: The particular dealer I use and give referrals
: to is a very high-volume retailer. He can
: therefore offer a 33% discount because he
: sells TONS of Omegas. On the other hand,
: small jewelry stores that you see in
: shopping malls tend not to discount much, if
: at all, since they don't do a very
: high-volume business and need to make as
: much profit as they can on each and every
: watch they sell. They also have to pay very
: high rent to the company that leases them
: their store space in the mall. Some of these
: stores will offer no discount at all, others
: will offer 10-20%, etc. Typically you do
: have to bargain with these people. It
: depends on how desperate they are for a
: sale. If business is slow and you ask for
: 20% off when they offer 15%, they might
: accept your offer. It's really a matter of
: what they are willing to accept. However,
: here in the US, the only people who actually
: pay full price for an Omega are the people
: who don't do their homework before buying.
I know what you mean Lee. I live in Bolton and if I were to ask for a discount they would laugh at me too. The problem I see here in the UK is that the only authorised dealers tend to be big chain stores in big expensive shopping centres where the sales people just aren't allowed to give discount and the prices are the same in every shop. Maybe in other towns there are smaller independant dealers that you can get to know but unfortunately the watch places i go to tend to be full of young sales people just out of college that you might only see once until they get a better job
