Hermes Purchase Regrets

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#46
I was pausing for a few mins on this question.
No regrets - the most just sell them (if it was a purchase regret), since to some extend, H holds its value (+/-). Some bags you just gotta own/use them before you understand if it suits your lifestyle/needs/ergonomic of it, despite what other bag owners rave (or not) about it.
To me, that's part of the fun of buying new bags hee.

Edited - ahhh after i posted the above up, i read that this thread is more like "Hermes Behavior Regret" - Still no regrets – I buy what I like from store or buy from reseller. I need instant gratification. I can’t wait for months/years for just a bag. :P
 
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#47
I regret passing on a B35 Fauve Smooth Barenia w/ GHW in 2017. I was a newbie at the time, and I knew nothing about the leather. It didn't help that my SA kept referring to it as "high maintenance" and that I probably wouldn't like it. In hindsight, nothing could be further from the truth. A month later after some research, I came to my senses and asked if there was another one out there. Nope. She felt bad though and found me the exact specs in a B30. Of course, I took it.....still think of the B35 though.
 
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I have two regrets. The Nantucket small watch. I worn it once and I felt like its too small for me. I could not even sell it, nobody wants it, even I asked 500 Euro under the store price. And I did regret getting a lucky fishing charm / mouche feather charm. Never worn it, and could not sell it as well :(
 
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Biggest regret.... def was back in the days I was offered a Himalayan in 30 when it was first introduced... (@jp824 btw it’s when Giesele was still there remember?) I just had a baby not long ago, and have no idea why the salesperson would offer it to me as in all honesty, I wasn’t a VIP (still am not) at all. I guess I was friendly and the salesperson was also very nice. Anyway she said the Mgr wanted to show me something nice and I felt like it was too small. It was *only* around $38k more or less, but mind you, normal 35 birkin was around $8k at that time. I remember calling my mom and she said 30 is too small on me. I asked to give me a day to think it over, but ultimately passed on it. Still the biggest regret.
 
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xiaoxiao said:
Biggest regret.... def was back in the days I was offered a Himalayan in 30 when it was first introduced... (@jp824 btw it’s when Giesele was still there remember?) I just had a baby not long ago, and have no idea why the salesperson would offer it to me as in all honesty, I wasn’t a VIP (still am not) at all. I guess I was friendly and the salesperson was also very nice. Anyway she said the Mgr wanted to show me something nice and I felt like it was too small. It was *only* around $38k more or less, but mind you, normal 35 birkin was around $8k at that time. I remember calling my mom and she said 30 is too small on me. I asked to give me a day to think it over, but ultimately passed on it. Still the biggest regret.
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You should have taken me with you and I would have talked you into it .....:lol:
 
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Kitty S. said:
My only regret is not having a big enough money tree to say yes to every bag I have been offered :biggrin::P and I should have started earlier on Hermes so I wouldn’t have wasted my money on all these bags from other brands that I don’t carry anymore
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Yes!

I too wish I had started sooner. I would have saved $$$$$$$$$ on the bags that I rehomed with a much less resilient resale value vs. original price and would have spent a lot more time being thoughtful about my bag acquisitions.

I have rehomed <10% of my H bags (vs. 100% for almost all other brands in my collection).
 
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bagnut1 said:
Yes!

I too wish I had started sooner. I would have saved $$$$$$$$$ on the bags that I rehomed with a much less resilient resale value vs. original price and would have spent a lot more time being thoughtful about my bag acquisitions.

I have rehomed <10% of my H bags (vs. 100% for almost all other brands in my collection).
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Same here. So much money wasted in bags I stopped liking 5 minutes after buying.
I have many regrets, but one of the most annoying ones was when I was offered K32 sellier in blue electric as a walk-in. But I just bought a navy Chanel boy next door (sold it a few months later) so the amount wasn’t in one card and due to train I had to catch, couldn’t wait for the faster payment to happen (typical - it takes seconds, on that day took 2hrs)
 
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#56
I regret that I didn’t listen to my honest feeling.
I bought a Bolide 31 in etoupe color.At that time my SA was away and another SA showed me the Bolide 31.She told me the Bolide 31 in etoupe is very sought after and hard to get.Yes,that’s true. I thought the etoupe Bolide looked like an old lady’s bag but as long as it is popular, I should buy it immediately.
A year later, I found that the Bolide 31 in etoupe made me look older.
I should have obeyed my true feeling and should have looked for the Bolide in my favorite color.
Popularity doesn’t matter.
Since then, I’ve found that Birkin/Kelly are not my goal.
I’ll buy what I really love.
 
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#58
The only H regret I have had was selling something--- then I had to go out and repurchase another just like it! :giggle:
I have never regretted purchasing H because I know that if for some reason it does not work out for me, then I can always pass it along to someone else who will love it more than I did.
 
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My only h regret is purchasing the Licol handbag when it first came out. Still boxed unused. Can't get myself to sell it at a big loss. Feel I spent to much on it for something I've never used. I loved it when I first saw it in the store but it's the only h handbag that I've purchased and let sit. :crybaby::crybaby::facepalm: I've got to get beyond this and use it after we're beyond this pandemic!!! :whut: Sorry for the whining!:blush:
 
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I have been on and off thinking about ordering a Birkin. It would totally be possible and I’d just have to pull the trigger.
My SO has two Birkins and I like them a lot, they are well made and would fit my needs. So from an aesthetic/functionality angle it would make sense. I thought about different colors and I like fantasizing about it.

However there‘s also the price. I have dropped a lot of money on bags before (Chanel...) but something about dropping so much money on a bag is just flat out ridiculous to me. I am always very self aware buying these bags having thoughts like ‘Have I gone mad?‘ and with the Birkin I’d feel like I really would have. The others were expensive to a comically ridiculous extent but the price for a Birkin kind of crosses the line for me.

Money isn’t an issue in this case. It’s more about... should you drop this money on a bag you like although the pricing is sheer lunacy?

Can you relate to this? Have you had the same thoughts, pulled the trigger and then regretted it?
 
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