Lady DJ 31 - is this reasonable?

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Hi all,

I have been lurking around this forum for a while; been doing my research and reading people's feedback and review on the DJ model and I need some advice from everyone here. Greatly appreciate your time in advance!

To start off , I'm looking to purchase a DJ 31, blue/navy diamond dial, fluted bezel, SS with jubilee bracelet to commemorate a career milestone. I'm in my mid 30s and I'm not looking to flip this watch. I have not owned an automatic watch and I do wear my current watch collection quite often (I actually use my watch lol). I do want to purchase my watch new and ideally from an AD.

That said, I have walked into 3 different AD in Ontario and all 3 of them said no discount on this model (MRSP + TAX), 1 of which I knew gave a discount to someone I know a few years back on a TT DJ, diamond dial watch, (and then the usual BS they feed you about receiving 1 in stock, discount only happen years ago, ROLEX regulates us so no more discount, if you don't buy it now, it might not be here and you'll wait 6 months+, the price for this watch hasn't gone increase since 2016, etc.).

My question is, was I unreasonable in asking? I don't imagine women walking into these stores every day (or their s/o) and the women models r flying off the shelves, I also saw the display cases were mostly filled with 70-80% womens Rolex watches. Because quite frankly at $12,000+ cdn (post tax), I could be purchasing other things (like an Hermes bag for example). Demand for womens watches are not as high in comparison to men's?

It's not something I need to own (that's why I walked away), it's really a reward to myself. Any advice is appreciated!