AD: “Rolex Sea Dweller 126600 + Tudor” take it or leave situation.

[jinakolis 0]

Hi guys, just a quick one given that this won’t be anything new for most of you.

So I got “the call” yesterday - or in my case, it was a message - f https://nox.tips/ rom an AD about a Sea Dweller “Single Red” being in store for me to look at. Happy as ever - not my dream watch, wears slightly too big on my, nevertheless I am an admirer of the sea dweller - I arrived at the store and was ready to pull the trigger, when the AD told me I had to get a Tudor with the Sea Dweller for the “purchasing history”.

To cut a long story short, I ended up declining the “offer”. I don’t really support ADs forc https://xender.vip/ ing stuff upon us that we don’t like and while obviously remaining in good terms with the salesperson, I did think to myself that I’m not having any of that and not supporting this kind of business being made, anywhere.

What do you guys think? Was this a rare enough watch to get it with the Tudor and pay the extra? I didn’t see the financial incentive unless I sold the Tudor for near to original price. How would you have reacted? Is this still common practice by ADs, or did this one try his/her luck with me?

Thanks guys!!

Edited December 9, 2021 by jinakolis

[SteveA 308]

Tell them to Fuck right off

[fatarms 7,777]

I can't think of another industry off the top of my head that pulls this horse shit.  You would think there would be some avenue for legislation against this.  It's almost become an accepted practice and expected which is criminal.

[NCRich 13,751]

31 minutes ago, fatarms said:

I can't think of another industry off the top of my head that pulls this horse shit.  You would think there would be some avenue for legislation against this.  It's almost become an accepted practice and expected which is criminal.

Its easy.  Don't buy anything.  No way in hell I'd buy anything under those circumstances.

[deju 1,875]

34 minutes ago, fatarms said:

I can't think of another industry off the top of my head that pulls this horse shit.  You would think there would be some avenue for legislation against this.  It's almost become an accepted practice and expected which is criminal.

I’d do the deal then return the Tudor

 

[Philiusmaximus 5,064]

I'd piss on the carpet and throw my shoes at him

[Intresting 21,708]

should have recorded this and put it on YouTube.  You will get a million hits....

[als86 5,278]

That is fairly odd never heard of that before, I probably would have told them to beat it then walked out the door…..googled the Tudor outside to see if I could flip it for a bit more. Then you could think of it as getting money off the SD !

Which Tudor model did they try force you to buy @jinakolis? 

I didn’t think the SD single red had massive wait times I know the SeaDweller 126660 does.

[GingerApple 7,288]

1 hour ago, deju said:

I’d do the deal then return the Tudor

 

That is actually genius.

[tribefan 6,768]

You'd make about 3 grand on the Rolex and lose about 15% on the Tudor, if it is a popular one like the bb58 or heritage.

[judas9r 914]

That boils my piss!

[fatarms 7,777]

13 minutes ago, TheGingerFerret said:

That is actually genius.

Usually the dickbag ADs pulling this sort of shit have thought of this and make the terms of sale for that piece either non-returnable/refundable, or will only offer store credit.

[DonkeyKong 1]

1 hour ago, Philiusmaximus said:

I'd piss on the carpet and throw my shoes at him

Splendid comment Philiusmaximus ... and I could imagine the late great Kenneth Williams taking a similar approach  (one of my fav. funny men actually)

[fatarms 7,777]

1 hour ago, Philiusmaximus said:

I'd piss on the carpet and throw my shoes at him

The AD would probably try to sell you a Hublot on the spot.

[Abe Fromen 1,621]

Wow, I would also buy and then return it or flip it if the one watch was THE one I really wanted. That said, pretty criminal to pull that shit after you've made the trip to see said watch. If he was up front on the phone you could tell him to piss off and hang up. But to make the trouble to get there and then find out that's the deal? I'd be very very displeased. 

[Jero 0]

It's crazy how 15 years ago you could even negotiate a discount with a Rolex AD and now instead you need to go through all this BS to buy one at MSRP

[FunnyStarSystem 7,538]

Wasn't this the plot of Cinderella? "If you want the pretty one you gotta fuck the two ugly broads first".

Maybe I'm confusing my memories of Disney with porn.

[shyreplover 95]

I think the dealer is just trying to get rid of slow moving merchandise buy forcing people to buy bundle on popular merchandise, which is OK if the dealer is willing to give deep discount on the Tudor. That would be a win-win situation where the dealer achieves their sales target and you get great price on your purchase.

It's like our TDs offering $188 noob Panerai daylight w/ a7753 chrono for any watch purchase (which I still regret not taking advantage of it).

[Intresting 21,708]

which model Tudor did the OP have to buy as a bundle?

[RepGuy 108]

Don't most credit card companies have their own return policy on top of the retailer? American Express comes to mind.

Even outside of that, depending on the country/state you may have legal protection related to return windows that supercede any deal you make with the AD. It could potentially let you return the Tudor even if they think they tricked you with their BS contract.