PandaSPUR
·This is why the 'establish a relationship with your OB' recommendation that you hear on OF will often count for nothing. Team members come and go, whole teams are replaced, or the OB permanently closed. My closest OB was San Antonio and although I never bought a watch from them I did buy a few straps and buckles over the years and was on a first name basis with the manager, very friendly staff. Around the first of the year the location closed and no longer appears on Omega's site. They are supposed to be opening an OB in Austin, 90 miles away, but that will have a new team. So the value of paying full price for the 'relationship' in this case? Nil.
Might depend on how much of a "relationship" you've built. I hope i wouldn't be starting from 0 if the entire team at my OB got replaced. At least within the same country, I'm pretty sure your purchase history is visible with other OBs.