Am I the only one who actually kind of likes this market?

[HiBoost]

I'm sure that sounds a bit crazy, but as I read the dozen daily "where are all the watches?" / "is it possible to bribe an AD?" / "will the hype ever subside?" posts on here, reddit, and pretty much any place which discusses Rolex, I have tried to imagine the world becoming what all these people seem to be wishing for. One where you walk into any AD and you walk out with whatever watch you want. That doesn't actually sound that great to me. It feels like it would take away some of the fun of the game.

This of course presumes you can, eventually, get some watches, with some patience. Which has been my experience over the last year. The AD came through for me for an anniversary and pulled off 2 special orders. But the watch I've been trying to get for my brother's 40th (in 10 days) probably isn't going to happen despite me working with 4 different ADs in 4 different cities. On the one hand, that sucks. On the other hand, I'll get it eventually, and when I do, I think it'll have more meaning to both me and to him given the effort it took to acquire.

Do any of you see this silver lining as well or am I just losing it? ;)