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12 March 2006, 11:52 AM | #1 |
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Great Sunday morning in Auckland...met a TRFite!!
Hi guys,
It's Sunday afternoon right now, but this morning was a very nice one. Robin Holland (user name on TRF - robin) sent me a PM saying that he was in town and if we could meet up over a coffee or what. He left me his number in Auckland so I called him and we met up at the St. Lukes mall for coffee and a nice TWO-HOUR chat. Guess what, guys? Robin went into Mansor's on Friday afternoon and picked up NOT one Rolex, but TWO beauties...the Ultimate 16610 (thanks to all the recommendations I had been giving it over the forum) and the Day-Date in YG. He did mention my name there and was given excellent treatment as well as a fabulous deal...more so, as he was taking both watches out of NZ, tax free. Robin lives in Queensland, Australia. I also took him to the NIKE shop in the mall where he picked up a few things. He flies off tonight, but he will be back a couple of months later. Robin is an ex-Kiwi from Auckland who went off to Australia in '98 and is settled there now. He's a doctor, BTW, guys....and a wonderful person to be in the company of. Great morning for both of us. I do wish more TRFites would come my way!! Cheers - JJ
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12 March 2006, 01:21 PM | #2 |
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It's always a good time when TRFites get together. I trust Robin will post some pics of his new beauties when he gets back to OZ.
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12 March 2006, 01:43 PM | #3 |
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If you took me to the Nike shop, what could I pick up?
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12 March 2006, 01:51 PM | #4 |
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Sounds like a great time, congrats on the new watches Robin.
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12 March 2006, 02:25 PM | #5 |
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Sounds like you had a good time. Cool!
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12 March 2006, 04:08 PM | #6 | |
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Unfortunately, I couldn't see either of his watches as they must have already been sent to Auckland customs by Mansor's where he will pick them up tomorrow morning on his way out....but I can surmise that his DD must look something like this beauty!!
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12 March 2006, 04:09 PM | #7 | |
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12 March 2006, 05:14 PM | #8 |
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Thats great news, JJ. Good to hear you both had a wonderful time
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12 March 2006, 06:38 PM | #9 |
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Great news JJ great to meet up with fellow TRFites from around the world
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12 March 2006, 09:46 PM | #10 |
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Glad you guys had a good time. That DD is a beauty
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12 March 2006, 11:06 PM | #11 |
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Outside standing! Robin, well done on that shameless bit of name-dropping! When are you dropping by Melbourne? Lol-x and I would love to meet you!
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13 March 2006, 12:07 AM | #12 | |
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13 March 2006, 12:23 AM | #13 |
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No, Renato, I've been led to believe that JJ's quite possessive about that sort of thing.
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BTW, he was extremely happy with the deal he finally walked out of Mansor's with. He was also very sorry that I couldn't be there with him. It was a bit hurried and I wished he could have informed me earlier....I would have taken Friday afternoon off from work and gone with him. Very nice guy, James....I hope you get the chance to meet up with him. JJ
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