Damage of the month! My dream small pink classic flap!
I walked into the MBS boutique last Thursday but they didn’t have any stock of classic flaps. The SA let me try on a pink medium flap but it was for display only.
I tried going to the NAC boutique on Saturday at 5pm but they had a 2 hour queue. Finally managed to get in on Sunday evening after a 1 hour queue, and the SA pulled out the small pink classic flap!
They also had this coral lambskin small classic flap on display which was very tempting
Anyway the price increase is insane. The pink small classic flap I bought on Sunday is $13,960 (last year $12,000+ I think). I bought the black medium classic flap exactly a year ago at $13,190, and now it’s $14,560.
Sharing from my personal experience, it would be good to purchase during the preview but provided you like the items. In the preview for last season, I only went home with a cardholder because everything else I wanted either didn’t have stock or my size (clothes and shoes). I read online that another user went home with nothing during her preview which was few days before mine. Preview time slots are, if i’m not mistaken, primarily allocated based on your spending tier. Preview has already started and if you haven’t attend, it is likely many popular items have already been sold to higher tier VICs before you and probably you may feel less pressured to buy on the spot if there are little in your size. In that case, you may get to try on or see items that are not in your size and indicate to your SA if you are interested to get them in your size. Indication of interest is not guaranteed that you may get the items, there is a waiting list as usual for popular items. It is also possible that new stock arrives during the preview period and you get to see items that others before you didn’t. In my view, it’s good to attend, nothing to lose and you don’t have to feel pressured to buy if you don’t mind not being invited to the next round. Do some homework so you don’t waste too much time deciding to buy or not. I would also advise not to buy items subjected to quota that you don’t like just because you feel obliged to buy. I rejected all the bags shown to me during the preview as I didn’t like any of them and wanted to wait for those I originally had on my wishlist. You want to walk away from the preview feeling happy about the experience and I’m sure your SA would want the same for you too. Good luck in your decision!
haha.. its always like that right? sadly.. hence I'm in dilemma if I should attend as I don't want to waste my SA time if the preview slots are limited, good to know that the preview has already started. I did indicate interest for the Chanel 22 mini some months back but told myself it's okay if SA already forget or can't get, read from xhs that the one with pearl is almost impossible to get and I'm not sure if I'll like the one without pearl so high chance I might only be getting a pair of earring or nothing but I think I should go for it at least for the experience for once
