Chanel in Nice, France

JenniNick

JenniNick

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Sep 10, 2006
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#1
:wonderingHi, next Tuesday im going to Nice for a short holiday, my mum and dad have promised to buy me a Chanel bag, the problem is they don't want to pay thousands (Im only 15), I think my budget is £800, roughly $1600. Can someone please help me by telling me the general price's of Chanel bags, ie lowest price upwards,is it possible to get a bag in my budget? I really like all styles especially the Cambdon line, do they still sell them? Please Help:shrugs: :yes: If it isn't too much trouble could tyou please post just a few pics giving me an idea what I could get? Sorry to cause so much trouble, i really want a chanel bag!
 
#5
Nice is so pretty this time of the year. Enjoy your holiday and do post pics of your new bag! I was in Nice for a few days on my Honeymoon and we were in walking distance to the LV store and Chanel. It was torture for my husband. He could not say no.
 
#6
The Chanel store in Nice is very nice..They had a very good selection of Cambon when I was there and it was definately cheaper to buy from there than in the USA.
Not far from it is a store called Jean Charles..OMG..its the best store ever....It has ALL the best designers...clothes,shoes,and bags..I got a Prada bag,Prada coat,and kickin Gucci shoes there for almost half the price in the USA...!!
Their stores are on 6,Av De Verdun and 10,RueMassena
 
#7
My husband and I recently vacationed in Nice, France. Since I live in Norway and there are no Chanel boutiques here, I was very much looking forward to my 1st visit to a Chanel store. I dressed nicely in a dress and heels, and was carrying my vintage beige clair medium flap. When we walked in, there were 3 SAs standing at the front counter chatting among themselves, and not one looked up to greet us. I was admiring some beautiful handbags, when suddenly, the security guard yelled from half-way across the store, Madam, you must stay on this side! It was quite a shock to be yelled at that way, and it was so unclassy. I had no idea what I had done wrong. Apparently I had made the mistake of standing between a large glass display case of jewelery and a wall of handbags. However, there was no indication whatsoever that it was not allowed to walk through there. I was too shocked to know how to respond. I then moved on to look at the apparel, where there was 4 SAs talking loudly and laughing among themselves with their backs turned to me. The clothing was so beautiful, but it was such a turn-off to experience such a lack of customer service. I then walked back into the handbag area-still not so much as a bonjour from anyone-and approached a SA and asked her if they had any jumbo flaps in caviar with ghw. She returned with a maxi, not a jumbo. I was a bit confused, so I asked her, is that a jumbo or a maxi? And her reply was, its the maxi jumbo. Clearly, she didnt know what she was talking about, but I just let it go, because her demeanour gave me the feeling she would be offended if I corrected her. I then asked her if any of the chanels with ghw are still gold-plated. She gave me a funny look and said, none of the chanels have ever had gold-plated hardware. I then very politely told her, well, actually, I believe the older chanels were once gold-plated, and showed her the markings on my chanel hardware, which indicate the gold-plating. She then muttered something like, well, they are not gold-plated anymore, and looked annoyed with me. Needless to say, I ended up walking out without buying a single thing. I have purchased all of my Chanels online, and have had nothing but positive experiences. But I always thought it would be a special to experience buying in a boutique. But this experience really ruined that for me. My husband counted no less than 10 SAs in the store, and there were only 4 customers. I dont see how they can expect to thrive and keep their customers with such poor service. Im curious as to whether any of you have also experienced anything like this?
 
#9
A variation of this happened to me not at a Chanel boutique but at LV inside Selfridges. The security guard yelled loudly at me when I picked up a bag on the display wall & told me to put the bag down. So I kept walking around and when an SA came over to help me I asked her about his behavior. She explained that customers are not allowed behind the counter-in front of the display walls and that he shouldnt have yelled but should have asked. She was pleasant and helpful so I had no issues buying from her.

As for the Jumbo Maxi issue I have had that issue at the Rue Cambon store. For some reason the SA didn't use the same terms as the states. And so I just used generic terms. The SA who served me didn't use terms like 224, 225, 226 for the reissues either, it's small, medium, large.

Honestly I don't know how I would have handled the situation you were in. But I hope your next experience at Chanel will be better!
 
#10
How disappointing. Sorry this happened. :sad: Especially since you were so looking forward to visiting a Chanel boutique. I've seen quite a few posts on this forum complaining about snobby, inattentive, and even rude SA's....so you are not alone in your experience. I don't know what I would have done. I would have been as shocked as you and left empty handed....and then I would have gone to find a nice terrace cafe to have some vino and complain about the experience for as long as my hubby would listen, lol. I hope you had a wonderful vacation though and that your next time in a Chanel boutique is more enjoyable.
 
#11
Sorry about your experience!!
Unfortunately, the French are known for their snooty ways... I've had plenty of personal experience. I speak beautiful fluent French and STILL they treat me like scum.
God Bless Texas.
 
#12
I am sorry to hear about your experience. :nogood:
I have been shopping in Chanel boutiques in Berlin, London-Heathrow and New York and the SAs have been very polite, friendly and very helpful.
 
#13
Wow, sorry to hear. I have never been to Europe and looking forward to the day that I can travel there and shop in those boutiques. It must be a big disappointment for you.
 
#14
I am from Denmark and I should say I experienced unhelpful SA every stores in France. I have only fall in love with Chanel recently so I have yet visited their store in France. I have basically stopped going to France as I can't stand them. Go buy in Spain or UK or Netherland. They have a better concept of customer service. :smile:

BTW, I think French food is overrated too! I am sure there are good food somewhere but the chance of getting serve a lousy food is much higher! I love Chanel but not the French. Very French paradox as well!
 
#15
As a young Chanel enthusiast (bought my first Chanel bag at 15, am now 18) I for one know what it's like to be treated poorly by the Chanel SAs, because nobody thinks that a teenager would walk in there and actually buy something, the SAs think I'm just a waste of their time. I once walked into the Chanel boutique in Copenhagen (which has now closed) with two vintage Chanel bags where the hardware had tarnished, asking if they knew of any ways that I could have the hardware gilded or something. They didn't even take a look at the bags, but said that they've never heard of hardware tarnishing on Chanel bags and saying that mine were probably fake. I know for a fact that they both are authentic and that many people have experienced hardware tarnishing, and I still can't believe that they treated me so bad! From then on, I started only shopping Chanel on the internet and when travelling, and to ignore the rude SAs.
 
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