I happen to like the perforated; however, not at the price. If I'm going to plunk down $2K for a bag, it's going to be either caviar for a daily bag or something like lambskin, or the distressed (calf) on the reissue. I wonder about the durability. There was one on ebay recently and it sure looked to me like there was a rip from hole to a few holes away, although this was not mentioned in the description.
If they were priced less, Chanel might sell more of them, imo. (I suspect refurbishing tears can't be done.)