How do you feel about people who buy from H to resell immediately at higher price?

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#61
Belphoebe said:
Now that is interesting: it hadn't occurred to me that a person would find their way to H through a reseller -- I always assumed people found their way to resellers after getting interested in H. I am learning all kinds of things from this thread.

Did you ever buy any new-season scarves at a markup from a reseller? Do you care one way or another about the practice of buying a new season scarf simply to resell it immediately at a higher price (which Hermes explicitly forbids, though obviously they can't stop it)? I've been surprised at the divergence of opinion and interested in the different reasoning.
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Where/how does Hermes explicitly forbid reselling?
 
#62
Belphoebe said:
Now that is interesting: it hadn't occurred to me that a person would find their way to H through a reseller -- I always assumed people found their way to resellers after getting interested in H. I am learning all kinds of things from this thread.

Did you ever buy any new-season scarves at a markup from a reseller? Do you care one way or another about the practice of buying a new season scarf simply to resell it immediately at a higher price (which Hermes explicitly forbids, though obviously they can't stop it)? I've been surprised at the divergence of opinion and interested in the different reasoning.
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I too think that's interesting.

Divergence of opinion and different reasoning are very good fuel for this planet's intellectual/emotional/spiritual health. Getting to acknowledge those differences is most probably the first step in individual growth. Then one has to look into cultures, laws, customs, etc... and the wonderful journey through diversity can start.
May your journey be just fabulous!
 
#65
Actually they don't, because they can't. There is no law they can use as leverage to forbid/avoid/limit any re-selling.

Anyone who buys at retail price is a final client. Periode.

What they do, is using their sales terms (see back of receipts from France Paragraph7, last alinea) as a warning to the buyer, and therefore their own defence in case of restraint of trade... If they decide not to serve any buyer....

I haven't seen such a warning in any other country, though.
 
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#66
Belphoebe said:
Now that is interesting: it hadn't occurred to me that a person would find their way to H through a reseller -- I always assumed people found their way to resellers after getting interested in H. I am learning all kinds of things from this thread..
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From what I've seen, people go to resellers if they are exasperated by the boutique. These are for current items or hard to come by inventory. Why deal with the headache of trying to kiss a SA butt when you can outsource and have a guaranteed specified merchandise, of course at an inflated price.
perlerare said:
Actually they don't, because they can't. There is no law they can use as leverage to forbid/avoid/limit any re-selling.

Anyone who buys at retail price is a final client. Periode.

What they do, is using their sales terms (see back of receipts from France Paragraph7, last alinea) as a warning to the buyer, and therefore their own defence in case of restraint of trade... If they decide not to serve any buyer....

I haven't seen such a warning in any other country, though.
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I've seen this happen at my local boutique. They suspected a customer who would flip the bags onto ebay. She was blackballed.
 
#67
hermes_lemming said:
From what I've seen, people go to resellers if they are exasperated by the boutique. These are for current items or hard to come by inventory. Why deal with the headache of trying to kiss a SA butt when you can outsource and have a guaranteed specified merchandise, of course at an inflated price.

I've seen this happen at my local boutique. They suspected a customer who would flip the bags onto ebay. She was blackballed.
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I've seen this happen as well. ;)

I meant I have not seen this in other countries referring to the warning on sales terms printed on back of receipt.
 
#68
perlerare said:
I've seen this happen as well. ;)

I meant I have not seen this in other countries referring to the warning on sales terms printed on back of receipt.
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Lol you read that thing?

Yes this happened a while back. I swear my boutique was like the CIA. They knew which of their clients were tpfers, who sold/flipped, who didn't etc. I have to admit I was impressed. Didn't matter if you were local or not.
 
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hermes_lemming said:
Lol you read that thing?

Yes this happened a while back. I swear my boutique was like the CIA. They knew which of their clients were tpfers, who sold/flipped, who didn't etc. I have to admit I was impressed. Didn't matter if you were local or not.
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Actually I read it when I realised there was a whole page printed on my receipt from France...while there were only 3 lines on my receipt from Italy....
 
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