Yesterday I was in an AD and saw a young salesperson wearing a new BLNR

[DLRIDES]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

WTF? They can't get them to sell to customers but the sales team can buy them on their staff discounts?

This was in Birmingham, UK btw.

I’m happy for them ! I’m sure they make FAR less than the average Rolex buyer and probably have the same desires as you.

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Chadridv

Seriously? Best policy for happiness is to not get upset by what others have on their wrists, or have in general.

That said, you know (or at least have provided) no information about this sales person. Maybe he’s been working there for years and got the watch a few years back, maybe it was a gift from someone else, maybe he bought on the secondary market. It doesn’t matter. Worry about yourself, not others.

“Comparison is the thief of joy”
Theodore Roosevelt

I already have a GMT and was there to look at JLC......

[MSchott]

Originally Posted by Hub6152

Wow! That’s an awful lot of assumptions you’re making.

Exactly! This entire thread is about assumptions.

How do we know she wasn’t on a wait list for this model?
How do we know she received a discount?
Why shouldn’t an employee buy a nice model from a brand she sells?

[DLRIDES]

Originally Posted by DP63

A couple of years ago, I think this thread would have been along the lines of "really great to see the sales assistant at my AD wearing a BLNR when I picked up my new (insert Rolex SS here)".

More power to her, she has great taste.

This

[Chadridv]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

I already have a GMT and was there to look at JLC......

So why Are you so upset about it. Enough so to start a thread.

[Tony8959]

On a side note I was talking to my SA at my local AD and he told me the store policy is they’re not allowed to wear hard to obtain sports models to work (was wearing a Sub at the time). I know the owners themselves follow this, as I always see them in a DJ or something similar. I can see the logic in this as it just creates more questions from potential customers when you tell them it’ll be potentially years til they get their piece. Most likely something they don’t want to deal with.

[Rolex Essex]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

WTF? They can't get them to sell to customers but the sales team can buy them on their staff discounts?

This was in Birmingham, UK btw.

A sales lady at WoS wore a Hulk where I purchased my Daytona from.
She got NO discounts and had to wait ages for it just like any other customers.

Also a sales guy at Goldsmiths Lakeside wore a Batman.

So In your opinion, sales people in AD are only allowed to wear DJs.

[jaySL350]

Congrats to the young lady,,

[travisb]

Nothing wrong with that in my eyes.
Most ADs I've been to have staff wearing the product they sell. They too can have an appreciation for the brand.

[supernova]

When I'm in HK, the person serving my coffee wears a Sub LV, the person serving my Big Mac is wearing a BLNR, so what? Anyone is allowed a nice watch, why is it bothering you that much?

And way too many assumptions, how did you know she bought it in that AD? How you know she got a discount? How'd you know she didn't wait 2 years?

As above, congrats to the young lady..

[Uga2007]

I was in an AD not too long ago and the sales associate helping me had on a Panerai. I told him I liked his watch and he replied “oh thanks it’s just my watch for the day do you want to try it on?” I didn’t even have a chance to answer before he took it off and out popped the hang tags from under strap as he handed it over to me. He then pulled another watch out of the case and put it on. Could this have been a similar situation with the BLNR?

[mlb356]

At my AD one of the younger sales associates has a BLNR and I know for a fact that he spent a very long time waiting and saving up for his watch. I don’t see anything wrong with it if it’s the watch he wanted. I’d much prefer the sales associates be passionate about the watches they sell!

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

WTF? They can't get them to sell to customers but the sales team can buy them on their staff discounts?

This was in Birmingham, UK btw.

Sales staff can request an allocation of any Rolex watch to purchase for personal use. Depending on the watch, they can only do it so many times within a defined period.

There is zero staff discount on any SS and most TT professional line watches, and head office decide on who can and cannot be allocated a particular watch.

That's how it works with Aurum Group AD's. Independents will of course have their own policies.

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Chadridv

So why Are you so upset about it. Enough so to start a thread.

I'm not, I was merely surprised at it

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Uga2007

I was in an AD not too long ago and the sales associate helping me had on a Panerai. I told him I liked his watch and he replied “oh thanks it’s just my watch for the day do you want to try it on?” I didn’t even have a chance to answer before he took it off and out popped the hang tags from under strap as he handed it over to me. He then pulled another watch out of the case and put it on. Could this have been a similar situation with the BLNR?

Very interesting! Perhaps a returned stock?

[Rolex addict]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

I'm not, I was merely surprised at it

Sales people at an AD wearing the brand is not surprising.

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Tony8959

On a side note I was talking to my SA at my local AD and he told me the store policy is they’re not allowed to wear hard to obtain sports models to work (was wearing a Sub at the time). I know the owners themselves follow this, as I always see them in a DJ or something similar. I can see the logic in this as it just creates more questions from potential customers when you tell them it’ll be potentially years til they get their piece. Most likely something they don’t want to deal with.

Yep, my thoughts exactly. I would have the same rule if was an AD manager.

[Devildog]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

It was Watches of Switzerland, and it was a woman actually.

In what way is it good advertising? A potential customer asks for a GMT, "Sorry sir, the waitlist is 5 years" Whilst she is wearing a new one herself, doesn't give a good impression.

If you're being told 5 years for a BLNR, they simply don't want your business. In which case its irrelevant.

I know of one salesperson in each of my two local AD's with a white dial and black dial Daytona respectively. Both worked bloody hard for them and are as deserving of their Daytona's as anyone else, and more so than those with an attitude of "entitlement"

[Hub6152]

Originally Posted by supernova

When I'm in HK, the person serving my coffee wears a Sub LV, the person serving my Big Mac is wearing a BLNR, so what? Anyone is allowed a nice watch, why is it bothering you that much?

As an HK PR that’s the one thing that put me off the Crown for a long time - the proliferation of them here being worn by just about everyone!! That was until I became a convert. I work in a watch accessory store and find my customers far more likely to engage with me if I’m wearing one than when wearing a different brand!!

[Ian Macdermott]

Obviously a young lady with good taste, at least she is wearing it and and not rushed out to sell it it on for a quick profit.

[TimeToWatch]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

Yep, my thoughts exactly. I would have the same rule if was an AD manager.

Get over yourself. You seem to have some superiority complex where it’s sacrilege if god forbid some young woman happens to own a watch you can’t find.

No one is entitled to a BLNR or any watch for that matter.

[Zakalwe]

Originally Posted by Uga2007

I was in an AD not too long ago and the sales associate helping me had on a Panerai. I told him I liked his watch and he replied “oh thanks it’s just my watch for the day do you want to try it on?” I didn’t even have a chance to answer before he took it off and out popped the hang tags from under strap as he handed it over to me. He then pulled another watch out of the case and put it on. Could this have been a similar situation with the BLNR?

My AD (same group) politely declined to allow me to even try on a Rolex allocation piece I know they had in the safe, because they don’t get the watch out of the coffin until the customer it’s allocated to comes in. I think that’s fair enough since I expect my watches to come fresh out of the coffin too. I can’t imagine therefore that the watch was anything other than the property of the salesperson.

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Devildog

If you're being told 5 years for a BLNR, they simply don't want your business. In which case its irrelevant.

I know of one salesperson in each of my two local AD's with a white dial and black dial Daytona respectively. Both worked bloody hard for them and are as deserving of their Daytona's as anyone else, and more so than those with an attitude of "entitlement"

omg I never asked for a BLNR I was just making a point..... these forums members just want an argument.

[Watch This]

OP - aren't you the same angry guy from the "Ellen" thread?

[Chadridv]

Originally Posted by mangoseed

I'm not, I was merely surprised at it

That’s all good. Just doesn’t seem like that was the direction you started out in the OP.

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by TimeToWatch

Get over yourself. You seem to have some superiority complex where it’s sacrilege if god forbid some young woman happens to own a watch you can’t find.

No one is entitled to a BLNR or any watch for that matter.

I have a GMT and was looking at JLC, read the thread before making such assumptions

[andrewjb88]

Originally Posted by Uga2007

Could this have been a similar situation with the BLNR?

Nah not with an in demand model

[Uga2007]

Originally Posted by Zakalwe

My AD (same group) politely declined to allow me to even try on a Rolex allocation piece I know they had in the safe, because they don’t get the watch out of the coffin until the customer it’s allocated to comes in. I think that’s fair enough since I expect my watches to come fresh out of the coffin too. I can’t imagine therefore that the watch was anything other than the property of the salesperson.

Yeah true it had to be the sales associate’s watch. Your run of the mill Panerai is much different than a BLNR. I know I’d be a little ticked off if I came into the store to pick up my brand new BLNR I’ve waited 8 months to get and the associate says “here it is” as he/she casually takes it off and hands it to you...

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Uga2007

Yeah true it had to be the sales associate’s watch. Your run of the mill Panerai is much different than a BLNR. I know I’d be a little ticked off if I came into the store to pick up my brand new BLNR I’ve waited 8 months to get and the associate says “here it is” as he/she casually takes it off and hands it to you...

Which is why I suggested it may have been a return stock.

[mangoseed]

Originally Posted by Chadridv

That’s all good. Just doesn’t seem like that was the direction you started out in the OP.

Why? The abbreviation of wtf is never used as an expression of anger, only surprise or confusion.