Anybody else hounded with the Jewelry parking lot scam?

My brother was in NYC with his wife and they got hit up by a street vendor. He sold them a Rollex watch for something like $15?? My brother bought it for a prank birthday for me.

Fast forward a couple of months and I called them and left a message. I knew my sister-in-law would get the message before my brother. I told them the watch needed a new battery and when I took it to the Jeweler to be replaced he valued the watch at $10 K. Told them thanks and that the street vendor must have been real.

She about flipped out that my brother would give such an expensive watch away. Jan is kind of suspectable to pranks. We were going somewhere when we passed a Holiday Inn Express. I told her it was a great deal because you could pay by the hour. I told her it was a great deal for trukers because they could stop in and get a shower, nap and a little TV time and only pay for the time they use.

But I have been approached a couple of times.