Fate was meant to be on my Sub Date

[leopardprey]

Are we talking about Red Indians or Indian Indians here, Chris?

Or as we say "Dots or Feathers?"


LOL LOL LOL

[leopardprey]

BTW, you got an extremeley good deal on your Sub!

Make sure it does not have "Made in China" engraved on the case back!

Serious, Congrads on your new watch. A good deal and a great watch. Wear it 24/7 !!

[Earl]

Originally Posted by Watchlover

I followed the kind advice from our members and decied to go with an AD; since this will be my first Rolex. I have gone to several AD around the Bay Area (SF, East Bay, and South Bay) all with the same story. I would ask, "Whats the best you can do if I decided to buy one today?" Some dealers would laugh others are stern, "We cannot give discounts on Rolexes especially on the Sub Date, they are in high demand. Then they would continue on with their sales pitch blah..blah..blah. At one place in SF this dealer literally insulted me for asking this question and then grimaced at the Tag I was wearing. What a pompous ass.

Anyway, to make the long story short. On Sunday my family and I decide to go take a family portrait since my daughter just turned 3. We made an appoinment with the studio and had some time to kill, so I ask my wife if we can go to a Rolex dealer nearby. Its a small Indain jewelery store. Everyone seems friendly and curteous enough. I walk over to the Rolex section and asks the dealer if I can try on the Sub. It fitted pretty good...a bit loose. The dealer said that his father could adjust it to my liking. So, I thought I'll ask him if they give discounts. He walks in the back and a few minutes later he walks over to me and said this is the best we can do $4400. I looked to my wife a little stunned and asks the dealer if this is new. Of course, "this is our new Z series with a 2 year warrenty from Rolex." I looked to my wife again and smiled..."This was meant to be, let's get it." His father made the final adjusments and I walked out wearing my new Rolex. What a beautiful day that was.

way to go matty ;o)

[Watchlover]

Thanks everyone. This is such a great forum...its so informative and supportive. To be honest if it wasn't for this forum, I would probably get suckered into a bad deal and not know about it.

Originally Posted by veilstylez

damn is that including tax?

No, its before tax but the price is too good to pass up. It just pains me to pay full price for a luxury item especially if I have to give full commission to a pompous dealer.

Originally Posted by watchnut

Congratulations! I had the same experience with my AD. New Z-series Sub/date out the door for $4419. I can't believe that many ADs still try to snow you. If, as someone on here mentioned, their markup is 40%, they can afford to cut you some slack. It's not like they have a limited supply except maybe in the case of the SS Daytona.

You make a damn good point.

[Watchlover]

Originally Posted by sandman98

It almost seems like the pompous arrogant AD's are the norm nowadays. And guess which AD you'll be going back to for your wife's Rolex...

Sounds like a real nice deal on a true icon of a timepiece. Congratulations.

Its funny you should say that...my wife already has her eyes set on one. The new SS hologram white dial.