NY Spring 2010 Sale?

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#272
NanamiRyu said:
^ Why don't you just go check out the sale? I saw lots of those pom poms yesterday and I bet they'll have plenty for the rest of the week.
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sadly, i am overbudget and out of funds. should i go just to look or would that make me feel worse? blah, maybe next, i just need to remember and plan better. i called up some friends to see if they wanted me to do shopping for them but the notice was too short for them :(

but i am closely checking out the pics and seeing what people come up so i know what to be on the look out for in the fall!
 
#273
880 said:
Hi Baglady1973,

I know the woman in Khaki and some of the other women that you refer to in your post above. She is a well known customer at H boutique and she is friendly with H corporate; a respected tpfer whom other tpfers go to for questions on scarves; she is also a collector; and I know that the list that you refer to is basically for the sole benefit of other clients and friends (whom I also know) who are not fortunate enough to make it into the private sale. I am aware from both sides, namely those who give her their "wish lists" and her that there is no surcharge for her efforts on their behalf.

To be clear, I was not one of the ladies (these ladies are also clients and boutique shoppers) helping her because I had my own smaller list of items to search for others here over in leather bags. Had I been fortunate enough to find the items on the lists of my friends - namely a Paris bombay 40 and a good news bag and some recent scarves - I too would have picked these items up and sent them off without making any money on the transaction. (And since there was a limit per person on bags, I would have made arrangements with one or more other friends to help me fulfill their wishes.

I do not mean to butt into a situation that does not directly concern me and
I am truly sorry that you were not able to get the GM c/s you wanted. I do understand the aggravation of missing a fabulous piece and I wish you the best of luck next sale.

Mods, please feel free to delete this post and/or PM me if anything is improper. Apologies for being OT

P.S. The women that I refer to in my post are not affiliated with the woman who owns the consignment store down the block that you also mention. (I have no idea who the consignment shop woman is)

Full disclosure: i am not affiliated with any of the people that I refer to in my post other than through love of Hermes.
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Well said, 880. I totally agree.
 
#274
gga said:
*whimperSOB*

Excuse me while I find a building to fling myself off of. If you guys could see the crappy excuse for a sale they have down here. Seriously. You couldn't pay me to haul some of it away. And then there's this. So not only do you get to live in an amazing city, you get the goddess of all sales dumped in your laps.

I hate you all and am going to stuff my head in a dryer.
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gga, is there room in your dryer for my head too? "Crappy excuse for a sale"? I'm thinking we're both from the same city!:p

I am determined to go to New York or Paris next year for a "real" sale. It should definitely be included in that book - One Thousand Things to Do Before you Die!
 
#276
laynzhu said:
Thank you for those great pictures and information. I was about to pass the sale, I am working on the next street, went to see the long line several times today, couldn't decide to stay in or go in tomorrow. now, i think i will go tomorrow....

anyone know how much are the twillys? thanks
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Twillies are $78. Pochettes too. (I know since I got one of each. :D)
 
#277
Hermeshermione1 said:
Capulet
you made the most amazing choices, just what I would have liked for myself. Enjoy wearing them, it is not often such wonderful H value comes to us. I had purchased the F.I. pochette on H.com and with postage it almost came to $200, so lucky you. I do not know how you put back the Mousseline.
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Thank you, Hermeshermione1! It was hard to put back the mousseline, but it was as much as everything else I bought put together. I am already sort of regretting that I put back the full-size FI...but I saw a guy getting it for his GF soon after and I'm sure it will be appreciated.
 
#278
Four Tails said:
I was a bit disappointed to see so many repeat scarves from September. The mayhem around the enamels wore me out quickly and the shoe selection did not interest me, so I checked out with just a blue Chevaux de France scarf and some of those really cute silky pompom page markers in a variety of sizes and colors. As I was photographing the pompoms, it occurred to me that my arrangement was slightly phallic, so I hope this doesn't make anyone uncomfortable. Please excuse my pathetic homemade bolduc page marker.

Not pictured: black silky pompom that is already hard at work in my Ulysse MM.
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Hee, that got my attention! :D
 
#281
baglady1973 said:
I am happy to see that I was not the only person totally annoyed by the HOARDING that was going on.

I was in line at 10 am got in at 11 am and there was a troop of women who were circling the event like hawks and then they would convene in the center of the sale by shoes and trade around. One of them had a huge list of scarves and items that she was looking for for clients - she was a reseller (hello if anyone from H corporate is reading this) = and the rest of the troop members kept looking to her for approval for the items that they were thinking of buying. It was a bunch of middle aged looking housewives in khaki pants and "comfortable shoes" and not the usual Hermes looking customer.

Whatever, its not the end of the world, but I know how long it took me to get the invite to the 10am part of the sale that I thought was exclusive and to see this sort of activity at a sale - especially a reseller there (there were more than one - the woman who owns the consignment store down the block was there too and she is another HOARDER) its just annoying.

I got what I wanted though - sans a shawl. At somepoint I will just go to the store and buy the one that i really want to stop aggravating myself with this sale.
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WOW - clearly you should never judge a book by its cover. The group of ladies in line behind me....loud, but dressed nice, etc. (just stating the fact) thought they could get into the private sale with out invites. You probably would not have judged them. But, ironically they were not even invited. Sounds like you spent plenty of your time watching these woman and that is interesting, since I was too busy having fun and shopping to watch others.

I find it very telling how you judge people (by the comments you made) and basically I feel sorry for you. I am assuming you are the "perfect looking" H customer? What does that look like? The wealthiest customers who shop at H are the most understated.

If you could possible show us a picture of the usual looking Hermes customer that would be great! Thanks in advance.

Mods - feel free to delete. I am sorry, but I am extremely offended by this post.
 
#282
wigglytuff said:
sadly, i am overbudget and out of funds. should i go just to look or would that make me feel worse? blah, maybe next, i just need to remember and plan better. i called up some friends to see if they wanted me to do shopping for them but the notice was too short for them :(

but i am closely checking out the pics and seeing what people come up so i know what to be on the look out for in the fall!
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Oh, no... I definitely would not recommend going just to look. I mean the hours of waiting to get in is a killer! As I waited (and waited) yesterday, I kept telling myself I'll probably end up doing insensible & unreasonable shopping damages over things I'd normally pass if nothing good is left, because otherwise my time and energy would feel like total waste. (But I found exact thing I went to the sale for!:yahoo:)



Warning for those who happen to hurry like me yesterday though.

OMG. One of the keychains I bought is defective! I know it's totally my fault for not checking properly... But please! Check all those little items thorough enough to see there's no damage. Most of them are in little plastic wrappers and you might miss a defect if you do not pull it out of the bag and check the whole thing.
 
#284
wigglytuff said:
silky pompoms another reason i am annoyed at myself for missing this sale. but maybe one will show up in my size tpm, pm that never made it out to the sale or that got returned in stores. or even one at the sale this fall.
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If memory serves, the TPM pompoms were something like $42 or possibly even half of that (one of the TPM tags caught my attention because it had $75 crossed out and $42 written in red). You may spend more on your round trip than you would on the pompoms.

restricter said:
Four Tails - the cadenas were in a tray at the table between the enamels and the leather handbags. The tray also had scarf rings. It took a lot of work to wedge myself in there. Sometimes I truly suffer for my fantastic hauls. :-).
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That was the tray where I had my experience with the hoarder. I tried sifting through what I could reach behind her pile, but she actually started to nudge me out and I wasn't about to take a shoulder to a soft spot. I just abandoned that ship.
 
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#285
lilyhermes said:
gga, is there room in your dryer for my head too? "Crappy excuse for a sale"? I'm thinking we're both from the same city!:p

I am determined to go to New York or Paris next year for a "real" sale. It should definitely be included in that book - One Thousand Things to Do Before you Die!
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*snifflesniffsniffleSOB* Yes, please. I've scooted over and there's now room in my dryer for your head too. We can sob together. And plot. Because I am SOOOO NOT missing another one of these.
 
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