The Shocking Truth About Why Rolex ADs Refuse to Sell to You!
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Losing my dignity for a mass production watch? No thanks
Begging and changing yourself for a nice but still piece of metal!? No, thank you. Self respect should be a priority.
Exactly. I actually went to 3 different Rolex store to ask for a Datejust. I never wanted to beg someone to buy something but I was super nice to the AD. Of course all of the ADs I talked to promised to contact me when the watch I want is available. Well, they never did after many months. I didn’t call them either. Why do I have to beg them to sell me a watch when I have money? That’s crazy.
The current situation with ADs is ludicrous. I've worn Rolex for more than 25 years but now I'm expected to beg, give insights into my business and lifestyle and wait months on end with no idea if there will ever be a call?
Forget it. If you want 5 figures of my money you'd best step up and earn it not act like you're doing me some sort of favour.
An AD gets 6 weeks, after that I'll just go grey.
Or you could just go and buy an Omega or Grand Seiko online from the manufacturer and not have to jump through hoops and simp for those Rolex corporate clowns...
Exactly what I did. I had checked out Rolex AD and got the list check, walked over to Omega and got what I wanted. Couldn't be happier
Yes, Omega is an alternative but if someone initially wants a Rolex won't go for a Japanese watch.
I have such disdain for this kind of mentality, when you are looked down by a merchant. "You are not good enough for our brand." That is so pathetic. Rolex can keep their overpriced garbage. The joke is on Rolex. Rolex as founded by a German in London. Two words: Grand Seiko.
What a terrible day to have ears.
I actually watched this twice. Got some good laughs out of it 😂
Begging and grovelling for a watch, absolutely not. I’ve got more pride, need to have a word with yourself if you think happiness is a watch.
None of these things happened to me. The AD never asked my job, never asked my reason for wanting the watch. She simply asked which models I was interested in, took my name and info, and 7 months later, she texted me that the watch was available. That's it. I went in the next day and bought the watch.
As it turns out, I'm a vascular surgeon. I dress well but not "rich". I didn't know how to play the Rolex game, so I didn't play it. I gave my info, shook hands with the sales lady, and walked out of the store fully expecting never to hear back from them.
What absolute garbage did i just listen to 😂
Bro still thinks it's 2022. I can get 70% Rolex offers for cheaper on the grey... The tables have turned, it's a buyers market now.
@@brevobrevonot exactly true, depends on what model. Try to get a skydweller retail or lower on the grey. I’ll wait..
@@rosakop1 Not the best example as the skydweller isnt really demanded but steel datejust, submariner etc is still not easy to get.
The truth.
Sometimes you just talk crap
Excellent 👌🏻
you 2
@@antevrankovic4539 😂😂😂 why are you butt sore? Did he make fun of your daddy Mitch?
What EXACTLY did he SAY in this VIDEO that is CRAP???
@@Heymanputhisfingersinmetoooah dont understand and dont care, thx
I went to an AD yesterday to pick up a Rolex Explorer 40 mm, my first from them after waiting for a month. I was asked, are you excited? I said no. Why? He asked. My response: because I've already owned several of them. And if the AD doesn't want to sell me the watch that I want, no big deal. I'll just invest my money into a stock market index fund or buy another Casio.
Nice! That's the truth, they're just hyping their own product.
Sorry pal, I won't kiss anyone's ass to buy their product. Their business has always been false exclusivity anyway and I choose not to participate in that charade.
i'm a librarian and I wear patek only
I’ve walked into Cartier walked out with Santos. Walked into Omega walked out with Worldtimer. I’m here cause I respect Rolex as a brand but as a watch there’s a plethora of better watches out there.
Many are whining about Rolex, still watches videos about how to get a Rolex…..
I walked into my AD last week and told them to take my (expression of interest) off the imaginary list.........I felt so good walking out. I'm sure they didn't care and that's fine too. Today I'm picking up my grail watch (not Rolex) and I'm happy. In saying that, I don't see anything wrong with Rolex watches but I'm sick of games, I have better things to do with my life :)
What watch is it?
If your grail watch was a Rolex you’re just going to want a Rolex later on.
Your other watch is not the grail you wanted, it’s just going to remind you of the Rolex.
@@fj7509 i got a feeling he won’t answer which watch it is. Sounds like a made up story
@@fj7509 he’s lying. Made up story. Won’t name the watch
begging to a company in order to spend my money?! That's just stupid in my book. Each to their own...
I really don't care, I mean not worth it to put more affort to own a watch. I just want to pay for it, I don't care about bullshit. There are many great brands out there, no reason to waste time...
Just buy grey market under retail model
I feel the same ie very disappointed in the A.Ds and not being able to buy the watches.
They should be grateful that people are willing to spend that kind of money on their watches and by making them available to customers it deals with the flipper problems ie if the watches are available to buy then there’s no profit to flippers.
I’m so over them. They are gonna judge what I earn? Hilarious
Totally agree! Not only] great brands but better brands. I have been at this for 40 years, Both sides of the counter.
Yep exactly, the people that work there are literally mall kiosk sales people. Sooo any job title you have (part time librarian) is more impressive than what they do.
Asking for the sales manager is a dick move IMO.
So rude to the sales assistant that you are trying to build a relationship with.
Its like asking a first date if she has any prettier friends 😂
Be friendly to everyone in the store and hope to chat to the sales manager or hope he/she overhears your conversation.
A sales manager liking you when he/she thinks you do not know they are the sales manager is Golden IMO.
The trick is to oil the wheels without letting them see the oil can ; )
It's an art that not many people possess, and you cannot teach.
How tf did he get to 50k subs with so much bs. I'm out.
I remember a time when you could walk into a Rolex AD or boutique and buy a watch that day. I walked into a Rolex AD. There were no Daytonas on display. I asked if they had Daytonas. She went back and came to the sales floor with three models. That was my first Rolex. No BS. No wait lists. That was the start of a relationship and many purchases later. They also were dealers for Chopard, Omega, Grand Seiko, and Cartier. I became a customer for those brands as well.
Just go grey, Rolex keep on increasing their prices so by the time you've been on the wait list for years the new price will be the same as the pre-owned nearly new price anyway.
There is a lot of truth to that....
laod of malarky, you don't need to sell yourself to buy a watch, you go in and ask, if you get offered one that's all good, but don't play into the Rolex AD games! YOU DONT NEED TO SELL YOURSELF
I walked in my AD with shorts and t shirt. Full body suit of tattoos. Got my rolex in 3 months. My Snoopy was offered to me without even asking for it. So I can honestly say who gives a shit what you look like or how much you earn. Even the owner told me he'll get me a Batman.
You can also make it to a 100 years despite smoking. Still that doesnt mean its a good idea to smoke.
Been in Patek with shorts and t-shirt - money talks, bs walks!
I guess there's a difference between AD and a boutique. There's no owner to chat-up in a boutique. All the staff has their script ready and protocols.
@@sleepdeprived9181 nope. Rolex have always owned ZERO stores - only since they have bought Bucherer.
Let's get rid of flippers, don't buy watches from the gray market! 😂
No librarians were harmed in the making of this video.
So basically, you have to do the opposita as that scene in "Pretty Woman" movie. You have to suck up to the dealer instead of being the opposite. This world is getting worse and worse...
Or just simply buy an Omega, or a Grand Seiko, or maybe even a Longines! It's really simple.
But those watches are crap.
Now there's a social circle I'm glad to not be a part of. If in-fact, this drivel is true, it cements my beliefs that fools with money and shysters deserve each-other.
You perfectly described the Rolex CPO market!
What a strange world we live. All this fannying about for a watch.
It's not the brand I hate; it's their FANS!
It's pretty bad. I was just checking Google reviews of some ADs in my area to see which one to visit. I noticed people leaving very positive reviews about their customer service experience even though they didn't buy a single Rolex watch.
Or just cross the road and buy Omega :)
The classism in this video is nauseating.
If I’m not good enough in someone’s eye to own a bloody watch, then sorry that watch , brand whatever won’t get purchased. There are far more important things in life to concern myself in begging for a blinkin watch…….
So what! Nice watches but nothing is worth prostituting one's self to corporatism? I have too much self respect and life experience for that carry-on. 😅
And the funny part is that the customers who are expected to jump through these hoops are SIGNIFICANTLY more wealthy than any of the Reps that are deciding who is 'permitted' to buy one of THEIR watches! lol It's like a 'high class' power struggle, where the 'Six Figure' Sales people get a chance to fuck with the 'Seven Figure' clientele.
Most of what he says is true in my experience. I've been with my AD for 2 years and just got my second Rolex from them, both watches I genuinely wanted. On my first visit they asked what I do for a living and noticed that I was wearing a nice watch (an old Omega Seamaster). They asked if I had a wife and whether she liked watches as well. They took my ID so they know where I live. I don't dress up when I visit but don't look like a tramp (jeans and a shirt is fine). IMO the most important things are to be genuinely interested in the watches (rather than their value) and to be friendly and relaxed. Talk about other things as well as watches. Common courtesy/politeness is enough. I genuinely enjoy my visits and get on really well with the Rolex Manager.
U forgot to mention the undertable ‘incentives’ the sales ppl in AD are getting for supplying to the grey market.
For some watch enthusiasts like me, it has come to a point to say Fxxx Rolex, I don’t need to purchase one with so much hassle. Let’s move up higher to a JLC or equivalent.
Phil, Why are AD's giving you so many watches, you resell them.
He doesn’t get any watches from an AD! He buys them from people who get them and resells them.
That’s why all he does is trash talk ADs.
So people feel like they have to go to him and pay 3X over retail to get their Rolex lmao
Sod Begging an AD shop worker who earns a nice living I'm sure, but has no idea who I am or what I earn or what I do. In the last year I have bought a blue steel skydweller on jubilee for myself, a blue 41mm OP for one of my boys and a black 41mm OP for my other boy. I had a more pleasureable experience buying those on the grey market then from an AD (who I have been to and make me feel like I'm unworthy of their time) - Their loss not mine.
I always wear jeans, hoodie, Polo Shirt, Nike Air Max. I have bought for Rolexes from my AD in 2.5 years, all the ones wanted. Got 2 calls in two months...They don't care what you dress like.
Does zenith make the mechanics for rolex.i was told this by a specalist in abu dhabi
Here is my best and honest Advice: put on a Base Cap, Hoodie, Jeans and Sport Shoes and ask for a steel Daytona.
Should I have my grey market acquired gmt on my wrist when I go to the AD?
How to buy a Panda Daytona today! Here is a hack for you guys. Walk into any AD, ask to see an exhibition model Daytona and then "accidently" drop it. Make sure the sapphire crystal is broken. They will make you pay for it at retail price for breaking the Daytona. You got yourself a Daytona! send it for a full service and it'll come back brand new.
My family we stay humble and happy with what we are blessed with in life. Yes I love the video and makes perfect sense plus keeps you under the radar for one’s wealth is a personal mental state.
I went into my local AD recently just to browse. I had on a brand new Breitling Navi B01 and mentioned I bought a DJ 41 from them a few years earlier. I was offered a white gold SkyDweller, a Bluesy, and a steel Deepsea on the spot. Almost pulled the trigger on the Deepsea. Maybe they are finally starting to lighten up?
Their CRM system decides who gets what and when…
Utter nonsense. Plumbers and Retail staff get offered Rolex's IME
People coming up with stories are so transparent.
Even if the story is true they can sound made up lol.
I work in tech, I wear t-shirts shorts and flip flops and I earn a very good salary. I had no problem buying a watch from an AD. You are full of crap
Maybe you're the one full of crap, flying the flag of a nation that actively support genocide in Gaza. It's disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourself.
This video is so sad. Good luck in life dude!
Just buy from a reseller there are plenty of Rolex 💩 watches ⌚ available at resellers ! Get a reputable one 1⃣ and just buy what you want on the spot ! Nowadays the treatment at Rolex 💩 watches ⌚ are terrible 😣, in the old days you could just pop in and buy a Rolex 💩 watch ⌚ and be treated like 👍 luxury ! Now you get teased 😜, scolded and told to get lost 😡! Sigh 😮💨
So don't tell them how much I can sell this for on the secondary market?
Rolex and their games.. Rolex sure is a good brand, but having to jump through hoops to get one.. Meh.. We are the ones who accept to be a part of it.
Who's 'worse'. Rolex or Ferrari?
If my mom has a fashion brand and sells jewelry to an ad for years would they sell her a harder watch to get?
Yeah these seven reason do apply to some buyers but there is only one reason why the ADs won't sell you a new high sought after watch. The ADs (not all but most) are the GMDs themselves.
A world coming out of a pandemic..supply will be short.
It's the Grey market that has their concern..why sell a watch to someone who will flip it?
And for those who really want a rolex, the stores will always be there.
The look on the face of a watch dealer is priceless, when you pay for your Rolex in full on a basic credit card and it goes through. (Yes, you can boost up your credit limit by depositing funds to the credit card beforehand.)
Is that unusual? My MasterCard limit was just automatically increased incrementally to $25K over the years, and I never actually requested an increase. I figured it was just because I used the card fairly often, but never carried a balance, so they were probably hoping I'd eventually 'splurge' on something that I'd have to start paying interest on... I eventually had to request that they STOP automatically increasing the limit, because 'Credit Checks' actually consider your Income v.s. the POTENTIAL DEBT that you could accrue... So for instance, having a $50K limit can actually be 'detrimental', because it means that at any time you could immediately rack up $50K in debt and not pay it back.
Debt is just crazy when you look into it. It's actually just a COMMODITY, that companies buy and sell just like any other 'investment'! lol Like if you were a 'debt collecting' business, you could probably actually 'purchase' your own debt for significantly less than the 'value'! Because these companies will 'BUY' your debt for 50% of the total amount, and then try to collect the full 100% from you to make their profit!
Bring back the GOLD STANDARD!!! lol
Just got a Yacht Master 40mm blue dial this week from AD. Was only a 4 week wait. He did say the sprite would take a little longer to get. But he definitely would get it.
Zero purchase history but I did go wearing my 42mm Yacht Master white gold on oyster flex. I did let him know I think the Sub and Daytona look like crap. Zero interest in either of those. Also don’t like the Explorer 2. But I do like the sky dweller a lot.
Lol. Boy, I'm really glad I don't like any of Rolex's modern offerings. Haven't since my last new purchase in 2010 and that was one of the few remaining AD stock five digit subs. Actually, I lost interest in 2003 when they dropped the drilled lugs.
Total bollocks in my experience
12k plus for a ss dj41 fluted jubilee gray market green,blue, Wimbledon dial
no thanks try to get from ad rrp 9300 uk once it hits 10k no thanks its not worth it
Rolex are an entry level watch in the realms of haute horology?!
Your knees got more and more bruised the longer I watched.
I walked into a Rolex AD in the Caribbean and was offered 3 watches. The Daytona steel and gold, the all gold Skydweller and a Explorer 36. This was in mid-June and I was in shorts and a t-shirt just like every other tourist down there. It seems like a lot of Rolex dealers are slowly starting to get inventory back in.
I've just bought my third Rolex sports watch and most of what you say is true
Or just go to a brand that actually wants your business, there's plenty out there..
I went into my local Rolex authorised dealer today and basically sold myself. Told them my master plan for five years. I want to get a Rolex OP for my 30th in five years and I’m obsessed with watches
You can't lie? Of course you can, they are you can too.
so what the f**k do they think when luigi from mario brothers walk in talking shit, wanting a watch
Imagine going to buy a audi bit they have u start off with a lada
so you're telling me to apply for a stupid rolex watch? where have we ended up, please? anyone who jumps through such hoops has lost control of their life. They can kiss my ass for the money I carry there
It helps to walk into an AD and know the brand, its history, and the reference numbers. It shows the knowledge a real collector has.
You only get robbed even it is a fake or not, bro!
Yes mate, you have to buy something for your girl.
People with children don't have more disposable income 😂
That depends. For example, a majority of people in the top 5% of earners are married with at least one child. Read Charles Murray’s ‘Coming Apart.’
If you’re comparing a 27-year-old waitress with no kids to another 27-year-old waitress with one kid, then of course the former has more disposable income than the latter. But that’s not who Rolex is targeting.
You can send them lap dancers, that may help.
Is not Rolex problem how much you earn. Money are money.
Ain't doing that simp behaviour! Tudor, Glasshutte Original or grey market fro me!
Oh Rolex. They tried so hard to be the Hamilton and Omega of watches but ended up being as loved as Hublot, posers and prep losers
I live in Geneva and bought Rolexes at both at Bucherer and the Rolex store and the airport stores in ZH and GVA. What is the most important for the steel sports is to be a local resident, and to be genuinely interested and not a flipper, and to be patient and call every few months. A purchase history helps for rare watches like the Pepsi I guess. I got a SD 43 for my 50th, they took note of the date and called me 2 days before ❤… (that was the Rolex store, I waited two years, I had bought a Datejust there). And I signed up for the Darth Vader ceramic Daytona two days after release at Baselworld and got the call a year later although I had no purchase history (I passed 😅). I got a Sub no date from the ZH airport simply by being patient and calling every six months (I waited three years, no purchase history). Again, only locals can buy steel sports and Daytonas, tourists can buy anything else.
Bucherer have a field in their CRM for suspected flippers, they showed it to me.
Also you don't have to be rich but it helps to show that you already have a nice watch as a sign you are not a flipper. Omega Seamaster or JLC or whatever, wear it. They look, they told me. If you have nothing on your wrist, or a digital watch, its a red flag.
Are creepy moustaches a benefit or hindrance to how you're perceived by Rolex ADs?
A 1950s Spiv Moustache, can sell you rationed goods at a very respectable price
F’*k the AD. I put my name down for a Datejust and a Submariner and waited for a year and a half or so and I never got a call even for a basic Datejust. So I went and treated myself to a GMT Master and a Submariner from the grey market. Yes, I paid a bit extra but I would rather do so than to beg some dufus salesperson who seem to think that they’re the next best thing since sliced bread. They don’t get far in life beyond working in retail and rightfully so. I could’ve built a collection with them and bought one almost every year or more, but its their loss. I couldn'tvgive a damn about the extra money it costs me to go grey, at least I get what I want instantly and get treated with respect. Next stop is possibly a Daytona or a Vacheron Constantin Overseas.
100% wrong, in America as of 2020, rich people dress like poor people. Most Americans dress down. Try to fit in. Dressing up and u stand out nowadays.
I need a relationship to the salesan to get a watch? 😂
If I need to invest a relationship to get a watch I would rather have a sugar daddy cuz the watch would be free.
than Rolex isn't worth my money.
All dat MaMaCoo watches sssssoooooooo gorgeous！
Just buy a Casio gshock they look good and tell the time
Is this video supposed to be a joke?
Well this is all Rolex BS.
Im thinking ive seen this before!?
Showing lack of content this week
Rolex is super trite anyways. I would be embarrassed to wear one anymore. many long time collectors and dealers know this. That's why the very aggressive and pretentious, and low class, sales technics. They know the Rolex crash has begun. Thank God. I sold mine years ago. I am not the old fat man who wears way too much cologne and still drives Cadillac.
Clickbait you got me....
How fancy of clothes do you need to wear to walk into the AD? I make good money but don’t particularly care to wear expensive clothes. Will slacks and a nice polo get the job done?
I was in a large city not far from my home and by chance walked into Rolex for the first time, just for a chat and to ask about sizings and fit etc. I was dressed casual, jeans and white polo shirt. I was treated very well, offered champagne and was able to try on and look at any watch I wanted. I was there over an hour and a half. I have shown interest in 2 watches and will see what the future brings.
Your advices are beyond ridiculous. No customer should ever beg for a product. I hope youre not in sales, because you wont make it.
Ilia kvalito ne estas malsupera al tiuj grandaj luksaj varoj. La fortikeco kaj atento al detaloj rivalas kun la originalaj dezajnistsakoj kaj mi ne povas kredi kiom mi ?paris. ?i estas la perfekta akcesora?o por iu ajn moda knabino! Mi certas, ke mi rea?etos iujn aliajn stilojn kaj kolorojn ?amzwatch por kongrui kun miaj vesta?oj kaj ?uoj!
I will never buy Rolex, maybe even Bregetin a dreem, bit not Rolex
What’s a Bregetin?
Its all creepy to me 😂
Yeah if this is real fuck them. If you want it just buy it from somewhere else. like online.
Oops! Super nerd again! Hate this guy!
Get a life!
Like it or not….there’s A LOT of truth here.
Dont buy from them !!