Explorer II 16570 Price Increase

[Annan]

Saw something interesting on a well known internet grey dealer's website yesterday. For at least the last few weeks they were showing a new 16570 at the price of $6,135. A week ago I emailed to ask what the series is. Just yesterday I finally got a response that it was an "M". I responded, pointing out that the watch was therefore produced about 2007 making it around 5 years old. (Yeah, I know the series does not definitively pinpoint the year of actual production but......we all do pay attention to the series and price our Rolexes accordingly) I went on to share my opinion that the watch was therefore way overpriced and that I had recently seen much better deals for V series and even a G series, both of which were BNIB (TRF). And here's the really interesting part, the website is now showing the following for the price:

List Price: $6,325
Our Price: $6,515
Wire Price: $6,320

So now all of a sudden, these "guys" are selling their 16570s at a premium, even the NOS.

The response I got was that the watch could not be 5 years old because it came with a plastic warranty card and Rolex was not using plastic in 2007. A little research on my part revealed that Rolex did indeed start using plastic in 2007 (on most models) and went to plastic on all models in 2008. I pointed that out in my return but have had no further response. I know that doesn't mean much in this situation but it did further confirm to me this guy does not know Rolex history.