Shopmyexchange (AAFES) sale this past weekend!

20% sale going on now.

Thanks for this. I admit to being pleasantly surprised. I was hopeful but didn't expect to see them, at least not this soon.

They are listed at 10% below msrp, which is good these days. 20% comes around every 3 months or so. Every 3 to 6 months they offer new myexchange credit card holders a 15% off on their first purchase. So if you wait for the 15% to apply for the card, you can then delay using the card until the 20% sale is on. This will get the discount down to about 38%, which is probably dealer cost. And there is no reason to feel like you are abusing the system as I spoke with an AAFES customer service person who walked me through the details. If you already have the myexchange card, you can cancel it and reapply 90 days later and it will be treated like a new card, meaning you get the 1st time use credit. But you have to apply when they run the promotion, which is sometimes nothing or only 10%. Pay attention to tge timing. I also spoke to two different customer service people who would tell me when the next credit card promotions were scheduled. But they don't know about the regular sales, as they are scheduled weekly, typically around holidays. As we have seen, they will also drop a 20 % sale randomly for one day. Plus they tend to sell out of stock during the 20% sale.

Bottom line, it is possible to stack up discounts with some planning, luck and patience.

EDIT: just called customer service . In August they have scheduled a 15% first time purchase promotion. Meaning, apply for the card in August when they run the promotion, wait a few weeks for them to send you the card, then wait to use it until they run a 20 % off on Omegas. The weekly sales promotions get updated at midnight Friday so if you think it's a holiday that might have a 20% sale, check the site after midnight and buy it right away. I have seen popular models sell out fast, like black dialed Seamasters and the old speedmasters. These new 3861s will go fast during a sale. Nice thing is they get restocked but you may miss the sale.

Yep. But it's still not bad without the kicker. However, if you can wait, the 3861s will be around for awhile. I worry about the 20% sales though. Not sure how long they have been doing that. Was it Covid that started it, or has it been longer? Maybe other members know. I only started watching AAFES after they allowed vets, which was recent. Still, hard to imagine stopping it anytime soon but it's still a guess unless anyone has more insight.

Good luck to all and happy hunting.

My anecdotal experience is that there have been maybe 6 20 % sales over the last year or so. Some last one day and a couple lasted longer but stock sells out. I don't know how they determine when.

My guess is that there will be more.

The speedmaster is not on the website last i looked but the customer service person said they had 100k in the warehouse stock. Who knows how accurate that is. I suspect they don't have physical inventory but instead plan to sell 100k of speedmasters. Again, just conjecture. High probability that there will be more sales and speedmasters, just infrequent.

Seems AAFES is now selling used Rolex.

Be careful, they are over priced and in poor condition. Kindof sad.

Check AAFES. 20% off Omega but no Speedmasters

20% off the regular, yes, but i think the regular is 10% off?