Panerai AD @ ion...bad experience...

[breitling77]

You should have stepped in and tried. I felt the service was not bad... though I was pissed off when they never contacted me when they were knowing I was keen for some models and events. Anyway, I feel it's ok to go to the boutique to "try" and "see" the watch, but don't buy as the boutique is not giving any discounts, even some old models. If you are buying, should get from standard AD or grey dealers, I think their prices are better. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experiences.

[Paneraii]

You mean Panerai Boutique at ION?

You should have gone into the shop. They are generally nice folks. Maybe they didn't carry it off well when they spotted you outside the display window. And you feel they are 'looking down'

[patrickmaniac]

Maybe they are giving you "space" to browse and check out?
I have spoken to them before and yes sometimes some of them are friendly but can be "atas" as well.
Panerai has more on the waitlist then stocks so the SE can play the "atas" game. Unless you know them personally or buy a lot, then perhaps you will get preferential treatment.

Go to the other AD if you're not happy with them. It's your $ afterall and you're the BOSS!

Hi guys just to share,

There are a few Pam mod that I am interested and wan to put it in my buy-list so I went to the AD at ion to check out more abt e watches and price...

I was there with my wife, when we were outside a shop looking at the display, we have a feelin tt someone is looking at us...
When we look into e shop, there was a couple served by a SE and guess what...the rest of the SE(ard 3-4)in the shop are staring at us...they are giving us the msg "don't come in unless u are buying"...

They are driving us away even before we step into e shop...wtf...I went to Rolex, omega, Cartier AD just to check on their watches and majority of the SE there are friendly and helpful but Panerai's SE??? No offense I like the brand but the ppl there are......if I were to buy a Pam, definitely I will not go back tt plc...

Cheers

[dmdfila]

is panerai brand more prestigous than rolex? or is rolex more famous than panerai? for example . mercedes benz is better than toyota.

[dronell]

e rest of SE doesn't hv any other client to serve.

i was there couple of weeks ago, most of them are friendly... yes it's too many SE for one boutique... normally only 2/3 people, but they have about 5ppl there...

[kt Lim]

Hi guys just to share,

There are a few Pam mod that I am interested and wan to put it in my buy-list so I went to the AD at ion to check out more abt e watches and price...

I was there with my wife, when we were outside a shop looking at the display, we have a feelin tt someone is looking at us...
When we look into e shop, there was a couple served by a SE and guess what...the rest of the SE(ard 3-4)in the shop are staring at us...they are giving us the msg "don't come in unless u are buying"...

They are driving us away even before we step into e shop...wtf...I went to Rolex, omega, Cartier AD just to check on their watches and majority of the SE there are friendly and helpful but Panerai's SE??? No offense I like the brand but the ppl there are......if I were to buy a Pam, definitely I will not go back tt plc...

Cheers