Hermes 2018 Paris summer sale

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#62
Luvbolide said:
Tour groups?!?! Heaven help us all!! I find the resellers to be horrendous at the sale - rude, pushing and shoving, traveling/working in packs, brazenly defying anything security asks them to do. And the line just gets longer and longer! I hope they don't push things to a point where H just washes their hands of the whole thing and cancels the sale.

Last summer there was a sale in SF and it was nothing like the chaos in Paris or NYC. The line was orderly, inside were lines for each "section" - jewelry seemed the most organized as one had to get an SA to help in order to get merchandise. Scarves were more of a scrum, as I think about it.

I enjoy meeting my group of friends in Paris for the sale, and of course love visiting Paris. But for the last couple of sales I have wondered if I am just too old and cranky to cope!!

Hope your ankle is okay for you to continue your trip without too much discomfort!
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The problem also comes from the society they hired for security. People say that the previous society H worked with was much more professional and effective. The current security staff is very very very incompetent. So now the sales have just become a huge playground for those rude and odious resellers! And we honest customers have to deal with it and suffer in silence. [emoji29]
 
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#63
Just came back from the sales today.

Thought it was civilised, and not too hectic (last year I went on the first day, never that again).
Took one shawl, one 90 scarf, two 140 silk scarves.

I saw people before me grab all the mousselines available, so unfortunately, there was nothing left when it was my turn.

Still, I am quite happy.
 
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monteverdi said:
Just came back from the sales today.

Thought it was civilised, and not too hectic (last year I went on the first day, never that again).
Took one shawl, one 90 scarf, two 140 silk scarves.

I saw people before me grab all the mousselines available, so unfortunately, there was nothing left when it was my turn.

Still, I am quite happy.
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Please show us your pictures. Thank you!
 
#72
lynne_ross said:
Went to sale today and there were no line ups around 3pm. Everything looked picked over but found 2 cashmeres I love and a 70 cm. It was great since it only too me an hour in total and was a relaxing atmosphere.
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please post what you got! such a shame you didn’t end up going to the Toronto sale.

i don’t know why the Paris sale doesn’t adopt what Toronto did in order to get rid of line jumpers. i didn’t line up in the morning at Toronto but heard from friends and on this forum that it was very organized and none of this trampling or rushing business.
 
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#74
lynne_ross said:
I'll post a pic once I am back home this week. The selection of cashmeres was minimal by the time I got to the sale but I picked up 2 within a minute that suited the colours I was after.
Agree, no reason for a sale to get violent! Paris sale should be best organized given it happens every 2 months. I brought my 4 month old to sale (to give DH an hour on his own) and no way I was going in unless it was civilized and not crowded.
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Every 2 months? Please tell us more!
 
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