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#526
I have never seen Holiday pendant madness like this. This started in 2020. If you look back on the forum, we just didn't gaf about it much. LOL.
I can understand why VCA is doing it like this and giving people a hard time. People are doing Hermes like things, such as buying to flip!!! Very frustrating. Resellers have really ruined luxury for so many.
 
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#527
Asuki said:
Clients being offered don’t know what it is yet nor do the SAs. Saying yes isn’t a commitment that you have to buy it sight unseen it just helps the boutique allocate pieces when they do come in. Essentially it’s an offer to be first dibs list to buy. So if I say ‘Yes, but I want to see it first’ then my SA will mark me as interested and after release I will get the chance to see it in person then buy or pass. To me this is a reasonable way to manage expectations since last year was such a shambles. And new clients or walk ins will not have a chance to get a HP until sufficient time after release after existing clients have had a chance to see it if there’s any left over.
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Makes sense.
 
#528
Compared to last year when Australia was still in lockdown and I had to commit and send full payment sight unseen a week before release just so my SA could chose a piece for me on release date and ship to me - I still prefer this year’s method even though if there’s a chance I won’t be able to get it.
 
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#532
stephbb9 said:
On the FB Group someone posted that a reseller is already listing this for sale.
Not sure if it’s true but….View attachment 5614498
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As a digital artist, I can tell you that this has been doctored (painted over) and not very well at that. The color is too flat and even across the entire thing and you can see where the artist painted up to the setting and then stopped.

edited to correct grammar and clean the post up.
 
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#535
lizardlife said:
It's a relief to get that clarification, otherwise I would be worried considering how much buzz this piece is generating.
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I’m almost certain someone else also mocked up something similar last year. Before the Purseb** article leak (of the actual 2021 HP), everyone including some VCA SA were saying it was going to be purple porcelain because photos of it were making rounds on social media.
 
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#538
All this talk about submitting customer's names to Paris. I hope this is not the case as there is potential for systematic discrimination. (i.e. similar to job applications where someone named Jane Smith is more likely to be looked upon more favourably that somone name Lily Singh). If that is the case, i hope it is a customer ID number but highly unlikely.
 
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jsmile said:
All this talk about submitting customer's names to Paris. I hope this is not the case as there is potential for systematic discrimination. (i.e. similar to job applications where someone named Jane Smith is more likely to be looked upon more favourably that somone name Lily Singh). If that is the case, i hope it is a customer ID number but highly unlikely.
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I think it would be more along the lines of how much you have spent with VCA but yes I do agree if it were what you mentioned, it would be worrying.
 
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