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Originally Posted by GW44
You will note I said “IF”, not when AP announce their plans and IF the Rolex template is one they mirror. And until all the details are known of AP’s plans it’s just speculation.
But I completely agree that if there is a managed, in-house way to stay in the brand and to upgrade it would have real value for collectors…….bit too late for that individual in Taiwan though
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Too late for a lot of people! Getting blacklisted is a real thing and includes other manufactures.
Personally, I think he was rather naive in his thinking about how things would go down. If he really has such great relationships with AP, he should have discussed.
That said, it's perfectly reasonable to take the view that "I paid for it; it's mine; I can do what I want to with it including re-sell it." The only problem with that is that it's just as reasonable one might say for a manufacture to say, "Fine but we're also not selling any more to you." IMHO.