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19 August 2018, 01:09 PM | #1 |
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Why Do ADs Say Stupid Stuff?
I visited a couple ADs today, looking to try on a blue dial DJ41 with oyster bracelet. I need up trying on a fluted DJ with oyster and black diamond dial. It looked surprisingly good and understated.
However, I thought it was unnecessary for the salesman to say to me, as he pointed to a half full DJ case, "You better buy it today, that case is going to be empty next week and Rolex isn't going to send us any more until next year. |
19 August 2018, 01:31 PM | #2 |
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Yeah, dumb comment. Unnecessary. But I'd imagine with all the calls and drop ins they get by people looking for a Sub, Daytona, etc. and having no stock of them they have to do something when a buyer shows real interest in a DJ. It's too bad they have such poor ideas of how to motivate someone to buy.
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Stupid is as stupid does or says in this case.
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So what happens if you go back in 2 weeks to purchase and there aren't any more DJs, with no new shipments expected until after the Swiss Christmas holiday season manufacturing shut-down is over?
Admit it. That would be friggin' hilarious. Just imagine the look on your face. |
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Imagine the look on the ADs face when they have zero inventory to sell until Q2 next year !
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Would love to have called him/her out right then and there... cringe worthy statement. I might have walked right out after hearing that.
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I wonder why that doesn’t apply to the ss Daytona, Pepsi and skydweller sitting in their vaults!!
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I guess that's where true salesmanship comes along. There are always good sales people and bad ones . This guy or girl just happened to be the bad apple in the sales team and said something stupid
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Thats used car salesman tactics. "Oh I gotta a guy coming to look at it. Better buy now."
Did the salesman have on a silk shirt, gold chain and plaid pants?
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Some people will say anything to make a buck.
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I would have roundhouse kicked him in the head and then done gymnast handsprings out the door, down the sidewalk, and up onto my horse tied to a parking meter and galloped out of town whooping and hollering, emptying my Peacemakers at the sky.
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This made me laugh out loud and nearly spit out my coffee. Thanks for that!
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‘Panic’ selling tactic.
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This stuff is said all the time by AD’s. I just ignore them.
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Right, go back next week and see if it's what he said or not. Then tell him not to bs so much next time.
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Surely you can't be serious!
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I cant believe there are 85 replies on this thread based on the original post where a salesman told a customer to buy an item that someone else might buy?
As for Rolex replacing that particular model at that AD in the near future.....fat chance IMO.
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I would not put too much into his comment. He was just trying to see how serious you were about pulling the trigger on your DJ.
I would have said sometime like, "it is all good, I can wait until next spring after Basel 2019 to see the new models before I make up my mind." When people try to rush me, makes me want to slow down even more. 😊 |
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