AD experiences in London ?

[imranahmed]

I have always enjoyed myself being 'looked down'by various ADs in London. To be fair to them I am always in tourist attire when I visit them. I cannot possibly dress in a suit to honour them.

At Wempe, New Bond Street. There was an Indian guy Sunil Madhvani who greeted me. It was very pleasant but the impression was that I should be honoured to buy from them !! I told the guy come on and get straight. As after he prattled on on about Rolex , I gave him some info on vintage models which I have and heis attitude changed. I told him show me the sports models in their inventory. To be fair he did get some but when I mentioned a discount , I thought he would sink in the ground. Anyhow I did buy a dd for my son and later when he wheeled out the Breitling Navitimer plain with blue leather strap (the one John Travolta wears) I told him no discount or no deal. He reluctantly gave me GBP 50 but when I took out the Amex, he wanted a visa card. I said sorry. I bought these watches in 2007 and with recent price increases cannot complain ! Rolex must be told to educate their dealers in customer relations as when I worked for Exxon we were constantly told that "Customer is King".