Men each cry scam over watch sold for $11,500

A watch that retails for around $25,000 – but sold for less than half of that amount – has men on both coasts Accessoires iphone claiming a scam.

Gastonia police became involved Wednesday.

Patrick Aziz, 28, of Huntington Beach, Calif., told police he paid a Gastonia man $11,500 for a Hublot Big Bang 44mm  Accessoires iphone rose gold cappuccino men’s wristwatch after it was posted on eBay, the online auction and shopping website.

But Aziz told police the watch was a fake, according to a police report.

Rob Woodward contacted The  Accessoires iphone Gazette after an online report was posted about the complaint.

Woodward says he sold the watch to Aziz, but he accuses the California man of wrongdoing.

Aziz made the police complaint in an  Accessoires iphone effort to keep his credit card from paying on a disputed purchase, Woodward said.

Woodward says he sent an authentic Hublot watch to Aziz by overnight mail on Friday, and then he received a package back from Aziz on Tuesday.

“I know what I sent him and I know what he sent me back,” Woodward said. “He mailed me back a different watch than I mailed him.”

Woodward said he had his wife videotape him opening the package because he was unsure of what it contained. Woodward said a serial number and warranty card from Hublot will help prove he sent an  montre plastique couleur authentic watch to Aziz, but received a fake in the return.

Aziz told police Woodward has  montre plastique couleur not returned any phone calls or replied with any other type of communication, and has failed to return his money.

Woodward said he owns a company that sells recycled auto parts out of his Union Road home. He says he sells items on eBay as a way to supplement his income.

“Anything I can make money on, that’s montre plastique couleur what I do,” Woodward said. “But I’m a legitimate business.”

Woodward said he traded a 2006 Corvette for the disputed Hublot watch along with five others.

Woodward says selling items over the Internet carries a risk, but adds that it helps him reach an audience he otherwise couldn’t.

“There are not too many people in montre plastique couleur Gastonia willing to spend more than $10,000 on a watch,” Woodward said. “You’ve got to take your merchandise to that market.”