Thank you!!Oh wow! Congrats on your upcoming addition to your family! I also finagled an H bag out of DH when we found out we were expecting.(Actually, I purchased for myself, but DH is a very good guardian of the bank account).
Birkin Bag Through American Express Concierge?
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Thanks KC Lam! The last time I went to Shanghai was two years ago - I miss it and should make a trip there soon. So many places to go, but so little vacation time from work
! I need to keep making the $ to support my shopping goals 
uscgirly, forget about Amex....they are hopeless sometime. In these day and age...use Quintessentially. They are really the best for sourcing merchendise...actually they are the best in everything at the moment. The only reason I am still with Amex is because of the discounts they offer if you spend money at their allocated partnerships like The Ritz, Harry Winston etc.
Quite shocked that Amex would do something like that. If they want to offer this kind of service, it'd better be from the boutique not through a dealer. What happens if the reseller sends you a fake bag?
The only place where you can walk in and buy a birkin is Japan. They always have at least one birkin on the shelf.
YES THEY ARE!!!
That is the exact question I was asking myself before I joined Quintessentially. Now, I actually think it is one of the best decision I've made. If Amex have "No Returns" I personally will not buy it from them and pay that hefty premium. You're better off buying the bag from reputable reseller ofcourse, yourself.
Amex is a financial institution expanding their horizon to other department whereas Quintessentially is build to be a concierge institution. There is so many things I can say about this company. Let's just say, my life have been so much easier with them by my side. Holidays are more relaxing and anything out of the ordinary you want, they will provide. Sometime with a price ofcourse, but as one knows, any thing out of the ordinary always comes with a price.
Do you mind telling us what spec is the bag you are looking for?
I'm really considering it now... I've been noticing that Centurion doesn't have that much leverage. For instance, sometimes when we want to make last minute reservations at a busy restaurant, they've been unsuccessful! Thanks for sharing about Quin.YES THEY ARE!!!
If Amex have "No Returns" I personally will not buy it from them and pay that hefty premium. You're better off buying the bag from reputable reseller ofcourse, yourself.
Amex is a financial institution expanding their horizon to other department whereas Quintessentially is build to be a concierge institution. There is so many things I can say about this company. Let's just say, my life have been so much easier with them by my side. Holidays are more relaxing and anything out of the ordinary you want, they will provide. Sometime with a price ofcourse, but as one knows, any thing out of the ordinary always comes with a price.
Do you mind telling us what spec is the bag you are looking for?
As for the bag I'm looking for - I don't think it's too uncommon. BUT I do think it's a combo many first time Hermes buyers are looking for. Black Togo, 35cm Birkin with PHW.
I agree, uscgirly, the concierge could definitely be better - for example, there is a particular restaurant in NYC that I like. Last minute reservations there, through concierge? (I almost always decide at mealtime where I'd like to go, never weeks in advance).
So, concierge has been unsuccessful on this front on several occasions. Which is too bad, since they have a dedicated person to work with that particular restaurant!
On the other hand, they have been helpful in hunting down obscure Hermes items (I don't have time to call stores myself, and this was for a reasonably small item) as well as a camera for my DH that has been sold out everywhere. They also did another favor for me for my upcoming trip to Paris (but we'll see how that pans out!).
So, concierge has been unsuccessful on this front on several occasions. Which is too bad, since they have a dedicated person to work with that particular restaurant!
On the other hand, they have been helpful in hunting down obscure Hermes items (I don't have time to call stores myself, and this was for a reasonably small item) as well as a camera for my DH that has been sold out everywhere. They also did another favor for me for my upcoming trip to Paris (but we'll see how that pans out!).
I hope all goes well & you have a great time in Paris! ~ By any chance, is the NY restaurant you like Peter Luger?
Hi there,
Just would like to add to the concierge story here... I used to work for Ten Lifestyle, which covers many corporate concierge accounts such as Coutts, Barclays, Lloyds, UBS, Vertu and many more. I was dealing with many Birkin enquiries myself and with the H stores it was almost impossible to locate a Birkin. The companies have dealers and they are very reliable in authenticity. However, as someone mentioned earlier, the sales are final, unless there is a serious issue about authenticity, which never happened when I was still there. At Ten, I managed personally about 300 enquiries in the last year re: Birkin bags and now run my own business in premium luxury shopping.
The good side of having a concierge service not only lies in shopping, they are pretty good in other tasks too making ones live easier, so it might be still ok to keep them for other jobs.
I hope this helps.
xxx friendly reminder: no soliciting business on the PF
Warm regards,
Hulya
PS: Congratulations on the bump My best friend had hers 2 months ago and such a bundle of joy!
Just would like to add to the concierge story here... I used to work for Ten Lifestyle, which covers many corporate concierge accounts such as Coutts, Barclays, Lloyds, UBS, Vertu and many more. I was dealing with many Birkin enquiries myself and with the H stores it was almost impossible to locate a Birkin. The companies have dealers and they are very reliable in authenticity. However, as someone mentioned earlier, the sales are final, unless there is a serious issue about authenticity, which never happened when I was still there. At Ten, I managed personally about 300 enquiries in the last year re: Birkin bags and now run my own business in premium luxury shopping.
The good side of having a concierge service not only lies in shopping, they are pretty good in other tasks too making ones live easier, so it might be still ok to keep them for other jobs.
I hope this helps.
xxx friendly reminder: no soliciting business on the PF
Warm regards,
Hulya
PS: Congratulations on the bump
My best friend had hers 2 months ago and such a bundle of joy!
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uscgirly and park56 - the other thing that bugs me is that they take FOREVER to make the bookings. I just resort to calling JG or Nobu myself because it's a 2-minute phone call but they can take up to 48 hours which is ridiculous. The concierge service is a joke because I make a far better concierge than those services.
I know a pfer here got her birkin by using this service too. His bro is a platinum card holder and use their service to search one for her and if i remember, his bro got it for her at the H store in europe.