Not everything that shines is gold
Scam offers of watches on the Internet are increasing
There are thousands of them on the Internet, on auction platforms and in online shops – Advertisement statements about the material used for watches and jewellery that are generally intentional, misleading, and contrary to competition. For example, gold-plated watches are called „golden luxury watch“ or „Genuine gold watch“. Both statements are clearly contrary to competition and misleading for a gold-plated watch.
In recent times, more and more of these offers have appeared on the relevant locations on the Internet. And so, the alleged „luxury gold watch“ for a discount price then often turns out to be a cheap gold-plated „China watch“. For the customers, these descriptions are often only scamming statements that have enticed them to buy a low value watch.
That clever fraudster stamp the metal with the alleged fine content of precious metal more and more frequently now, makes the issue even harder for non-professional buyers. Here, clearly justice is demanded to stop these activities. After all, the law about the fine content of gold and silver goods is decisive for watches with precious metal casing or parts of stainless steel. It regulates under which circumstances a watch may be called what and which goods may be stamped how. One exception is platinum, unfortunately. There is no law for the stamping of platinum in Germany. And thus, it is not surprising that more and more nickel and silver plated watches are sold to unsuspecting customers on the Internet as platinum watches.