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Old 23 September 2007, 08:26 AM   #1
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Well....it's flipped

Made my decision on what I wanted yesterday. So started talking to AD late yesterday in the afternoon. He probably was not in the mood to talk trade yesterday because his first offer on my SS was laughable at best.

So this morning, and so as to refresh is memory a little, I photocopied the last 2 years of receipts from his store and faxed them to him. A couple hours later I was starting to get a little pissed because he had not called me back yet. I finally called in and they had been trying to reach me but they did not have my new cell phone number on file. They had tried my work number, but today being Saturday I was not there.

Anyways I guess my fax woke up a few lazy eyes because I took a $300.00 loss on my SS, paid the difference on TT minus discount of course, and left the store with an M serial TT GMT and I LOVE IT.

Pretty much sums up my saturday.
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:27 AM   #2
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:27 AM   #3
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Nice! Glad your AD did the right thing!
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:29 AM   #4
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Nice! Glad your AD did the right thing!

They usually do...probably got him at a bad time yesterday.
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:30 AM   #5
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Excellent news Mike. A little kick in the arse is whats needed sometimes !!
Congtrats on the deal. Hope your happy with this one or that AD better stock up on paper for that fax machine :)
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:33 AM   #6
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Awesome job with the trade. congrats!
$300 under purchase price is phenomenal.
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:34 AM   #7
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Excellent news Mike. A little kick in the arse is whats needed sometimes !!
Congtrats on the deal. Hope your happy with this one or that AD better stock up on paper for that fax machine :)
I'm happy now. Not that I did not like the SS version but it just was not smiling at me as much as it should. One SS is enough for me. So, i'm a happy camper

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Old 23 September 2007, 08:37 AM   #8
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I'm happy now. Not that I did note like the SS version but it just was not smiling at me as much as it should. One SS is enough for me. So, i'm a happy camper
Its a great looking watch. Wish you all the best with it !
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:54 AM   #9
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AD's should have 1 'temporary' watch for every line available so people can take them home and think about it for a couple of days, see how it feels and wears. This way they make sure if a customer wants to flip they did not have to break out a new one.
Restrictions of course.
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Old 23 September 2007, 09:00 AM   #10
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Congratulations!!

It seems to me that at the rate the forum members here are buying the new GMTs, that Rolex is going to have to sell more than 800,000 watches this year, just to keep up.

Also, on the back of Watch Time magazine this month there is an ad for the Daytona showing the Parachrome Bleu main spring that is also in our GMTs.

Rolex hit a home run on this one!! Congratulations on getting the one you want!
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:33 AM   #11
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Nice one, Mike! Congrats on getting a good deal, and I am positive you will love your GMT II!

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Old 23 September 2007, 09:58 AM   #12
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Excellent choice. Pix Please.
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Old 23 September 2007, 11:15 AM   #13
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Congrats mike!! Pics???
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Old 23 September 2007, 11:52 AM   #14
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Thanks guys. Just got of the movie theater seeing Die Hard III.
Two hours would of been better spent playing with my new gift to me.!! Pics tomorrow. I just love the weight of this watch. Feels a little heavier than the SS...not sure if it is though.
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Old 23 September 2007, 01:44 PM   #15
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Thanks guys. Just got of the movie theater seeing Die Hard III.
Two hours would of been better spent playing with my new gift to me.!! Pics tomorrow. I just love the weight of this watch. Feels a little heavier than the SS...not sure if it is though.
Congrats man

Just don't "overwind" it like JJ does when you're 'playing with it'
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Old 23 September 2007, 02:58 PM   #16
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Thanks guys. Just got of the movie theater seeing Die Hard III.
Two hours would of been better spent playing with my new gift to me.!! Pics tomorrow. I just love the weight of this watch. Feels a little heavier than the SS...not sure if it is though.
First off congrats, and of course its heavier, I felt a SS Sub and it was super light compared to my TT Daytona... The owner said well what do you expect that gold is 3 times the weight of the ss on my watch
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Old 23 September 2007, 09:21 PM   #17
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First off congrats, and of course its heavier, I felt a SS Sub and it was super light compared to my TT Daytona... The owner said well what do you expect that gold is 3 times the weight of the ss on my watch
From what I read through a search is that there is not that much difference in weight between the SS and TT. In one thread the SS is listed at 168gr. I remember seeing in another thread the TT on a digital scale came in at 167 or 168. (could not find this thread)
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Old 23 September 2007, 09:31 PM   #18
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Congrats Mike!

Nice choice
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Old 23 September 2007, 01:28 PM   #19
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Old 23 September 2007, 02:25 PM   #20
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congrats on the deal and put up some pics
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Old 23 September 2007, 08:44 PM   #21
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congrats on the deal and put up some pics

Welcome back kotter!!
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Old 23 September 2007, 11:58 PM   #22
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The TT looks great Mike!! Excellent shots
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Old 24 September 2007, 03:11 AM   #23
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Congrats Mike!
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Old 24 September 2007, 08:48 AM   #24
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sweet pics Mike!
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Old 24 September 2007, 10:07 AM   #25
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thank you much.
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Old 24 September 2007, 10:41 AM   #26
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Old 25 September 2007, 05:03 AM   #27
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Old 25 September 2007, 05:35 AM   #28
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Mike, if you get any more macro you're going to go through the case and out the other side.

How do you like the "RolexRolexRolex" ring? I think it looks pretty cool, although others find it prissy.
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Old 25 September 2007, 05:36 AM   #29
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Mike, if you get any more macro you're going to go through the case and out the other side.

How do you like the "RolexRolexRolex" ring? I think it looks pretty cool, although others find it prissy.

I like it. You can hardly see it. Much more evident in pics.
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Old 25 September 2007, 06:47 AM   #30
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Congats Ever34 on the nice watch and great pictures!
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