Reply With QuoteA lot of time I wish I had the manual abilities to make that change.Originally Posted by johnboy9876
Each year I hate Salesforce and the made up KPIs more.
Good luck to you.
How did the visit go?
A lot of time I wish I had the manual abilities to make that change.
Each year I hate Salesforce and the made up KPIs more.
Good luck to you.
I feel like crying every time I open sales force and it’s not even core to my job. I just feel the pain of those that have KPIs tracked on it.
Loading up your dashboard on a Friday afternoon next to your diary making sure all your meetings are logged wishing you had a real job. Thank god I don’t need to log calls these days. HAY GUISE LETS SEE WHO CAN MAKE THE MOST CALLS BY 12. Please just die. Those were the days.
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This is certainly similar to my experience. Every time I visit my AD (by which I mean the AD I have most spend and interaction with) I've worn a different watch and it has always been a discussion point with the sales guy I deal with.
He may be humouring me but I get the impression he is genuinely into watches. He loved the brown dial of my Mark18 and we have since chatted about my BB58 blue, Speedmaster and Explorer2 on subsequent visits. He did comment that I must be a 'genuine watch nut'. Thus can't be a bad thing if they are looking to sell to enthusiasts rather than flippers.
Really pleasant. They didn't have what I want to try on but I already knew what I wanted and I had been referred by another branch. The store manager who was floating around came over for a nose and he asked if he could try on my watch. I won't say which I wore because I don't want to fan the flames of the KBW's.
Ended up having a coffee, biscuits and conversation with him about what I was looking for, various new releases and the general state of the market/industry.
He had a real interest and WIS levels of knowledge. He gave me the info on how that particular AD allocates watches and said that he's confident I'll get something as I'm not after any of the hottest models (no timescale though obviously).
We'll see how time plays out but either way I left there happy and quite full of biccies.
What’s a KBW?
KBW: Krazy Brain Word.
Shame we don’t know which watch was worn after asking the question in the first place.
“ Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.” HHGTTG
And turns out most of the responders know SFA.
KBW obviously means Keyboard Warrior. As to the 2nd point, I'll assume you're not being serious!
Patek obviously
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Then what an earth was the point of this thread? So you knew the watch you wanted wasn’t in stock and therefore you couldn’t view or try it on let alone buy it, but still asked advice on what you should wear, received some flack, and now won’t enlighten us as to which you decided.
Is it any wonder you get posts like this:
Your insight is stunning.
Why not serious? Only courteous after people bothered replying (even if only to say it didn’t matter).
Good point, some useful replies which I appreciate.
I wore the Smiths, a watch nerds watch. Who knows what difference things like this make but the allocation is not first come first served so I thought a conversation was the best way to go. Does it work, we'll see but I think better than going in with a Rolex on the wrist and a chip on the shoulder...
Thanks! Guessed it was TBH - the one the manager most likely would want to try on.
Because what watch has an impact will be heavily influenced by the AD, the sales person, and many other factors - i.e. there is no correct answer. So, knowing what watch was worn on this occasion, and the response to that, matters very little - personal opinion only, the same as all responses of course.
Accepted on the courtesy point though, having asked the Qs.
I would wear a colourful swatch and a well cut suit.
I walked into an AD with a Magnum in my hand.
I was told I couldn't eat in the shop...
Thanks, I'm here all week.
M
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Last edited by snowman; 30th June 2023 at 19:29.
Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
It’s going to greatly depend on the SA you see. I recently took my Panerai for repair at my local Goldsmith. They are not a big branch and TAG and Tudor are their headliners. The SA was obviously a WIS as he immediately spotted the timefactors watch case I brought the Panerai in and mentioned he owned a Baby Dreadnaught. He complimented the SOH I was wearing and commiserated over the necessity for repairing the Panerai. He then queried what other watches I owned and I mentioned my fan boy stance on Ulysse Nardin, at that he let me know that if I wanted to view any he could get them in store to try as the WoS group was an AD for them.
To say I was blown away by this is an understatement.
Conversely the SA I spoke to when picking the Watch up a month or 2 later was standard mall assistant fodder who knew little and blanked on the UN I was wearing.
So a total lucky dip. Wear what you like.
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Marcello C.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
Sure you would, and there goes any discount you were angling for.
I always wear the last piece “my” AD sold me, simply so they know I haven’t flipped it.
The internal debate of most recent, longest owned, or biggest gains
Going to start to matter a bit less now I think
My wife always wears the white Daytona they sold me and I wear the most recent purchase, and yep agreed re: it’s not going to matter as much but my ‘system’ bagged me a ‘John Mayer’ in the last couple of weeks so it must still count for something for a little while at least I guess.
I’d like to think that if I was a savvy SA I’d suss you out in two mins. regardless of your physical presentation
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Last edited by ALindsay; 30th June 2023 at 19:57.
Definitely helps, shows trust. Getting that YG/Green Daytona after it discontinued wouldn’t have been easy to justify internally.
I'm just very happy that I don't want to buy a Rolex from an AD. I don't want to have to walk into a shop feeling that I need their approval. The other way round suits me a lot better.
I'm led to believe that's something of an understatement. Someone at the AD must actually love Spuds!!!
Especially if it’s a Chinese £60 copy, the AD won’t know it’s a fake and give you some bubbly to get you to buy.
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