Hi Everyone!
Happy belated Mother's day~
I can see that all you were busy and congratulations on all those wonderful items you all own now!!!
I just got back from Las Vegas, the trip was fantastic!
My husband and I stayed at the Bellagio, where the Hermes boutique is located and we celebrated evenings with great food and shows.
Of course, the first place I head to as soon as we arrive: the Hermes boutique!!! I was so excited and bubbly to finally visit the store Baggaholic has raved about. Unfortunately, my experience wasn't as pleasing.
Yes I worked my way into the store while taking picture...I admit it must have looked super dorky.... but I'm on vacation, I like taking pictures, and who is to treat me any differently?
The store was empty. Three sales rep: one male (on the phone the whole time) and two females. The two females stared at me posing in front of the store while my husband, who was dying to check out the casinos, took pictures of me from different angle. Then they spoke to each other in Japanese, laughed, as I turned around I caught a glimpse of one SA eyeballing me.
(1) scarf
I asked to see the giraffe scarf I had my eyes on.
One of the Japanese SA said it came in two colors, took out the brown one, as the other just stood by.
It was beautiful. She then took out another scarf......... of a zebra, not a giraffe......and told me it was the other color.
I told her it was not a giraffe but a zebra. She stared at it for a while without a word, then put it back in the drawer......and...... closed it and just stood there, while I patiently waited for the other color.
Meanwhile, my husband was picking out ties by himself, and the other female SA just stood there and looked at us without a word.
After 2-3 min. I asked her to see the other color, and she said she can't find it. I have never heard that kind of response before. I've heard, Sorry we don't have the other color at the moment, but "I can't find it?" I just thought it was a language thing and decided to let it go.
(2) Wallet.
I asked to see some wallets, and she said what kind. I said I'd like to see the Bearn wallet in trifold. She took out a blue jean Bearn wallet. I loved the color but it was a bifold, not a trifold. When I asked her again, she said they didn't have any trifold at the moment, and stared at my feet..
Then she all of a sudden she looked up, turned around and said something outloud in Japanese to the other standby SA, and they both giggled.
Ok, I don't know what she said, it could have been something completely irrelevant, I could be overly sensitive and over reacting, but you just get these gut feeling about the atmosphere, and the situation.
She turned and said: We only have a pink croc. Bearn in trifold!....(pause).... I dunno, I guess I was waiting for her to say, "would you like to see it?" but she said it in such a statement, as to imply that she'd rather not take it out unless I was sure to buy it/afford it.
All this time, which was a good 20 min after we walked into the store, the female SA who was just bumming around the floor staring at me and my Kelly, has not even offered to ask my husband for help who struggled to pick out 6-7 ties by himself, and I caught him picking up several that fell off the rack on to the floor..
By then I was appalled by the service. It was absurd. I wasn't going to buy anything from there so she can get her commission. I turned around and walked towards my husband. The SAs just stood there on the other side of the store started talking to each other as I walked away.
I told him we should go, he caught on quite fast and we walked out of the store. The SA only threw short glances our way.
I took out my digital camera, and started to take picture of the store. She freaked out and told me I Couldn't. LOL I completely ignored her and took 2 more as I walked out the store. She kepy repeating that I couldn't take pictures. I also stood outside the store and took pictures of all the show windows while they stared at me even more like I was psychotic. My husband laughed about it throughout the entire trip.
Everytime we passed the store, he jokingly asked if I wanted to go in there. LOL
They did have a good collection of bags on display, including the mini Kelly, but it was purple suede.
I saw the blue Jean Vespa, light green Evelyn, a Bolide in aqua, and many more bags I couldn't identify.. LOL
But forget about Birkin/Kelly... asking about them would have been a waste of my breath. The SA would have told me they didn't have any.
The next day I got into a conversation with another Korean woman, in her early 30s, at the hotel spa about Hermes and she also had a similar experience, but ended up buying a lot of stuff..... and she said once she was ready to spend around $8000, the SA became more attentive.. etc. and asked her if she's like a 32cm Black Kelly..she didn't remember the leather..
She offered to walk in with me, introduce me etc. but I refused. It wasn't worth it and since we can buy all these things back in VA, with lower tax % so what's the point?
Instead we went shopping together and I bought 2 pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes, a bathing suit from escada, a bag from chanel, and some LV shirts for my husband...
And guess what? My husband gambled and did quite well, so overall, all my shopping as well as all the shows we watched and the nice dinners at the restaurants were done free, our rooms for 5 nights and the buffet were complimentary, and all we paid for was the plane tickets. How awesome was the vacation?!?!
Here are some pictures I managed to take. some were too blurry to make out because I was taking them as I walked out.. but these I salvaged.
Enjoy~
Happy belated Mother's day~
I can see that all you were busy and congratulations on all those wonderful items you all own now!!!
I just got back from Las Vegas, the trip was fantastic!
My husband and I stayed at the Bellagio, where the Hermes boutique is located and we celebrated evenings with great food and shows.
Of course, the first place I head to as soon as we arrive: the Hermes boutique!!! I was so excited and bubbly to finally visit the store Baggaholic has raved about. Unfortunately, my experience wasn't as pleasing.
Yes I worked my way into the store while taking picture...I admit it must have looked super dorky.... but I'm on vacation, I like taking pictures, and who is to treat me any differently?
The store was empty. Three sales rep: one male (on the phone the whole time) and two females. The two females stared at me posing in front of the store while my husband, who was dying to check out the casinos, took pictures of me from different angle. Then they spoke to each other in Japanese, laughed, as I turned around I caught a glimpse of one SA eyeballing me.
(1) scarf
I asked to see the giraffe scarf I had my eyes on.
One of the Japanese SA said it came in two colors, took out the brown one, as the other just stood by.
It was beautiful. She then took out another scarf......... of a zebra, not a giraffe......and told me it was the other color.
I told her it was not a giraffe but a zebra. She stared at it for a while without a word, then put it back in the drawer......and...... closed it and just stood there, while I patiently waited for the other color.
Meanwhile, my husband was picking out ties by himself, and the other female SA just stood there and looked at us without a word.
After 2-3 min. I asked her to see the other color, and she said she can't find it. I have never heard that kind of response before. I've heard, Sorry we don't have the other color at the moment, but "I can't find it?" I just thought it was a language thing and decided to let it go.
(2) Wallet.
I asked to see some wallets, and she said what kind. I said I'd like to see the Bearn wallet in trifold. She took out a blue jean Bearn wallet. I loved the color but it was a bifold, not a trifold. When I asked her again, she said they didn't have any trifold at the moment, and stared at my feet..
Then she all of a sudden she looked up, turned around and said something outloud in Japanese to the other standby SA, and they both giggled.
Ok, I don't know what she said, it could have been something completely irrelevant, I could be overly sensitive and over reacting, but you just get these gut feeling about the atmosphere, and the situation.
She turned and said: We only have a pink croc. Bearn in trifold!....(pause).... I dunno, I guess I was waiting for her to say, "would you like to see it?" but she said it in such a statement, as to imply that she'd rather not take it out unless I was sure to buy it/afford it.
All this time, which was a good 20 min after we walked into the store, the female SA who was just bumming around the floor staring at me and my Kelly, has not even offered to ask my husband for help who struggled to pick out 6-7 ties by himself, and I caught him picking up several that fell off the rack on to the floor..
By then I was appalled by the service. It was absurd. I wasn't going to buy anything from there so she can get her commission. I turned around and walked towards my husband. The SAs just stood there on the other side of the store started talking to each other as I walked away.
I told him we should go, he caught on quite fast and we walked out of the store. The SA only threw short glances our way.
I took out my digital camera, and started to take picture of the store. She freaked out and told me I Couldn't. LOL I completely ignored her and took 2 more as I walked out the store. She kepy repeating that I couldn't take pictures. I also stood outside the store and took pictures of all the show windows while they stared at me even more like I was psychotic. My husband laughed about it throughout the entire trip.
Everytime we passed the store, he jokingly asked if I wanted to go in there. LOL
They did have a good collection of bags on display, including the mini Kelly, but it was purple suede.
I saw the blue Jean Vespa, light green Evelyn, a Bolide in aqua, and many more bags I couldn't identify.. LOL
But forget about Birkin/Kelly... asking about them would have been a waste of my breath. The SA would have told me they didn't have any.
The next day I got into a conversation with another Korean woman, in her early 30s, at the hotel spa about Hermes and she also had a similar experience, but ended up buying a lot of stuff..... and she said once she was ready to spend around $8000, the SA became more attentive.. etc. and asked her if she's like a 32cm Black Kelly..she didn't remember the leather..
She offered to walk in with me, introduce me etc. but I refused. It wasn't worth it and since we can buy all these things back in VA, with lower tax % so what's the point?
Instead we went shopping together and I bought 2 pairs of Jimmy Choo shoes, a bathing suit from escada, a bag from chanel, and some LV shirts for my husband...
And guess what? My husband gambled and did quite well, so overall, all my shopping as well as all the shows we watched and the nice dinners at the restaurants were done free, our rooms for 5 nights and the buffet were complimentary, and all we paid for was the plane tickets. How awesome was the vacation?!?!
Here are some pictures I managed to take. some were too blurry to make out because I was taking them as I walked out.. but these I salvaged.
Enjoy~
