AD that will ship out of state

[nizmo]

I'm currently looking to buy a SS GMT IIc and am having a hard time finding a good deal in California, especially after taxes are added on. I've spoken to a couple of AD's over the phone but they don't seem to be willing to sell to out of state customers. Does anyone of an AD they can recommend that will ship to Cali and are offering some decent discounts? I want to get an order placed before the supposed price increase. Thanks

[StarSovereign]

If you pay with cash you should be able to get an AD in CA to include taxes. You just have to negotiate. I got my GMT-IIc for $5950, BNIB. You won't find a better deal than that, especially from an AD.

[donas]

I live in South Carolina and purchased from an AD in Atlanta Ga. They shipped to my residence and didnt charge me tax, but I had to purchase it in person at the store.....wierd uh???

This didn't answer your question, but thought it would give you some insight on policies.

[ersnyder]

That's the way to do it!!

[nizmo]

I actually contacted davidsw but he currently doesn't have any available.

StarSovereign, do you mind PM'ing me your AD info? I'm also in the bay area.

Donas, my experience has been the same. They are willing to ship if the point of sale happens at their store first.

[mailman]

Originally Posted by nizmo

I actually contacted davidsw but he currently doesn't have any available.

StarSovereign, do you mind PM'ing me your AD info? I'm also in the bay area.

Donas, my experience has been the same. They are willing to ship if the point of sale happens at their store first.

Have you tried Mosco (Greg) bodypump (Oscar) or justrolexes (Tony)? There are more here, but they are the ones that come up off the top of my head

[Lagunatic]

PM sent.

[spdracer53]

Originally Posted by mailman

Have you tried Mosco (Greg) bodypump (Oscar) or justrolexes (Tony)? There are more here, but they are the ones that come up off the top of my head

i tried oscar via email a day ago...havent heard back from him yet which is understandable since the top sellers get swamped with emails.

[gregmoeck]

just put in your order with David, you can wait a week for a good deal :)

[spdracer53]

Originally Posted by nizmo

I actually contacted davidsw but he currently doesn't have any available.

StarSovereign, do you mind PM'ing me your AD info? I'm also in the bay area.

Donas, my experience has been the same. They are willing to ship if the point of sale happens at their store first.

i'm in the same boat, and david doesnt have any inventory. we should work together to see if we can get a better discount if we buy 2 at the same place. i'm also looking for the same gmt iic in ss and the best price i seem to find is $6,000 posted, or the $5950.

i'm in the san jose area and was going to stop by jade galore this sunday to see if they are willing to deal. already tried joe escobar in campbel, and they are not willing to discount. just a few hundred if you pay cash.

[nizmo]

Originally Posted by spdracer53

i'm in the same boat, and david doesnt have any inventory. we should work together to see if we can get a better discount if we buy 2 at the same place. i'm also looking for the same gmt iic in ss and the best price i seem to find is $6,000 posted, or the $5950.

i'm in the san jose area and was going to stop by jade galore this sunday to see if they are willing to deal. already tried joe escobar in campbel, and they are not willing to discount. just a few hundred if you pay cash.

Thats a great idea. I'll PM you and see if we can work out a price that we are both happy with and see if we can get a deal together. I'm in the Bay Area also so it should be pretty convenient for us. I can tell you that I've tried Jade Galore and they are only willing to give a couple hundred off, not much.

[Zed Homme]

Depending on what youre looking for, keep checking here as the trusted sellers' inventory changes frequently. Every AD I've ever dealt with ships out of state, I cant fathom why yours is being difficult....

[train-time]

Originally Posted by Zed Homme

Depending on what youre looking for, keep checking here as the trusted sellers' inventory changes frequently. Every AD I've ever dealt with ships out of state, I cant fathom why yours is being difficult....

Most AD's will ship out of state if you buy in person, or have an established realtionship with the AD through prior over the counter sales. Their Rolex contract requires all sales to be face-to-face (over the counter) sales. Some will choose to look the other way and sell over the phone.

I recently had two recent experiences. In one instance, a TRF member sent me a PM about a particular watch I was looking for so I called the AD (out of state). The confirmed everything and we agreed on a price, but would not complete the sale unless I came to the store in person to buy the watch. They would ship it back to me, but would not sell it without me coming into the store. The other instance happened with an AD that I had pruchased a couple watches a few years ago in another state that we were living at the time. They too would not sell unless I came into the store and made the purchase in person.

[Zed Homme]

Originally Posted by train-time

Most AD's will ship out of state if you buy in person, or have an established realtionship with the AD through prior over the counter sales. Their Rolex contract requires all sales to be face-to-face (over the counter) sales. Some will choose to look the other way and sell over the phone.

I recently had two recent experiences. In one instance, a TRF member sent me a PM about a particular watch I was looking for so I called the AD (out of state). The confirmed everything and we agreed on a price, but would not complete the sale unless I came to the store in person to buy the watch. They would ship it back to me, but would not sell it without me coming into the store. The other instance happened with an AD that I had pruchased a couple watches a few years ago in another state that we were living at the time. They too would not sell unless I came into the store and made the purchase in person.

This never occured to me as I've always gone in and met face to face.

[snowbird]

I've had several AD salespeople (stores I visited while traveling) offer to ship a watch to me if I decided to buy later and called them.

Maybe some ADs feel more comfortable if it's someone who's at least physically been to the store previously and calls back asking for a specific salesperson.

[nizmo]

Thanks everybody for the recommendations. We haven't been able to make a deal yet so if anyone has an AD I can try, please let me know.

[spdracer53]

Originally Posted by nizmo

Thanks everybody for the recommendations. We haven't been able to make a deal yet so if anyone has an AD I can try, please let me know.

yes, thank you to the forum members who have pm'd us with ad's to try.

the issue for the both of us, we both contact davidsw and up until a few days ago he had i believe 2 of the gmt iic's, but they have since been sold and davidsw informed me he wasn't sure when he'd be able to get more.

nizmo and i are trying to get this done before the price increases, so if anyone else has suggestions let us know!

i'm still going to try the ad in cupertino on sunday. so if anyone else is interested in the same watch, pm me and i'll try to use it as leverage to get some sort of group discount.

[SLS]

PM sent to both of you.
Scott

[ocwatching]

PM sent to both..good luck and look forward to pix

[Chipmunk]

Try to get in touch with DavidSW or other trusted sellers here on TRF. They'll definitely ship out of state, tax free.

[InVision]

Lessons learned here. When you visit Rolex AD when you travel leave your card and get theirs. As long as you where there looking at watches most will send you a watch out of state. Key word is most BTW. And some will even discount quite nicely.

[George Ab]

Trusted sellers can't inventory everything. It may take some patience. There are a number of trusted dealers on TRF: DavidSW, Tempoking, Justrolexes, Mosco, and Bodypump (and others I can't think of off the top of my head) are all solid. PM'em and they may have inventory available.

Originally Posted by InVision

Lessons learned here. When you visit Rolex AD when you travel leave your card and get theirs. As long as you where there looking at watches most will send you a watch out of state. Key word is most BTW. And some will even discount quite nicely.

That is a great tip!

[gregmoeck]

AD's shouldnt ship out of state, thats a no no and they could risk their rolex dealership status.

[PJS500]

If you can afford a Rolex you can afford the tax.

[Speed]

Originally Posted by PJS500

If you can afford a Rolex you can afford the tax.

Thats akin to saying, "If you are buying a Rolex you should pay as much as possible."

Who doesn't want to find the best deal / not spend money he / she doesn't have to. Come on. With sales tax close to 10% in some states, that's not chump change.

[spdracer53]

Originally Posted by Speed

Thats akin to saying, "If you are buying a Rolex you should pay as much as possible."

Who doesn't want to find the best deal / not spend money he / she doesn't have to. Come on. With sales tax close to 10% in some states, that's not chump change.

Yeah, currently the sales tax for me is 9.25% with some other bay area cities coming in higher.

$6,000 shipped from an AD sounds like a fair price to me.

[Lagunatic]

Originally Posted by spdracer53

Yeah, currently the sales tax for me is 9.25% with some other bay area cities coming in higher.

$6,000 shipped from an AD sounds like a fair price to me.

PM sent

[dotcomakazee]

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[Lagunatic]

Another PM sent

[blama215]

You might try the Rolex AD at the Wynn Las Vegas, they told me they would ship to calif. with no sales tax