Great video. Will be avoiding them. I wouldn't be caught dead buying THEM christmas gifts and donuts after spending £50k. Should be the other way around... and then some. Thanks.
I've bought all my Rolex from WOS. I've not had to buy other watches. Did they tell you to spend X amount? If so it probably would have been easier just going grey?
Hi Brendan. Very nice watch. I must say, I am shocked to hear this about Whittles. I've been purchasing from them for years and they've been nothing short of amazing to me and two colleagues. I got my Explorer1 with minimal wait, followed by a no-date Sub and Batman approx 8 months later. Finally got my grail Pepsi not long ago too. Sorry you had a different experience.
@@BrendanBoswell Well I don't want to cause any issues but I've dealt mainly with Rose first, then Laura. Harri has also been brilliant. For a friend's 40th, I know that his wife went in to organise the surprise but secured him a Daytona (he had a very long purchase history, though). You've certainly had a unique experience by the sounds of it!
@@BrendanBoswell Yeah, I feel you, but also let me know if you want me to try and smooth things over. Maybe all parties agree to start again fresh with no more games. I can vouch for you.
Similar to you Brendan, spent 50k with the AD on the so called list for a Batman being on the list now for 8 months. Not sure if I will get this watch also done all the dropping the chocolates off etc. Got a rootbeer within a few months gorgeous watch just don’t wear it. Which would you keep if you had to sell one a rootbeer or the 41mm sub date. Being a subscriber for sometime no beating around the bush with you like the humour 😀👍
Right it is a real bad time to sell, trade up ok selling now no way. I advise you to give the RB a second chance as most people would kill to own it. Just put it on for a week and see if it grows on you.
I am from Bolton, but had a great AD in Nantwich, amazing customer service and one of the best buying experiences of my life, I got a none date sub and was close to a Batgirl, then Rolex striped them of their franchise at the start of this year. They really did not deserve the way they were treated. I am now an orphan, having to start fresh with a new dealership, with no buying history.😢
That would be moodys , I bought a 31mm ladies ,they were useless , couldn't take like out ,they got a local collector to come in who scratched a new watch and still couldnt do it , the manager promised to get me a sub then never rang , when I called in a year later the owner looked at me like I was a shoplifter, never went in again .
Hi Brendan, I have been a client of Preston’s since December 2022 and within 13 months I was offered 5 Rolex watches. I bought 4 of them including a Rootbeer and Starbucks! They are amazing and there’s no silly games. I have also been a client of Goldsmiths in the TC, having bought non Rolex watches and jewellery and have never been offered a Rolex!
I try with dame wait list,the AD speak to me about 8 month waiting,and if i am tired to wait i can buy a lot of rolex in grey market,perhaps not the oyster perpetual 41mm black that i wanted but a 36mm datjust or a datejust 2,we will see..
I won’t play the games at all, the AD is not your friend, I just love the idea of a retail worker snubbing professional and business owns. AD have lost the plot and the buyers even more so. I’d recommend anyone after Rolex to go buy a Speedmaster and a sports car (Lotus Elise/ Exige, 911, Caterham 7, MX5 or GT86) and travel. If you have the funds skip the brand and buy PP, VC, AP and Lange. If not you’re not going to beat the Speedmaster. This is a prime example why you don’t play the AD games, buy your watches at the best price.
I hear a lot of horror story’s about all these AD’s, I must have got lucky with mine Goldsmiths in Birmingham are spot on and really nice people in there a bit like your Preston’s, Glad you got the Batgirl 🦇💁♀️in the end Brendon, such a stunner !!!
Wow! What a story! I am a big believer in what goes around comes around. The lack of transparency in the luxury watch market allows companies to behave in this way. When the hype over luxury watches has completely gone and only genuine collectors are left, our 'friends' in Preston will have what is coming to them.
Wow Brendan you have the watch collecting bug bad . To be fair you have done very well to get four Rolex s in two years especially with what has been going on in the Rolex world. I'm glad to hear that you have a great relationship with your new ad and thanks for telling us fellow collectors your experience in a onist way.so we can compare are experiences with are own ad s great video as usual thanks John 👍
5:50 this so sad 😂. Basically doming them up on your knees for the opportunity to buy a Rolex. I could never comfortably look at my wrist knowing I had to sell my dignity and get on my knees, to a minimum wage store clerk with smeared lipstick named Betty, for the opportunity to maybe buy a Rolex like the begging dog that I am. Lol. Says a lot about a person.
I was about to go to whittles next month and see what the crack is 😅 Thanks for the heads up. I can't wait for the day when all Rolex ADs are set back to the time when all watches are available. They will be giving you free donuts instead of the other way round 😂
Latest videos from hong kong are showing windows full of starbucks well below retail, the party is over and all these dealers who have shit on us for the last 8 years will get a reality check .
I had the same experience with Goldsmiths who I've spent quite a bit of money with in respect of Rolex, Tudor and Longines as well as jewellery and I was not considered for a further purchase from this AD. I managed to purchase my latest Rolex elsewhere without being an existing customer just a walk in and I walked out with the Explorer II with a white dial, result. I certainly will not be spending any more money with Goldsmiths. What watch were you wearing in this video you kept flashing it, it wasn't the yacht master as that was on a oyster bracelet and what you was wearing was on a jubilee. Just curious.
This was a great video of how you got your most beloved piece. It wasn’t a fun experience with wittles, that’s for sure. I’m glad you didn’t let them string you along more…
An insider in the United States suggests that Ad’s there in the past back door supplied to greys at elevated prices hence why nothing was ever available and why prices ramped up sharply. Said situation is starting to shift as greys no longer want to be stuck with stock, some watches are becoming available. Desirable ones still being picked up by AD’s. Love the watches but…
Another brilliant video exposing these pseudo snob retailers. They sell watches FFS, which to 95% of the population is immaterial. Furthermore, most of the people who work in these stores couldn't afford a Tissot, let alone a Rolex but yet they treat customers with contempt. Best watch channel by far. Good luck to you Brendan 👍
Congratulations on the bat girl. I got to say, this is my favourite video of yours, love the honesty and the spontaneity. I have been to both Whittles & Prestons in Wilmslow, I fully agree with your findings. I found Whittles very dismissive, they have a large catchment area, basically everything North of Manchester, so feel they dont need to offer decent customer service.
Fantastic news. I will never show myself in a bucherer or any of these Rolex ad. Thanks I will go to their competition and buy JLC, omega. Bought smp300 and bb41 burgundy this year. Will take my business away from degenerates like these. My experience has been the exactly the same in Klarlund Denmark and bucherer.
I don’t know why people bother with all this AD relationship/spend history bullshit. All I do I is tell the AD what I‘m interested in, if I want it quick, I buy from the grey market and sell the watch later when I get it from the AD. High demand pieces I don’t even bother with at ADs, I go straight to the grey market.
@@BrendanBoswell don't smoke,don't drive flashy cars, no real major debt but to drop £50k in 2 years man my Rolex ad have offered me two bimetal dj41 fluted jubilee,first one with diamonds and a second one steel/ gold said no on both occasions I will not be held to ransom for a fairly basic entry level non sports watch from Rolex plus it is 9300 heading towards the 10k mark , I will soon be out
These AD staff speak to u in a condescending manner, riding on the hype that watches get last few years. It’s gone now, just a reminder , they need ur money to keep their job. I have changed. I used to be gentleman in everything I do. But for watch AD, I am a real prick and remind them where they stand . But don’t me like me , I didn’t get many watches lol A real story - I once watched into an ad , there is no for display sign on the watch, so I asked if it’s for sale and if I could try - he replied not for sale , and gave me that “ lets not waste time here and I am not taking out for u to try” , even tho I said it’s good that I try. So I walked to the Tudor display and saw a Pelagos 39 . So I asked if this is for sale then? He said yes and if I would wanna buy. I replied him “why should I buy from you” ? He was stunned but smiled nevertheless . I am telling u , there’s a lot of me out there with money, and their life next 2 years will be hell . After all, we are watch lovers and we are only the ones who buy 😂
Rolex perpetuates the flipping cycle. I wanted a submariner. I did not want to go on a Rolex journey working my way up through the models to get one nor did I want to get a spend history. Even paying a small premium on the grey is better than having to kiss AD butt and waiting donkeys years to get what you want.
What a silly comment. So, in your world, it's not the fault of the person being offensive. Instead, it's the fault of the person on the receiving end of the offensive behaviour????
@@BrendanBoswell No, just thought a moment longer. Still valid. I hope you build a better relationship with Preston’s and get your desired pieces. I have been lucky, dealt with my AD for Decades. Well before the flipping insanity driven largely by RUclips guys. I get the pieces I want because a lot of business is built on trust, I don’t flip & I don’t shop one dealer against the other around the country and they know that.
new air king is better than the old one but its still a dog shit watch much prefer the 40mm explorer full steel as an entry level professional rolex sports watch
You’ve been a gentleman since day 1. I got your back. I will return after my surgery. In the meantime I have YOU to watch and cheer me up. Perry
Great video. Will be avoiding them. I wouldn't be caught dead buying THEM christmas gifts and donuts after spending £50k. Should be the other way around... and then some. Thanks.
£3 each for a donut is crackers!
I've bought all my Rolex from WOS. I've not had to buy other watches. Did they tell you to spend X amount? If so it probably would have been easier just going grey?
Hi Brendan. Very nice watch. I must say, I am shocked to hear this about Whittles. I've been purchasing from them for years and they've been nothing short of amazing to me and two colleagues. I got my Explorer1 with minimal wait, followed by a no-date Sub and Batman approx 8 months later. Finally got my grail Pepsi not long ago too. Sorry you had a different experience.
You say you got a Pepsi without buying an all gold watch? Who did you get that watch from?
@@BrendanBoswell Well I don't want to cause any issues but I've dealt mainly with Rose first, then Laura. Harri has also been brilliant. For a friend's 40th, I know that his wife went in to organise the surprise but secured him a Daytona (he had a very long purchase history, though). You've certainly had a unique experience by the sounds of it!
I’m glad you had a great experience, I will never go back hopefully they will learn a valuable lesson to treat everyone equally ☘️
@@BrendanBoswell Yeah, I feel you, but also let me know if you want me to try and smooth things over. Maybe all parties agree to start again fresh with no more games. I can vouch for you.
Appreciate you taking the time to offer, No Thanks.
Similar to you Brendan, spent 50k with the AD on the so called list for a Batman being on the list now for 8 months. Not sure if I will get this watch also done all the dropping the chocolates off etc. Got a rootbeer within a few months gorgeous watch just don’t wear it. Which would you keep if you had to sell one a rootbeer or the 41mm sub date. Being a subscriber for sometime no beating around the bush with you like the humour 😀👍
Right it is a real bad time to sell, trade up ok selling now no way. I advise you to give the RB a second chance as most people would kill to own it. Just put it on for a week and see if it grows on you.
@@BrendanBoswell thanks Brendan not desperate to sell had a feeling wrong time personally hold out thanks 👍
Good advice
just purchased my first rolex for my wife the AD experience was brilliant hopefully I'll be getting mine this year a non date sub glad you got yours
I am from Bolton, but had a great AD in Nantwich, amazing customer service and one of the best buying experiences of my life, I got a none date sub and was close to a Batgirl, then Rolex striped them of their franchise at the start of this year. They really did not deserve the way they were treated. I am now an orphan, having to start fresh with a new dealership, with no buying history.😢
Well it’s very clear where you should go next ☘️🫡
That would be moodys , I bought a 31mm ladies ,they were useless , couldn't take like out ,they got a local collector to come in who scratched a new watch and still couldnt do it , the manager promised to get me a sub then never rang , when I called in a year later the owner looked at me like I was a shoplifter, never went in again .
@@jbroughton383 thats a real shame, I had a great experience.
Hi Brendan, I have been a client of Preston’s since December 2022 and within 13 months I was offered 5 Rolex watches. I bought 4 of them including a Rootbeer and Starbucks! They are amazing and there’s no silly games. I have also been a client of Goldsmiths in the TC, having bought non Rolex watches and jewellery and have never been offered a Rolex!
Great Feedback, thanks for sharing ☘️🫡
So pleased you have found a decent AD .👍🙏
Never going to Whittles …..ever! Tx Brendan for the tip off!
☘️🫡
Considering how much you were able and prepared to spend, you could have bought a Pepsi on the grey market and saved a fortune
Love their watches but all this nonsense regarding the AD's and how they prefer to "not sell" watches has really turned me off. Screw them.
There is still good AD’s out there! ☘️🫡
@@BrendanBoswelleven Tudor stores are acting up like this.
That ship sunk into the abyss ☘️
I try with dame wait list,the AD speak to me about 8 month waiting,and if i am tired to wait i can buy a lot of rolex in grey market,perhaps not the oyster perpetual 41mm black that i wanted but a 36mm datjust or a datejust 2,we will see..
I’m a little be confused what exact watch do you want?☘️
Thanks for the great information. B.B. Perry.
Appreciate you Perry!
@@BrendanBoswell it’s quite the reverse. I appreciate you.
I won’t play the games at all, the AD is not your friend, I just love the idea of a retail worker snubbing professional and business owns. AD have lost the plot and the buyers even more so. I’d recommend anyone after Rolex to go buy a Speedmaster and a sports car (Lotus Elise/ Exige, 911, Caterham 7, MX5 or GT86) and travel. If you have the funds skip the brand and buy PP, VC, AP and Lange. If not you’re not going to beat the Speedmaster. This is a prime example why you don’t play the AD games, buy your watches at the best price.
I hear a lot of horror story’s about all these AD’s, I must have got lucky with mine Goldsmiths in Birmingham are spot on and really nice people in there a bit like your Preston’s, Glad you got the Batgirl 🦇💁♀️in the end Brendon, such a stunner !!!
Another brilliantly memorable experience with rolex collecting 😂
Maybe 4 years of therapy too 🤪
Wow! What a story! I am a big believer in what goes around comes around. The lack of transparency in the luxury watch market allows companies to behave in this way. When the hype over luxury watches has completely gone and only genuine collectors are left, our 'friends' in Preston will have what is coming to them.
They should have behaved better, totally agree long term they will be on the wrong side of this. 🫡☘️
Walked in whittles 2 weeks ago... First time. Never have I been made to feel so uncomfortable.
If you don’t want that expensive again reach out to me on instagram
Whittles must be loving their free advertisement
I don’t recall mentioning them as I’m not allowed, it must have slipped out. ☘️
Wow Brendan you have the watch collecting bug bad . To be fair you have done very well to get four Rolex s in two years especially with what has been going on in the Rolex world. I'm glad to hear that you have a great relationship with your new ad and thanks for telling us fellow collectors your experience in a onist way.so we can compare are experiences with are own ad s great video as usual thanks John 👍
Thanks for that! ☘️🫡
5:50 this so sad 😂. Basically doming them up on your knees for the opportunity to buy a Rolex. I could never comfortably look at my wrist knowing I had to sell my dignity and get on my knees, to a minimum wage store clerk with smeared lipstick named Betty, for the opportunity to maybe buy a Rolex like the begging dog that I am. Lol. Says a lot about a person.
It’s sad that you feel the need to be so nasty!
I was about to go to whittles next month and see what the crack is 😅 Thanks for the heads up.
I can't wait for the day when all Rolex ADs are set back to the time when all watches are available. They will be giving you free donuts instead of the other way round 😂
Call Preston’s Today Make An Appointment With Them Tell Them Brendan Sent You! Can’t praise them enough for being so helpful.
Is there a reason you didn’t go to multiple ADs in the beginning to get on multiple lists for long wait time watches? That's what we do in the US
It kinda a small world over here, Not London.
Others have but it’s never been my intention to take a watch from a more deserving person.
Latest videos from hong kong are showing windows full of starbucks well below retail, the party is over and all these dealers who have shit on us for the last 8 years will get a reality check .
Wow the Rolex buying experience is way too complicated for me. I'm glad im not seriously in the market for one!?!
It doesn’t have to be this way but some AD’s need to be taken to task on their old ways! It’s time to change this mindset 🫡☘️
Exposing the Rolex AD world! Go Brenny Go!!!!
Thanks Nick ☘️🫡
Excellent video
Sadly It will do me no good but hopefully it save someone else becoming humiliated by this AD!
I had the same experience with Goldsmiths who I've spent quite a bit of money with in respect of Rolex, Tudor and Longines as well as jewellery and I was not considered for a further purchase from this AD. I managed to purchase my latest Rolex elsewhere without being an existing customer just a walk in and I walked out with the Explorer II with a white dial, result. I certainly will not be spending any more money with Goldsmiths. What watch were you wearing in this video you kept flashing it, it wasn't the yacht master as that was on a oyster bracelet and what you was wearing was on a jubilee. Just curious.
Rolex Bat Girl, Thanks for sharing your experience. ☘️🫡
@@BrendanBoswell very nice is this the watch you were waiting for.
Great retailer Prestons, the Leeds store is the same Brendan.
Appreciate you sharing ☘️🫡
You dropped off chocolates and donuts?! Fucksake that’s sad…
Who mentioned chocolates, go back rewatch and get your facts straight!
I am a star for sticking it out....Anyway Whittles sounds like a candy shop...or a place to buy children's clothing.
This is only channel speaking on behalf of us watch collectors . Everyone else trying to ride the AD bollocks
Enjoy the channel appreciate the heads up son
Thanks for the information. It's refreshing to hear from someone who tells it how it is.
No Problem, Everyone should be treated equally ☘️🫡
Love it mate keep telling the truth
This was a great video of how you got your most beloved piece. It wasn’t a fun experience with wittles, that’s for sure. I’m glad you didn’t let them string you along more…
Thank you so much!
Total respect with your honesty 🇬🇧👍
This behaviour was unfair, it has to stop!
An insider in the United States suggests that Ad’s there in the past back door supplied to greys at elevated prices hence why nothing was ever available and why prices ramped up sharply. Said situation is starting to shift as greys no longer want to be stuck with stock, some watches are becoming available. Desirable ones still being picked up by AD’s. Love the watches but…
Steels are still in high demand over here ☘️🫡
Ok, I'm back with the coffee...you may proceed. Sir.
😂😂😂😂☘️
I would just go Grey market then mate.
I’m sorted now ☘️🫡
@@BrendanBoswell I we do not have many dealers here in the Midwest. I've been trying for a while to get a simple explorer with no luck.
Another brilliant video exposing these pseudo snob retailers. They sell watches FFS, which to 95% of the population is immaterial. Furthermore, most of the people who work in these stores couldn't afford a Tissot, let alone a Rolex but yet they treat customers with contempt.
Best watch channel by far. Good luck to you Brendan 👍
Too kind, much appreciated ☘️🫡
Congratulations on the bat girl.
I got to say, this is my favourite video of yours, love the honesty and the spontaneity.
I have been to both Whittles & Prestons in Wilmslow, I fully agree with your findings. I found Whittles very dismissive, they have a large catchment area, basically everything North of Manchester, so feel they dont need to offer decent customer service.
Great feedback much appreciated ☘️🫡
Offer out an Olive branch…..not a palm leaf mate 😂😂
I may have been day dreaming about a 36 DJ now retired palm dial! ☘️🫡
I'll know where to take my business 👍. Love the videos Honest and Truthful as always 🙌
💯 ☘️🫡
Fantastic news. I will never show myself in a bucherer or any of these Rolex ad.
Thanks I will go to their competition and buy JLC, omega. Bought smp300 and bb41 burgundy this year. Will take my business away from degenerates like these.
My experience has been the exactly the same in Klarlund Denmark and bucherer.
Best of luck! Appreciate you sharing ☘️🫡
Anybody that spends all that money just to get a Rolex, must be totally mad.
Guilty
Aren’t Whittles owned by Beaverbrooks?
Yes ☘️
I don’t know why people bother with all this AD relationship/spend history bullshit. All I do I is tell the AD what I‘m interested in, if I want it quick, I buy from the grey market and sell the watch later when I get it from the AD. High demand pieces I don’t even bother with at ADs, I go straight to the grey market.
£50k in two years
bloody hell bren
im small fry compared to you man
Saving for years, no drinking or smoking helps.
@@BrendanBoswell don't smoke,don't drive flashy cars, no real major debt but to drop £50k in 2 years man
my Rolex ad have offered me two bimetal dj41 fluted jubilee,first one with diamonds and a second one steel/ gold
said no on both occasions
I will not be held to ransom for a fairly basic entry level non sports watch from Rolex
plus it is 9300 heading towards the 10k mark , I will soon be out
These AD staff speak to u in a condescending manner, riding on the hype that watches get last few years. It’s gone now, just a reminder , they need ur money to keep their job. I have changed. I used to be gentleman in everything I do. But for watch AD, I am a real prick and remind them where they stand . But don’t me like me , I didn’t get many watches lol
A real story - I once watched into an ad , there is no for display sign on the watch, so I asked if it’s for sale and if I could try - he replied not for sale , and gave me that “ lets not waste time here and I am not taking out for u to try” , even tho I said it’s good that I try. So I walked to the Tudor display and saw a Pelagos 39 . So I asked if this is for sale then? He said yes and if I would wanna buy. I replied him “why should I buy from you” ? He was stunned but smiled nevertheless . I am telling u , there’s a lot of me out there with money, and their life next 2 years will be hell . After all, we are watch lovers and we are only the ones who buy 😂
Rolex perpetuates the flipping cycle. I wanted a submariner. I did not want to go on a Rolex journey working my way up through the models to get one nor did I want to get a spend history. Even paying a small premium on the grey is better than having to kiss AD butt and waiting donkeys years to get what you want.
fig leaf
☘️😂🫡
You are now getting blacked from all AD’s
I don’t think so! You should be better informed ☘️
It seems your ego doesn't like being challenged. You let them offend you. It sounds like proof Rolex lives in the weak and the wounded
I’m not the one who needs to edit a tiny comment! ☘️
What a silly comment. So, in your world, it's not the fault of the person being offensive. Instead, it's the fault of the person on the receiving end of the offensive behaviour????
Appreciate the support, some people just love to hate it’s a sad part of society. ☘️
@@BrendanBoswell An opinion isnt hate. You seem very fragile. Are you so naive and blinkered to think everyone in this world will love you 24 x7 ?
@@Mtb6752 You can only be offended if you let it offend you. You let your mind's inner citadel be breached.
Stop maintaining these flim flaming cockaroaches go fast red car and CRM Jewelry raffle sketches
2 Years? Newbie. And flipped. And gone shopping elsewhere.
No wonder you have wound Whittles up
This wasn’t what you wrote before!
Keyboard Warrior!
@@BrendanBoswell No, just thought a moment longer. Still valid.
I hope you build a better relationship with Preston’s and get your desired pieces.
I have been lucky, dealt with my AD for Decades. Well before the flipping insanity driven largely by RUclips guys.
I get the pieces I want because a lot of business is built on trust, I don’t flip & I don’t shop one dealer against the other around the country and they know that.
Go back to into the hole you crawled out from!
@@BrendanBoswell 💙
new air king is better than the old one but its still a dog shit watch
much prefer the 40mm explorer full steel as an entry level professional rolex sports watch
I liked it but I honestly felt it needed the original engine turned bezel to finish it off.