7 STEPS to Buy a Rolex From the Authorised Dealer in 2024
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The comments are far better than the video. I bought my Sub in 2009 when you could just walk into an AD and walk out with one. That scratched my itch. There is no way anyone should do these crazy steps - this is supposed to be a luxury buying experience, not a job interview. I am more than happy to give my business (and have) to Omega, Glashutte Original, IWC and yes, even Tudor. Rolex created this situation and now cannot get themselves out of it b/c of the grey market dealers.
Amen 5 digit era was the god era of Rolex, they've fallen a long way.
Don’t go to an AD until they start showing respect, after all it’s we the customer who are paying out all this money so we shouldn’t be assessed or questioned if we’re suitable or not.
I agree but how will we know when they start showing respect if we're not going to the AD? 😂 The ADs truly are sleazy used car salesmen though when it comes to Rolex.
Fair point. Just walk in there and see how they look at you, if they look you up and down then walk straight out again 😂
LOL, you are completely correct. but some people just want their watches and unfortunately the company is so famous that they can just do stuff like this and never get punished for it@@Dave-zn3gf
Yes I agree completely,this guy is part of the problem
bro, AD be an empty place then.
Yea nah i don't got the time or energy to play those games
wish i had just said this lmao.
Facts. I can see that you value your time.
agreed, I just got mine 2 days after 13 mo waiting period.
Same, and I have a Rolex and a Patek, and others. what utter BS.
But u got time and energy to work for another man 😂 interesting
"Don't put the AD staff on a pedestal"...proceeds to tell us how we should twerk for the AD staff until they give us a watch.
Forget that! Customer is king and demand your dream watch as soon as you arrive at the store.
LOL minimum wage worker judging me. that's funny
They might just have more Rolex's than you ; )
If you act like a dick, be 100% sure they will judge you and laugh with their colleagues when you leave.
Being disrespectful to staff is not the kind of customer they want when there are 20 other decent customers who pass 'The Attitude Test'.
It's so funny when a customer feels they are something special and you are laughing at them inside.
They have seen it all before. Not just the staff member serving you, but others (and other customers) will be listening.
😂 true probably a huge power trip for them
Sounds more like you judging the sales person lol
They could own multiple Rolex's for all you know and I don't see how they are judging anyone.
They are a sales person and would love to sell any muppet a product to take the commission out of your pocket..
Either way........ they defeated you and you had to go home without a Rolex, or sculc off to the grey market dodgyness.
I would say that being bashed away by a minimum wage worker was the really funny thing!
Guy has 10 rolex boxes in the background but cant change the smoke detector battery so we have to sit here and listen to the beep.
Lol...yeah, what a WANKER
sucking up to sales staff to hand them over 10g's. what have we come to..
Bring the family in to rolex ad and tell salesman how your trip was got me😂😂 that is really insane, sick even
yes very sick ...this guy is a loon
What a load of rubbish
Got £40k spending and my AD is still laughing at me
Sorry mate, people are sick and tired of dancing to the Rolex tune. Advising people to pay for other items to expedite a sale is especially a crap idea in the current climate.
Just ask for a watch politely at a number of ADs, and wait. There are many more watches out there now to buy.
4:44 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. If you have the means to spend 10s of thousands of dollars on watches, fairly certain that valuing your time was a key trait you had to use in order to build your wealth. Things like bringing in your family to make friends with a sales clerk so they can sell you an entry level swiss watch (Rolex).....really?
Imagine going through all this, getting the watch and still being able to look at yourself in the mirror.
Dignity > wristwatch.
And why do you care? If you don't want a Rolex, don't get a Rolex. If you want one, then get one.
@@del1000005 Concerned citizen.
Last year (2023) I went into my local AD and had a great discussion with my rep. I was really specific on what I wanted and got "on the list". I got a call 6 months later and got offered another model and I did exactly what you mentioned. I said it wasn't my style and it probably wouldn't get worn. I thanked them and let them know I'd rather wait. 1 month later, I got a call for the one I wanted and accepted it. No prior purchase at the AD, jewelry, nothing. Very happy with them and my rep. Since then, I've purchaed 2 more from my rep. Patience is also key.
And not sucking up to the sales staff, like the flog in the video
Please! screw rolex... why subject yourself to the manipulation. I bought 3 rolex watches in the 80's. just walked in and bought what I wanted. $4,800 sub stainless and gold. GMT pepsi j jubilee. $2,800 And Explorer II. $1,800 They had to impress me before I bought.
Step number 1 is wrong . I went and asked for a Rolex and got one. They have a lot of models in stock now. No more of those silly games!
what? where
@@justinliu1014 up the shaft and around the corner, in due time you hit the prostate and you get a zinc daytona.
😂
.why should you have to suck up to a dealer because of a Rolex watch that you are
Paying for,never heard of such Bollix..Get real man.
Did you leave a link for the kneepads you use?
😂😂😂 best comment
tbh, some models are instantly available, was on holidays in Italy, just went into an AD store randomly - they offered me instantly a steel explorer + a steel seadweller. Wasn't interested in those models tough. So yeah - zero relationship, I just went in and asked straight away about the model i was interested in and got offered those.
That is crazy, I bought my sub date in 2004 in the Bahamas for about 5k US. The wife and I just walked in off the street wearing our swim suits and started browsing over the Rolex watches, the sales person that was assisting us couldn't slap watches on my wrist fast enough, I ended up picking the Sub Mariner Date. The whole process took about an hour and I walked out of the store wearing my new watch. I can't believe you guys go through all of this just for a watch.
Step 8, don’t listen to any of this bullshit.
I just passed a paper to dealer "if don't sell it to me now, it will be robbed" and they give me daytona
All respect to your advice but until the AD shows respect to me as a customer without having to talk much I'm not in need for the Rolex watch. What's wrong with buying other beautiful Swiss watches like Omega or Longines without such effort. I buy a watch to enjoy wearing but will never beg to get a watch. Sorry this is sad.
Without doubt, supply is increasingly hugely. My local AD 2 months ago had nothing but exhibition pieces . Two weeks ago, they without any exaggeration , 40% in the window were for sale as in walk-ins. OPs in black, various date just's, various sky dwellers, root beers, root beers, root beers all rose gold, and a few more. The increase in supply is being seen across so many ADs. Oh and numerous yachtmasters , in platinum, stainless steel, and rose gold. The flippers have all but dissapeared, grey market dealers are holding/cannot sell inventory they have had for a year or more. Their fault they are still asking for mad covid prices.
Please let me know the AD, I want to buy the black OP as a walk in (so far nothing but unavailable for me)
Hihi would love to know which AP pls! Thank you!
Please let me know that AD please, nothing stock near mine 😢
I'll never own a Rolex because I'll never play these games. Shame because i would buy an explorer 1 if i could.
go to Rome - AD there - got it offered there instantly as a tourist by just walking in and asking for a particular datejust. Didn't take it tough since I don't like the explorer very much.
@@MagisterBoomslang not worth the additional cost of traveling and staying there.
Buy it second hand - they’re the same price as the AD
You may never own a Rolex but at least you will have always have kept your dignity. And there isn't one material object in life that's worth compromising that. At least not a stainless steel mass produced watch.
Once day I went to the Rolex dealer and was just looking and the guy saw what my wife was looking at. He told her he had two watches and the one my wife wanted was being picked up already. He said if the person doesn’t pick it up in 30 minutes he would sell it to us. The time passed and we had our first Rolex day just. He put us on the list. The second time we went there with my daughter and I picked up a vintage Rolex she wanted. That was the second watch. A total of 10 months went by when I got my Submariner Starbucks. All bought from the same AD. Now waiting on the celebration for my son‘s graduation gift. I have time.
Rolex is building three new factories.. Soon..
Really link?
I walked into an AD on a random Saturday. Tried on a Rose Gold Yacht Master and loved it. The sales lady walked to a cabinet, pulled out a box and said “oh we actually have that one available for sale today.” All I had to do was go in there with a friend who had just bought one for himself and another one for his wife. Easy peasy.
Don't play the AD game...
It's only a matter of time before you'll be able to buy the watch you want. Why would you sell your soul to a sales rep just to give them your money.
Prices are slowly reducing and it's only a matter of time before you'll be able to purchase the timepiece you'd like.
Playing the AD game and buying jewellery you don't want is a pointless exercise where the only winner is the AD.
Supply and Demand
it depends on what country you are in. Where I am the AD's will sell you what theh have in stock. No game playing. Now if you ask for something very specific it can take 3-6 months to get but they will get it for you.
That’s ok, which country is that? I’m guessing in Europe
What country?????
Fantasy Island
What country is that please?
Where do you live? Wonderland?
This is all supply and demand, economy takes a dump and you can avoid all this stupidity and get the watch you actually want no play childish games. I’ve bought a GMT and a submariner walking into an AD in Vegas no games.
Got my first Rolex from my local AD at the beginning of last year. Been over a year and still waiting for the call for my second piece!
do you want to fuck the salesman or to buy something
Rolex make around a million watches every year, effectively mass-produced. Yes, they are good, solid, well-constructed watches. I bought a couple from my local AD a few years ago and the purchase experience was a simple and painless process back then. Would I go through this ridiculous bs to get one now? Absolutely not! The thought of sucking up to a salesperson so that they maybe, possibly, if I'm really fortunate, decide whether I'm worthy enough to be allowed to spend my money in their establishment borders on lunacy. They should change their name from 'AD' to 'MAD' (maybe authorised dealer). I'm quite happy with my Omega/Breitling/Longines/Hamilton/Seiko/Casio purchases. Thank you very much and goodbye.
When I go into my AD, the staff appear to be different every time……
I bought a Grand Seiko at an AD in Nagoya recently. I did not need to tell a compelling story that demonstrated my value and worthiness to the sales person.
Nobody is fighting for a Grand Seiko
And I’m not fighting to buy any watch. Also, not trying to impress a sales person for a watch, either.
Are we finding a mate or a watch? 😂😂😂. Just buy an omega and call it a day.
I went to a big dealer in England. I asked the price of a battery change and minor repair for a Swiss gold watch. He refused to give me an approxc figure. In fact he was on the phone to his mate and proceeded to wrinkle is nose and say "oh nothing just someone wanted a battery and repair". I then emailed head office, who refused to provide an email address for the director. Said I had to write. This was Goldsmiths ie Aurum group in England
Since then they have lost many thousands in business from me.
I won't deal with cowboys when spending pennies. So I won;t deal with em when spending small fortunes.
Rolex and Aurum have gone Gerald Ratner ie have destroyed their own credibility.
Casio GSHOCK is the only watches to buy
😂 They are bloody good aren't they.
I’ve been on an AD waiting list for a GMT Batman since 2021. I’ve literally driven them mad and the Manager has told me that I will get a watch this year after September.
It's very suspect that he's so specific. Maybe he's planning on leaving that location sometime before September or is transferring careers or states or what not around July or August 😂. I wouldn't hold my breath man. Clearly they don't value you as a customer or your time.
@@mattlatorra264 Maybe they knew that by then the market would have dropped even further as they may now be noticing that the customers that were so desperate for Rolexes are few and far between. Do you know anyone in the last few years that have walked into an AD and have been welcomed and offered anything. Being a Rolex AD is known as a privilege and if you see that big green sign outside you take it that they are an upmarket jewellery business. So if Rolex is a brand that is keeping their business going Why are they still in business and not gone bankrupt because everytime you ask if you can buy a watch they say Sorry but we don’t have any for sale. It’s absolutely laughable.
If you don’t get it within 12 months you are never getting it in the rule.
I've been on the wait list for a BLNR since 21 too. I've bought a no date, DJ41 and a Rado however the AD told me I'd have to wait some more which isnt an issue as i wont be able to make the purchase until 2025. He did say that they're recieving more BLNR's than they used to. I've asked for the OP Tiffany 36mm which AD told me will be a 6 month to 1 year wait
@@rah5500 Where is the AD ?
The process to buy a Rolex from an AD is kind of crazy when if you like watches, you most likely are not limited to Rolex. Instead, you could take that 15k and get a very nice Omega or Tag and still have money to grab a nice dinner after you just walked into the store and bought it. If I walk into a shop and the person there expects me to grovel to them I will leave. This is the same for a nice car, nice clothes, anything.
I think it works a bit differently if you aren’t after an entry level watch
I bought physical gold and silver instead of another expensive watch. Best decision I ever made.
You buy from Rolex ad only for you to flip them. Stopping genuine people that want to buy a Rolex to keep
My AD has been kind, gave me a sub after 3 months with no purchase history. I put my name down again for a batgirl, I don't mind waiting as he's been very nice to me
The ones in Montreal are pretty chill ! Twice I went to 2 different ad's and both had no problem taking my name and eventually one called me before the other. Then again I think my favorite model was easier to come by, which was a datejust 36
ADs consist of lower wage workers who in many cases can’t afford a Rolex themselves. I do t need to kiss anyone’s ass to pay $15k for a watch.
Should I have my grey market acquired gmt on my wrist when I go to the AD?
In summary, the process of purchasing a Rolex is similar to adopting a child!!!
Love these videos! My only wish is that you posted 3x more!
Nah. I go in with my vintage Rolex. Talk about it, explain that I have standards for my life and standards for people who are involved in my life then all of a sudden, boom I’m being offered a brand new Rolex in stock ready to go right now no none of this fussing, or trying to qualify me. I’m out.
Actually legit hate the AD staff. Watching them judge me and power tripping is pretty funny. I just go in to get the free water.
Total nonsense from someone who’s never had a hot piece
Best comments ive ever read on a video. Absolute legends haha
Ever since I bought a watch from MaMaCoo , My question is if it's this hard to tell them apart, what is the point of owning an authentic watch?
Hi Phil . How do I check for verification of my Rolex warranty and purchase on line with Rolex (Official) website? Thx
Phil, thank you for the content and giving me the information to hopefully someday own a Rolex!
That's just too much sucking up to AD staff who probably earn minimum wage at best.
I've only got five Rolexes, but I like their older vintage pieces that have that aged tritium markers on the dials.
only five? So plebeian...
I'm not sure why I would purchase a $10k watch, knowing full well that the AD is lying to me.
@Phil Do they judge you when you wear a tracksuit
I just can't imagine auditioning to be chosen to buy an expensive watch. Absurd.
I predicted this guy’s vid before watching it, and look, he did a good job here. I’m not knocking him. And quite frankly, I think he’s right!
I’m just not going to beat around the bush or lick my AD’s tush…. I’ll just continue to buy from grey dealers, pay a premium, and I’ll have a watch tomorrow.
I’d rather do that instead of trying to establish fake relationships, acting fake, and just generally trying to nurse my way to a Rolex at retail…🤣 Fuck all that-I’ll keep my dignity and self-respect intact-I’m going to overpay TODAY, while still retaining my ballsack. 💯
Very nice tips!
I give money, you give a watch. Else I move to next brand. Ridiculous points.
“I make RUclips videos” was a pitch that worked?
Even if I come in with $30,000 cash, I still can’t get a watch! That’s insane!
I'm going to be real honest with you. If this "strategy" is the only way to get a Rolex from the AD, I'd definitely go for a Tudor, GS or Omega instead. Luckily I've got my Rolex Datejust before the Rolex rush began...
I hope more people agree with you, less competition for me!!
Don't, find a grey market dealer you like to waste your money with in the UK, the guy above seems like a nice chap or if you want someone with a bit more scale, (no offense buddy), I suggest GMG.
All the "big pieces" are trading below retail now anyways that will ever be able to be attainable to us...spoiled but still normal humans.
If you want to learn how to "sell yourself" do that in your career or somewhere useful...selling is a powerful skill but not with an AD, they generally aren't even particulary clever, i work in pretty high end sales, and i found trying to sell to them extremely dull lol.
i don't see the point in pitching to the AD lol customers need to know that they should be sold to not the other way around.
I won’t suck up to anyone to also turn around and take my money for their products. If I don’t fit the bill to spend thousands on your product, then I’ll happily take my thousands to an arguably better overall brand like Omega. Yes I said it, Omega creates better and more robust movements than Rolex. Rolex beats omega in marketing by a long shot, that’s all.
No need to carry balls with the ADs. Time.has now changed. Pieces are more available and packages deal with rolexes are getting less stringent.
At the end of the day, either u need to be very famous, or spender at AD outlets. The rest of the tips shown dun matter.
Of cos one also needs to show respect and be humble in anything you do.
For now... with this policy... they just don't deserve our money.
The steps you lined out exposes you as flipper. They know the tricks of the flippers. Just walk in as a customer and let them work and explain the products and buy or walk out.
If you need to do all these steps, simply walk away. Buy others to make yourself. It’s too tiring! We buy to make ourselves happy! Not the other way around!
It's sad that watches that look good cost over 1k+. AMZWATCH watches are REALLY well made, and it just shows how a brand name on a watch can make its price 10x higher. I understand that if you look under a microscope, you'll find the difference, but just how many of you really inspect a watch at that level when you see someone with a watch?
Why do you have to play this game with the AD? Why not just come out with it and say, look, I'll send you customers and I'll buy other watches from you, Brietling, Omega, Tudor, etc., but I really want a GMT Pepsi, as soon as you feel I deserve one. How about that approach?
Sounds like a miserable experience. It’s a different world.
I just want an Explorer 40..to be the last watch I buy…but to go through all this?
If that’s what it takes to buy watch then fuck’em
I don't really get it tbh. Why do rolex do this? They didn't 10 years ago and they were doing OK.
LOL this has got to be a troll vid. Prices will drop, be patient and dont fall for the fake scarcity act.
Prices will drop? how do you know that? could you explain?
I’m not begging anyone to take my money. Either you’re going to sell me the watch that I want or not!
This is the most ridiculous video I’ve ever seen. Not because of Phil Reid, but the hoops you have to jump through to spend thousands of dollars is absurd.
This would make me even less interested, this is such a gross mentality by a company. I’m staying with Omega or Zenith
No no no hell no you can't buy a rolex in a rolex store how dare you ask.
Will they frown on taking in my other pieces? Should I admit that I bought them off eBay and watch-finder?
Come on why would a customer be licking thier boots as if you’re doing them a favor. Then what’s the point of making watches if they’re controlling the sells like drugs.
Breitling ADs are the coolest, they treat you like the customer and not like you’re in for a job interview
I think Rolex is a great watch brand, but because of all this nonsense, I won't be wearing a Rolex again anytime soon. I'm not looking for a relationship with my AD, I like to wear a nice watch. The pretense that Rolex has been displaying for years is unprecedented. I think there are many beautiful niche watch brands that do not need these strange practices and are even less bling-bling. Win win.
This is exactly why the gray market exists. Some of us do not wish to kiss ass whilst having the purchase power.
Everyone should stop playing this game , rolex has becoming like Hermes .. playing hard to get!
This is worst than owning a Ferrari 🤣
I'd inject a new step: stop, and think about what you're doing simply to give q company your money.
Rolex don't deserve it. Let them show their customers some respect first. Buying a Breitling? Get offered a drink? AP? Get offered a drink? Rolex? Get treated like shit...
This is asinine and makes me never want to own a Rolex. This is like Seinfeld, ordering soup from the Soup Nazi. Don't make eye contact, give your order, step 3 feet to the left and hand him exact change, do not thank him, turn and leave...
It's a watch. It's easier and less hassle to adopt a person.... lol
I don't want to build a relationship with the seller... I want to buy a watch... if they don't have it... no problem, I will spend it in the casino.... I don't care...
Fuck this shit. Just do gray market but be smart about it.
Omega is better, cheaper and you don't need to convince an AD that I wanna buy a watch.
This is the most insane video
If you take this video as an example, you understand why the EU made the digital markets act, so that Europeans don´t have to strip and twerk in front of a few digital gatekeepers.