Skyrocketing AD price for BLNR

[lenfried29]

Originally Posted by Vipes

Seems to be a common practice for ADs outside of the U.S.

I recently went on holiday trip to Europe. When walking around central Turin, Italy I saw small Rolex AD boutique. Right in the window display there was Daytona black dial with ceramic bezel. I enter the store and ask if the watch is for sale. The guy respond - of course and handed watch to me. I was reaching for my credit card to pay. When I asked of the price he said $17.5K. I mentioned MSRP on the Rolex site. He explain that in Italy ADs marked 4-6k above that. So it maybe that in US it's not allowed to charge above MSRP and allowed in some other countries.

BTW, when I start walking toward the exit, he offered $16.5k for the watch.
It would be interesting it OP contacted Rolex directly and do inquiry regarding price charged by AD in Dubai.