It won%u2019t work anymore unless u are VVIP, one need to spend rm130-150k for the boutique to promise (no timeframe) to get u a sub..
This are the norms now, pretty terrible for new sport model buyers...
If you have no previous purchase with the AD and your target is only the steel Submariner then yes, you will get put in the same bucket as every other Tom, Dick and Harry
But if you're open to other models then your chances increase considerably. Of course you just need to find the right AD who hasn't already got his stock lined up with the runner.
Any buyer who buys a sport ROLEX model is a potential flipper. Where else do you think all the grey dealers get their stocks from if not flippers/runners?