Purchased a man's automatic movement divers watch on-line from Balmer & Kalt. Their ads first appeared on Facebook. Marketing photo of the watch of interest appeared large enough to be a man's watch and the ad also said it had a German mechanical movement. I purchased it based on the logical assumption it was manufactured in Germany. After a week I checked on the delivery progress and noted this watch was being shipped from China. I had no idea this was a Chinese manufactured watch and was immediately suspicious of a possible rip off (documented accounts of cheaply made watches being sold at high prices over the internet are legend). Balmer & Kalt has no phone number or brick & mortar address so my suspicions only grew. I received the watch on May 24, 2017. The watch is cheaply made with a dial so small it looks like a women's watch. The watch band is unrefined with a cheap locking clasp mechanism. I contacted [email protected] and asked to return it since the watch was no more than costume jewelry. I was told NO REFUNDS and was pointed to some obscure passage stating no refunds on sale items. I had to look around to even find this notice. I feel I've been duped by underhanded advertisement and demand relief from this shady distributor.
This company false advertised the quality and value of the watch products they sell to take advantage of the knowing public. My wife was tricked into thinking she was getting a get deal on a watch as a Christmas gift for me. The advertised watch is of poor quality and was marked up 4x as high as other purchasing locations. The company knowingly miss leads and prays upon unsuspecting purchasers with false sales and smoke and mirrors to trick unknowing public into paying their immensely inflated price on poor quality merchandise.
I bought a watch off these people believing it was a quality watch but only received cheap Chinese rubbish.
Here's a copy of some correspondence with them.
Kevin,
Since it's a free country, we can set any price that we want and it's completely up to you if you want to pay it or not. I didn't force you to buy. Anyways, if you want to return the watch, please take pictures of it and upload them here so that we could see that the watch is in a good condition. Then send the watch back to 3848 La Flor Drive, Rockledge, FL 32955, United States and upload picture of postal receipt or tracking number. We will issue you a refund then.
So the ad on Facebook doesn't have you believe your buying a quality watch for £91 and to hurry before it goes back up to £279, a watch I can see on sale now on eBay and amazon for £21.
I will be reporting this to trading standards and seeking refunds and the cost of postage
Nowhere do we tell that watch is from "Balmer & Kalt". This is the name of our shop and we sell Jaragars as you have seen in the advertisement. You got exactly what you've ordered.
I recently purchased two watches the same and nowhere on the watches does it say Balmer and Kalt, Instead it has the name Jaragar and when I do my research I find reviews saying Jaragar is Chinese junk, keep away from it and instead of paying over £90 for each watch I find I could have got them from Amazon for a little over £20.
I hope you can offer me an explanation before I take this matter to trading standards.
Balmer&Kalt-: silicone Band sport Army smart watch.
Balmer & Kalt please you have to sen back money to my address 4538 Northaven Dr Charlotte NC 28206 without delay.
I bough silicone smart amry watch on my Facebook line for more than two weeks with a price of 92:89 on date 3 this January and no single contact to tell exactly why my order is late. More over, I realize that business has no telephone numbers- meanwhile, I feel I have been got to wrong hand of schemers.
Would you please:
1- put my money as they’re.
2- can you remove all your advertisements straight the from Facebook website.
I bought one earlier this year (27/02/2018) unfortunately the crown pulled out, and that was only the beginning of my problems with Balmer & Kalt 14121 NE Airport Way, Portland Oregon, USA. There after sales leaves a little bit to be desired to say the least.
The problem with Balmer & Kalt. Is they seem to be an agent for the CHINESE manufacture in Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China,
The watch was returned to the manufacturer for exchange as suggested by Balmer & Kalt. And that’s the last I’m ever going to see of the watch again as they say that they haven’t received it, even though it was tracked by Royal Mail (but only to the port of entry as it can’t be tracked in China).
All Balmer & Kalt will do is pass you over to manufacturer who to date hasn’t replied to my emails since the 4th November. And now Balmer & Kalt won’t reply to any of my emails.
Balmer & Kalt. There after sales are deplorable and I wouldn’t advise anyone to have any dealings with them.
The product (their so called flagship watch) to my thinking is CHEAP CHINESE CRAP!!!!
Balmer & Kalt charges $229 for one of their watches and Amazon sells the exact same watch for $27.99. The actual manufacture of the watch sells it for $60.00. Balmer & Kalt is a total rip off and needs to be put out of business!!
Basically Balmer&Kalt are a drop shipper for watches from a make-believe 'luxury brand' that can be bought for a lot less on sites like bangood.com, etc. They will also add a substantial shipping charge to your already overpriced watch.
The Balmer&Kalt brand seems to attempt to ride along on the swiss brand Balmer. The actual Chinese manufacturer/brand is Megir.
They advertise on Instagram, eBay, Amazon and so on with 5* fake reviews and ridiculously marked down timed "Sale" prices that, if you try to get a refund for, are a kind of Catch-22 and are refused because they were on sale.
On 08/10/2017 I ordered what was advertised through FaceBook as a Balmer & Kalt watch. Total price was $102.90. Today, 09/01/2017, I received the watch in the mail. It's a $14.99 SKMEI watch from China that I could buy via Amazon with free shipping. I don't know how this company can get away with this. I sent them an email, but I'm sure I won't hear back from them. If I don't hear from them, I will contact my credit card company and report this as a blatant fraud.
I saw on facebook a promotion from Balmer and Kalt. They represent their watches are swiss and of quality. They advertised a "sale" price. After ordering, I saw the identical watches advertised by two separate companies. These are not similar watches. They are the exact same watch. One company was half the price and another company was almost one third of the price I paid. They are very deceitful. They missrepresent to the point of almost being comical. They talk of "gurus" and happiness teams. I believe these people are of the worst kind. I e mailed them but they only have an automated response. I e mailed them saying I would have appreciated if they were up front and say they charge the most and are liars. I am is retail sales. I don't fault anyone in making a profit. This, however, is price gouging. The fact that they try to give the impression they care about their customer's hard earned money is a travesty. It seems that when I went on Facebook to express my feelings, my commentary dissapeared. I guess they don't want the bad rep. I've already resigned myself to expect cheap watches at a rip off price. They take people's money and don't respond to them after the fact.
They showed the watch vividly.When it arrived it was just a cheap knockoff,I have no need for this crap. They keep saying they will respond but no calls in a week. Please help
On May 4 2016 I purchased a watch from Balmer & Kalt for $129.99. January 7 2017 I discovered the winding stem was missing. I contacted Balmer & Kalt about repairs or replacement and was told their polcy is only 30 days and I needed to deal with the manufactor which is in China. This product is junk and the seller doesn't stand behind their product. Save you money and agravation doen't deal with this company
Received watch direct from China, price was $99.99. The watch did not work and was in cheap packaging with no instructions or guarantee, contacted Customer Services twice and apart from acknowledgement received no response from them. Asked for a full refund as the watch was intended as a Christmas gift, but due to the pathetic customer service, failure to offer a replacement or a return address, I had to purchase an alternative. I was asked to supply an alternative e-mail address as their e-mails were not reaching me, but only received all future correspondence on original address.
Have raised a dispute followed by a claim with PayPal due to Balmer & Kalt failing to supply fit for purpose goods.
I Now realize this company market cheap watches which they sell at inflated prices, my watch cost £80 but is on sale at Amazon for £19.99, they should not be allowed to continue with this deception
The website Balmer and Kalt uses a well known Swiss brand name "Balmer" in its title. While the watches are not claimed to be Swiss, the website deceptively leads the reader into the conclusion. Watches are marketed as marked down. But, upon further investigation exact same watches are available from other web sites for 1/4 the price. The website does not outwardly tell the buyer that the watches are sourced and shipped from China. Only after ordering and waiting a week, then checking the tracking information did I find out that the item was Chinese. I searched the Internet for the same Chinese brand and found the exact same watch for a small fraction of the price. The Balmerkalt website is selling the watch for $99 and it it available elsewhere for $25-$28.00. Once contacting them, they reluctantly agreed to a refund but I have not yet seen the money. I will update this once I hear from them. Also, their website claims that the deal is about to expire in a few minutes with only a few of the specially discounted items left. Once returnin to their website a week later, the timer was still ticking down. Balmerkalt.com Here's the other website with the better deal. http://www.gearbest.com/men-s-watches/pp_386703.html
This company sells watches on Facebook. I boought a watch in good faith. I received the watch in the mail and it arrived broke. I contacted them and they wanted me to pay postage and mail it back. They didnt advise clear details on whether they would refund my money or fix the watch. they were not helping me as a consumer and I believe they sold me and possibly many others a bad product.
Balmer & Kalt Reviews
Purchased a man's automatic movement divers watch on-line from Balmer & Kalt. Their ads first appeared on Facebook. Marketing photo of the watch of interest appeared large enough to be a man's watch and the ad also said it had a German mechanical movement. I purchased it based on the logical assumption it was manufactured in Germany. After a week I checked on the delivery progress and noted this watch was being shipped from China. I had no idea this was a Chinese manufactured watch and was immediately suspicious of a possible rip off (documented accounts of cheaply made watches being sold at high prices over the internet are legend). Balmer & Kalt has no phone number or brick & mortar address so my suspicions only grew. I received the watch on May 24, 2017. The watch is cheaply made with a dial so small it looks like a women's watch. The watch band is unrefined with a cheap locking clasp mechanism. I contacted [email protected] and asked to return it since the watch was no more than costume jewelry. I was told NO REFUNDS and was pointed to some obscure passage stating no refunds on sale items. I had to look around to even find this notice. I feel I've been duped by underhanded advertisement and demand relief from this shady distributor.
This company false advertised the quality and value of the watch products they sell to take advantage of the knowing public. My wife was tricked into thinking she was getting a get deal on a watch as a Christmas gift for me. The advertised watch is of poor quality and was marked up 4x as high as other purchasing locations. The company knowingly miss leads and prays upon unsuspecting purchasers with false sales and smoke and mirrors to trick unknowing public into paying their immensely inflated price on poor quality merchandise.
Scammers
I bought a watch off these people believing it was a quality watch but only received cheap Chinese rubbish.
Here's a copy of some correspondence with them.
Kevin,
Since it's a free country, we can set any price that we want and it's completely up to you if you want to pay it or not. I didn't force you to buy. Anyways, if you want to return the watch, please take pictures of it and upload them here so that we could see that the watch is in a good condition. Then send the watch back to 3848 La Flor Drive, Rockledge, FL 32955, United States and upload picture of postal receipt or tracking number. We will issue you a refund then.
Best wishes,
Mike
"" [email protected] on March 31, 2016 at 5:11am wrote:
So the ad on Facebook doesn't have you believe your buying a quality watch for £91 and to hurry before it goes back up to £279, a watch I can see on sale now on eBay and amazon for £21.
I will be reporting this to trading standards and seeking refunds and the cost of postage
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
On Thu, 31 Mar, 2016 at 10:03, Balmer & Kalt
<[email protected]> wrote:
Balmer & Kalt on March 31, 2016 at 5:03am wrote:
Hello Kevin,
Nowhere do we tell that watch is from "Balmer & Kalt". This is the name of our shop and we sell Jaragars as you have seen in the advertisement. You got exactly what you've ordered.
Best wishes,
Mike
"" [email protected] on March 31, 2016 at 4:50am wrote:
I recently purchased two watches the same and nowhere on the watches does it say Balmer and Kalt, Instead it has the name Jaragar and when I do my research I find reviews saying Jaragar is Chinese junk, keep away from it and instead of paying over £90 for each watch I find I could have got them from Amazon for a little over £20.
I hope you can offer me an explanation before I take this matter to trading standards.
Regards, Kevin Balmer
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
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Balmer&Kalt-: silicone Band sport Army smart watch.
Balmer & Kalt please you have to sen back money to my address 4538 Northaven Dr Charlotte NC 28206 without delay.
I bough silicone smart amry watch on my Facebook line for more than two weeks with a price of 92:89 on date 3 this January and no single contact to tell exactly why my order is late. More over, I realize that business has no telephone numbers- meanwhile, I feel I have been got to wrong hand of schemers.
Would you please:
1- put my money as they’re.
2- can you remove all your advertisements straight the from Facebook website.
These people need to be put out of business
I bought one earlier this year (27/02/2018) unfortunately the crown pulled out, and that was only the beginning of my problems with Balmer & Kalt 14121 NE Airport Way, Portland Oregon, USA. There after sales leaves a little bit to be desired to say the least.
The problem with Balmer & Kalt. Is they seem to be an agent for the CHINESE manufacture in Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510000, China,
The watch was returned to the manufacturer for exchange as suggested by Balmer & Kalt. And that’s the last I’m ever going to see of the watch again as they say that they haven’t received it, even though it was tracked by Royal Mail (but only to the port of entry as it can’t be tracked in China).
All Balmer & Kalt will do is pass you over to manufacturer who to date hasn’t replied to my emails since the 4th November. And now Balmer & Kalt won’t reply to any of my emails.
Balmer & Kalt. There after sales are deplorable and I wouldn’t advise anyone to have any dealings with them.
The product (their so called flagship watch) to my thinking is CHEAP CHINESE CRAP!!!!
I WOULDN’T WANT ANYTHING THEY SELL AS A GIFT.
Complete Rip Off
Balmer & Kalt charges $229 for one of their watches and Amazon sells the exact same watch for $27.99. The actual manufacture of the watch sells it for $60.00. Balmer & Kalt is a total rip off and needs to be put out of business!!
Rip Off Traders
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do not purchase a watch from these internet robbers!!!!!
You can buy the very same watch that they sell for $150.00, on ebay or Amazon for about $30 - $35, just type in the trade name of MAGIR
They are not luxury watches by any stretch of the imagination, they are very standard watches mass produced in China.
AGAIN...PLEASE BE AWARE THAT IF YOU BUY FROM THEM ON FACEBOOK, YOU ARE BEING RIPPED OFF!!!
Basically Balmer&Kalt are a drop shipper for watches from a make-believe 'luxury brand' that can be bought for a lot less on sites like bangood.com, etc. They will also add a substantial shipping charge to your already overpriced watch.
The Balmer&Kalt brand seems to attempt to ride along on the swiss brand Balmer. The actual Chinese manufacturer/brand is Megir.
They advertise on Instagram, eBay, Amazon and so on with 5* fake reviews and ridiculously marked down timed "Sale" prices that, if you try to get a refund for, are a kind of Catch-22 and are refused because they were on sale.
I purchased a watch on facebook from Balmer and Kalt
They claim this watch is a good quality watch.
As soon as I got the watch I was not happy and wanted to return the watch about 3 days later.
Then the crazy Run arount began. They wanted me to jump through Hoops.
They claim that their Guru will help me and return my email.
First they said I can't return the watch if there is nothing wrong.
What kind of company does not let you return something you bought and want to return.
I am just very disgusted with Balmer and Kalt for there customer service which there is NO customer Service what soever!!!
They just send you a watch from overseas ( China) and that's it you are stuck with a lousey piece of JUNK watch.
On 08/10/2017 I ordered what was advertised through FaceBook as a Balmer & Kalt watch. Total price was $102.90. Today, 09/01/2017, I received the watch in the mail. It's a $14.99 SKMEI watch from China that I could buy via Amazon with free shipping. I don't know how this company can get away with this. I sent them an email, but I'm sure I won't hear back from them. If I don't hear from them, I will contact my credit card company and report this as a blatant fraud.
I saw on facebook a promotion from Balmer and Kalt. They represent their watches are swiss and of quality. They advertised a "sale" price. After ordering, I saw the identical watches advertised by two separate companies. These are not similar watches. They are the exact same watch. One company was half the price and another company was almost one third of the price I paid. They are very deceitful. They missrepresent to the point of almost being comical. They talk of "gurus" and happiness teams. I believe these people are of the worst kind. I e mailed them but they only have an automated response. I e mailed them saying I would have appreciated if they were up front and say they charge the most and are liars. I am is retail sales. I don't fault anyone in making a profit. This, however, is price gouging. The fact that they try to give the impression they care about their customer's hard earned money is a travesty. It seems that when I went on Facebook to express my feelings, my commentary dissapeared. I guess they don't want the bad rep. I've already resigned myself to expect cheap watches at a rip off price. They take people's money and don't respond to them after the fact.
They showed the watch vividly.When it arrived it was just a cheap knockoff,I have no need for this crap. They keep saying they will respond but no calls in a week. Please help
On May 4 2016 I purchased a watch from Balmer & Kalt for $129.99. January 7 2017 I discovered the winding stem was missing. I contacted Balmer & Kalt about repairs or replacement and was told their polcy is only 30 days and I needed to deal with the manufactor which is in China. This product is junk and the seller doesn't stand behind their product. Save you money and agravation doen't deal with this company
Total rip-off
Received watch direct from China, price was $99.99. The watch did not work and was in cheap packaging with no instructions or guarantee, contacted Customer Services twice and apart from acknowledgement received no response from them. Asked for a full refund as the watch was intended as a Christmas gift, but due to the pathetic customer service, failure to offer a replacement or a return address, I had to purchase an alternative. I was asked to supply an alternative e-mail address as their e-mails were not reaching me, but only received all future correspondence on original address.
Have raised a dispute followed by a claim with PayPal due to Balmer & Kalt failing to supply fit for purpose goods.
I Now realize this company market cheap watches which they sell at inflated prices, my watch cost £80 but is on sale at Amazon for £19.99, they should not be allowed to continue with this deception
The website Balmer and Kalt uses a well known Swiss brand name "Balmer" in its title. While the watches are not claimed to be Swiss, the website deceptively leads the reader into the conclusion. Watches are marketed as marked down. But, upon further investigation exact same watches are available from other web sites for 1/4 the price. The website does not outwardly tell the buyer that the watches are sourced and shipped from China. Only after ordering and waiting a week, then checking the tracking information did I find out that the item was Chinese. I searched the Internet for the same Chinese brand and found the exact same watch for a small fraction of the price. The Balmerkalt website is selling the watch for $99 and it it available elsewhere for $25-$28.00. Once contacting them, they reluctantly agreed to a refund but I have not yet seen the money. I will update this once I hear from them. Also, their website claims that the deal is about to expire in a few minutes with only a few of the specially discounted items left. Once returnin to their website a week later, the timer was still ticking down. Balmerkalt.com Here's the other website with the better deal. http://www.gearbest.com/men-s-watches/pp_386703.html
This company sells watches on Facebook. I boought a watch in good faith. I received the watch in the mail and it arrived broke. I contacted them and they wanted me to pay postage and mail it back. They didnt advise clear details on whether they would refund my money or fix the watch. they were not helping me as a consumer and I believe they sold me and possibly many others a bad product.