Besides the deflating issue, I don't have enough space in my closet to store my bags flat with chains pulled out so I have them stand up right like how they are stored in boutiques and with chains tuck in. So far I've not have any issues and some of my lambi are stored like this for a few months before I take them out for rotation.
Perhaps part of the reasons I don't understand the gap between flaps issues is that as long as the bags look align to me when they stand up straight with chains out as if I'm wearing them then I'm ok. [emoji1] and if you have chains tucked in...shouldn't that naturally cause gap between flaps?
Also with felt sheets inserted between flaps and body of the bags, there's bound to be gaps between flaps.
All my bags come with felts in between flaps except one. Your Chanel SAs are supposed to pack the bags with enough felts between flaps before they put the bags into white dust bags and chanel magnetic boxes. Sometimes SAs don't pack them properly. This actually happened to me once when I first bought Chanel. Contrary to common believe.....it was a boutique SA in Cannes France who made the mistake. And of course I wouldn't have known until I came home! [emoji33] she also wasn't stored properly when she's in store on the shelf. So there were scratches on the back of inner flap and stupid me didn't notice that when I first bought Chanel!
You can also look this up on the forum. I know some ladies store their bags with chains out in the other pocket of the white dust bag.
Dear, you should see my wardrobe, it's quite a hall of shame hahhah, luckily my DH got separate wardrobe otherwise he'd complaint with all those unorganized boxes. somehow i found the boxes are really helpful as long as the humidity is controlled and my wardrobe has closed doors too. i have a bag from 2007 and when i brought it once to the boutique, the SA was amazed by how new it looks like and my DH just rolled his eyes knowing how i stored them like in a vacuum machine
i don't have many chanels and just the classic M/L ones so far and I only notice the unaligned flap on this so black. Also, this is my first time buying it from my local boutique and honestly i concern a bit with the way they handle and store the bags. Though in Asia, they treat the branded goods better than EU, but my country is unlike Japan, Hongkong, South Korea or Singapore which have better SOP in handling them. Actually, my local SA was a bit rough when pulling out the chain and putting it back in the dust bag. she even forgot to pull the scan tag so she had to re-open the package twice and when I unwrapped the packaging, the box fell apart, i need to re-doubletaped it. >_<
I almost did not get any felt bag for the so black. i have to ask for it and she only gave me 1 while i asked for 3, 2 for between the body and 1 for the chain. She uses the excuse that it's OOS which is very questionable. in EU, the SA allowed me to have more felt bags perhaps they know I'd travel a distance afterwards. yes, i know that some SAs do not give/pack what it should be done/given. So I always re-check and remind them. my first time buying chanel was luckily a good experience. the SA completely packed everything inside and asked me if i need more felts. from that on, i always checked based on my first purchase. some SAs are even lazy to wrap the bag with tissue paper like with my So black.
i actually just know it from this forum that the front pocket of the dust bag is meant for the chain. none of the SAs told me that. but i got tips recently to switch the dust bag position from front to back so the chain could be stored at the back of the bag to avoid hunching.
Thanks so much Dear for all your sharing, now i could feel at ease with the chain. I just do my so black according to the tips i got here. later will do to the other classics
. yup i was thinking of doing the same thing with you but initially afraid that it'd create a gap on the side of the flap where the chain's tucked in.
