I've never agreed more with anything lol. Truth. Such a turn off!!! I've heard several people say they don't feel worthy enough to have one. So sad.
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2022 Holiday Pendant
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Maybe the list used all Richemont spending and not just VCA. If it came from corporate they could have included Cartier spending too.
Following your line of reasoning, they would have also included spendings in Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Piaget etc etc. They would be absolute nuts to include any spendings in any brands besides VCA. Plus I spent A LOT in many of the Richmont brands too, including Cartier.
Truthfully, I don’t even like this year’s pendant, but following all of this has been a major turnoff for me. I have zero interest in the brand at the moment and I think it’ll be a long time before I even want to consider another purchase. I don’t like the games at Hermes either. It becomes more and more about the haves and have nots, bragging rights, and too many people getting personally offended.
Luxury goods are not a necessity. It’s a nice to have but come on- all of this over a small amount of metal and a tiny piece of porcelain? Ridiculous.
They'd make so much money during these times, end of the year profits would soar and it could be a mistake for them. Hermes always had this game and now these fashion houses (Chanel & VCA) now just doing it and such a change from last year is just wrong. I have purchased most of my items at VCA NM which closed 4 months ago to a stand alone who just literally opened and so I have zero purchase history at. I was told I do not qualify but on a list in Paris. Mmmmmm. I'm grateful for the holiday pendants I have and was excited for this new one yesterday on the release date, but today I hope they don't call. You almost feel unworthy of it. I'm stronly thinking I would decline the offer. I also hope VCA reads this thread because many others are very upset and disappointed with this luxury brand and will rather shop at Cartier.
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My Neiman Marcus boutique also closed a few months ago and I was a loyal customer there for years, I know how it feels.
I'm so sorry. Exactly like me too. I bought their new astrology Leo pendant and several other items this year. I guess since we didn't shop at their new stand alone store? Crazy!!
FYI- cartier and vca both belong to the same corporate….
I actually met the store manager at the new store and she introduced me to awesome SA there. Purchased several items I could not obtain through NM, but they don’t have records of my previous purchases and it’s not up to my SA to decide.
Okay I just heard something crazy. The friend who helped me purchase the HP last year, she wanted to get the HP this year because she's having a baby boy very soon and love the color. I told her they're only reserved for VIP's and/or established clients with significant spending history, but never hurt to check with the SA. So she texted the SA who helped her last year and was told she's qualified to purchase one! She hasn't bought anything from VCA aside from last year HP and it wasn't even for herself. I don't mean to disclose this info to make anyone feel bad, just wanted to share because of the whole loyal clients/pre-spend qualifiers may not even be the main factors. But sad that's how they're allocating their HP's during such a festive time where it's meant to make their clients feel special and valued, not disgruntled 
Hope VCA realize what they're doing right now is turning some of their loyal clients away and start to release more HP in multiple waves, so people who truly want to own one get one.
Hope VCA realize what they're doing right now is turning some of their loyal clients away and start to release more HP in multiple waves, so people who truly want to own one get one.Are there even VCA resellers? I don’t see how it would be profitable looking at the prices of preloved pieces on FP(Exceptions are discontinued and rare pieces). Also brands like Chanel have tried(still trying) many strategies to curb resellers but they make it harder for regular customers like us to get the things we want but the resellers still manage to get them without any trouble.
With that being said, I can’t believe VCA would get into games like this. I have loved the brand for 6 years for their products/service and they don’t need this hype or games to pull more clients!
I’m fully aware of that and I was responding to the post I quoted that mentioned Cartier spending could have been counted.
It will only drive resale prices higher than now the way they are handling this. Look at birkin and kellys. No matter what they do to try and stop resellers there will always be an after market for it. Plus people change their minds as well.
Yes, there most definitely are VCA resellers. Some well known ones on this forum are on Instagram.
How very exciting for her!!!! I’m so happy to hear this.Okay I just heard something crazy. The friend who helped me purchase the HP last year, she wanted to get the HP this year because she's having a baby boy very soon and love the color. I told her they're only reserved for VIP's and/or established clients with significant spending history, but never hurt to check with the SA. So she texted the SA who helped her last year and was told she's qualified to purchase one! She hasn't bought anything from VCA aside from last year HP and it wasn't even for herself. I don't mean to disclose this info to make anyone feel bad, just wanted to share because of the whole loyal clients/pre-spend qualifiers may not even be the main factors. But sad that's how they're allocating their HP's during such a festive time where it's meant to make their clients feel special and valued, not disgruntled
What country is this in?
From reading everything the past few days here, it sounds like there is no crystal clear rule they are following;
Some clients have been offered the HP but haven’t purchased anything in the past year. Others have spent a significant amount in the last year but were told they do not qualify.
I hope everyone that collects the HP and/or genuinely wants the HP is given the opportunity this year.
My SA told me yesterday I am on her list and she will be in touch when she is able to share more. I only purchased one item from her in the past year.