Yes I think it’s worth it.
My SA didn’t say that this particular style is gonna be VIC only, but she did call me last weekend (somewhat unusual for her, she doesn’t usually call me about launches if I don’t request a piece specifically, which I didn’t for this collection), to let me know that I may not get this bag during this round since I don’t usually go in on launch day due to scheduling, and these bags are gonna be first come first served, likely to be gone by the time I go in. I don’t know if that was her gentle way of telling me that I’m not high enough on the totem pole to get them or it’s really just they are gonna be snatched up on launch day. Either way, I wasn’t actually interested in this style, there was a bit of misunderstanding where she thought I was talking about this bag when I went to the store last month, but I was actually talking about an evening bag.