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27 December 2021, 01:35 PM | #31 | |
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That may be attractive to those who are jumping in now based on social media, but it will alienate many traditional luxury watch buyers. It is a very fine balancing act to create demand from scarcity, and typically requires complete control of supply and distribution (ie. Hermes with Birkin bags). In the case of Rolex it will eventually alienate the target market when the items is not available at the AD level but is readily available on the grey market at over retail and with the threat of no warranty. |
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27 December 2021, 01:41 PM | #32 | |
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27 December 2021, 01:54 PM | #33 |
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Rolex watches are already double any comparable brand of watch.
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27 December 2021, 02:07 PM | #35 | |
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What if Rolex doubled their Prices?
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It’s not as perfect as doing the distribution themselves, but everyone knows that’s not a model that Rolex wishes to go in. The alienation of the target market is probably more a function of the extraordinarily large demand supply imbalance as opposed to a lack of control over distribution by Rolex. ie without producing more, or raising prices, these alienated customers will continue to be alienated no matter what distribution model is adopted. BNIB Birkin bags area available for sale as well after all on the grey market. The complete elimination of the BNIB grey market (as opposed to ‘pre-loved’) is an impossibility once beyond a certain level or production (certainly at Rolex’s), and restriction of supply to it is the best that can be achieved and I feel Rolex is already doing an excellent job via its AD network. I’m not suggesting that many Rolex watches are falling into the hands of deserving WIS from ADs at MSRP, just that fewer watches than popularly believed are going directly from ADs to greys. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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27 December 2021, 02:11 PM | #36 | |
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Doubling prices would probably be too much and the flippers probably would stop buying the small DJ and other slow movers. That being said, Rolex's price increases in the face of this demand have been surprisingly modest. |
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27 December 2021, 02:15 PM | #37 |
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27 December 2021, 02:21 PM | #39 |
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It would damage their brand and a lot of their models probably could not support the new pricing.
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27 December 2021, 02:28 PM | #40 |
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I think an economist could probably explain it better than I can, but this is an interesting case to think about from a supply demand perspective. We all know what the watches sell for on the grey market, but a lot of watches are bought at retail and not re-sold. In other words, there are a lot of buyers that pay retail and likely would not be buyers at grey prices. I would put myself in that category. A modest price raise probably doesn’t alienate current buyers, but a drastic raise would.
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27 December 2021, 02:37 PM | #42 | |
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Exactly, the grey market is simply far smaller than the AD market from a volume perspective. The grey market today is for must-get-it die hards, and die hards are always just a small segment of any market. A drastic raise would alienate almost the entire customer base. Rolex has a very good understanding of its overall customer base, and it still comprises far more people for whom msrp already represents a sizeable (but still manageable) sum than people willing and able to pay the grey price for a Daytona. The effects of this sort of drastic price increase would be both cascading and overwhelmingly negative for the brand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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27 December 2021, 03:02 PM | #44 | |
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27 December 2021, 03:03 PM | #45 |
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I would no longer be able to afford Rolex. That’s what would happen.
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27 December 2021, 03:03 PM | #46 |
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When was the last time you visited a Rolex AD? I have seen mostly empty cases. No "unwanted models" to sell. Seems that nearly all models are wanted now.
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27 December 2021, 03:06 PM | #47 |
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27 December 2021, 03:09 PM | #48 |
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If they do, i'll expect open case back with higher quality (i.e AP/Patek/RM) not to mention availabilities.
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27 December 2021, 03:36 PM | #49 |
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Depending on when you bought yours you could say this already happened.
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27 December 2021, 03:37 PM | #50 |
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If as someone said in an above post the gray market is a small segment and Rolex doubled the price and the margins remained the same there is a chance discounts off the new pricing would occur.
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27 December 2021, 03:43 PM | #51 |
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If the price of a sub double to roughly $18K, I would 100% go for something like the VC Overseas. Obviously, a different style but my point being that once you start getting to the $20K and up price range you have the ability to get much higher end watches than Rolex offers.
I love my Explorer I, but doubling the MSRP doesn’t seem like it would achieve anything good for Rolex. But I also don’t have a clue, if I’m being honest. I’m sure people would still buy them, I would just be one seeking out different brands at that price point personally. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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Would give a chance for other brands to shine
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27 December 2021, 04:19 PM | #53 |
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It would only work if they would also decrease their production, otherwise it would be a hot mess
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27 December 2021, 04:21 PM | #54 |
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Double is too much, too quickly. As others have mentioned, would be a massive blow to its "affordability" to the masses. Short story: have a buddy who wants a submariner for his wedding watch and I told him to go grey. He complained about prices as his brother got a batgirl at retail for his first watch. Went through a 2+ hour education session on the grey market, massive luck his brother got, etc. Point being, a massive majority of people don't know about this, and that market is much larger than us who obsess about watches to the point we visit a 1980's style internet watch forum. (as note, I'm not convinced his brother got at retail, as the picture he sent me was still in the original dealer box, not rolex box, but I'm not going to reign on his parade, at least not publicly)
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27 December 2021, 06:39 PM | #55 | |
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27 December 2021, 06:42 PM | #56 |
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Why would Rolex seek to curtail high demand? Some people see it as a problem because it's a problem for them. Rolex don't see it that way.
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27 December 2021, 07:41 PM | #57 |
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I think you might see some demand falling off with the new price rises.
A lot of people will have put their name down for a SS GMT, expecting to pay about £7750. In the new year they are going to have to find about another £1000. It would not surprise me if the AD’s start to get people quietly turning them down. That may seem ridiculous to some people on this forum. After all, the SS GMTs are selling for well over £10K on the grey market. But not everyone is buying to sell and people have other bills to pay. All these other bills are steadily increasing! |
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When I was younger, poorer and had routine debt to service, there was a particular luxury item that I wanted and was setting aside money towards. The more I saved the more the MSRP kept going up. I never managed to come up with the money to buy it. I came to accept that I was not a target customer. If it had been something essential I might have cared. |
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27 December 2021, 08:28 PM | #59 |
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What if pigs grew wings then we would have to shoot to get our morning bacon breakfast. I remember my Father taking on two jobs and saving for almost 5 years to buy his first Rolex watch back in the early 1980s, different story today though.
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Definitely wouldn’t pay double, but some people have got more money than sense these days
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