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kittansett · 26 July 2021, 01:02 PM

I visited my AD this weekend. The new Rolex shipping container is a cheap looking white cardboard box. Not the plastic containers anymore. Frankly, very disappointed. It reminded me of some unlabeled cardboard container that could be containing anything ... certainly not a Rolex! AD said that Rolex is trying to be green for the environment. However, it can surely be more professional.

myporsche · 26 July 2021, 01:09 PM

Who cares, it's a shipping container like you said. Are you buying a watch or a shipping box?

JAJ78 · 26 July 2021, 01:34 PM

Same thing here… Then the pulled my BLRO out of it and all was forgiven.

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Baco Noir · 26 July 2021, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kittansett

I visited my AD this weekend. The new Rolex shipping container is a cheap looking white cardboard box. Not the plastic containers anymore. Frankly, very disappointed. It reminded me of some unlabeled cardboard container that could be containing anything ... certainly not a Rolex! AD said that Rolex is trying to be green for the environment. However, it can surely be more professional.

Considering recyclability, I’ll take cardboard any day of the week.

Geckobros · 26 July 2021, 02:05 PM

If it protects the watch in transit.. not a problem.

Gab27 · 26 July 2021, 02:06 PM

Do you have a common household usage for the older style shipping containers? Like, have you repurposed them into a wallet, or a piggy bank, or a container to store loose flash drives?

Soarer · 26 July 2021, 03:05 PM

No big deal. The shipping container is not meant for you, it’s for the AD.

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amphr1 · 26 July 2021, 03:10 PM

This is not what they mean when you resell it as having the original box and paper tho right?

SS Oyster · 26 July 2021, 03:17 PM

I think the OP is saying the old clear plastic coffin is now cardboard. Provided the cardboard protects the watch, I agree with the move. ADs aren't supposed to be giving the coffin to the buyer, so they were just fulling landfills.

sutats · 26 July 2021, 03:23 PM

Companies are continually shifting towards sustainability and this perhaps is an example of it.

Nairn1980 · 26 July 2021, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kittansett

I visited my AD this weekend. The new Rolex shipping container is a cheap looking white cardboard box. Not the plastic containers anymore. Frankly, very disappointed. It reminded me of some unlabeled cardboard container that could be containing anything ... certainly not a Rolex! AD said that Rolex is trying to be green for the environment. However, it can surely be more professional.

The end user should never see it, so really as long as it protects the watch, that’s all that matters

dontbeshort · 26 July 2021, 04:35 PM

Glad to hear Rolex are going greener. Perhaps they’ll ditch plastic stickers too and rest them on petals instead.

padi56 · 26 July 2021, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by myporsche

Who cares, it's a shipping container like you said. Are you buying a watch or a shipping box?

Have to agree the most important bit is the watch and not the packaging stuff.

Old Expat Beast · 26 July 2021, 05:11 PM

A million fewer styrofoam-filled plastic boxes a year is ok with me.

Giangos · 26 July 2021, 07:34 PM

So the plastic coffins have been discontinued?!?!

Damn, I should have kept a few NIB, if only i had known

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minute_man · 26 July 2021, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by kittansett

I visited my AD this weekend. The new Rolex shipping container is a cheap looking white cardboard box. Not the plastic containers anymore. Frankly, very disappointed. It reminded me of some unlabeled cardboard container that could be containing anything ... certainly not a Rolex! AD said that Rolex is trying to be green for the environment. However, it can surely be more professional.

Good riddance! Considering these were disposable, broken apart and thrown straight into the garbage bin, cardboard is a major step forward. Well done Rolex!
All that matters is the contents.

padi56 · 26 July 2021, 07:43 PM

Cannot wait for the sellers to start stating things like rare very collectible plastic Rolex discontinued shipping boxes for sale at crazy prices.

wb55 · 26 July 2021, 07:49 PM

It's a shipping container. Calm down.

Lol-x · 26 July 2021, 07:52 PM

That plastic shipping container/coffin with the swing door was the only thing that ever really mattered to me.....

GST15 · 26 July 2021, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SS Oyster

I think the OP is saying the old clear plastic coffin is now cardboard. Provided the cardboard protects the watch, I agree with the move. ADs aren't supposed to be giving the coffin to the buyer, so they were just fulling landfills.

Oh God....here we go

Wahlberg · 26 July 2021, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kittansett

Frankly, very disappointed.

Why were you disappointed? How does it affect you?

Harry-57 · 26 July 2021, 07:58 PM

About time.

beshannon · 26 July 2021, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kittansett

I visited my AD this weekend. The new Rolex shipping container is a cheap looking white cardboard box. Not the plastic containers anymore. Frankly, very disappointed. It reminded me of some unlabeled cardboard container that could be containing anything ... certainly not a Rolex! AD said that Rolex is trying to be green for the environment. However, it can surely be more professional.

Did you buy a watch?

Fenrira · 26 July 2021, 08:01 PM

This reminds me of the thread where OP complained that he wasn’t given the plastic bezel protector.

Harry-57 · 26 July 2021, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fenrira

This reminds me of the thread where OP complained that he wasn’t given the plastic bezel protector.

Oh no, not that again.

Boaters · 26 July 2021, 08:17 PM

Oh boy here we go again .. lol

brandrea · 26 July 2021, 08:24 PM

Change can be difficult

Bozack90 · 26 July 2021, 08:36 PM

I actually prefer these changes, one less thing for collectors/enthusiasts to freak out about.

I felt the same way about when they changed the serial numbers to something more generic that people couldn't use to date when they were made/released.

1William · 26 July 2021, 08:55 PM

Ok.

padi56 · 26 July 2021, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Bozack90

I actually prefer these changes, one less thing for collectors/enthusiasts to freak out about.

I felt the same way about when they changed the serial numbers to something more generic that people couldn't use to date when they were made/released.

You could never date 100% when any Rolex was made only a approximate date when the case was stamped between X&Y years.But Agee about the past obsession of serials same for the past case back holograms.

26 July 2021, 01:02 PM	#1
kittansett "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Never never land Posts: 202	New Rolex shipping container I visited my AD this weekend. The new Rolex shipping container is a cheap looking white cardboard box. Not the plastic containers anymore. Frankly, very disappointed. It reminded me of some unlabeled cardboard container that could be containing anything ... certainly not a Rolex! AD said that Rolex is trying to be green for the environment. However, it can surely be more professional.

26 July 2021, 03:05 PM	#7
Soarer "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Real Name: Albert Location: Toronto Watch: Submariner LV Posts: 1,083	No big deal. The shipping container is not meant for you, it’s for the AD. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ What you gotta do, you gotta do!

26 July 2021, 03:23 PM	#10
sutats "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: London Posts: 1,225	Companies are continually shifting towards sustainability and this perhaps is an example of it. __________________ There's no such thing as a Submariner No Date, it's simply Submariner. You don't call a Porsche 911 Turbo, a Porsche 911 Turbo No S. www.instagram.com/sutatshorology Post Your Rolex/Tudor Watch Weight (PYRTWW)

26 July 2021, 05:11 PM	#14
Old Expat Beast TRF Moderator & 2024 SUBMARINER Patron Join Date: Jul 2013 Real Name: Adam Location: Far East Watch: SEIKO TUNA Posts: 28,601	A million fewer styrofoam-filled plastic boxes a year is ok with me. __________________ _______________________

26 July 2021, 07:43 PM	#17
padi56 "TRF" Life Patron Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Peter Location: Llanfairpwllgwyng Watch: ing you. Posts: 52,817	Cannot wait for the sellers to start stating things like rare very collectible plastic Rolex discontinued shipping boxes for sale at crazy prices. __________________ ICom Pro3 All posts are my own opinion and my opinion only. "The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. Now is the only time you actually own the time, Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still for ever." Good Judgement comes from experience,experience comes from Bad Judgement,.Buy quality, cry once; buy cheap, cry again and again. www.mc0yad.club Second in command CEO and left handed watch winder

26 July 2021, 01:09 PM	#2
myporsche "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: LA<>NY Watch: Rolex♠Lange Posts: 2,277	Who cares, it's a shipping container like you said. Are you buying a watch or a shipping box?

26 July 2021, 01:34 PM	#3
JAJ78 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: California Posts: 42	Same thing here… Then the pulled my BLRO out of it and all was forgiven. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

26 July 2021, 02:05 PM	#5
Geckobros "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Arrakis Posts: 873	If it protects the watch in transit.. not a problem.

26 July 2021, 02:06 PM	#6
Gab27 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: MD/NC Watch: 114060 Posts: 2,591	Do you have a common household usage for the older style shipping containers? Like, have you repurposed them into a wallet, or a piggy bank, or a container to store loose flash drives?

26 July 2021, 03:10 PM	#8
amphr1 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: El Cerrito, CA Posts: 2,213	This is not what they mean when you resell it as having the original box and paper tho right?

26 July 2021, 03:17 PM	#9
SS Oyster 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA Posts: 9,049	I think the OP is saying the old clear plastic coffin is now cardboard. Provided the cardboard protects the watch, I agree with the move. ADs aren't supposed to be giving the coffin to the buyer, so they were just fulling landfills.

26 July 2021, 04:35 PM	#12
dontbeshort "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Real Name: Henri Location: @ the golf club Watch: LN LV BLRO BLNR Posts: 274	Glad to hear Rolex are going greener. Perhaps they’ll ditch plastic stickers too and rest them on petals instead.

26 July 2021, 07:34 PM	#15
Giangos "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Real Name: John Location: Australia Watch: WG BLRO, Sub C, WG Posts: 1,617	So the plastic coffins have been discontinued?!?! Damn, I should have kept a few NIB, if only i had known Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

26 July 2021, 07:49 PM	#18
wb55 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: - Posts: 988	It's a shipping container. Calm down.

26 July 2021, 07:52 PM	#19
Lol-x Facilitator Join Date: Nov 2005 Real Name: Steve Location: Omnipresent Posts: 33,387	That plastic shipping container/coffin with the swing door was the only thing that ever really mattered to me..... __________________ *Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.* ~Abraham Lincoln Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride. ~John F. Kennedy ROLEXploitation - yeah I'm a victim

26 July 2021, 07:58 PM	#22
Harry-57 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Real Name: Harry Location: England Posts: 10,389	About time.

26 July 2021, 08:01 PM	#24
Fenrira "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: UK, Asia Posts: 228	This reminds me of the thread where OP complained that he wasn’t given the plastic bezel protector.

26 July 2021, 08:17 PM	#26
Boaters 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2015 Real Name: Mike Location: Pacific Northwest Watch: 116610LV 16710 SD Posts: 10,650	Oh boy here we go again .. lol

26 July 2021, 08:24 PM	#27
brandrea 2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Real Name: Brian (TBone) Location: canada Watch: es make me smile Posts: 76,352	Change can be difficult

26 July 2021, 08:36 PM	#28
Bozack90 "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: Chowdaland Watch: Out Posts: 596	I actually prefer these changes, one less thing for collectors/enthusiasts to freak out about. I felt the same way about when they changed the serial numbers to something more generic that people couldn't use to date when they were made/released.

26 July 2021, 08:55 PM	#29
1William 2024 ROLEX SUBMARINER 41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Watch: Rolex/Others Posts: 46,630	Ok.

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