If you have a store near you, I think it's always best to meet your SA in person at least once.
This is sales, and in sales, you cannot beat that face to face personal relationship. As clients, we buy from SAs we like, SAs that are friendly and helpful. In the same vein, SAs sell to clients they like, clients that are friendly, and dare I say, humble and not demanding (unless you are "super big spender" demanding which they will tolerate).
You can both size each other up when you meet. All SAs size up their client, it's just a fact of sales, so this is not a negative statement. In return, you can also size him up to see if he is sincere and helpful, and if he can be worthy of your long term business.
After you two meet, you can then text/call your SA for any future needs/follow up. Of course, I do realize face to face is not always possible, but if you live near a boutique, I would absolutely go to a store.
The biggest benefit to a face to face meeting is to see how he responds when you ask him to purchase a HP. From his sincerity (or lack of it), you can get a feel if you are truly on a valid wait list, or just a lip-service wait list.
That's just my two cents to share my thoughts. I hope that was helpful.
Good luck to you! I hope you get a HP!
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