zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

: Several of the discussions here relating to
: gray market pricing -- and, frankly, some
: "offers" that were made to me
: before I bought my Goldeneye SMP (through an
: AD) -- got me thinking about what a true
: apples-to-apples comparison might look like.
: Here is my thinking....

: > SMP 2531.80 MSRP is $1995.00

: > I've seen at least one AD willing to go
: 66% which is $1316.70

: > Complete service (back to factory spec)
: has been quoted to me at a high of $300.00,
: which comes with a 1-year warranty (OEM
: gives 2 years, but as a practical matter,
: defects show in weeks and months, not
: commonly in year #2 -- unless, and I'm
: asking, someone here has had other
: experience with an Omega watch)

: > Allow $30.00 S&H plus insurance, to/from
: service, and you're w/out your watch for ~30
: days

: > Factor in whatever "false start"
: expenditure you need to allow for (if you're
: like me, every time the watch stopped or
: lost a significant amount of time in a day,
: you'd be in to have someone look at it --
: for a price -- before you finally bit the
: bullet on authorized repair)

: So, for our hypothetical SMP 2531.80 here
: (mint), the absolute highest you'd pay would
: range from $920.00 to $1,020.00, and w/ that
: you'd be "self-insuring" against
: the possibility that warranty-covered work
: would be needed.

: FYI, yesterday I spoke w/ 4 authorized service
: centers here in the U.S. and all told me
: that they could care less about the serial
: number being there or not on the watch. All
: require that you send them the watch before
: they quote you work to be performed and
: price, at no obligation. By implication, it
: seems like you could send a watch out and
: get it back in under 2 weeks, and that this
: process would authenticate an Internet watch
: purchase where the seller could provide no
: documentation. Am I right or wrong on this?

Yeah you need to read what both Seismic Sam and Mickiratt said--you're living in some kind of fantasy world and need to GET REAL dude!--66% discount from an AD--whatever!!!