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Old 28 April 2023, 01:06 PM   #1
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Bought on grey market because AD wouldn't offer to me
Should i have waited for the AD call??
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:11 PM   #2
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Life is too short to play games. Enjoy and wear in good health.
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:11 PM   #3
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How long a wait vs how high a mark up ?.
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:11 PM   #4
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Nope! Life is short and that’s a stunner!!
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:12 PM   #5
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:16 PM   #6
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AD wouldn't tell me. They just said we will keep you in mind if we get any in. Got it for 51.5
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:17 PM   #7
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Got it for 51.5 and AD wouldn't tell me. They just said if we get any we will keep you in mind. Meaning you will not get one lol.
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Old 28 April 2023, 01:17 PM   #8
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Should i have waited for the AD call??

Well depends how much you paid!!

But as long as you happy, congrats!


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Old 28 April 2023, 02:09 PM   #9
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What a great watch! And a forever-watch.

If I were you, I'd tell my AD that I'm now interested in a different Rolex altogether. They've already played emotional games by trying to keep you emotionally invested in a lottery that you could win tomorrow or 10 years from now...or never.

That's their prerogative. Yours was to 'move on' and get what you want. They played games before acquisition but you can break free so they don't bring down the joy of your acquisition if they tell you they miraculously have one.

No need to worry about it because you won the game and this is confirmed every time you look down at your wrist.
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Old 28 April 2023, 02:27 PM   #10
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Enjoy, wear it in health. No need to look in the rear view mirror.
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Old 28 April 2023, 02:34 PM   #11
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Beautiful watch! Congrats.

For PM, definitely go AD. Too late now and you got the watch! Enjoy !


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Old 28 April 2023, 03:03 PM   #12
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ADs are in a pickle. A watch that lists for 39K but brings 51K in the grey market. Either the customer flips the watch or the AD dose. It’s a wacky market.
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Old 28 April 2023, 03:47 PM   #13
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ADs are in a pickle. A watch that lists for 39K but brings 51K in the grey market. Either the customer flips the watch or the AD dose. It’s a wacky market.
It won’t be all profit for the grey dealer , first The flipper would have sold it for about 44k to a grey wholesale dealer , who then would have sold onto a retail grey for about 48k who sold it the buyer for 51k
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Old 28 April 2023, 03:48 PM   #14
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Enjoy, wear it in health. No need to look in the rear view mirror.
You sure? It’s literally in the picture and there’s a van in it that’s about to rear end the OP
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Old 28 April 2023, 03:52 PM   #15
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Old 28 April 2023, 06:27 PM   #16
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Superb. What AD is out there? Ben bridge? Hyde Park? Can’t imagine
You’d ever get off the wait list. Good work


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Old 28 April 2023, 06:40 PM   #17
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You sure? It’s literally in the picture and there’s a van in it that’s about to rear end the OP
Lol - You beat me to it…
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Old 28 April 2023, 06:46 PM   #18
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Congrats, you made the correct call going grey. Easier to make up for lost money than lost time.
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Old 28 April 2023, 06:56 PM   #19
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AD wouldn't tell me. They just said we will keep you in mind if we get any in. Got it for 51.5
I think you did the right thing, and took advantage of grey market prices down. It’s not a 39$k watch it’s with a 6% tax almost 45$k. retail is US$41,500
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Old 28 April 2023, 06:57 PM   #20
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Great looking watch! Congrats nice pick up !
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Old 28 April 2023, 06:59 PM   #21
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Old 28 April 2023, 07:07 PM   #22
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We should each do as we see fit. You did. Congratulations.
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Old 28 April 2023, 07:22 PM   #23
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Should i have waited for the AD call??
No, because life is too short.

What you should have done (IMO) is perhaps apply a little less HDR filtering to your image
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Old 28 April 2023, 07:23 PM   #24
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Should i have waited for the AD call??
No, because life is too short.

What you should have done (IMO) is perhaps apply a little less HDR filtering/and or saturation to your image
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Old 28 April 2023, 07:26 PM   #25
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Congrats, you made the correct call going grey. Easier to make up for lost money than lost time.
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Old 28 April 2023, 07:40 PM   #27
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Old 28 April 2023, 07:51 PM   #28
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Life is too short to play games. Enjoy and wear in good health.
Although not a fan of paying extra for anything over retail from say a AD, but its better than some think they must do, thats to buy $100000 of say jewellery to buy a Rolex watch from a AD. But if everyone stopped playing these so called AD games, then perhaps we could get back to normal, thats before Rolex watches had become just ££$$€€ object things sold to highest bidder.

To the original poster congratulations wear your new watch in good health thats far more important.
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