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Old 10 April 2018, 03:57 PM   #1
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2018 Rolex catalog for $400 ?

What am I missing ? Is the world coming to an end ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolex-new-c...53.m1438.l2649
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:15 PM   #2
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It's a Baselworld brochure with the new Pepsi on the front. Whoever buys it will be able to sell it for more later.
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:19 PM   #3
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And I took only two...

Sorry, totaly silly, no one pays this for the catalogue (I hole!).
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:21 PM   #4
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An I took only two...

Sorry, totaly silly, no one pays this for the catalogue (I hole!).
Supply and demand. People pay a couple of hundred bucks for issue one of the Rolex magazine (Daytona issue) and that was much easier to pick up for free, all over the world, a couple of years ago.
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:26 PM   #5
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It's a Baselworld brochure with the new Pepsi on the front. Whoever buys it will be able to sell it for more later.
This looks like standard annual Rolex catalogue which is produced in thousands of copies. Every dealer will get copies. 38 bids for this really surprised me, lol
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:29 PM   #6
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This looks like standard annual Rolex catalogue which is produced in thousands of copies. Every dealer will get copies. 38 bids for this really surprised me, lol

It is the Basel World pice, may be this is the difference?
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:36 PM   #7
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If I see this catalog from the ADs, I will try to get a few!
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Old 10 April 2018, 04:41 PM   #8
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Someone paid 25M for an actors Daytona.

Surprised catalogues aren’t trading in the thousands.
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Old 10 April 2018, 05:02 PM   #9
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Does it mean that I can essentially ask for more money for my now discontinued 2016-2017 catalogue???

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Old 10 April 2018, 05:05 PM   #10
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I see they took the stickers off. :)
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Old 10 April 2018, 05:10 PM   #11
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That is the regular catalog that you will get for free at your AD very soon. The "Basel Catalog" is only a A4 folding brochure with 3 pages.
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Old 10 April 2018, 05:14 PM   #12
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I should have taken home more of them, gnah.
Seriously, each visitor was able to get one from the Rolex booth. There must be x-thousands of them floating around.
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Old 10 April 2018, 05:15 PM   #13
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I can’t wait to read all the “is a Rolex catalogue an investment” threads.
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Old 10 April 2018, 06:00 PM   #14
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That is the regular catalog that you will get for free at your AD very soon. The "Basel Catalog" is only a A4 folding brochure with 3 pages.
In that case I withdraw my statement above.
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Old 10 April 2018, 06:41 PM   #15
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i had at least four. Mailed to me from different AD's. Guess i shouldn't have thrown them away

They were last years though, haven't gotten 2018 catalogue yet.
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Old 10 April 2018, 06:45 PM   #16
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Gonna raid the nearest RSC storeroom and sell for profit
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Old 10 April 2018, 06:57 PM   #17
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People get carried away on eBay. You see it all the time. There’d rather win a bidding war than buy it for half the price from amazon, or in this case free. The mind boggles.
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Old 10 April 2018, 08:55 PM   #18
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So if I pick this book from my AD tomorrow, is it different to this one?.

Is this one special,,limited at Baselworld?
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Old 10 April 2018, 09:01 PM   #19
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... 38 bids for this really surprised me, lol
38 bids but only 2 bidders ...

probably they got excited by the bid and didn't realized how foolish this auction has become.


This exact same catalog will become available from every ad and for free in no more than 2 or 3 weeks ...


One person is happy ... it's the seller
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Old 10 April 2018, 10:03 PM   #20
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Is it safe to look at it?
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Old 10 April 2018, 10:46 PM   #21
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People buy into the hype
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Old 10 April 2018, 10:50 PM   #22
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It's a great investment piece!
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Old 10 April 2018, 10:53 PM   #23
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What am I missing ? Is the world coming to an end ?



https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolex-new-c...53.m1438.l2649


You gotta be kidding me......


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Old 10 April 2018, 10:57 PM   #24
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2018 Rolex catalog for $400 ?

A fool and their money...

I save my AD gifts to give away for free to WIS people here in the forum. I wouldn’t even think about selling a brochure on eBay. I never thought someone would pay for it lol. But I’d rather give it to a TRF member who wanted it.


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Well he must have brought an empty suitcase to Baselworld to have all of these other show chachki’s that he is also selling.

https://m.ebay.com/sch/i.html?isRefi...=1&_mwBanner=1

Sad - the Tudor catalog is only fetching a few dollars.


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Old 10 April 2018, 11:12 PM   #26
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Madness... I just got one FOC from my AD


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Old 10 April 2018, 11:23 PM   #27
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im not sure why Rolex and their network of ADs haven’t offered services yet where customers can mail in stacks of cash, have ADs place the cash into a Rolex branded green cloth bag, Light the whole thing on fire while being recorded on video (you know so they could post to FB or IG).
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Old 11 April 2018, 02:04 AM   #28
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I see they took the stickers off. :)
Dam. That’s too bad. Would be worth a lot more if they didn’t! LOL...
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Old 11 April 2018, 02:54 AM   #29
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I see they took the stickers off. :)
New Rolex policy. Rolex wouldn't let them leave without removing the stickers and embossing their name on the front page.
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Old 11 April 2018, 04:54 AM   #30
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Here is how the real deal looks.





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