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I recently got an Omega watch, and wanted desperate to get the OEM rubber strap. The actual strap was $256 and the deployment buckle was an extra $256. So over $500 total. I got a great deal on the watch itself through a gray dealer and saved a ton on the watch itself so I pulled the trigger on the strap.

The buckle you can use on any strap on any omega watch which I guess is cool, but clearly super overpriced.

I needed to put back an extra link in a stainless steel band for a Baume & Mercier. I knew I hadn't thrown it out, but I couldn't find it. Replacement was over $70, so I lost weight. In the back of my mind I almost hope I don't find it. Why risk temptation.
 

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This may be a question for the customs thread but does anyone know if Made in USA shoes ordered from Frans Boone and delivered to Canada are duty free?
Should be, but you'll still get charged a brokerage fee and whatever your provincial taxes are. Also depends on whether or not the guy at the border gives enough ***** to check the country of origin and/or if FB marks the country of origin properly.
 

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Oki-Ni canceled my order because they couldn't "verify payment as it did not pass our security team's checks." Yet, they didn't even bother to inform or email me until I inquired about the order a week later. Apparently they "do not currently have the facility to inform our customers of any cancelled or returned orders." Terrible business practice. Now the items are gone.
 

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Oki-Ni canceled my order because they couldn't "verify payment as it did not pass our security team's checks." Yet, they didn't even bother to inform or email me until I inquired about the order a week later. Apparently they "do not currently have the facility to inform our customers of any cancelled or returned orders." Terrible business practice. Now the items are gone.
And yet, it's a valid (sorta) excuse. Sending out that type of explanatory email requires infrastructure, unless you have very small volume - essentially, just a guy and a computer and some stuff to sell. At any type of volume, a workflow has to be created, and personnel assigned. Not saying that it's not something that shouldn't be done. but having been working with a variety of small verging on mid-sized companies, I've seen how stretched resources are. Much of the economy is held together with duct tape and bubble gum.
 

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