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28 January 2024, 07:58 AM | #1 |
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Got the call for rootbeer; declined
Simply an fyi datapoint on the big thaw.
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28 January 2024, 08:48 AM | #2 |
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Did you request this watch? Were you on a waiting list for it?
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28 January 2024, 08:49 AM | #3 |
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Cool story.
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28 January 2024, 09:06 AM | #4 |
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If you have a purchase history, it’s not part of the big thaw.
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28 January 2024, 09:48 AM | #5 |
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It shouldn’t been that hot a watch to begin with.
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28 January 2024, 12:33 PM | #6 |
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And?
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28 January 2024, 01:11 PM | #7 |
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28 January 2024, 01:12 PM | #8 |
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28 January 2024, 01:12 PM | #9 |
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28 January 2024, 01:18 PM | #10 |
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I’d never buy a watch I’m not interested in either
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28 January 2024, 03:37 PM | #11 |
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Only buy what you like
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28 January 2024, 06:20 PM | #12 |
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I handled one and was underwhelmed. I suspect the hype is due to it having a nickname.
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28 January 2024, 06:25 PM | #13 |
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Anything specifically turn you off to it or just not interested in it once it hit the hands?
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28 January 2024, 07:54 PM | #14 |
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So you put your name for mentioned reference on the AD waitlist. Finally you get the call.... and declined.
Thanks for the info.
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28 January 2024, 08:22 PM | #15 |
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28 January 2024, 09:43 PM | #16 |
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28 January 2024, 09:43 PM | #17 |
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Back in 2018, I too was offered the newly released CHNR after requesting the also newly-released BLRO. Declined at the time, and bought the BLRO one month later.
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28 January 2024, 11:43 PM | #18 |
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Good for you.
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28 January 2024, 11:52 PM | #19 |
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It's a model that I like, would grow into, but not a first choice. I don't know if I would turn it down if offered.
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28 January 2024, 11:52 PM | #20 |
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Never say no to an AD these days because it is critical to build your purchase history. If you don’t want the watch at all, as long as you can just break even, then still buy it and then just flip it to Takuya or DavidSW the next day. Only time to say no is if you’re offered a piece that you don’t want AND no one else wants and it is unsellable without a massive loss, like the WG sub.
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29 January 2024, 12:29 AM | #21 |
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Had family over for the recent winter holidays, and the CHNR was very much the universal fave by all the kids (those under 30). Imho the CHNR is amazingly attractive, plus am a rose gold guy, and after seeing it in person... sold.
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29 January 2024, 12:43 AM | #22 |
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29 January 2024, 01:32 AM | #23 | |
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Nope. On list for something else. Got the call for a difft ‘hot item’. Declined. Signaling potential thaw for said hot item. Following? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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29 January 2024, 01:33 AM | #24 |
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29 January 2024, 01:34 AM | #25 |
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Same, but I do like my Rootbeer.
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Please don’t do this. This is how good AD’s get in trouble with Rolex. Rolex periodically does buy backs off the gray market, and frowns on these behaviors. Leave the watch for someone who wants it. |
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29 January 2024, 02:29 AM | #27 | |
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Well if those “good ADs” didn’t punish you by never offering another watch, then this wouldn’t be necessary. The predatory behavior of ADs has resulted in this being an absolute imperative. If you have purchase history of 0-2 watches, you simply do NOT have the luxury to turn down watches offered by ADs in this day and age or you’ll never get offered another one again. If you have a decade long relationship and have spent $100k then yes you can turn down a watch, but if you don’t, you must buy. |
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29 January 2024, 02:45 AM | #30 |
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