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Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:34 pm to DCtiger1
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This classless, dumbass argument pops up in every thread. We get it, you’re low IQ, low class and use your phone for everything.
To be fair, the thread is about a company artificially driving up their own market by limited demand for something that technologically is incredibly outdated. Rolex’s are arguably cool only because they limit their market, they aren’t that expensive to create and honestly should lose value but don’t because of reasons already stated. If they lost value they wouldn’t have nearly the machismo they currently due.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:38 pm to Boston911
Everything is for sale
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:50 pm to baldona
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To be fair, the thread is about a company artificially driving up their own market by limited demand for something that technologically is incredibly outdated. Rolex’s are arguably cool only because they limit their market, they aren’t that expensive to create and honestly should lose value but don’t because of reasons already stated. If they lost value they wouldn’t have nearly the machismo they currently due.
My god. You hit the nail on the head.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:54 pm to hubreb
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Why wear a watch?
I wear a nice timepiece, not a watch.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:55 pm to Boston911
Rolex calls the shots and makes the AD ask how high when they say jump. Or they will pull your AD status.
The waitlist is a Rolex thing. The AD wants to sell more watches but Rolex decides the allocation. It may take a month, 3 months, 6 months or a year. It’s a freaking mystery of the universe when yours will arrive.
Hate the game not the AD players.
Good luck!
The waitlist is a Rolex thing. The AD wants to sell more watches but Rolex decides the allocation. It may take a month, 3 months, 6 months or a year. It’s a freaking mystery of the universe when yours will arrive.
Hate the game not the AD players.
Good luck!
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:00 pm to baldona
Pre Covid there were no issues getting a new watch if you had the means.
Point out a time period in history where Rolexes didn’t appreciate in value. I’ll wait.
Point out a time period in history where Rolexes didn’t appreciate in value. I’ll wait.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:05 pm to Bullfrog
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It may take a month, 3 months, 6 months or a year.
It also may take a day, it’s completely random and the AD’s rarely know what they’re getting in before it’s shipped to them by Rolex. I showed up at an AD that I have a good relationship with and asked about an Explorer I (124270), by dumb luck they were getting one from Rolex the following day. I saw the AD remove it from the “coffin” that it’s shipped in and walked out the door with it. On a similar note, I stopped in another AD that I don’t have an established relationship with and asked about the same model. They took my info down and I haven’t heard from them (it’s been about a year).
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:08 pm to Boston911
That’s the way all of the AD have to do it pay for display only inventory put your name on a list when they call you show up and pay get a watch.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:10 pm to Epic Cajun
If I want a watch I'm not waiting a year or even six months. If they can't put it in my arm within two weeks I'll pay the gray market tariff. I'm no baller but a few thousand more to enjoy it now vs some indefinite time in the future is a no brainer.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:12 pm to Boston911
The will never admit it, but I think Rolex saw every brokedick realtor who had one good year and plant/factory operator wearing their products and decided it was hurting their status as the standard in high luxury watches. Thus, they severely cut supply in hopes of weeding out the “undesirables”.
It seems counterintuitive to refuse to sell your product in the face of great demand. But when the prestige of your name means EVERYTHING in your market I guess you do what is necessary to maintain that prestige
It seems counterintuitive to refuse to sell your product in the face of great demand. But when the prestige of your name means EVERYTHING in your market I guess you do what is necessary to maintain that prestige
This post was edited on 8/17/23 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:12 pm to Epic Cajun
Yep. The AD wants some assurance to make sure the customer really wants the watch and is not a flipper.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:12 pm to Boston911
Who are you trying to impress you're just making yourself a target people with money do not have a need to show it
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:16 pm to SalE
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Who are you trying to impress you're just making yourself a target people with money do not have a need to show it
You have no clue what you’re talking about. It’s like saying wealthy people don’t need life insurance. The wealthy see the value and investment of a good time piece that can be passed down from generation to generation. If you’re a person who says hur dur but I can see the time on my phone, it isn’t for you.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:18 pm to Alt26
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The will never admit it, but I think Rolex saw every brokedick realtor who had one good year and plant/factory operator wearing their products and decided it was hurting their status as the standard in high luxury watches. Thus, they severely cut supply in hopes of weeding out the “undesirables”.
It seems counterintuitive to refuse to sell your product in the face of great demand. But when the prestige of your name means EVERYTHING in your market I guess you do what is necessary to maintain that prestige
It's not working. Rolex is becoming a brand for douches and clout chasers anyway. If they made it easier for regular people to buy them maybe it wouldn't have happened.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:20 pm to SalE
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Who are you trying to impress you're just making yourself a target people with money do not have a need to show it
There are a lot of Rolex owners who wear it to flex, but Rolex makes a solid watch and are a heritage brand. A ton of people also respect that. And lol about the “people with money don’t need to show it”, do you think there are brokedicks walking around with Richard Mille’s on their wrist?
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:25 pm to Epic Cajun
My dad has an Explorer II he bought in the seventies for four or five hundred dollars. Serviced once. He was stunned when I told him what they go for now.
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:30 pm to Boston911
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allocation,,,,,why would you keep $200k worth of product without the ability to sell it?
Do those watches actually have movements?
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:31 pm to Epic Cajun
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A ton of people also respect that. And lol about the “people with money don’t need to show it”, do you think there are brokedicks walking around with Richard Mille’s on their wrist?
It’s the broke dicks that try to speak for the wealthy, like the poster you replied to. I told myself after I established my business and made my first million I’d reward myself with a nice time piece, and 4 years later I did just that. I can pass these watches to my son.
People do the same thing with guns, cars, art. I don’t understand why some needle dicks have such a hard time understanding the concept
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:32 pm to Jim Rockford
Similar experience, told a cousin’s dad what his vintage sub with a creamy tritium dial was selling for. I think he said he bought it for $800.
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