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RogerF · 30 November 2005, 05:34 PM

once again another insulting comment from TZ has sparked this. I am SpeedstateG35C over there (Speedstate being the company I used to own but have sold, in case you were wondering)

Earlier this year in HK my mom was offered SS Daytonas at a discount, the reason being that the person that she was brought into the store by spends millions a year there for both personal and as bonuses for ppl in their company. Because of the large amounts this person spends there obviously the owner of the store will do anything to please them so when the SS daytona was brought up they were more than happy to sell them (my mom really) right away, when asked about a discount the owner was still ok with it.

Now this is the part that gets to me, ppl who spend millions and dont even care about the watch (referring to my mom's friend of course) can get it any time they want and even for a discount. Whereas many ppl like us who want this watch and will be willing to pay full list price for it cant get it without waiting forever.

In other words, in this market one has to buy all sorts of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, AP, Chopard, Breguet, Vacheron watches just to get a Rolex?

This is even true in the US, while some ppl are on waiting lists for years, there are some that can call up their AD and get one in a matter of weeks sometimes less. Again simply because of the money they have spent there on non-Rolex items. Couple of guys on TZ got more than one at list (who knows maybe less) from an AD once the fat hand model came out.

I really wish there was a way for me to get one from there through my mom's friend but by the time we pay taxes on it it would be worse than buying one at an inflated price from a grey market dealer. Damn Cdn import taxes.

Whats your take on this?

and yes I know that the world is not fair, and not much Rolex can do about it since once it is sold to their ADs it then becomes property of the AD and other than selling above MSRP the AD can sell to whom ever they want and however they want to sell it to them (eg. as part of a $500K purchase etc).

30 November 2005, 05:34 PM	#1
RogerF "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Real Name: Duh! Location: Toronto Canada Watch: a gonna do? Posts: 2,572	unfairness in the Rolex world once again another insulting comment from TZ has sparked this. I am SpeedstateG35C over there (Speedstate being the company I used to own but have sold, in case you were wondering) Earlier this year in HK my mom was offered SS Daytonas at a discount, the reason being that the person that she was brought into the store by spends millions a year there for both personal and as bonuses for ppl in their company. Because of the large amounts this person spends there obviously the owner of the store will do anything to please them so when the SS daytona was brought up they were more than happy to sell them (my mom really) right away, when asked about a discount the owner was still ok with it. Now this is the part that gets to me, ppl who spend millions and dont even care about the watch (referring to my mom's friend of course) can get it any time they want and even for a discount. Whereas many ppl like us who want this watch and will be willing to pay full list price for it cant get it without waiting forever. In other words, in this market one has to buy all sorts of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, AP, Chopard, Breguet, Vacheron watches just to get a Rolex? This is even true in the US, while some ppl are on waiting lists for years, there are some that can call up their AD and get one in a matter of weeks sometimes less. Again simply because of the money they have spent there on non-Rolex items. Couple of guys on TZ got more than one at list (who knows maybe less) from an AD once the fat hand model came out. I really wish there was a way for me to get one from there through my mom's friend but by the time we pay taxes on it it would be worse than buying one at an inflated price from a grey market dealer. Damn Cdn import taxes. Whats your take on this? and yes I know that the world is not fair, and not much Rolex can do about it since once it is sold to their ADs it then becomes property of the AD and other than selling above MSRP the AD can sell to whom ever they want and however they want to sell it to them (eg. as part of a $500K purchase etc).