I have been offered too and all my friends in Hongkong,Singapore, Thailand ,Japan and all my Panerisiti gang too .
Better not to buy it as I feel its like a RUSH,RUSH kind of sales and there is nothing special about it as I am asking for them a photo to be release to me before I buy it.
And its going to be no END to this kind of Sales Gimmicks .
I have too many Panerais in my collection as I prefer to Collect all the Patek or A.P now .
Its kind of a Pressured type of sales as you have to be there in Paris to pay and collect it man.
And now I am in Singapore .
its takes about 12 hours to reach there in Paris .
Its kind of very Stupid marketing just ask all the Customer all over world just to go there and pay and collect it as I used to buy from this store in Paris in the early nineties and they always charge it to you on whatever cards you have and also they will sent it to your door step by EMS too in the early nineties.
Now the BOSS of the store is giving a lot of Excuses like this and that (claiming the accountant cannot agree to this and that   .
If any Panerai's collectors want the watch we need to go to Paris Just to Pay in there store and Collect it,Stupid ideas .
I am still Puzzle why must we go there and Pay since they charge to our cardsand collect it another times.
Guess they NEED the CASH FLOW Man !!!!!!ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been buying watches since in the 70's from all over Europe and I have never had a problem with paying through cards or bank transfer in any of those shops in Europe .
Even my First Class Suite ticket from SQ cost more than the watch .
Cheers
to all my Panerai Collector Bros.
Ciao
Happy Buying .