AP Boutique/AD for new customers? Please help!

[gretch6364]

Originally Posted by Calatrava r

Why not reach out to the private stores that still sell AP? There are a few left and maybe easier to deal with. Cannot hurt to reach out.

I guess I can walk around town and ask all the stores if they have any APs, as it seems only the boutiques are listed on APs website.

[uscmatt99]

Availability is pretty regional in my experience of browsing boutiques around the world. To date the best luck I've had recently was in Taipei a couple years ago and Bangkok a week ago. No hard to get pieces per se, but I was able to try on a 41mm ROC, 38mm ROC, 4x 42mm ROOs (ghost, vampire, blue dial, 26480TI). They also had a couple 44mm ROO, the Codes, some frosted lady ROs, and a black dial 15451. The 15500 and of course 15202 were a no go sadly. I didn't end up pulling the trigger as with the new pricing it was right around grey market pricing all in. I was reallllllly tempted by the 26480TI, perfect fit for me.

Edit: I should add that everything I tried on was available to purchase, no strings attached. The sales people were super friendly and accommodating, even after I took up at least an hour of their time.