Walked into 4 Rolex AD yesterday. This is what I manage to get.
None of the sport model available since 2018.
Even stainless steel Datejust. From 26mm - 41mm . All have to place interest list and wait "the call".
That's why the price of Rolex keep on increasing.
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Walk in customers will be treated simply as that.. you walk in and walk out and into another AD. You know what you're doing. So do the salespeople. So they give you the standard answer politely.
To the salesperson, you're potentially just another person hoping to cash in on the premium market. Buy a model and flip it to a grey dealer for an immediate profit. Who doesn't as the profit is really tempting. The see customers like you everyday. Everyone and his dog now has a blog trying to sell brand new, full set ROLEX watches just bought in Feb2021...
There's no denying a lot of salespeople are giving sports watches to "friends" who sell to grey and split the profits but sooner or later, this practice will be noticed because ROLEX is now requesting IC photo, not just name, for sport models so they probably building a database for who bought what. Only time will tell.
Creating a relationship with an AD is not you walking in there and asking for a steel sport ROLEX delivery date. It's also not about buying watches you don't want from other brands. I guess maybe that's why some people get the watches they want and some people don't.