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Originally Posted by oldsalt
I'd already bought a BLNR from an AD on Maui HI... walked into the same dealer about six months later (on another holiday) - bought some jewellery for my wife...and nearing the end of the transaction the lovely saleslady produced the Daytona (still in it's plastic coffin) from a drawer and offered me first refusal... I grabbed it with both hands... so I was "in the right place at the right time" plus I had established a rapport with the AD... this particular AD doesn't have a waiting list - they sell as the stock arrives... anyway that's my tale of purchasing my Daytona... and I had been told that I couldn't even get on the waiting list in Melbourne Australia as "it was full up"...needless to say they got quite a shock when I walked in wearing my new watch a few weeks later !!!! 
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Great story! Sometimes it is just being in the right place at the right time.