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Originally Posted by train-time
It's quite an ordeal! I personally know of a major Northeast US large jeweler with many watch lines that tried for years. In the end they got the AD status, but had to open a separate dedicated location and paid a $400,000 fee to Rolex for the priveledge of selling their product.
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WOW! $400,000.00.
Add that to the "overhead" of salaries, rent, taxes, healthcare, advertising etc that the AD's pay.
This link should be posted (if the $$ amount is true) on every thread about how the AD's are priced too high and you can buy from so and so for less. That is a large investment to make back for any business.
Thanks for the information - I guess my house won't reach AD status anytime soon :-)
-Pete