I had a not so great experience with Champs-Elysees. My husband and I decided that I could get my first Vuitton there, a Speedy 30 in Damier Ebene. We were in Paris on our honeymoon, doing touristy things. We walked there after visiting a major tourist attraction, so we weren't dressed to the nines but we were still neat and presentable.
We walked in and wandered around looking at all the floors. I finally found a Speedy by an elevator to try on. A gentlemen walked out of the elevator and told me that I could not touch the merchandise without a sales associate. He pointed us into luggage to have someone help us. We waited and waited and no one even said "hello, I'll be right with you." While we waited my husband was looking at the luggage. Would you believe elevator SA followed behind us fixing everything. I should also mention everyone around us had champagne, water, tea, etc.
Finally after about 15 minutes of waiting we wandered into ladies handbags. I asked a SA who was free for assistance seeing both the 25 and 30 ,I wanted to compare them side by side. She said hold on, and got me another SA. The new SA got us the two to look at and I decided on the 30. The SA then had the nerve to say "You do realize this is 760 Euros." When my husband said "yeah and" everything changed. Suddenly we were being asked if we wanted to purchase passport holders, key chains, wallets, etc. She must have offered us every matching SLG under the sun. We were frustrated and said "no, just the bag." I know water isn't expected, but after we said how far we walked to the store nothing was offered. After ringing us up I turned around to leave and saw elevator SA stunned that we purchased a bag. He looked shocked. It really ruined my bucket list goal of buying my first LV in Paris.
Personally, Fifth Avenue has always been awesome. It doesn't matter if I have a no name Target bag I always get excellent service. The local mall in Saks is amazing too. I went to get something heat stamped and I was treated like royalty even though it was a free service!
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