How Rolex spends our money!

[x5x3]

"The principal focus of the foundation is to support a variety of philanthropic endeavors"

full article here - http://www.slate.com/articles/business/branded/201...

discuss!

[Dominic H]

They could be a little more philanthropic, and stop hiking the prices every five mins. Just a thought...

[x5x3]

very true! would be interesting to see the types of groups/companies/charities they do support with our money!

[RemainAllHoof]

I wouldn't have thought it mattered whether they gave all their profit to Indian orphans or Polish hookers... or just used it for fuel in an open fire. What a private company does with its money is between them and perhaps their share/stakeholders, not their customers.

And it wouldn't change my decision over whether I bought a watch from them or a rival company.

[x5x3]

RemainAllHoof said:

I wouldn't have thought it mattered whether they gave all their profit to Indian orphans or Polish hookers... or just used it for fuel in an open fire. What a private company does with its money is between them and perhaps their share/stakeholders, not their customers.

And it wouldn't change my decision over whether I bought a watch from them or a rival company.

agreed but it makes them a little different to the other "premium" brands out there does it not? Maybe there are other companies with similar goals?

[T_Pot]

if its still your money, is it still their watch?

[x5x3]

T_Pot said:

if its still your money, is it still their watch?

i'm pretty close to giving up on this site - why can't people just comment on the topic - why do they have to try to be such a smartass?

[tuffer]

So long as they keep spending some with me I'm happy