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7 January 2012, 12:35 PM | #1 |
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Will Rolex increase prices in 2012?
Any info or guesses as to when Rolex will increase prices in 2012 and by what percentage?
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Why wouldn't they!
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rolex is trying to keep up with omega, omega sales are increasing in asia like crazy.
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Rolex is doing much more business than anyone else....by a country mile. I don't want prices to increase, and I hope to hell the don't but Rolex is (as it always has been) hot property
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From my experence Rolex will rise prices every year and even several times a year as seen in the past.
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Most likely, but i hope not .
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Probably twice.
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Rolex has not always raised prices in every calendar year.
There was a string of years that there were sometimes two changes in a year, but last year the Fall increase never materialized, much to my delight, since I put off buying my 14060M as long as I could relying on the Swiss governments push to hold the value of the Swiss franc steady. Therefore, it is possible that Rolex may sit on the current prices even longer, if they can. I for one do not believe that Rolex raises prices just because they can. I believe that there are market forces at work that put Rolex in that position. The history of price increases argues against Rolex raising prices arbitrarily.
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Gold prices way down, recession in Europe, wouldn't surprise me if prices stay the same.
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On some existing models there will probably be pricing actions. And on others no changes
IMHO, the inexorable escalating price curve will continue bending upward on any new models introduced at Basel 2012. The larger cased and ceramic bezeled pieces cost more than the model each replaced.
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The value of the Swiss Franc has stabilized and the US Dollar has been rising once more so a price increase for the US this year is unlikely in my opinion.
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Most likly in march
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Simply put... YES
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Why not?
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I just got off the Phone w/ Mr Rollie, he said damn right he will raise the prices Again soon!
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7 January 2012, 03:10 PM | #23 |
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I heard Rolex is going to decrease prices every other year going forward...
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Money left on the table if they don't, cost of doing business always goes up, why absorb it? Pass it along to the customer...
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I know, but I'm not saying, which doesn't matter because most of you are saying what I would say if I were going to say it. I also should add that though I can say with great confidence that I know, I can't really say with absolute authority that I know for sure, which is the main reason why I'm not saying anything, even though, really, it's so totally almost completely obvious that everyone already knows for sure, pretty much.
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With the debt issues in some of the european countries and the strengthening of the US $ against the euro and other currencies, I think the likelyhood of a Rolex price increase in the US is less likely in 2012. I heard the last few price increases in the US were due to the weakening US $ to the Swiss Franc. That is not the case right now. If Rolex raises prices I say it will be because they feel they can and still be able to maintain marketshare. Just my 2 cents!
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Please excuse me for this, but ... Well duh!! ;-)
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Asia has been one of Rolex biggest market for 20 plus years especially China Japan.
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They will keep raising them until no one could afford them anymore...sounds like a good business model....
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