BLNR price tread

[Trizzil]

Originally Posted by sev1

Seems like international is the way to go.

I think it depends. If you're in a major city where the next guy in will pay full price there is no incentive to negotiate. I ran into this for 6 months in Dallas. Went to Minneapolis on a business trip and had two different AD's willing to negotiate between 5-10% off on the watch in addition to the tax savings. Needless to say, I pulled the trigger.

[phils]

$100.00 from my street corner dealer.

[Steel28]

$7900 tax in at one of my AD in Toronto. This is my price only, based on the previous purchases.

[nyman23]

Does anyone know if I can find a great deal under MSRP in the tristate area? I'm looking to purchase today.

[yoda888]

I'll sell you my BNIB one for MSRP so you save on tax!

Originally Posted by nyman23

Does anyone know if I can find a great deal under MSRP in the tristate area? I'm looking to purchase today.

[ARTISAN]

paid £5695 at fh .............Kingston store.

[Nycturbovr6]

They still haven't really come down in price much

[juani]

Got mine a week ago £5950, no discount but they gave a free first service��

[The Joker]

What a fun tread.

[Speed]

Sort of hanging by a tread, no?

[MTROIS]

What is the current MSRP in Switzerland?
Will be there next week...

[Kyu]

LA here, this week 12/16/14 I was offered up to 8k but I'd have to buy it this week I'm passing to go for possibly a DJII :D

[Alpino]

Originally Posted by MTROIS

What is the current MSRP in Switzerland?
Will be there next week...

[awright102]

Originally Posted by ARTISAN

paid £5695 at fh .............Kingston store.

That's good going, they are not usually very generous

[Rockland]

Originally Posted by nyman23

Does anyone know if I can find a great deal under MSRP in the tristate area? I'm looking to purchase today.

Which tri state area are you referring to? Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio?
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut?

Lot of tri state areas.

[nyman23]

Originally Posted by rockland

which tri state area are you referring to? Pennsylvania, west virginia, ohio?
New york, new jersey, connecticut?

Lot of tri state areas.

ny nj ct

[moonshine89]

$8950 on the cc, from a VA AD, but had it shipped to me in MD so no tax.

[CMSgt Bo]

In August I got one from my regular (out of state) AD for 5% below MSRP with no tax. It came to $8,502.50 USD delivered.

[watchik]

I guess I have to change my AD/state/country - here in South Florida I cannot get any of those deals unless I go down to Miami.

[MTROIS]

Originally Posted by Alpino

Thank you very much for the info.
Looks like I will be doing some shopping in Zurich next week...

[dardeca]

$8000 out the door.

[scooba]

Bought mine july 2013 list minus 18% , 10% I believe is available as a discount quite easy in the UK

[Nairn1980]

Originally Posted by scooba

Bought mine july 2013 list minus 18% , 10% I believe is available as a discount quite easy in the UK

I can't speak for England but 10% is not easily available in Scotland. Blnr is their most desireable model and they're not keen to discount.
Most scotland ADs are in the big cities and they speak the no discount policy and stick to it.

Special relationships with an AD may be a different matter but as for 10% easily available? I would strongly disagree.

[Bulldog21]

AD in Dallas had one in the case on Friday, he said MSRP is $8,950 but he would have to confirm with his manager but he could probably discount 5%. Also said if I had someone out of State to ship to, it would save on sales tax and he would not charge me to ship.

Then stopped at a Dallas watch store (not an AD) and they had one in the case, there price was $9,350 firm!!! lol... He said he would not discount it at all

I just thought it was interesting.

[grrr]

Saw the BLNR in Paris CDG duty free at 6416 euros tax free (7250 if traveling inside EU). So cheap I wondered for a moment if it was not a labelling mistake (other models were quite highly priced).
It was really tempting but the watch had the weak cyclop issue which I knew was going to annoy me.

They also had the BLRO in display, first time to see it with my own eyes, such a desirable piece.(except the price)

[tomallen]

Originally Posted by DJJon

That's a very competitive offer price. It makes sense for a US guy to take a mini-trip to Toronto and buy it there. Wear it home and maybe no customs to worry about.

It is still smuggleing and the possibility of being caught and loosing the watch and jail time makes full retail and tax very attractive.

[Alpino]

Originally Posted by grrr

Saw the BLNR in Paris CDG duty free at 6416 euros tax free (7250 if traveling inside EU). So cheap I wondered for a moment if it was not a labelling mistake (other models were quite highly priced).
It was really tempting but the watch had the weak cyclop issue which I knew was going to annoy me.

French price is 7250€ for BLNR , and french VAT is 20% : duty free price should be 6042€ (not 6416€)

So CDG's AD (Royal quartz) is doing double benefit from you. The usual 38% margin, plus an extra "duty free" 374€ benefit

[Ruud Van Driver]

£5950 in London on 19th December 2014. No discount but first purchase from that AD. I would hope for a discount or some gesture when I return.

[Ruud Van Driver]

Originally Posted by tomallen

It is still smuggleing and the possibility of being caught and loosing the watch and jail time makes full retail and tax very attractive.

I can't imagine anyone doing jail time for a purchase on a single item for personal use. Try that stunt in the UK and, if caught, you'll most likely get hit with the VAT that you're trying to avoid and a possible fine. For them to confiscate the watch, you'd have to do or say something very stupid indeed to seriously piss them off.

[Drock123]

Very proud to announce I bought my first Rolex (BLNR) earlier in December. I'm told I got a steal of a deal from an AD in Calgary. $8600 CAD cash.