oooh i had a similar story. I got a speedy 30 mono at NYC's saks last year. I specifically asked for a new one, but when i opened the back, he gave me a display one, the patina was dark and it had water marks on the handles i got so mad! so when i came back to toronto, i went to talk to holt on bloor. First i talked to the SA, he was being so rude. first he was saying that as you use ur speeedy, it will get darken even more so the marks will be gone anyway. After he was being more rude saying that I don't understand why would nyc does that (i even showed him the reciept) and he said oh its been 2 days. OMG i needed time to come back to t.o don't i? well anyway, me andmy sister got very mad at him so i guess the manager could hear us. so he came out and he was very nice. he said he was very sorry and that he will do an exchange. but becuase right now they didn't have the speedy in stock so he told me to wait and give me my number to him so he would call me back as soon as they get a brand new speedy
and eventually i got it. he was sooo nice! i dunno his name but he's the asian guy who work at that store. oh what's better was when he called about the speedy, i was like you think i can get another bag becuase i dun really like the speedy now, and he gladly exchanged a josephine PM in cherry for me
--ooo he told me to file a complain about the SA in nyc through 866. and i did