TRES RV observations of HD 12800. We mark the dates of announcement (2022 June 13) and official retraction (2024 May 27) for the Gaia DR3 planet candidate. Our observations would have easily detected the RV signal expected from the Gaia DR3 orbital solution, and independently verify that the companion does not exist. While in this case the ultimate result is a nondetection, this nonetheless serves to demonstrate the value of intermediate-precision (≈10 m s⁻¹) RV observations for the follow-up of Gaia astrometric exoplanet candidates.