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The 5 percent that costs you everything

They take real cards, then pay you to give that protection up. Understanding that one trade is most of what you need from this page.

Payment · assessed 2026-08-30

TrustyTime does the hardest thing right and then offers you money to undo it. Understanding that single trade is most of what you need from this page.

What we checked

Cards accepted directly

VISA, MasterCard, AMEX, JCB, Discover, taken on the site rather than through a third party. A disputed card payment is the only protection that still works after a seller stops replying.

Result: Confirmed

Alternative methods

bank transfer, Wise, Western Union, Bitcoin, MoneyGram. All irreversible once sent.

Result: Offered

Discount for irreversibility

5 percent off for Western Union, bank transfer or Bitcoin.

Result: Do not take

Restocking fee

25 percent, applied at their discretion on most returns for refund. A refund is issued within 24 hours of them inspecting the returned item.

Result: 25%

Why the discount is a bad trade

Take a $1,200 watch. 5 percent of it comes to $60, and what you surrender for that $60 is every route back to the $1,200 should nothing turn up, should the wrong reference turn up, or should it turn up faulty in a way their movement-only cover does not reach.

A discount for paying by an irreversible method is the market paying you to give up your protection. Take the card and lose the 5 percent.

This is not a criticism unique to TrustyTime. Almost every seller in this market prices irreversible payment lower, because irreversible payment is worth more to them.

What a refund actually costs

A 25 percent restocking fee applied at the seller's discretion means a $1,200 return can come back as $900. Combined with a warranty that covers Movement only, the practical position is that you are buying the watch as it arrives, and the QC photographs are your only real inspection.

See all nine clauses, or read how ordering from us differs.

Where we differ

Our warranty runs 24 months on every component, stated in writing, and we place no time limit on approving your QC photographs. We would rather answer a question a day late than ship a watch you did not agree to.

Iain Merrick, assessment and testing. Iain times, opens and photographs replica watches, then writes the results down in the same form every time so two sellers can actually be compared. He trades in them as well. That interest is declared on every page of this site instead of tucked away. Last checked 2026-08-30.