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11 August 2019, 12:32 PM | #31 |
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11 August 2019, 12:33 PM | #32 |
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Top class thread of the day so far.
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11 August 2019, 01:24 PM | #33 |
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The moral is; don’t buy watches in central London. Bond Street for goodness sake. And best avoid chains too. Independents try harder.
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11 August 2019, 04:04 PM | #34 |
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I think the UK is being cleared out of stock by overseas buyers (again) with the recent large fall in GBP.
Not surprised the Bond St staff are like that. No excuse though. Exactly what you would expect in That London*. If you come to the capital (Manchester) people are much friendlier. Note. *London is not really a city. Just a few villages next to each other. |
11 August 2019, 05:11 PM | #35 |
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Actually this is a very real issue.
I have no idea how people could read his breathless wall of text in its entirety (I sure didn't), nor how could people not be informed of the very existence of commas in the first place (it's part of the primary school curriculum - did OP not attend primary school ?). |
11 August 2019, 05:30 PM | #36 | |
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Isn’t it ironic that the op starts a thread about people being rude using some of the language he (?) does. Great example to people reading the forum! |
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11 August 2019, 05:41 PM | #37 |
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I visited both the Mappin and Webb and the Rolex store Bond street in mid July, and the staff were great with me. No watches, though.
Perhaps it's just you. |
11 August 2019, 05:43 PM | #38 |
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Welcome to the 3rd rudest western city in the world
After NYC and Paris |
11 August 2019, 05:49 PM | #39 |
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11 August 2019, 05:50 PM | #40 |
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11 August 2019, 05:53 PM | #41 |
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The person who made the comment lives in the UK so clearly knows that London is on the same island. It’s like an American not knowing that New York was in the USA.
The point was that the post generalised rudeness of “UK ADs” based on a London experience. London is not known for its friendliness, where as head north and in general, things get friendlier the further north you go. Again some generalisations but that’s the general point |
11 August 2019, 05:56 PM | #42 |
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11 August 2019, 05:58 PM | #46 |
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11 August 2019, 06:07 PM | #47 |
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We need to get Krystal on here for her side of the story lol
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11 August 2019, 06:11 PM | #48 |
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you do know we are all going to have to visit there and ask for Krystal
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11 August 2019, 06:32 PM | #49 |
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11 August 2019, 07:49 PM | #50 |
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When on Bond Street, visit Wempe instead. Great service in there.
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11 August 2019, 08:04 PM | #51 |
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From my experience the U.K. dealers have always been very polite and friendly. The one thing that they all stipulate, is they want to sell watches to local people. I agree in principle to this, as it helps to stop flippers going around the country getting all the hard to find pieces.
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11 August 2019, 08:04 PM | #52 |
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Last year l purchased a DSSD Blue 126660 from this Bond Street branch in May
with no buying history with this shop, this was my second Rolex watch l had purchased my first one a SD4K 116600 in 2016 from the WOS in Regents Street. In 2017 l paid a deposit for a DSSD Blue 116600 at the Bond Street boutique and waited and l would like to add that the times l would drop in l always found the staff highly professional especially lvan who was my main point of contact. |
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rudeness,,, My WOS ad are so very nice unlike the above,, |
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11 August 2019, 11:56 PM | #54 |
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If you come to the capital (Manchester) people are much friendlier.
I thought Leeds was the capital! |
12 August 2019, 12:31 AM | #55 |
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I thought that was part of the charm
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12 August 2019, 01:01 AM | #56 |
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omg i cant believe krystal did that to you you really showed her by telling us all about it and then getting your depositback and getting another watch and then not getting anything fron krystal who seems to be a terrible person that i wouldn't ever want to deal with ever never ever enjoy your new rolex and you should go there every day and show kyrstal you have one
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12 August 2019, 01:01 AM | #57 |
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So no one can clarify the ball licking thing?
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12 August 2019, 01:12 AM | #58 |
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I never appreciated what other people now have to do to get a Rolex. Gone are the good ole days when all you had to do was buy the watch out of the AD’s case.
I guess the OP weighed the cost / benefit of paying a grey a premium versus the ‘licking’ and made the choice he made. Not for me, but hey, whatever floats his boat. |
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