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Yesterday, 12:49 AM | #1 |
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Maine won’t have an AD starting Jan 1, 2025
Just got a text from the AD. Springer’s is “consolidating” their Rolex operations out of Maine into Portsmouth NH only.
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Yesterday, 12:53 AM | #2 |
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Stinks! I really enjoyed the Portland store. Super friendly people.
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Yesterday, 12:54 AM | #3 |
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Sad to me that soon there will no longer be mom and pop ADs in the country, a thing of the past...
They will all be posh official Rolex lounges similar in feel and vibe of immense sterile wealth and the fact that you'll need to beg a random SA for the chance to try on an exhibition piece |
Yesterday, 01:13 AM | #4 |
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Sad to see the smaller ADs go.
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Yesterday, 02:07 AM | #5 | |
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You got the feeling these kind of places had been selling Rolex since the company was founded. Now the atmosphere is homogenous and the vibe is like that of a confession booth.. |
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Yesterday, 02:38 AM | #6 |
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Agreed, bummer. Portsmouth is closer to me but I always ended up in Portland a few times a year. Hopefully the sales folks will find a soft landing.
Are they closing or just pulling out Rolex?
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Yesterday, 03:19 AM | #7 | |
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They aren’t closing, just no longer carrying Rolex at this location. Word around town is they will be introducing another fine watch brand in the new year. |
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Yesterday, 03:22 AM | #8 | |
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By 2010 or so most were gone but there was still a dozen or so in towns with 25K populations then one by one they started disappearing. I know of only one left outside the major cities and it probably survives because a major college is there. I still like browsing watch shops some when I travel but yes the Rolex ones have become pretty generic. |
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Yesterday, 03:24 AM | #9 |
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Well the Portsmouth store is a boutique and they've treated me well. Also, there's no sales tax in NH so that's an advantage. I wouldn't be surprised to have Long's do something similar.
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Yesterday, 05:01 AM | #10 |
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Today, 03:35 AM | #11 |
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Actually that location kinda stinks. Its several blocks away from the tourist stuff in a a nondescript financial building setting. Keeps out the casual shopper but also you really have to know to go dig for it.
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Today, 03:36 AM | #12 |
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Kinda lame.... Longs and Royal already have those.
Now that Patek, AP and ALS have Boston boutiques not much left.
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