 August; watch https://www.idealworld.tv/gb/shows/collectable-timepieces-blockbuster-2728303?channel=IW at 27:30 to hear Peter Simon say:
"...these didn't go through the system; make your own assumptions but they didn't go through the system..."
"...for whatever reason...to be quite honest it was the obvious reason, OK..."
At that stage they had six remaining in stock according to Peter Simon, so they had somehow 'mislaid' six of them.
And the very next evening, during https://www.idealworld.tv/gb/shows/vostok-watches-blockbuster-2728810?channel=IW at 14:30, Peter Simon again says:
"...this had sold out yesterday...gone..."
"...it had sold out but they didn't go through..."
"...the assumption is, you know exactly what I mean; they didn't go through the system..."
Also carry on listening to hear Peter mix up Scotland with Switzerland :mysmilie_19:
So on two nights in succession Ideal World have claimed that a particular watch (the Lunokhod 2) had sold out when it subsequently transpired that it hadn't, therefore my assumption is either that Ideal World's stock control system is run by incompetents therefore it must be costing them an absolute fortune, or alternatively Ideal World are openly lying about a particular watch selling out. If this only happened one evening then it could be dismissed as an unfortunate error, but twice in succession? Really?!? (No such claim was made on Friday 24 August.)
Saturday night's Lunokhod 2 product description:
Sunday night's Lunokhod 2 product description (identical apart from "PVD Plated Case" and "Straps" in the plural):
If any of Ideal World's legal representatives are reading this, I must stress that this is an assumption and that Peter Simon did openly tell viewers to "make your own assumptions".
"...these didn't go through the system; make your own assumptions but they didn't go through the system..."
"...for whatever reason...to be quite honest it was the obvious reason, OK..."
At that stage they had six remaining in stock according to Peter Simon, so they had somehow 'mislaid' six of them.
And the very next evening, during https://www.idealworld.tv/gb/shows/vostok-watches-blockbuster-2728810?channel=IW at 14:30, Peter Simon again says:
"...this had sold out yesterday...gone..."
"...it had sold out but they didn't go through..."
"...the assumption is, you know exactly what I mean; they didn't go through the system..."
Also carry on listening to hear Peter mix up Scotland with Switzerland :mysmilie_19:
So on two nights in succession Ideal World have claimed that a particular watch (the Lunokhod 2) had sold out when it subsequently transpired that it hadn't, therefore my assumption is either that Ideal World's stock control system is run by incompetents therefore it must be costing them an absolute fortune, or alternatively Ideal World are openly lying about a particular watch selling out. If this only happened one evening then it could be dismissed as an unfortunate error, but twice in succession? Really?!? (No such claim was made on Friday 24 August.)
Saturday night's Lunokhod 2 product description:
![Screenshot_2018-08-27 Collectable Timepieces BlockBuster 19 00 25 08 2018 IW Ideal World(1).jpg Screenshot_2018-08-27 Collectable Timepieces BlockBuster 19 00 25 08 2018 IW Ideal World(1).jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/shoppingtelly/data/attach/7/7079-Screenshot-2018-08-27-Collectable-Timepieces-BlockBuster-19-00-25-08-2018-IW-Ideal-World-1-.jpg)
![Screenshot_2018-08-27 Vostok Watches BlockBuster 19 00 26 08 2018 IW Ideal World.jpg Screenshot_2018-08-27 Vostok Watches BlockBuster 19 00 26 08 2018 IW Ideal World.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/shoppingtelly/data/attach/7/7080-Screenshot-2018-08-27-Vostok-Watches-BlockBuster-19-00-26-08-2018-IW-Ideal-World.jpg)