How long to wait before giving up on finding the rectangular mini?

[foreverbagslove]

Don't give up! I, too, had to work hard to find a great SA to help me with the pre-order list. I'm currently vacationing in Asia and happened to walk by the chanel store and saw these highly sought after minis in the display window. Walked in to talk to someone, they even had more than one in the store [emoji33]
Too bad I wasn't in the market for the green mini

 

[eckw]

I was never able to score or even see any caviar minis in my home stores but came across quite a few on my recent trip to London. Maybe it’s easier there bc they enforce the bag quota (compared to Asia) and also they are more generous in offering to tourists/first-time buyers?