Hermes Blacklist?
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I am shocked re the wallet purchases being monitored like that. As H addicts, many of us have multiple wallets in different colors, accumulated over time (some have astonishing collections). That seems extreme.
Exactly. I myself thought it was ok. I buy things in multiples. Obviously! But I guess RTW and shoes it’s def easy to tell from sizes. Maybe not immediate blacklist, they may just flag it and watch the account.
I doubt if many, if any, legitimate buyers of Hermes purchase exclusively on line.
Surely most high level buyers will be well-known to the SAs and SMs in the stores they patronise.
The judgment of those SAs and SMs should ensure that bona fide customers would not be disadvantaged by any monitoring of their spending habits.
This issue is probably unnecessary scare mongering.
Surely most high level buyers will be well-known to the SAs and SMs in the stores they patronise.
The judgment of those SAs and SMs should ensure that bona fide customers would not be disadvantaged by any monitoring of their spending habits.
This issue is probably unnecessary scare mongering.
I imagine that it's more complex, like most anything with Hermes, than simply buying multiples of the same color, given a lot of the clientele. It'll probably raise a flag, then check to see if you carry past purchases in, followed by doing analysis on the second-hand market to see if a seller lines up with a buyer. A reseller and their best customers would likely follow similar buying patterns, so they need to be certain before blacklisting someone.
If it was just money, they’d have their things in stock and not play games with their customers. Oh, it’s all about image for them.
Hi! So, I'm a first-time buyer of Hermes products. I've admired them for a while and on my quest to buy a Birkin I bought a handful of items within a week during my trip to France. These were all items that I loved and plan on keeping forever (bracelet, perfume, 2 cardholders). At one point, I realized I may not ever get a Birkin in France, so I bought an Herbag. THEN, the next day (last day of my trip) I got my dream bag - the Birkin! I asked the SA if I could return the Herbag because I bought it thinking I would never get the Birkin. I'm guessing this was a rookie move to ask? Anyway, she said I could have store credit but that returns were not allowed since some people overbuy just to get the B/K/C. This was never my intent as I bought the bag honestly thinking I wouldn't get the B on the last day. Anyway, I decided to keep the bag and think about it some more. Four days later, I am back in the U.S. and was just not excited about the Herbag. My husband suggested that I list it on ebay and FB marketplace just to breakeven. I did this and then 3 hours later, a friend of mine told me that this could result in me getting banned from the store! I immediately removed my 2 listings, but now I'm fearful of getting banned. In the end, I should just have taken the store credit or sucked it up and kept the bag given I did love it before getting the Birkin. Anyway, I saw the bag had 24 views on ebay in the time I had it for sale. Do you think I will get banned this quickly? I would be devastated and feel foolish for even doing such a thing. I now know not to list any items like this... Sorry - super newbie as my first other lux purchase was a Chanel classic that happened during the same trip. Does anyone know of people getting banned for a first time offense? How aggressively does Hermes track this? Feeling sad and sick as I want to continue buying many more Hermes products...
I don't understand it. How do you think Hermes will be going through hundreds of thousands of ebay listings and know it was you who listed the herbag? Did you advertise your name and address in the listing or any other specific details that can identify you? And you think Hermes has the energy or man power to troll ebay sites? Or they even care?
Hi! No, I didn't but my Username has my first name in it and then the last four letters of my last name - so not full name. However, obviously, FB marketplace has my full name.
Also, I know it sounds silly saying they'd go through thousands of ebay listings, but I'd assume they'd have some type of monitoring system given my friend said they're cracking down on resellers. How? I'm not sure... I just wouldn't want to be flagged and I removed the listing upon finding out.
Consign the bag to The RealReal or Ann’s and move on. Hermès won’t ban you.
Okay, thank you!! I appreciate it.
Thanks! Yup. That's what I plan on doing. I figured I'd ask the experts (yourselves) given I didn't want to keep thinking this over. Thank you, all! I'm going to do as suggested.
I don't think you have anything to worry about! It's not like you bought it only to later resell it. Congratulations on your new purchases!