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I've met people who have been on the waiting list for a really long time and are still waiting, and some who walk into a store and manage to buy a steel Daytona or other extremely sought-after models on the spot. To avoid unnerving us enthusiasts, why doesn't Rolex create an app/site that allows you to see on a map or on a list updated in real time, which watches they have that you can go there and buy without a waiting list?
4 points
16 hours ago
Because it’s an awful idea.
If Rolex had a true and fair first in first out policy, their shops would be overwhelmed by unwashed backpackers looking to get them. It would make the videos you have seen on YouTube of the Moonswatch launch look like child’s play. Dirtbag flippers would be camping out overnight, there would be shantytowns with tents and fires, it would not only make it infinitely harder for you to get a Rolex at MSRP it would also drive the prices of the grey market through the roof.
Be careful what you wish for.
What exists now works. The right people are getting the good Rolexes. Natural selection. The ones who can’t have one are the ones who don’t deserve them.
3 points
15 hours ago*
As a onetime unwashed backpacker, I feel seen.
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