The real problem arises when some people get to pay lower price and some more expensive before both got delivery.
Basically what happened with the ZF? People used to pay the full price and one day later it was discounted by 100$
And yeah, it's shady, very shady, the repgame is a shady business.
You don't owe them anything. The fact that we have a V11 noob submariner is one of the countless cues that shows how hard they are trying to milk us for money, and people even say "thank you" for it.
The 316l vs 904l is another BS marketing mumbo jumbo. Never forget how ZZF had to change its name and become Clean, in order to recover from the reputational damage, since they used to sell 316l watches as 904l.
Sure, never forget that TDs and Factories are 2 different entities, but at the same time some TDs are very close with some factories, to the point that they even meet in person with the respective general managers (as Puretime said and did, with ZF and ARF iirc).
I'm pretty sure that these TDs, who are very close to these factories, would have many connections and communication venues, or even leverage, but OFC they won't exploit them, because the system works fine as it is for them, it's clear and even perfectly understandable that they are trying to make as much profit as possible, so they won't risk damaging their connections for no perceived benefit.
Going back to the topic, any news about possible QCs? I'd love to see some details of the "not" sunken window!
