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Re: Yes, But....
In Response To: Yes, But.... ()

That's one thing I don't like about the watch trade. The watch makers have a pretty sweet deal where by it is the jewelery store that takes the hit if the market won't support the MSRP of the watch. Meanwhile the watch company can just keep charging the dealer the same price and dealers profit margin is sqeezed. Of course the cost will trickle up to the watch maker eventually If demand can't even support the reduced rate but I'll bet they love having that buffer in there

: Keep in mind that with Rolex you typically get
: no discount off the MSRP. With Omega a $4500
: DeVille can be had for $3000 or so from a
: deep-discounting authorized retailer. So,
: even though the MSRPs may be the same, the
: "real world" price of the Omega is
: much less.

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