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8 July 2018, 12:57 PM | #1 |
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Staff discount with a catch
I have a friend who works at AP. I heard from him that he could get me an AP Royal Oak for a hefty discount. However, there is a catch though. The watch will have an engraving with his initials on it. I am looking to get a SS Royal Oak. What would you guys do? Thanks in advance
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8 July 2018, 01:37 PM | #2 |
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Buy it and change your name so the initials match
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Can the initials be polished off? If not then I would pass on the deal.
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Only a good friend would do this and you should have his initials on the back.
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8 July 2018, 03:21 PM | #10 |
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You guys aren’t really taking OP serious, are you? Please review his post history.
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8 July 2018, 04:11 PM | #11 |
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8 July 2018, 09:33 PM | #12 |
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I would think initials would be pretty easy to polish out. I bought a Rolex once with an engraving on the case back and they came right out no problem.
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8 July 2018, 10:41 PM | #14 |
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What about when you come to service and return to AP. Wouldn’t this get your friend into trouble if they thought he had been passing on his staff discounted watches ?
Assume the engraving is to personalise it to him and deter from selling on.
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is It bad when I think of the initials engraved... I associate it with a tramp stamp?
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9 July 2018, 02:22 AM | #16 |
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9 July 2018, 02:23 AM | #17 |
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You brought up a good point. I'll ask about how it works.
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agreed x2.
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I wouldn't do it, I'd pay more and have it pure.
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Better yet... a good friend should change his initials to yours...
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