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Thoughts On This Rolex Datejust
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rolexfantastic
·Genuine.
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speedbird
·Where are you located? Remember, it is illegal to import a Rolex through the mail into the USA
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JO89
·Located in Texas. I'm assuming it would be a bad idea no matter the price to try and get a watch outside the US?
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speedbird
·Rolex's stance on imports to the US is the problem, not the law. As far as I know, not an issue with any other brand.
Its a special consideration law enforced by the U.S. Customs folks. We discuss it all the time over at TRF. Some folks there have some nasty horror stories about having no money and no watch. Customs won't return the watch to the seller, they just keep it
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!Its a special consideration law enforced by the U.S. Customs folks. We discuss it all the time over at TRF. Some folks there have some nasty horror stories about having no money and no watch. Customs won't return the watch to the seller, they just keep it
We're saying the same thing, I think, in different ways. Rolex has the right, under US intellectual property law, to prevent imports to the US, and Customs enforces that right. Rolex also has the right to allow imports, but for business reasons chooses not to - so it's on them, not the law. Good explanation at the link below, and in a jillion threads on TRF VRF and other watch forums.
http://www.crownandcaliber.com/watches/rolex/how-do-you-import-a-rolex-watch-into-the-united-states/
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citizenrich
·Mate unless you've got a friend who can wear it back for you, you're a bit out of luck due to that idiotic law.
rolex (and, high end LVMH) are among the few European companies who work diligently with our customs people to enforce our trade and copyright infringement laws.
i don't want to bore you or put you to sleep with details but I'm actually an expert in these matters. I'm a former managing partner of a private security company contacted by LVMH as well as a bunch of other Euro and UK luxury goods producers.
neways, in a nutshell: what they do is a blatant slap in the face to the equal protection clause of the US Constitution. What's done and practiced would never survive federal court review and certainly not SCOTUS. Private companies using Federal and local police as private mercenaries to selectively enforce US law is patently unconstitutional...
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFSeizing counterfeit goods I'm all in favour of, and they should definitely be doing it, but seizing legitimate goods because you want to control the local market even after sale is another thing entirely.
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citizenrich
·Seizing counterfeit goods I'm all in favour of, and they should definitely be doing it, but seizing legitimate goods because you want to control the local market even after sale is another thing entirely.
Yes. Basically, Rolex abuses a certain provision of our Lanham Act. I have been told by high level intellectual propert and patent attorneys and US gov't officials that Rolex would have zero chance of "winning" a serious legal challenge to this matter. Their primary problem would be equal protection rights. There or 5 or 6 other legal problems. I'm no attorney, but you can look up Mark Mangan if you want to know one of my sources . What they mean by legitimate is a single individual engaging in an honest transaction. It can't be some grey market dealer who falsely filed customs documents importing 20 watches. The idea that Rolex has ownership of an item lawfully purchased for perpetuity is obscene just on the face of it...
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speedbird
·The angry rolex Doberman came after me over the sale of an EMPTY moon crater box, they can be quite persuasive. Long story but they won
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JimInOz
··Melbourne Australia........The idea that Rolex has ownership of an item lawfully purchased for perpetuity is obscene just on the face of it...
Seems to work for Microsoft.
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