New from AD or Used/New From Forum Seller?? Thoughts

[sickened1]

Originally Posted by Corsican

New to this blog. Is there a list of trusted sellers on this site? Looking for a new Rolex GMT Master II Batman Steel Oyster 116710BLNR.

Since you're in SD I would recommend contacting justrolexes (Tony). He's also in SD and you can meet face to face with him to inspect the watch, etc. Good luck and welcome to TRF.

[ericg]

I've bought 3 watches from DavidSW and it's easy and prices are way better than the local ADs

[vkl]

I've bought from both. Really just depends how bad or fast I want the watch.

[Buschy]

How does an Ad possibly give you a price the same or better then a trusted trf seller?
I thought they had to sell them for a certain price due to Rolex rules?
Are you saying that an Ad makes 20% plus and has the ability to discount thier watches as such if they choose?

[chris975d]

Originally Posted by Buschy

How does an Ad possibly give you a price the same or better then a trusted trf seller?

I thought they had to sell them for a certain price due to Rolex rules?

Are you saying that an Ad makes 20% plus and has the ability to discount thier watches as such if they choose?

If you have a really good relationship with that AD, they do have a little flexibility in pricing. They just can't discount every watch sold. My AD happens to be a very close friend of mine, so at the prices i get through him, I'd be losing money going through a trusted seller here. I've even had one of the more popular trusted sellers here tell me that he himself couldn't buy, much less sell for the price I was getting on a watch we were discussing. That being said, I do work with my AD. I run a business too, and I don't go asking him to give me a deal on a newly released piece, or one he has a months or years long waiting list for (like the new rose gold YM). I respect him and more importantly his need to make profit and run a successful business. If I want one of those in demand pieces, I'll just ask that he consider me on the next one that isn't already spoken for.

Of course, as close as my AD and I are, even if he didn't give me quite the discount I typically get, I'd still buy from him to support a good friend.

[LondonL]

Do we have trusted sellers in the UK?

Would be happy to go down this route but never see any advertised over here.

[Gaijin]

DavidSW is my AD.

[Justinmg]

I'm new to the forum and have learned a lot just from reading on here. I was set on buying my first Rolex from an AD "for the experience" so I thought, the more I visited the AD the more I felt like I knew more about watches then the people behind the counter and I know very little. Just my experience, i will defiantly be buying my first Rolex from a trusted seller here.

[REFZ]

Saving money buying at trusted sellers or a discount at an AD is always nice.
But if you can afford owning 29 Rolex and Tudor watches you tied up quite an amount of money in your collection.

If you compare your savings with the total amount of money spend on your collection what is the average percentage of "discount"?

[MoreCowdog]

I won't say a TRF seller is better for everyone, but it has been better for me personally. We all have different expectations of the purchase experience. The savings buying through a TRF seller have been phenomenal on the two watches I've purchased this way. One watch (new) was 23% off of the retail cost, and the other (although pre-owned and in nearly new condition) was 48% off of the new retail cost.

For me, that was a total savings of nearly $4,600 over what I might have otherwise spent. That money is worth a great deal in terms of what else I can now use it for - that's a vacation, or another watch I can now purchase with those funds.

Different strokes, I guess - ideally the $4,600 wouldn't matter to me - but in my current (and foreseeable) reality, it does. I am willing to accept the tradeoff of what I don't get in purchasing from an AD to keep the money to use for other things.

[ems12]

I think your first Rolex should be from a AD. Its just a nice experience.

If you have never owned a Rolex in your life then why take a chance of it being a fake or having an "issue" with it or the seller.

I would want my first purchase to set the experience for Rolex ownership.

After you buy your first then you can wade into the trusted sellers E bay world.

Just my 2 cents

[casadecamporolex]

My AD reads this forum.
He knows the prices that TRF guys use for new and used.
As he loves to say, "I don't own a museum."
Anyone in business today has to be aware of market conditions and must be competitive.
I get TRF prices. Guaranteed.
Plus, I love my watches fresh....still in the coffin before anyone touches. They special order everything for me.
No one can beat that.

[Submariner2015]

Originally Posted by casadecamporolex

My AD reads this forum.

I get TRF prices. Guaranteed.

TRF prices sets the bar then