An evening at Torneau

[GBJIV]

Originally Posted by astcell

"Special" ought to meaning "paying." I mean, if they have a list of GV buyers it ought to be gone. They were pulling the alpha treatment on you. They rule, you suck. Gotta turn it around.






What if you opt for making just one payment?




I leave tomorrow.




First she said a buyer was coming in for the watch, then she said it was being mailed out, but then she shows it to me and wants to let me buy it. Scam!

Also, if you were to do a trade. They will not let you do the financing option for 24 months interest free with first payment refund.

You can only do one or the other. So, you let them give you well below market value for your trade. Then they won't let you finance the remainder on their special deal. I think that is a joke. Makes upgrading to a much higher end watch a lot more difficult if a trade was in your plans.

I always feel like I need to really watch "the deal" at Torneau... By the way, if you miss a payment... interest rate can be as high as 30%!

So, if you do this deal. Make sure you are in it to win it or you will get hit hard financially for the free money...

I just can't do a deal with Torneau. Love the PAMS and other watches they sell. Don't like that company! You see here time and time again - buy the seller. I think that is every bit as true for Torneau!

[DC watchman]

Originally Posted by smokerider

I was in Las Vagas Torneau this past Sat. I walked in and asked if they had a Milgauss GV, they said yes- but it was reserved for their "special" clients. I said fine and that I hadnt seen one in person and asked if they would show it to me and was told no. I was in jeans, sweatshirt, and sporting a thiry year old Seiko diver.

That's funny because I wandered into Wempe on 5th Avenue last Weds and asked to see a Deep Sea. I told the salesman that I was "tire kicking" and had no inention of buying. He was nice enough to take it out of the back and let me play with the watch for a couple of minutes.

If I did not care about discounts I would buy from him in a second. I have bought two watches from Tourneau. The PAM from the King of Prussia store was a pleasant expereince but I do not feel like driving 2 hours+ when and if I am ready to buy another PAM.

The sub date I purchased in VA made me feel like I was dealing with a used car salesman. He actually took a small pen knife out to scrape the hologram off.

[GVmil]

My experience with Torneau is really mixed.
A few years ago I bought a Pam 183 at the one in the Time Warner AOL center, I was wearing my TT Daytona that day and asked about the availability of the SS Black dialed Daytona. The salesman said there would be no wait if I bought 100,000 dollars worth of merchandise in his store. Needless to say I didn't buy a Daytona that day.
But the other day I wandered back in, while waiting for my wife, and the saleswoman tried to buy my GV off my wrist. And showed me a couple of very nice pieces resulting in my buying (at 15% off) my wife's blue dialed TOG.
Wempe has never impressed me with their rather cold CS and oddly laid odd showroom.