Creamy Goodness wrote: » Thanks. No looking for a no date sub but GMT-II with red/blue bezel. Probably just a long a list.
Cyrus wrote: » forget about a blro gmt any time soon
Creamy Goodness wrote: » I'd be happy to wait 2-3 years anyways, I think the missus would kill me if I bought any sooner :pac:
"Rootsblower” wrote: There’s 2 Tudor Black Bay GMT’s on adverts both look great
Creamy Goodness wrote: » Unfortunately they do nothing for me, really dislike the hands, the crown and the faux rivets.
OmegaGene wrote: » Bet they won’t take it
scwazrh wrote: » This thread really sums up how brilliant the Rolex marketing department is . People are willing to spend thousands in a store just to be awarded the privilege of being allowed buy a Rolex and then are willing to wait years on a wait list for same. And at the same time there is Pateks , AP and grand seikos waiting for new homes but being ignored because they are not Rolex.All equal if not surpassing in quality but just don’t seem to create the same “want” that Rolex marketing can.
893bet wrote: » Patek and AP sports are worse! All trading double retail.
Cyrus wrote: » yep or worse 2 years ago i could conceive owning a 5711, not any more
Rootsblower wrote: » Without a serious purchase history I’d say you’ve more hope of winning Miss World than getting a GMT Pepsi. There’s 2 Tudor Black Bay GMT’s on adverts both look great
Jude13 wrote: » I got a BLRO from an AD in Ireland early this year, so I was about a year waiting as it was released in baselworld last April (2018) I believe. I just kept on their case, bot annoying them, just emailing asking etc. I am down for a BLNR which I am not mad keen on and would most likely sell on after a year. Though I have said that before and kept the intended flip watch.
Rootsblower wrote: » Why would you spend so much money that your not even mad keen on as you put it.
Rootsblower wrote: » This article was on TRF a few months ago i believe it sums up the Rolex marketing strategy wellhttp://www.thefashionlaw.com/home/the-24-anti-laws-of-marketing
fluffer wrote: » I'm one of the idiots apparently. I want The Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 126710 BLNR ("Batman") I already own an IWC 7-day, Breitling Transocean, Omega DSOTM, G-Shock M-RG and a few more, but this is my grail watch right now. I intend to mark an occasion with it, but wow, the prices and availabillity are realling shocking. I've been abroad for years (typically buying watches from grey market dealers in the USA) and the few shops I've been to in UK and Ireland are all banging on about needing an established relationship. Even the fact I would buy a few other watches in at the same time doesn't seem to have an effect. Its my only leverage, so I wont buy the others unless my watch is available. Any advice on how to get this? I may just give up and go for a different brand/watch, but it would be a shame.
fret_wimp2 wrote: » How much does one need to spend when "building a relationship" with an Ad? And why not call it what it is, an entry fee to be able to buy the watch you want. It's not like anyone is bringing their ad a coffee and bagel on their way to work, or treating them to a nice meal now and then to build a relationship, the ask if for customers to spend a lot of money on less desirable stock, before they have a shot at paying a lot of money for the item the customer wants. I'd like to know what the expected spend is.
Samsonite 187 wrote: » They aren't hard to get there are seven or eight on watchfinder at the moment. A quick search on chrono24 brings up over eight hundred.
Rootsblower wrote: » I’ve been told by an AD that I’m on the wait list for a GMT Pepsi and it’ll be 5 years but methinks they’re just paying me lip service. I have no previous purchases with them. I’d say fluffy you’d want to be buying the Mrs/Mr a nice Rolex before you’ll get near that GMT
fluffer wrote: » You're quite right of course. At double retail I can get one. I'd rather wait than do that. But I cant even get a ballpark waiting time.
funkyouup wrote: » Hey mcmanus.
Samsonite 187 wrote: » One really doesn't mean to come across as a troll or a dick. But one really is in a situation of ones own making. You had good purchasing power. You bought 4 watches pieces. All pieces an authorized retailer would be happy to sell and negotiate with one. one went down the grey market root. Maybe got those pieces at a little less. Now one wants a super duper hot pieces that the whole wide world and his mother, father, brother and sister wants at retail with out ever purchasing in that shop before!!!! Seriously??? These shops are getting thousands of emails a week asking the say thing. They literally can pick and choose who they want to sell to. When you ask can one get a hot piece they are repling you need to build up a relationship they are 100000000% serious. These Jewellers have thousands of clients that will buy Rolex and Patek. They don't need you. What they want is loyal local clients that buy everything from them. To build a relationship they are not asking you to spend money on things you dont want to buy. They are saying if one fancies an omega come to us. If one want a breitling come to us. If one is buying an engagement ring come to us. If one wants wedding rings come to us. We want to be your one stop Jewellers. Then if you want something hard to get no problem. If one jumps from shop to shop and support grey market retailers. Then one is the cause. Anyone that has given any money to a grey dealer is the cause of the crazy Patek and Rolex prices. If one had spent your money at authorized one would have built a relationship and 100% would be able to get those models.You could get a dubious Stienhart piece online, that is ones right Just my two cents.
