Rolex warranty card no good?

[RJRJRJ]

Originally Posted by JacksonStone

How do we account for gray market watches sold without a warranty card or an active factory warranty? Sellers like Costco or Jomashop sell "new" watches without factory warranties or papers, and back them instead with their own warranties. If the factory warranty is always activated by the AD prior to distribution to the reseller, why wouldn't the reseller pass that along to the customer?

Those watches do not come with the warranty card. Every Rolex sold came from an AD and had a warranty card swiped. Whether a seller gives you the card or not is a different story.

Well known sellers like jomashop basically throw the warranty in the trash and give you their own warranty.

[seabreeze60]

Originally Posted by RJRJRJ

Well known sellers like jomashop basically throw the warranty in the trash and give you their own warranty.

Why would Jomashop throw the warranty in the trash and do the warranty at their expense? My guess is Rolex has so few warranty issues in the 3 year warranty they offer the risk is low.

Also they have a 30 day return policy. So the watch you buy may have been purchased and returned.