Going up an average of 5% across the range in UK
You can't buy one anyway so the price increase is irrelevant
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Heard this yesterday, second hand, then supposedly it was confirmed by another person today from a second source - specifically a WoS shop, apparently.
Not having much faith in what some of the bigger chain's staff claim at times, I'm still not certain. Ryan, able to provide any greater detail of the source?
That's my only input unless or until I have anything concrete myself to contribute.
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Last edited by Haywood_Milton; 20th September 2018 at 10:54.
Is this a UK thing? or applicable to other nations too?
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So obviously in light of this news let's all head to our ADs and panic buy lots of Daytonas and Blue Skydwellers :)
Do I recall seeing posts that a lot of watches were available just before/after the price increase last time it happened?
5% will do nothing to make the desirable models more available. It will just make the grey market more expensive.
TZ market value these days seems to be what WF has offered Kash for his his week-old watch minus the £100 that makes it a bargain waiting to be snapped up on SC.
"A man of little significance"
That's quite an increase. I might nip up town and grab a Submariner on my lunch break, you know, to get in before the price hike. Crikey, these things will be going for silly money soon. Maybe pre-owned is the way to go...
Last edited by jimmbob; 20th September 2018 at 11:58.
Be nice to even get a chance to buy one, still waiting for my call.
Yes, most smart people on here realise selling anything below what a dealer would offer is stupid. Let me think, someone can sell to a unknown with potential complications OR a very simple deal with the trade. It is therefore a favour to offer it here at the same price or slightly lower. If YOU don’t like it then go cry about the market, but your chip on your shoulder is misplaced.
Next Time you wish to sell below Trade value (not market value) please let me know, I could do with some bargains.
I think Rolex have given more notice this on this occasion to allow WF to reprice their stock by 10%.
Presumably we are looking at the first £20,000 SS Daytona sometime soon.
No need to get upset about it, you must be a BLNR or most of a Daytona up on your last three Rolex sales on TZ. I'm sure lots of people on here wish they had access to the brand new watches you can buy without having to pay a chunky markup to a blatant profiteer. Besides, isn't my point correct, TZ market rate is about what you supply days old Rolexes at?
"A man of little significance"
We won't truly know until it actually happens. With the best intentions , these things often turn out to be wrong....just read previous threads. No ones fault, it just happens.
Rolex could add 25% to all steel sports models and they would still sell....just look at the current 'grey' market.
Increasing the price is up to Rolex and I am fine with this,the issue is availability of there products...
I'm just a very naughty boy.
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Just had it confirmed from a Rolex AD, Ryan is 100 per cent correct. 5% across the board. I rang up to enquire about a watch and the guy said no more expected delivery’s until December AND a 5% increase. No prior prompting from me. It’s happening guys!
Yep most people would like access to ss, I agree. I’ll let everyone into a secret, buy 20k of jewellery, or gold watches and any ad would help you out. I’ll point you to a few.
Your point is not correct because it has nothing to do with me. So let me correct you, Tz market rate seems to be the trade buy in rate. Makes sense really. Now if you don’t like the trade rate, well that’s your issue.
Last edited by Kash; 20th September 2018 at 14:05.
You cant expect an individual to sell on the forum at a lower price than what is attainable by just selling to the trade. If the trade will pay that much for a watch, its a good buy for the TZer, and still cheaper than anywhere else. Plus, if watches are listed cheaper than trade, the hoovers will snap them up and sell them on anyway.
The chaps above have done a good job and kudos to them / the chap in the trade who emailed me yesterday, but for what it's worth I can now add my own 100% confirmation.
5% increase 1st October.
Haywood
Worth bearing in mind that this is 5% in devalued sterling. More to come.....
Will this include Tudor as well I wonder?
I'm not, I just think it stinks to take advantage of access to desirable watches purely to sell here for profit. If he wasn't buying them to sell on someone else would have a chance to own one. As much as lots of people now think of Rolex as profit lines, some people buy them to wear and keep. Yes, you read that correctly, some people buy Rolexes to wear and not sell on for a quick buck. Look at the OP, for example, how many people has he helped buy discounted watches? If everyone's afraid of helping out people because they'll miss out on a nice profit if they sell to a dealer by mistake then sell the watch at list to the person making the biggest charity fund donation. I appreciate Kash has to fund his £20k of jewellery and expensive watches from somewhere so it may as well be people on TZ willing to buy the watches he buys just to sell.
"A man of little significance"
Tbh people don’t have to buy anything, offering here at trade money is doing someone a favour. You don’t seem to get that. Massive chip on your shoulder. Oh well
In fairness, Foxy, the OP helped members get access to watches that were less desirable and didn’t command a premium on the open market, Omega mostly, if I remember correctly. I bought the Bucherer Tudor from Ryan recently at a price above RRP as he had it underwritten by the trade. That is no different to what you accuse Kash of doing. However, I was happy to pay the premium for the watch, it was a better price than anywhere else, I couldn’t get one at RRP, so I bought it. Everybody was happy.
Confirmed
The increase maybe to do with currency fluctuations and realignment across the EU zone of pricing but as it has been mentioned this may not be last increase.
If the Brexit talks do break up with a no deal announcement, the Euro could take just as big a hit on the markets as the GBP maybe more so, if the markets decide the Euro zone economy’s could be impacted at home and in the export market. Holland for example has been warned to prepare for job losses in the Tens of thousands over a 12 month period if a no deal is announced.
In reality, makes no difference to anyone currently wanting a SS model at RRP from an AD of a price increase, no stock so no sale.
No, I've watched the dynamic of the forum change to being about money and Rolexes. I have a Rolex I bought new five years ago, I have no intention of selling it, it wasn't bought to sell for profit. If people want to scramble over each other to buy brand new watches at vastly inflated prices that's up to them. You don't appear to need the money, surely the definition of doing someone a favour is as I mentioned earlier, selling the watch on at what it cost you plus a chunk of money to stick in the charity fund. By all means sell watches at trade money if you like but you're still profiteering.
"A man of little significance"
Until it happens it’s neither here nor there . Rolex can increase their prices overnight like everyone else . Of course in a real economy where countries rely on their own productivity you wouldn’t need to be at the mercy of a draconian controlled currency and survive by heavy borrowing to hold up a crumbling fiscal system . Once it all goes pop the price of Rolex watches will be immaterial .
Have to admit I agree with Foxy on this one, although I can see both sides of the debate I still find the profiteering distasteful on this forum. The 'doing someone a favour' line doesn`t wash with me, and I`m not impressed by the bragging about how much jewellery has been bought to build the relationship.
If I was of a mind to get involved in the Rolex profit thing, I could've done it myself. I have the time to spend, I have a war chest to fund the buying, I could've bought a couple of watches to move on at a small loss to 'become a good customer'. I could be out there getting on lists and doing whatever's necessary to court favour with a few local ADs. There are good reasons why I didn`t, and I don`t condone it from anyone else.
If I was in the game to make money this way, I`d do it discreetly and sell to trade buyers.......no one would be any the wiser and my hard-earned integrity on this forum would remain intact. OK, wouldn't make quite as much money but it would be worth doing it that way. The trade off between 'doing someone a favour' and being considered as a profiteer wouldn't be worth it, if I was doing it I would expect many to take a dim view and that's why my response is the same. Every time a profiteer secures a watch it denies a genuine buyer the opportunity, lets not forget that.
The whole situation with Rolex supply, prices, and the distorted market is distasteful and unhealthy. The damned things have become far too expensive to make ownership a pleasure thesedays, a further price rise will only make things worse although it may curb some of the 'demand' in the UK. The cheapest Rolex will now be £4K, which is crazy for a basic 3 handed steel watch with no date or complications.
Not wanting to delve too much into the profiteering discussions but Foxy definition of a favour pretty much hits the mark. If you get the watch at RRP and decide it’s not for you then why not pass it on to someone at the price you got, you have got all your money back, nothing lost and done a good deed/favour.
Cannot really see that charging someone over RRP but below WF etc is classed as a favour in my book but maybe I am from an earlier generation and money was not always the driving factor, maybe easier to do and say if you have a booming bank balance but Rolex and Profiteering do seem to be constant bed fellow in today’s marketplace.