Rolex Dealer Leaves

[KJM11379]

I was out shopping with the family yesterday and we stopped in at my favorite Rolex dealer, Sam Yampell Jewelers in Haddonfield, NJ. I wanted to try a few pieces on and let the wife look at some jewelry. To my surprise there were no Rolex watches in any of the cases, just a few trade-ins. I grabbed my sales guy and asked what the deal was. He told me that after 64 years of selling Rolex they simple could not keep up with the demands that Rolex was placing on them. 64 years selling Rolex has got to be one of the longest tenured AD's in the USA. He told me that Rolex wanted all new display cases and new modifications to the store, which the AD refused. He said Rolex also wanted 80-90 sales a month out of the store which they could no longer manage, due to the price increases and economy. So they just gave up there AD. Sam Yampell is in a historic district on a very busy (pedestrian and Motor vehicle) main street in a very affluent area. It just does not make sense to me to place these requirements on one of your most trusted and busiest dealers.