Thanks, everyone. I feel better now. She said she would fax the order in that evening (Wednesday). Hopefully if BUSA shipped it out be today it will be here by Friday next week (you would think they would spring for 2nd day air or something).
RJRJRJ wrote:
IBTW, your AD having no clue what time frame you should expect is pretty crappy. At least some type of estimate would be nice.
Yeah, I think the salesperson who helped me was not normally one of their Breitling people. They were short staffed because much of their staff (along with everyone else in Seattle) has a cold or the flu right now. She seemed quite surprised that they had such a paltry selection of straps. My guess is that she personally had not had to order a Breitling part before. She was also worried that they might have to have one shipped from Switzerland, although I would have thought a brown strap was a common enough item for BUSA to have in plentiful stock.
RJRJRJ wrote:
Id give your AD a week or so to get it. Otherwise, im sure you have at least another couple ADs in your area, dont you? Vegas is pretty stingy with discounts. One place offered me 10% off a Breitling and she acted like it was a big deal. She kept calling it a "sale."
Unfortunately, there are no other ADs in the Seattle area. You have to go to Porland, OR or Vancouver, BC to find someone else.
That is interesting about the Vegas dealers. Vegas is weird...you either get an insanely good discount, or nothing at all. Probably the dealers in areas popular with wealthy international shoppers know that if they stick to their guns, they will get a sale anyway.
Mofongo