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16 April 2024, 11:21 AM | #1 |
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Can I offer the AD’s salesperson a cash “Tip” on the side for helping me get my watch
what if I offered the sales lady a cash “Tip” of $5k on the side for “Expediting” this process for me. I have no problem with discretely making this offer to her. And that $5k is of course negotiable depending on her needs.
I am looking to purchase a new panda from an AD. I have zero Rolex AD purchase history and refuse to buy products I don’t want or need just to make myself eligible for a Panda. |
16 April 2024, 11:26 AM | #2 |
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Found the link to your cash "tip"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bribery |
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16 April 2024, 11:30 AM | #4 |
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Lol
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16 April 2024, 11:31 AM | #5 |
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Sure, why not?
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16 April 2024, 11:33 AM | #6 |
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Please let us know how this goes.
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16 April 2024, 11:37 AM | #7 | |
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You “refuse to buy products” you don’t want or need but you’ll blow 5K in hopes of greasing the wheels? Ok. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk |
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16 April 2024, 11:44 AM | #8 |
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I think it would be better to just buy the watch that you want from a reputable gray market dealer.
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16 April 2024, 12:34 PM | #9 |
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16 April 2024, 11:47 AM | #10 |
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Sure. Maybe also make an appointment with law enforcement while you're at it.
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16 April 2024, 11:54 AM | #11 |
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Your call but you better hope someone didn't offer her more
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16 April 2024, 10:19 PM | #12 |
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17 April 2024, 04:03 AM | #13 |
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Bribery may also take the form of a secret commission, a profit made by an agent, in the course of his employment, without the knowledge of his principal.
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17 April 2024, 07:01 PM | #14 |
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It's not illegal if you tip them for a nice conversation. But if you say here is $5k, I expect you to have a Panda for me in my next visit, then it's a bribe. And if you don't say that, we'll then. I'm sure you'll be higher on the list, but still years away from getting anything. Just to be clear, I'm no expert. But even if it's not illegal, it sure sounds unfair and unethical to me.
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17 April 2024, 08:30 PM | #15 | |
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The system today is that ADs choose who they want to sell to (as they should be able to do). For high demand watches it is often tied to buying high mark-up jewelry. It's no more unfair or unethical than a private golf club that won't let me just show up and play 9 holes. |
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17 April 2024, 09:23 PM | #16 | |
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16 April 2024, 12:00 PM | #17 |
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A tip is for services rendered, no? What services has she provided? So this is not a tip, but a bribe. Now 5K might be a lot of money to her but I don’t think she would risk it. You should ask her manager if that would be ok.
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16 April 2024, 10:26 PM | #18 | |
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Patrons would pay in advance To Insure Prompt Service, much like the OP hopes to accomplish. |
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16 April 2024, 10:36 PM | #19 |
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My self esteem would prevent me from even envisaging what is basically bribery…. Heck i wouldn’t even bribe someone to get a transplant earlier if I needed one.
If I were the SA i’d ask 1 year in wages upfront to cover myself in case of redundancy, not such measly handout.
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The noun in this sense is from 1755. The term in the sense of "to give a gratuity" first appeared in the 18th century. It derived from an earlier sense of tip, meaning "to give; to hand, pass", which originated in the thieves' cant in the 17th century. This sense may have derived from the 16th-century "tip" meaning "to strike or hit smartly but lightly" (which may have derived from the Low German tippen, "to tap"), but this derivation is "very uncertain". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratuity |
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17 April 2024, 12:52 AM | #21 | |
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16 April 2024, 12:04 PM | #22 |
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You know the answer.
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16 April 2024, 12:47 PM | #25 |
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A $75,000 tip in the form of unwanted jewelry and watches is just the ticket!
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16 April 2024, 01:22 PM | #26 |
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Keep us updated.
Also might want to research how the AD allocation process works.. $5k LOL |
16 April 2024, 01:35 PM | #27 |
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I think you know the answer. You can but not a good idea.
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16 April 2024, 01:37 PM | #28 |
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Wow - was afraid this was serious until I saw his post count - sad times ...
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17 April 2024, 02:44 PM | #29 |
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(Responding to my own post) Genuinely thought that the OP was joking. The posts in this thread have convinced me otherwise. Guess we all have wildly different ways that we value watches.
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