Would you rather?

[rolexjackson]

For sure today it would be nice to go try it on plan it and of course buy it


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[Brny11]

Old world. Get rid of all our bandwagon members in it for the status and $. Prior, we bought watches we want at fair prices.

[donas]

Originally Posted by peterp

Today. How boring would be this fourm otherwise...

Absolutely not boring at all! You should have seen it 12-13 years ago when people actually talked about watches on TRF; there was such a wealth of knowledge on here.

[hbombkid]

I say 5-6 years ago. 99% models available for a discount.

I would be happy with the following.

Sale price 20% off.

Then knowing if you ever wanted to sell you would take a little loss buts just part of the game.

[S.Explorer]

Definitely freely available at retail and trading for less than RRP second hand. I'd still buy new.

[S7gpt]

Originally Posted by donas

I'll take yesteryear without a second thought. For those who truly want to own a Rolex for the quality etc of the watch and not as an "investment" or instagram flex why the heck wouldn't you want is below msrp? If for no other reason, it would eliminate 80% of the frivolous threads on TRF now about investing, building "AD relationships", should I buy this watch I don't like because it is offered to me, and the list goes on.

this...

[Michael T]

I would rather have watches freely available at retail and trading for less than msrp on the grey market. While it's nice I have ~$32k in holding gains on three Rolexes, I am also paying an extra ~$500 a year to insure them. I would really like to get an all gold 116508 Daytona, but the days of the gold discount of 20% and not knowing if this bubble will ever burst leaves me on the sidelines.

[Ichiran]

Freely available of course. I would love to buy brand new watches at 20% off.

[Gab27]

I would love to have them more easily available at retail (even if that meant an increase in MSRP) and selling for less on the secondary market.