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Went to a Local Rolex Dealer today….
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spacemission
·Certainly possible. How so?
A dogfight with a starfighter is dangerous.
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gbesq
·A dogfight with a starfighter is dangerous.
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spacemission
·I was just about to say that we need cat photos. That being said, the executive summary: Rolex boutiques have empty display cases (not exactly a newsflash). Some of us think that this is a result of Rolex intentionally limiting production and/or ADs selling inventory out the back door to grey marketers. Some of us think that the shortage is simply the result of unprecedented demand for Rolex watches and that nothing inappropriate is going on here. All of us agree that Rolex makes nice watches.
I agree, rolex makes great watches. And omega too.
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mydeafcat
·Presto is a fanboy for any watch, provided it accurately indicates time for food. (At least I waited until page 4).
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·I'm not sure about that, there are a number of people here that have a bad case of RDS, Rolex Derangement Syndrome, a visceral hatred of all things Rolex.
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JwRosenthal
·My seiko will kick your submariner’s ass in the parking lot for it’s lunch money.
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·And ... that's what I get for listening to your predictions.
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·My wife is a gamer, has been since she was a kid. She has wanted the new PS5 since it came out and it’s the same thing as the Rolex “shortage”. None are to be had at the retail level but if you go online you will find a ton of flippers with deep stock at outrageous prices.
This is our new world economy, a new form of commodity/investment system of buying up all the retail stock of desirable consumer goods and flipping for huge profit. We are seeing the same in the housing market with large corporations buying existing housing stock in large quantities and driving up the market.
It’s a matter of time before this unchecked greed starts affecting necessities of life goods like food and medication…oops, too late.
Has your wife microsoft or nintendo?
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JwRosenthal
·Has your wife microsoft or nintendo?
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spacemission
·Sony PlayStation- she’s a console player.
With her ps consoles is enough. At christmas, give her a xbox. Don't pay extra for a ps5.
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·How are we positive there aren’t Swiss elves that could potentially build more watches?? Santa makes enough toys for the world. Surely this is an artificial shortage intended to keep demand high and prices even higher.
PS. For things like ps5, you can easily track notification websites that alert when inventory replenishes. Was able to score one early. Wish same principles applied to watches, not just Rolex. First come first serve, not spend history.
PS. For things like ps5, you can easily track notification websites that alert when inventory replenishes. Was able to score one early. Wish same principles applied to watches, not just Rolex. First come first serve, not spend history.
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·How are we positive there aren’t Swiss elves that could potentially build more watches?? Santa makes enough toys for the world. Surely this is an artificial shortage intended to keep demand high and prices even higher.
PS. For things like ps5, you can easily track notification websites that alert when inventory replenishes. Was able to score one early. Wish same principles applied to watches, not just Rolex. First come first serve, not spend history.
This question reminds me one of the questions we, engineers, received from an executive managers who was unhappy about the progress of the building of a new manufacturing plant: “Can’t we add more people to the tasks to speed things up?”
As most here I am sure know, such an approach can only work for resource-driven activities… but our answer was more blunt: “We can add as many people as we want, but in the end, there are only so many workers that are useful to weld two pipes together: ONE!. Maybe we should look at the assumptions that were used by (mostly) MBAs to develop the project plan, no?”
Not sure if the Exec liked it (and I understand he was doing his “job”), but my point is: manufacturing is complex and relies on not only workmanship (and we have been reminded that labor laws are strict in CH), but also raw materials, equipment, training, supply chain, processes, etc., but not so much on elves!! 😗
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··schizophrenic pizza orderer and watch collectorSomeone say Seiko Submariner…
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·This question reminds me one of the questions we, engineers, received from an executive managers who was unhappy about the progress of the building of a new manufacturing plant: “Can’t we add more people to the tasks to speed things up?”
As most here I am sure know, such an approach can only work for resource-driven activities… but our answer was more blunt: “We can add as many people as we want, but in the end, there are only so many workers that are useful to weld two pipes together: ONE!. Maybe we should look at the assumptions that were used by (mostly) MBAs to develop the project plan, no?”
Not sure if the Exec liked it (and I understand he was doing his “job”), but my point is: manufacturing is complex and relies on not only workmanship (and we have been reminded that labor laws are strict in CH), but also raw materials, equipment, training, supply chain, processes, etc., but not so much on elves!! 😗
Reminds me of when my clients ask me to provide high-quality for cheap with an absurd timeline.
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·This question reminds me one of the questions we, engineers, received from an executive managers who was unhappy about the progress of the building of a new manufacturing plant: “Can’t we add more people to the tasks to speed things up?”
As most here I am sure know, such an approach can only work for resource-driven activities… but our answer was more blunt: “We can add as many people as we want, but in the end, there are only so many workers that are useful to weld two pipes together: ONE!. Maybe we should look at the assumptions that were used by (mostly) MBAs to develop the project plan, no?”
In my trade this is known as Brooks' Law: "adding manpower [1] to a late software project makes it later"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks's_law
[1] He was writing in the early 1970s...
