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Old 19 July 2018, 10:32 PM   #1
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I think I know where all the SS Rolex went...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...hing-year.html

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Old 19 July 2018, 11:01 PM   #2
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Part of me thinks this is a crazy thing to do. But I do understand why it is done.

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Old 19 July 2018, 11:13 PM   #3
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If that was part of Rolex’s plan then it’d be PM models heading to the crusher - not SS.

That story is about product they made but didn’t sell - not product they didn’t produce to begin with. :chuckle


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Old 19 July 2018, 11:37 PM   #4
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thats surprising because they have two sales per year. Granted it not permanent collection items though, but those probably dont get burned either as they are never out of season. Other luxury brands LV, Hermes etc are never, ever on sale.
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Old 20 July 2018, 02:58 AM   #5
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thats surprising because they have two sales per year. Granted it not permanent collection items though, but those probably dont get burned either as they are never out of season. Other luxury brands LV, Hermes etc are never, ever on sale.
They get offered to employees at discount before destroying.
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Old 20 July 2018, 03:04 AM   #6
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They get offered to employees at discount before destroying.


Burberry in particular is out of control with the loud branding. I like the understated stuff but there is less of it now.

It’s truly an example of them following the knock off check pattern everything that you knew because it was so loud and ugly Burberry would never make it.... now they do


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Old 20 July 2018, 10:01 AM   #7
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thats surprising because they have two sales per year. Granted it not permanent collection items though, but those probably dont get burned either as they are never out of season. Other luxury brands LV, Hermes etc are never, ever on sale.
Don’t forget Burberry also have a outlet stores that sells the unwanted goods.
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Old 20 July 2018, 03:49 AM   #8
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Revenue or profit?

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Old 20 July 2018, 04:11 AM   #9
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Hermes is said to destroy products each season because they do not discount items at the end of a season.
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Old 20 July 2018, 04:19 AM   #10
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Hermes is said to destroy products each season because they do not discount items at the end of a season.
that i get. I would rather them destroy them then putting them on sale and then they still dont sell and destroy them anyway. Any products they put on sale devalues the brand.

I hate sales for anything as that establishes a maximum price people will pay then they just wait for the sale. Retail pricing is irrelevant at that point.
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Old 20 July 2018, 04:49 AM   #11
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The article is uninformed.

The reality is that all these SS Rolex are sitting in my 115,000 square foot warehouse in SE Arkansas awaiting grotesquely overpriced resale as NOS.
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Old 20 July 2018, 06:33 AM   #12
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The article is uninformed.

The reality is that all these SS Rolex are sitting in my 115,000 square foot warehouse in SE Arkansas awaiting grotesquely overpriced resale as NOS.


Ha! Well it can’t be all of them. I have a gross of SS Daytona’s in the safe. 72 of each color, of course.


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Old 20 July 2018, 07:30 AM   #13
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Ha! Well it can’t be all of them. I have a gross of SS Daytona’s in the safe. 72 of each color, of course.


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We need to collude on the resale so that we can keep the prices artificially astronomical.
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Old 20 July 2018, 07:32 AM   #14
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If only Burberry destroyed all their inventory
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Old 20 July 2018, 07:40 AM   #15
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Especially the stuff made in China
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Especially the stuff made in China
agree... if they ever stop making their trench coats in England im done. But on the other hand, i already have 3 and they last forever so its not like i'm buying another one anyway
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Old 20 July 2018, 11:50 AM   #17
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Especially the stuff made in China

Was in Orvis store the other day with the boy to look at some (what I thought would be) quality jackets etc. All made in China. Couldn’t believe it. I know that China gets a bad reputation for knock off merchandise and I am sure they have the ability as much as anyone else to make high quality goods, but man, Orvis. Vermont Company

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We need to collude on the resale so that we can keep the prices artificially astronomical.

Exactly. I think the $25,000 price point is a good goal for 2019!!




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Was in Orvis store the other day with the boy to look at some (what I thought would be) quality jackets etc. All made in China. Couldn’t believe it. I know that China gets a bad reputation for knock off merchandise and I am sure they have the ability as much as anyone else to make high quality goods, but man, Orvis. Vermont Company
American-made jackets would likely need to retail in the 4 figure range. Are Orvis customers willing to pay that much?

on their website, they do sell a USA made leather jacket, but it's $3,298. I think it is made by Lone Pine as it looks very similar to the lone pine jackets I own

Back to Burberry: tartan print = pure class

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