i called bond st up twice, the first time i called to ask about the price, but i asked for the SA's name, the next time i called again to look for that particular SA who answered the phone before, so that i can also make sure that SA works there. the only thing to worry is that you need to give them your credit card number (including security code) over the phone, and you wouldn't know what they would do with that if u come across someone dishonest. luckily, everything works well for me this time. my mom called the credit card center the next day to check the bill to make sure it is Chanel which charged for the bag, also to make sure that the bag they send would be from a authentic source. hth.