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Is it possible that your name is in salesforce client relationship software? Yes. Is it possible you’re on a spreadsheet for that sales associate who is keeping track of people? Yes. Is there an actual waiting list? No. They have the watches. They are in the back. They literally sit around at a meeting and decide if they want to give you one or not. So when you sit around and wonder why you’ve been waiting for a year or five (!) it’s because your sales associate doesn’t remember you or care about you, or the manager doesn’t know or care about you and isn’t compelled by what the sales associate is telling them. So it’s either time to start playing the game or just go grey and move on with your life.

Clarification: the purpose of this post is not troll, but to remind people to not sit back and wait years and get dicked around. So many people post asking what to do as first time buyers (including me!) and the answer is right in front of them. Just pick which door you want to walk through.

And when you get that call, do you tell the other one they were too slow or do you not let them know you’re spreading the love around? Or do you keep your request lists completely separate. If you don’t tell them do you change your request or are you basically just waiting for an allocation at that point to flip?

I’m noticing prices are coming down on the secondary market. Not every model, of course. But I’m seeing explorers come down in price, DJ 36 mm come down as well for both blue and green dials. The spread on 36-41mm is def growing. I also think private sellers aren’t getting the price they want from grey dealers anymore so better pricing is showing up online from private vs pro sellers. Obviously I’m not counting people who put up insane asking price to see if they can get it.

I also heard directly from a Rolex SA that in March and April, he had more people turn down a watch when he called them in the previous 12 months combined. He’s been at his location for 4 years and tracks everything. Obviously that could mean they got the watch already or maybe they got a call for a watch not at the top of their list. But it’s a sign that people aren’t just jumping to buy a watch when they get a call. In a hot market those watches are getting sold even if they’re not on your wishlist or at the top because you’re going to either flip it or two, because you’re that desperate for a watch, you’ll take anything. Also, if you’re a person with no spend and you’re getting the call, chances are a good amount of people passed on it.

I’m in the NYC metro area. Affluent market and that’s the feedback. my guess is the wealthy people at the top are still propping up the expensive goods market and maybe credit is starting to dry up for people who need to stretch to buy these things and they’re starting to make choices between a watch and a car payment or mortgage and vacation…