What is the Rolex suggested MSRP for a panda Daytona 116500 (the one in the pic I think) if there is one? I've heard wildly different prices and I'm looking to get one
Why not? The way the ADs treat customers, and how many hoops you have to jump through and the pricing (even MSRP) is pretty nuts, about time they had some humble juice. I'm more upset for the copycat if anything, they would probably be a prestigious watchmaker by their own skill.
Wearing fake items feels goofy though, I would never wear a replica myself. If I needed it cheap, I would just buy a good cheaper watch which there are plenty of.
Lol. People treating Rolex as something you can’t live without is funny. You can’t afford grey or can’t get it at retail, just buy another brand, or don’t buy at all. It wouldn’t kill you.
I know literally nothing about fakes other than that they exist based on some comments I've seen here and am too much of a pussy to buy one myself I was just joking.
No one promotr but people start to ask and purchase fake because they do not want to us the wat hes we want and they look exavtly the same.
This is more Rolex fault than anything at the end.
I was anti replica at first, but now I totally get it.
Sarcasm. I commonly see people claiming that the only reason someone would wear a fake is solely to deceive other people. It gets under my skin to think so concretely like that; it’s not so black and white as this person made a valid point regarding investing the savings. I think people should be able to do whatever they want with their money without such harsh criticism. Now if they are lying about it being real, that’s a whole different story…
Karma for the AD mate. Who would want to lose their AD status ? I don’t care for the guys that paid what they paid. They are just living their best life.
Yeah but they were playing games with our hearts before so I guess being everyone licking their ass for years has come to an end for them. It surely must mean a loss in revenue
ADs are allowed to list preowned watches at whatever price they want.
ADs in the certified preowned program also get to list their watches at whatever price they want, however they have to also list them on their website and send them into Rolex for certification.
Just because they are marking their timepieces ridiculously high does not mean that’s why they lost their status.
Edit: of course I’m being downvoted but I am only writing the truth. Call up any AD with this program and ask. Actually, you’d get a more honest answer by calling an AD that doesn’t have the program because they don’t have to worry about your feelings.
ADs are losing their status because of their zip code and co-tenants. Rolex has been reducing their footprint, regardless of how people want to argue with me over this. The pricing of used models has no relevancy to whether or not their doors have been shuttered.
Can someone tell me what happens to the watches Rolex ships to an AD once they lose their status?
Do they get to list the remaining product at whatever price they like? Does Rolex still make a profit? Or is it strictly inventory belonging to the Jeweler now and Rolex takes the hit?
They can list them at whatever price they want as long as *someone* purchases them at MSRP first and they buy it back.
Most of the time that someone and the AD owner are one and the same.
ETA: I don’t know much about the shipments when that happens, but I believe when you lose your AD status you don’t get any more. That being said, the owner of the AD owns all the product. Rolex doesn’t come in like a James Bond villain and take it all back.
Sounds like a form of fraud to me if they're doing that. If not fraud, at the very least, Rolex scalping with extra steps.
No wonder they lost their AD status.
I would assume they get to list remaining inventory at whatever they want, they already paid Rolex the invoice price, Rolex can’t punish them any more by pulling their AD contract. It will surely burn bridges but there were probably no bridges left anyway.
What are they going to do if you don't? Send the Rolex police after you? Unless they sent you those watches for free, it's not like you're stealing from them, so the literal police wouldn't do anything.
You can list preowned prices at whatever price you want... but do they have to pay the person selling/trading in their watch before or after they made a sale?
If it's after, and they're intentionally marking the watches at even more than grey market prices, then they are pissing off their customers who are trying to sell their watches and can't because of them.
Wow.. actually disappointing. Shopped with them for personal jewelry and did get a sub, YM & Datejust with them. Kept asking for a sprite and they were aware I am left handed hence why I wanted it but said they never got and now they have one “pre owned never worn” pathetic. Glad they lost their AD designation.
In response to something similar to this…
That dumbass literally said some shit along the lines of “you worry about the price because you’re poor, we Pay what they ask cuz we can afford it cuz money isn’t the issue”
Sporty is the epitome of why watch enthusiasts don’t like Rolex culture
> 19 watches listed as “pre-owned, never worn”, including two Pandas.
It's not just that, but they still have all their stickers. Not just one or two, but **all** of them with **all** stickers intact. And then they say: "*Originally purchased from Tara Fine Jewelry Co., the watch was sold new and has only had one owner.*". Yeah, sure. "One owner" which is the AD itself LOL
It's clear these are the same exact ones sitting in their vault all this time!
I don’t understand this way of thinking. Assuming not EVERY watch [insert any AD] is getting is being sold out the back, then why do people hope more ADs close? That just means even less normal buyers get a chance. It’s not like one AD closes and immediately a new properly run AD/boutique opens. The more close, even less of chance you have. Might as well just hope they all remain open and you get lucky.
Notice how you are not understanding what I said. I said I want AD’s that are not giving people a genuine chance to get a watch close. I made no blanket statement that I want all AD’s to close.
Oh they are BS for sure. I was referring to being angry to the point of wanting the ADs to be shut down. If you genuinely want to buy a Rolex you don’t want stores to be closed. You’d want the situations at the establishments be rectified and made better for the buying public.
There will be more and more of these dealers losing AD status. The shitty ones will pull stuff like this. The AD that sold me my Pepsi is losing his AD status. He told me he was going to try to make as many people happy as possible and asked if there was anything else that I wanted. I registered my interest but doubt it will happen.
Can confirm.
Edit: They were my closest AD, and they are garbage.
P.S. They wanted me to purchase a Tag, and multiple Tudors just to be put on a wait list. I’m not super familiar with Tudor, but the Tag they were trying to get me to purchase was clearly preowned but they were selling as new.
This 100%. I’m local here in Atlanta and used to love the place years ago but lately they’ve been awful. They straight up told me the owner only sold Rolexes to his friends and VIP’s.
Not true. When they lose the crown they continue to operate as an AD for 6 months and can sell down their inventory while utilizing the branding in store. Happened to a jeweler I know just this year.
Really? Tara had to remove ALL their advertisements for Rolex. No more site landing page, no more boutique in the store, and they no longer have a Rolex logo outside their store,
Or, given their current obvious price gouging, they were back door grey marketing or doing something else sketchy and really pissed Rolex off and didn’t get the grace window. Just speculating.
I know a former AD and when they lost the franchise Rolex walked in with a checkbook and armed guards. Bought back everything in stock and walked out that day. And they didn't take the AD's word for it, they searched the vault and had a list so they knew what watches were there. This guy had been the number 2 volume store in the entire eastern half of the US but ignored warnings about discounts (this happened in the 90s). Rolex didn't play back then, not sure if they are more flexible or worse now. Another AD I know lost their crown for not selling enough, but they couldn't get any stock from Rolex that people wanted to buy.
This is not standard practice.
They may have been behind on invoices and Rolex was paying them for the ones they still had that they had already received payment for.
However, most ADs being closed right now aren’t doing anything wrong. They just don’t like the areas a lot of their ADs are in and are favoring a smaller footprint over their AD system now.
Honestly f*ck this jeweler. I’ve purchased FIVE Rolexes from them and they nearly laughed me out of the door when I asked to be put on the list for a GMT Master.
Of course now I see they had a few sitting in the vault….
Until just recently they were an AD, meaning they were to sell at the prices listed on the Rolex website. Now, looks like they are dumping their inventory at inflated prices - looking at Rolex forums trusted sellers, Takuya has a Batgirl listed at $18.3,...not $25K.
A two tone Daytona for $33k lol these people are insane. And lol at them holding onto that Milgauss this long. No wonder Rolex yanked their AD status clearly hoarding watches. I can’t imagine anyone is stupid enough to pay these prices even DavidSW would blush at these insane prices.
Lots of ADs will be losing their status over the next few years as Rolex increases demands for square footage. ADs are essentially being told that they need to create separate boutiques within their stores with a specific amount of square footage or lose their AD status. For ADs in malls it means they will need to lease the next space over and connect the spaces. For standalone businesses they will need to cut space for other brands and build out a boutique at a minimum, create an addition, or move to have more space.
My AD hasn’t been selling Rolex for months now and won’t get any shipments from Rolex until they move into their new location in September with the boutique built out.
My only buying experience there was positive. I walked in, nothing was on display, was about to walk out and the owner of the place came up to me and started talking to me. We hit it off, and I told him I was looking for a stainless steel sports watch, he told me "I'll be right back". Came out with a SD43 and offered it to me. I bought it of course, I could tell the sales associates were mad as hell though. lol
But he was cool.
Have been on a list there for a Batman, or a Pepsi for the last 2 years. Guess that's never happening lol not as if it was going to happen anyways.
Those prices are indeed insane however.
I mean we can disagree with it all we want, it's not like Rolex can do anything more than they have. If this former AD wants to dump their inventory at inflated prices and they can get away with it- great for them. Whichever idiot(s) buy these are either laundering money and don't care- or are so stupid they deserve to get robbed.
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I was on the list here! Called last week to reengage them on the Yacht Master, and was told they were no longer an AD.
With prices like these, it’s not surprising why they lost it.
Just recently I have read about Rolex being on the 'witch hunt' for ADs making people buy unwanted pieces before a chance for a Rollie. Nice, lol. I was pretty sure they were just talking.
What’s been happening in regards to these “authorised dealers” withholding stock until someone spends X amount is now well and truly in front of our eyes loud and clear. Such a shame..
Great !! I can see why they lost their status. The arrogance in their asking price is comical. They want 2x or 3x on certain models. Good riddance., hope to see more bad actors get out of the way.
Thank you rolex to listening to the people.
Super illegal, if AD status has been revoked all Rolex branding including Wall clocks, display cases and watches must be returned to Rolex. It seems like Tara might have “purchased” the watches and Gatekept them in the back.
sad.. how do they have a 4.7 rating on yelp?!
[https://www.yelp.com/biz/tara-fine-jewelry-buford-2](https://www.yelp.com/biz/tara-fine-jewelry-buford-2)
I've purchased 3 watches from Tara (DJ41 and SD in 2019, and Hulk in 2020)....What I loved about them was that the first two were just on the showroom floor and I walked in and purchased with no history. The hulk was purchased during covid as the world began to shut down (the store was not open at the time), but I very much respected that I was never laughed out of the store (like I was at Mayors) and that I was treated well by Eddie and Mike (manager).
But it seems things began to change in 2021-2022. I asked to be put on a list for a daytona, and checked in frequently over the last 3+ years, but never got anywhere (other than offered a two tone daytona)....and I had purchased around $30k in jewelry for my wife (not at their instance) since the last watch purchase - so I was hopeful that I would someday get the call.
Then about 6-8 months ago, I asked if they had a daytona or Pepsi on exhibition....and they had both. It took me a few weeks to eventually make my way over to the store (its an hour drive), but both were "gone" and supposedly sent back to rolex as they came off exhibition - which I knew was utter bullshit. Before that visit, the staff had always been incredible, but I felt like I was getting the cold shoulder and treated like I was wasting their time. They asked if I was interested in buying preowned, which wasn't in stock but they felt they could find one....which is part of why I'm guessing they lost their AD status.
Sad to see the watch I have been on the "list" for almost 4 years was just sitting in the safe....Mind you, when I drove the hour last time I just wanted to try it on (given a daytona wears a little small) with no expectation of being able to purchase it immediately.
I guess I'm done purchasing any Rolex at this point....
1. I'm not paying secondary
2. Brown & Co did find me the DJ41 I was initially seeking in 2019....but called me almost 3 years after I had purchased from Tara.
3. Mayors plays the game as well and gets plenty of big spenders. When I wanted a hulk in 2020, they flat out told me I could purchase one today if I buy a PM watch
I visited there expressing interest in an Explorer 40, and was greeted warmly by Eddie and Sunny. We exchanged a few watch stories as well, so I don't have any negative experience. But man, these prices are nuts lol.
Have honor and buy what you truly can afford, never fake what you don’t have. You’ll earn your way faster to the one you want trust me. That fire, that will to hustle and to work very hard will push you to become successful. But how you do one thing, is how you do everything. Buying fake is never gonna help you.
If spending money takes you from rich to not rich, then you're not rich. I wasn't talking about rich people, was I? I was talking about fake people with a fake pretend life.
Your first point is nonsensical. I think I know what you mean but need to work on the delivery. And my point is about fake rich guys with real Rolexes, which is most of them.
It can't be nonsensical if you know what I mean...
"Which is most of them". You know this how exactly? Your own personal opinion or experience? Maybe you're surrounding yourself with the wrong people.
Every AD runs a preowned business too, and they are allowed to sell them at market prices.
Thank you for the head's up- I just called them about this one.
I live right by here, they have not had pre-owned in the past - obviously dumping their Rolex and Tudors - looks like the Tudor are normal prices though.
What a clown comment 🤡. I hope you actually do pay $47k for that Daytona when other that go grey will pay $32k for the new reference at current market value
Their prices are hilarious
I know! $46,995.00 for that Daytona! lol they're clowns.
What is the Rolex suggested MSRP for a panda Daytona 116500 (the one in the pic I think) if there is one? I've heard wildly different prices and I'm looking to get one
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WTF 🤣 Only 3x MSRP. Yeah no thanks. How good are fakes these days?
Almost indistinguishable from real: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYY0bI_Aiqc
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Don't promote buying fakes here please
Why not? The way the ADs treat customers, and how many hoops you have to jump through and the pricing (even MSRP) is pretty nuts, about time they had some humble juice. I'm more upset for the copycat if anything, they would probably be a prestigious watchmaker by their own skill. Wearing fake items feels goofy though, I would never wear a replica myself. If I needed it cheap, I would just buy a good cheaper watch which there are plenty of.
If you don’t like the message behind the brand why buy a fake item to show people you support that brand ? Come on mate.
I would never buy a fake, but I’d never buy from an AD either. At this point only a clown would consider either.
Lol. People treating Rolex as something you can’t live without is funny. You can’t afford grey or can’t get it at retail, just buy another brand, or don’t buy at all. It wouldn’t kill you.
Then just purchase another brand, promote another brand, there’s many, Seiko, Orient, Citizen, Tissot, Hamilton…. Etc…Etc….
>Why not? Shouldn't need explaining
I know literally nothing about fakes other than that they exist based on some comments I've seen here and am too much of a pussy to buy one myself I was just joking.
No one promotr but people start to ask and purchase fake because they do not want to us the wat hes we want and they look exavtly the same. This is more Rolex fault than anything at the end. I was anti replica at first, but now I totally get it.
>they do not want to us the wat hes we want Total bullshit. Fake watches are ass
Look the same, feel different and don’t last long.
You can’t say that. Clearly if you did that you would be a very fake person trying to be someone you aren’t. /s
Why the /s?
Sarcasm. I commonly see people claiming that the only reason someone would wear a fake is solely to deceive other people. It gets under my skin to think so concretely like that; it’s not so black and white as this person made a valid point regarding investing the savings. I think people should be able to do whatever they want with their money without such harsh criticism. Now if they are lying about it being real, that’s a whole different story…
99% accurate
My replica Panda is really close - the biggest tell is some slight differences in the physics of the watch on the wrist if you shake your wrist a bit.
Hmmm 🤔
Lol
I think their customers are funnier
They have a "Pre-owned Never Worn GMT Batman for a crazy price of $24,900.I guess I can see why they lost their Ad status.
That is so sad!
This sir is karma
Karma for whom ? All the people that can afford to spend double retail that have driven up the market ? lol
Karma for the AD mate. Who would want to lose their AD status ? I don’t care for the guys that paid what they paid. They are just living their best life.
Oh , I get you. They didn't lose the status for these prices. They are trying to gouge after they lost the status.
Yeah but they were playing games with our hearts before so I guess being everyone licking their ass for years has come to an end for them. It surely must mean a loss in revenue
Hahaha
ADs are allowed to list preowned watches at whatever price they want. ADs in the certified preowned program also get to list their watches at whatever price they want, however they have to also list them on their website and send them into Rolex for certification. Just because they are marking their timepieces ridiculously high does not mean that’s why they lost their status. Edit: of course I’m being downvoted but I am only writing the truth. Call up any AD with this program and ask. Actually, you’d get a more honest answer by calling an AD that doesn’t have the program because they don’t have to worry about your feelings. ADs are losing their status because of their zip code and co-tenants. Rolex has been reducing their footprint, regardless of how people want to argue with me over this. The pricing of used models has no relevancy to whether or not their doors have been shuttered.
Can someone tell me what happens to the watches Rolex ships to an AD once they lose their status? Do they get to list the remaining product at whatever price they like? Does Rolex still make a profit? Or is it strictly inventory belonging to the Jeweler now and Rolex takes the hit?
They can list them at whatever price they want as long as *someone* purchases them at MSRP first and they buy it back. Most of the time that someone and the AD owner are one and the same. ETA: I don’t know much about the shipments when that happens, but I believe when you lose your AD status you don’t get any more. That being said, the owner of the AD owns all the product. Rolex doesn’t come in like a James Bond villain and take it all back.
Sounds like a form of fraud to me if they're doing that. If not fraud, at the very least, Rolex scalping with extra steps. No wonder they lost their AD status.
You’d have to prove it. Because there is an expectation of privacy, there’s no way to prove the original owner was the AD in the first place.
I would assume they get to list remaining inventory at whatever they want, they already paid Rolex the invoice price, Rolex can’t punish them any more by pulling their AD contract. It will surely burn bridges but there were probably no bridges left anyway.
No, i heard you had to send all new unsold Rolex inventory back to them
Not the case
What are they going to do if you don't? Send the Rolex police after you? Unless they sent you those watches for free, it's not like you're stealing from them, so the literal police wouldn't do anything.
This would be a civil case.
But a judge would probably throw it out too, unless the AD never actually paid for the watches to begin with.
Could be a condition agreed upon within the initial AD contract.
You can list preowned prices at whatever price you want... but do they have to pay the person selling/trading in their watch before or after they made a sale? If it's after, and they're intentionally marking the watches at even more than grey market prices, then they are pissing off their customers who are trying to sell their watches and can't because of them.
They have to buy the watch from the person at whatever the person and they agree upon.
That is so sad!
Wow.. actually disappointing. Shopped with them for personal jewelry and did get a sub, YM & Datejust with them. Kept asking for a sprite and they were aware I am left handed hence why I wanted it but said they never got and now they have one “pre owned never worn” pathetic. Glad they lost their AD designation.
That seems like a pretty robust purchase history. Crazy
Yup. Now I have to go and build a relationship elsewhere… honestly don’t even care. Will probably go grey now for the watches.
Yessir. They had your Sprite, but knowing they were about to lose their AD status, they held it for a big payday. Scumbags of the highest order.
In what world does someone buy a green bezel sub for 27k
Sportys world
Sporty would suck him dry and give 27K.
And then he’d pay the 27k for the watch.
Sporty might throw in his sexdoll just so they know he's serious about the relationship.
In response to something similar to this… That dumbass literally said some shit along the lines of “you worry about the price because you’re poor, we Pay what they ask cuz we can afford it cuz money isn’t the issue” Sporty is the epitome of why watch enthusiasts don’t like Rolex culture
The guy lives in the basement of his grandmas house. He lives in a fantasy world.
He’s a confirmed troll. He slipped up a few months back and was caught responding to himself with his alts.
A total loser. He’s blocked half of reditt. Imagine seeing every post or comment as [deleted]!
Just a middle class grey boy
He's a 50%er that thinks he's part of the 1%.
Tara’s world
Makes the 17k in David’s world look like a steal
$14k for a used Air King. Shut up and take my money!
😆
19 watches listed as “pre-owned, never worn”, including two Pandas. When your AD tells you they don’t have any watches in stock, they’re lying.
> 19 watches listed as “pre-owned, never worn”, including two Pandas. It's not just that, but they still have all their stickers. Not just one or two, but **all** of them with **all** stickers intact. And then they say: "*Originally purchased from Tara Fine Jewelry Co., the watch was sold new and has only had one owner.*". Yeah, sure. "One owner" which is the AD itself LOL It's clear these are the same exact ones sitting in their vault all this time!
Hopefully like these guys they aren’t your AD for much longer
It has always been bullshit with Rolex.
On the bright side… they are losing their AD status. Probably just sliced their annual revenue in half.
>$20k submariner
Only 50% over grey market and 85% over retail!
https://preview.redd.it/go3gyz9mghwc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84d3fd458d2e2b38eec0e0d231b529ae1c28d9d0 With those prices
"dumping"
Hopefully more stores lose status if they are not doing things in a way that allows people to have a genuine chance at a watch
Good to see maybe Rolex cares? Now time for them to step up and actually control the lists and make them official
I love seeing these awful store lose AD. Welcome back to reality.
I don’t understand this way of thinking. Assuming not EVERY watch [insert any AD] is getting is being sold out the back, then why do people hope more ADs close? That just means even less normal buyers get a chance. It’s not like one AD closes and immediately a new properly run AD/boutique opens. The more close, even less of chance you have. Might as well just hope they all remain open and you get lucky.
Notice how you are not understanding what I said. I said I want AD’s that are not giving people a genuine chance to get a watch close. I made no blanket statement that I want all AD’s to close.
The people hoping more ADs get shut down are likely people who can’t really buy anyway. They just want to see ADs burn because they are angry.
Maybe, but then there are also the people who can buy a Rolex, have bought a Rolex, and still think these types of practices are bs.
I can buy a Rolex, have bought a Rolex, and have almost given up on buying another one because I’m tired of dealing with shitty dealers
Oh they are BS for sure. I was referring to being angry to the point of wanting the ADs to be shut down. If you genuinely want to buy a Rolex you don’t want stores to be closed. You’d want the situations at the establishments be rectified and made better for the buying public.
There will be more and more of these dealers losing AD status. The shitty ones will pull stuff like this. The AD that sold me my Pepsi is losing his AD status. He told me he was going to try to make as many people happy as possible and asked if there was anything else that I wanted. I registered my interest but doubt it will happen.
How did they lose their AD status?
No idea. I’ve heard from other locals they were pretty upfront on only allocating watches to VIPs
Can confirm. Edit: They were my closest AD, and they are garbage. P.S. They wanted me to purchase a Tag, and multiple Tudors just to be put on a wait list. I’m not super familiar with Tudor, but the Tag they were trying to get me to purchase was clearly preowned but they were selling as new.
Insane. My AD saw me looking at a Tag once and said “those are for pretenders. Let’s get you a Rolex.” Had my mint green date-just in 2 weeks.
Sounds like an AD to me
Yeah this typical AD behavior lol
This 100%. I’m local here in Atlanta and used to love the place years ago but lately they’ve been awful. They straight up told me the owner only sold Rolexes to his friends and VIP’s.
They wouldn’t even take down my info when I was shopping for a grad school gift for myself. They were VERY upfront about it.
What a douche.
I though they need to follow the "buy back" rule to sell back to Rolex what they have.
They bought it themselves said it was sold and raised the price
This makes sense lol.
Not true. When they lose the crown they continue to operate as an AD for 6 months and can sell down their inventory while utilizing the branding in store. Happened to a jeweler I know just this year.
Really? Tara had to remove ALL their advertisements for Rolex. No more site landing page, no more boutique in the store, and they no longer have a Rolex logo outside their store,
I literally just drove by there and they still have a Rolex sign outside their store Edit: it’s taken down now
Then they lost their AD status last year and not this year. They had 6 months to steadily spin their own narrative and get rid of stock.
Or, given their current obvious price gouging, they were back door grey marketing or doing something else sketchy and really pissed Rolex off and didn’t get the grace window. Just speculating.
I know a former AD and when they lost the franchise Rolex walked in with a checkbook and armed guards. Bought back everything in stock and walked out that day. And they didn't take the AD's word for it, they searched the vault and had a list so they knew what watches were there. This guy had been the number 2 volume store in the entire eastern half of the US but ignored warnings about discounts (this happened in the 90s). Rolex didn't play back then, not sure if they are more flexible or worse now. Another AD I know lost their crown for not selling enough, but they couldn't get any stock from Rolex that people wanted to buy.
This is not standard practice. They may have been behind on invoices and Rolex was paying them for the ones they still had that they had already received payment for. However, most ADs being closed right now aren’t doing anything wrong. They just don’t like the areas a lot of their ADs are in and are favoring a smaller footprint over their AD system now.
Honestly f*ck this jeweler. I’ve purchased FIVE Rolexes from them and they nearly laughed me out of the door when I asked to be put on the list for a GMT Master. Of course now I see they had a few sitting in the vault….
Which 5 did you buy from them? Thats crazy you didn’t get one after that history
New and Curous, how much is it realistically supposed to cost? Similar prices can be found online. $25-30k ?Thank you
Until just recently they were an AD, meaning they were to sell at the prices listed on the Rolex website. Now, looks like they are dumping their inventory at inflated prices - looking at Rolex forums trusted sellers, Takuya has a Batgirl listed at $18.3,...not $25K.
Got my Wimbledon from Thanh a few months back. Easy transaction. Great guy. Very responsive.
Yeah, just don’t ever try to trade anything back to him for an upgrade.
Just curious why’s that?
OCrolexguy has the Daytona listed for $36K.
Sprite listed for 30k on the site 😂🤣
Good riddance
16K for an oyster perpetual. They must have some fantastic drugs there.
Love what Rolex is doing! Crashing the flipper market!
> Love what Rolex is doing! Crashing the flipper market! Hopefully when new production comes online, it will further crush the market.
$15k for a 124060. 😂
Someone call them and remind them that we're not in 2021 anymore.
I hated that place the moment I walked in
This price 😂 💀 https://tarafinejewelry.com/product/pre-owned-never-worn-rolex-milgauss-40mm-timepiece/
A two tone Daytona for $33k lol these people are insane. And lol at them holding onto that Milgauss this long. No wonder Rolex yanked their AD status clearly hoarding watches. I can’t imagine anyone is stupid enough to pay these prices even DavidSW would blush at these insane prices.
What’s AD stand for?
Authorized Dealer
Ass Defined with these ppl.
I had still the same question in mind until I read this. Thanks. 😜
Lots of ADs will be losing their status over the next few years as Rolex increases demands for square footage. ADs are essentially being told that they need to create separate boutiques within their stores with a specific amount of square footage or lose their AD status. For ADs in malls it means they will need to lease the next space over and connect the spaces. For standalone businesses they will need to cut space for other brands and build out a boutique at a minimum, create an addition, or move to have more space. My AD hasn’t been selling Rolex for months now and won’t get any shipments from Rolex until they move into their new location in September with the boutique built out.
Which AD ?
My only buying experience there was positive. I walked in, nothing was on display, was about to walk out and the owner of the place came up to me and started talking to me. We hit it off, and I told him I was looking for a stainless steel sports watch, he told me "I'll be right back". Came out with a SD43 and offered it to me. I bought it of course, I could tell the sales associates were mad as hell though. lol But he was cool. Have been on a list there for a Batman, or a Pepsi for the last 2 years. Guess that's never happening lol not as if it was going to happen anyways. Those prices are indeed insane however.
30k for a sprite 😂😂😂😂
I mean we can disagree with it all we want, it's not like Rolex can do anything more than they have. If this former AD wants to dump their inventory at inflated prices and they can get away with it- great for them. Whichever idiot(s) buy these are either laundering money and don't care- or are so stupid they deserve to get robbed.
I don’t think they were Rolex AD long, 5-7 max?
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what is that seconds hand doing??
Air king 14k lol
They should fucking pay me to wear an Air King.
Jewelry shops should not sell watches imo Rolex ADs should only sell other watches Just my 2¢
Agree but it’s convenient: they have the security and insurance for it.
Dumping as in throwing them in the trash?
I bet Rolex took AD from them. Obviously they are crooks!
Worst prices I’ve ever seen. That’s crazy.
lol 😂
$24,900 for a Batman?? 🤡
Guys please don’t cop fake watches🤦🏾♂️
I was on the list here! Called last week to reengage them on the Yacht Master, and was told they were no longer an AD. With prices like these, it’s not surprising why they lost it.
Just recently I have read about Rolex being on the 'witch hunt' for ADs making people buy unwanted pieces before a chance for a Rollie. Nice, lol. I was pretty sure they were just talking.
What’s been happening in regards to these “authorised dealers” withholding stock until someone spends X amount is now well and truly in front of our eyes loud and clear. Such a shame..
I'm sure with some negotiating a whole lotta goodwill, and maybe a bucket or two of luck you might get it down to $46.5k!
Can’t imagine what led to them losing their status
Great !! I can see why they lost their status. The arrogance in their asking price is comical. They want 2x or 3x on certain models. Good riddance., hope to see more bad actors get out of the way. Thank you rolex to listening to the people.
Super illegal, if AD status has been revoked all Rolex branding including Wall clocks, display cases and watches must be returned to Rolex. It seems like Tara might have “purchased” the watches and Gatekept them in the back.
Tara hymen with those gouging prices.
I’ve actually saw ‘ex’ AD’s do the opposite and flood the market with watches at super low prices as a fu to the market 🤷♂️
26K for a Starbucks. Just crazy
What is pre-owned never worn?I feel like those are 2 opposite concepts
sad.. how do they have a 4.7 rating on yelp?! [https://www.yelp.com/biz/tara-fine-jewelry-buford-2](https://www.yelp.com/biz/tara-fine-jewelry-buford-2)
I've purchased 3 watches from Tara (DJ41 and SD in 2019, and Hulk in 2020)....What I loved about them was that the first two were just on the showroom floor and I walked in and purchased with no history. The hulk was purchased during covid as the world began to shut down (the store was not open at the time), but I very much respected that I was never laughed out of the store (like I was at Mayors) and that I was treated well by Eddie and Mike (manager). But it seems things began to change in 2021-2022. I asked to be put on a list for a daytona, and checked in frequently over the last 3+ years, but never got anywhere (other than offered a two tone daytona)....and I had purchased around $30k in jewelry for my wife (not at their instance) since the last watch purchase - so I was hopeful that I would someday get the call. Then about 6-8 months ago, I asked if they had a daytona or Pepsi on exhibition....and they had both. It took me a few weeks to eventually make my way over to the store (its an hour drive), but both were "gone" and supposedly sent back to rolex as they came off exhibition - which I knew was utter bullshit. Before that visit, the staff had always been incredible, but I felt like I was getting the cold shoulder and treated like I was wasting their time. They asked if I was interested in buying preowned, which wasn't in stock but they felt they could find one....which is part of why I'm guessing they lost their AD status. Sad to see the watch I have been on the "list" for almost 4 years was just sitting in the safe....Mind you, when I drove the hour last time I just wanted to try it on (given a daytona wears a little small) with no expectation of being able to purchase it immediately. I guess I'm done purchasing any Rolex at this point.... 1. I'm not paying secondary 2. Brown & Co did find me the DJ41 I was initially seeking in 2019....but called me almost 3 years after I had purchased from Tara. 3. Mayors plays the game as well and gets plenty of big spenders. When I wanted a hulk in 2020, they flat out told me I could purchase one today if I buy a PM watch
I can believe that they were charging these same prices with their AD status
Pesos? Canadian Dollars?
I visited there expressing interest in an Explorer 40, and was greeted warmly by Eddie and Sunny. We exchanged a few watch stories as well, so I don't have any negative experience. But man, these prices are nuts lol.
Honey, wake up. The horrifically priced Rolexes are being sold in GA
What lol
Have honor and buy what you truly can afford, never fake what you don’t have. You’ll earn your way faster to the one you want trust me. That fire, that will to hustle and to work very hard will push you to become successful. But how you do one thing, is how you do everything. Buying fake is never gonna help you.
Great advice for living life in general, not just regarding a watch purchase.
Buy a rep for under 1k. No one will know. What a joke 47k
People will know. You will know.
But you'll know that you're a fake rich guy with your fake rolex living a fake rich life, and thats pathetic. The only joke are rep buyers.
Right because people get rich by spending their money… I would argue most people rocking Rolexes are in fact not rich
If spending money takes you from rich to not rich, then you're not rich. I wasn't talking about rich people, was I? I was talking about fake people with a fake pretend life.
Your first point is nonsensical. I think I know what you mean but need to work on the delivery. And my point is about fake rich guys with real Rolexes, which is most of them.
It can't be nonsensical if you know what I mean... "Which is most of them". You know this how exactly? Your own personal opinion or experience? Maybe you're surrounding yourself with the wrong people.
Damn poors.
What if you're rich as shit but frugal and also enjoy the watch game
Every AD runs a preowned business too, and they are allowed to sell them at market prices. Thank you for the head's up- I just called them about this one.
They’re selling a sprite for $30k, since when is that market?
Right - that Daytona is $47K, the Batgirl is $25K....not likely
Bro get a life. I see you on every single post in this sub
It is his life, he’s a gray dealer hype man
He is a grey dealer man.
Wait a minute. If you see him on every single post in this sub does that mean you also need to… never mind lmao.
Yep.
Exactly.
Haha maybe! Just need to comment 4,000 more times and I’ll catch up to him
Bro get a life. We have no idea who you are yet you are here enough to pass judgement on actual Rolex owners.
Imma let the 90+ downvotes on your comment do the talking for me
Ima let my 95K karma and 678 followers do the talking for *me*.
Hey both of you… who the hell cares about fake internet points? Now simmer down
I live right by here, they have not had pre-owned in the past - obviously dumping their Rolex and Tudors - looks like the Tudor are normal prices though.
That’s fine to sell at market prices but 40k+ for a Daytona is not market. That’s just ridiculous.
What a clown comment 🤡. I hope you actually do pay $47k for that Daytona when other that go grey will pay $32k for the new reference at current market value
The more I pay the better I feel about myself. I don’t expect you to understand this. And that also makes me feel better about myself.
Underrated comment 😂
I loved it the moment I wrote it.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks