I jumped into the grey bandwagon and purchased 2 two toned Daytonas. One for the wifey.
The reason was mainly to scratch the itch, and also because of the fact that being a nobody, I would probably need to play the AD game for a good few years, even then, Daytonas are supposedly the hardest to get.
That's the whole purpose of this thread (and so many threads that came before)
And no, my money was hard earned. Down to every single cent.
To each their own. For me, I'm a happy owner of the Rolex. Do I regret the purchase? Nope. But I would likely never buy another Rolex anymore off grey, that's for sure. Itch scratched.
And onto why grey dealers sell, it's just liquidity. Why wouldn't you sell, when you can still get loads of new AD stock over and flip?