2017 Summer Sales Dates in Paris
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Certainly, I could not have had an intension either way. But what I intended to type was I never had any intention . . .
He was quite upset. He is not a newbie by any means, as he has attended nearly 50 Hermes soldes over the years! He contended that the cashier had misinterpreted the regulation. He maintained he had planned to split his purchases using three methods of payment (cash, personal check, and credit card) and that he had ready funds for each method. Because they would not allow a split of any sort, he had to choose which one method he would use to pay. He even asked if he could take his "leftover" pieces back to the end of the line to pay another time using another method. And then, a third time with the final method, so he would be able to take home all the items he had selected. They refused his proposal.
That was on Day 1, so I suggested perhaps he could return for Day 2 and Day 3, but he demurred, saying he did not want to spend three days to obtain what he should have been able to buy all at once. I wish I had exchanged contact information with him. He was such a nice gentleman. I think he felt it so unfair that Parisians' purchases were restricted, but foreign visitors could buy more than ten times as much. I agree that seems unfair. What is the basis of this new rule, I wonder. It seems the more people spend money, the better for the economy of their country. But I am not qualified to debate this issue, as I know not the raison d'être.
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Regret can go either way: one can regret they left behind some piece they wish they had taken, or one can regret having taken that one last item!
I would prefer to concentrate on the beautiful pieces you did acquire instead of the one that got away. A coat is a big buy. You have to really love it, even when it is marked down!
I can now report that I did go, and I am feeling considerably better! I wonder if there is a connection . . .
I went again at 4 pm and could not find the queue.... everyone was quite relaxed and they were really nice and helfen about my Change requests. I Decide to keep the foulard as they had No more, so i do not have any information on returns, but they did exchanges a caree that i had Found a stain on in the Hotel. From my experience i have to say that you need to check your items. Out of the various plum paddocks i Found a number with slight thread pulls. Overall i am very happy with my Haul. I was Hoping for the two paddocks i got as i could not get a hold of them in the boutique. And got some unexpected finds. The only thing that was apparently snagged 15 minutes before me was a 140 cm les cles in orange.
Folledesac, we must have stood right next to each other at the silk counter as i saw a Lady with a turquoise bandana!
Furthermore, I seem to have been lucky as my taste must have been in unpopular colorways. So two things i had not taken on wednesday as i wanted to sleep over it were still there, only a petrol caree was gone, leaving the Budget for a tigre bengale that i either did not See on the first day or it was not on display ...
Folledesac, we must have stood right next to each other at the silk counter as i saw a Lady with a turquoise bandana!
Furthermore, I seem to have been lucky as my taste must have been in unpopular colorways. So two things i had not taken on wednesday as i wanted to sleep over it were still there, only a petrol caree was gone, leaving the Budget for a tigre bengale that i either did not See on the first day or it was not on display ...
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I can only guess but I would think the regulation is to control the cash flow / avoid fake notes / be able to track down big money spends to avoid potential financial crimes?
As long as you are local, you would definitely have other sources to make big purchases so technically it doesn't restrict you from buying expensive goods.
Foreigners' limit for paying in cash as 15,000 euros would be for their conveniences since they might not have an easy access to their funds from abroad (although there's almost no barrier these days).
It must have been a mistake by certain people at the cashier, unfortunately. I've used a mixture of payment methods and was not restricted at all. Wonder if he could've not used the credit card alone then but I guess he had a reason that he wanted to combine different methods.
Here sometimes employees know less than customers. So if you are sure of what you're doing, you should firmly claim even if they say no....
They did ask everyone whether they wanted to pay cash or with card and allocated accordingly t different cashier. With people queuing for an hour to pay they probably did not want to take the extra mile to separate purchases to different cashiers in the sake of time.
Limiting cash to foreigners might also be due to money laundering restrictions. At any airport, foreigners carrying large amounts of cash are actually supposed to declare that...
Limiting cash to foreigners might also be due to money laundering restrictions. At any airport, foreigners carrying large amounts of cash are actually supposed to declare that...
Oh that's true. Thanks for pointing that out. Usually, stores can have some cashiers dedicated to 'cards only' and other cashiers take both cash and cards. But I paid a mixture not this time but a couple of years ago (of course the regulation was there already) so I don't know if they changed the rule for not accepting a mixture of methods. This can really be up to the shops although i'd still be a bit surprised that H didn't help splitting the payment...
And yes, money laundering was the word I was looking for.
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stillfaboulous, thank you so much for your Kind words. I wish i would have Seen Blue loafers! I did wear the suedes today for a short time. I was quite surprised that apparently the sale stamp already came off ( I was lucky anyway, as my stamps were discreetly placed inside the shoe - I also saw some flip flops sporting a black stamp on the visible outer side of a while sole ...
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