What was your average spend before you received a Pepsi?

[Rollieboo69]

Dj 41 two tone, blackbay gmt x 2, Cartier tank (3 years to get a BLNR

[Nads786]

Originally Posted by shaunylw

Bought a sub, got a Pepsi a few months later in Orlando Florida from Mayors. Total spend was $10k or whatever the sub cost.


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Originally Posted by the_Hunter

Wife was buying a tennis bracelet with our kids birthstones, I said hey that's a lot of money how about I get a Pepsi for my B day. AD had it for me 5-6 months later (on my birthday)

I think the bracelet was 9-10K and this was 2021

These stories back to back make it really hard to find a path that logically makes sense.

$9K on jewelry + a Pepsi in 6 months is a pretty good deal IMO, especially if you're in the Dallas area.

[TunaTuna]

Just consider these at market price, not retail, and buy second hand. These pieces 99% of the time go to good long term clients, not even new clients after buying a datejust and breitling. You will be waiting forever, sorry to tell you

[htrap2294]

I've spent about $23K with my AD on two different watches before I got the call. They knew I kind of dreamt about one but I never asked them officially to get me one as I told them that they probably have higher priority clients to take care of first.

This particular AD was in a lower population area (Small Urban, 150kish population for the county) and my wait time for the Pepsi was 1 year since I expressed interest. The other two watches they got me in the span of a month or two.

[Nairn1980]

About 60k

[Bill2e]

Originally Posted by 4reRlxGuy

Spend history amounts are much higher in Socal from my experience. I'm at $165k over 2 years and no Pepsi.

Screw that, I hope you wanted everything, if not it want be so much easier to go grey and be done.

[rohada]

12 month wait, $0 previous spend, Raleigh population is about half mil. County is just over a mil. Good luck to you.

[fly4food84]

I’ve bought a Daytona with zero history don’t let AD spend stop you from going down there and saying you’d like to be put on the registry for BLRO. Maybe you’ll wait a month or maybe never, and then at some point you may go grey but if you go grey and get the call after sell one and recoup the premium. I’ve done it with the Daytona.

[Ceriano]

Originally Posted by rohada

12 month wait, $0 previous spend, Raleigh population is about half mil. County is just over a mil. Good luck to you.

Was it from Fink’s? They’re known to sell to their local market.

[Tqmb79]

I got a white gold Daytona ghost and the Pepsi was mine 4 weeks later. Circa late 2019

[Jason Bourne]

I'm not sure if it depends on spending history. Last year I spent more than 70k at my AD and still waiting for BLNR, hopefully this year miracle happens. For SS Daytona I was not even taken on the waitlist because current estimate timeline is 5+ years

[jbert12]

Small urban, around $11k, landed BLRO.


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[rohada]

Originally Posted by Ceriano

Was it from Fink’s? They’re known to sell to their local market.

Yep.

[painexpert]

Originally Posted by wahlberg

how much are you willing to spend to get one? Sometimes it's easier to buy one grey and be done with all those games.

+1

[Hollie_Rollie]

Originally Posted by Halifax Daytona UK

Amended for you

I appreciate your dig and jealousy. However, all diamonds are vastly overpriced and I got 2 things I wanted. I also was recently offered an LV. So one vastly overpriced diamond got me 2 MSRP opportunities.

People are just vastly overpaying for a hyped watch. If they also need a diamond at some point they will also vastly overpay for that as well.


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[Ceriano]

Originally Posted by Hollie_Rollie

I appreciate your dig and jealousy. However, all diamonds are vastly overpriced and I got 2 things I wanted. I also was recently offered an LV. So one vastly overpriced diamond got me 2 MSRP opportunities.

People are just vastly overpaying for a hyped watch. If they also need a diamond at some point they will also vastly overpay for that as well.


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What price range diamond if you don’t mind me asking? Engagement ring?
I was looking at tennis bracelets and the prices are almost double at the local jeweler vs online.

[Nads786]

Just reading the vast range of data points, one thing seems to stand out, if you live in a non-urban area your chances of scoring a Pepsi increase since you aren't competing with other HNW individuals.

If you factor in time, and upper and lower bound of jewelry spend, you could quickly figure out what a Pepsi on the grey market is worth to you.

[jimcameron]

DavidSW

He's got quite the inventory.

as does BOB's

[shaunylw]

Originally Posted by Nads786

These stories back to back make it really hard to find a path that logically makes sense.

$9K on jewelry + a Pepsi in 6 months is a pretty good deal IMO, especially if you're in the Dallas area.

Find someone that has a relationship already, and have them introduce you. My SA called me, because a buddy of mine asked him to. Got a sub basically instantly, and the Pepsi only took a few months because i live in California and the store is in Florida. I called a few weeks before i was headed to Chicago, watch was waiting for me in Florida. Honestly finding someone with an existing relationship is key. If they happen to spend a fortune, that doesn’t hurt lol.


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[juani]

Purchased 14060 2019 at £5750 had call for Blro 2020
weeks after i collected it i still couldn't believe it!

[Watchflair]

Received as a first watch from an AD I had no history with.




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[PandaLover]

Originally Posted by Jason Bourne

I'm not sure if it depends on spending history. Last year I spent more than 70k at my AD and still waiting for BLNR, hopefully this year miracle happens. For SS Daytona I was not even taken on the waitlist because current estimate timeline is 5+ years

Oh my goodness... I hope you get it this year!

[Nads786]

Originally Posted by shaunylw

Find someone that has a relationship already, and have them introduce you. My SA called me, because a buddy of mine asked him to. Got a sub basically instantly, and the Pepsi only took a few months because i live in California and the store is in Florida. I called a few weeks before i was headed to Chicago, watch was waiting for me in Florida. Honestly finding someone with an existing relationship is key. If they happen to spend a fortune, that doesn’t hurt lol.


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This is an excellent point. I now need to find some whale spenders and drift off their wake :)