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#2,491
Israeli_Flava said:
Oh, and, the bag does not have to heat up necessarily... it's the sun rays on the leather that makes the pours open and you will be able to smell it.
I was able to make my Birkin smell by placing it in the window for 30 minutes on a day that it was freezing cold outside. You just need the sunshine....
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Oh, ok, then I will try again :) Thank's again. Really appreciated :)
 
#2,492
Tamarind said:
They have no basis for giving you nothing when they sold you a skunk bag. They should have done better for you than store credit. It's not your fault their bag smells. They should have at least offered you a refund if they can't promise you a replacement bag.
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I agree you need to ask for a refund, what are you going to do with a $12,000 store credit, that's ridiculous.
 
#2,494
anan said:
At this stage, this is unacceptable given that they are fully aware of the problem. Why aren't they testing every product now prior to selling it.
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If posters could use multiquote instead of replying individually to each post, it would make this thread a lot easier to navigate.

Select the open circle at the bottom right, from the first to the second last post you want to quote. For the last post, select quote.

Thanks.
 
#2,497
mistikat said:
I thought people who had affected items said simply heating them does not bring out a smell (if there is one) - that it must be UV light/sun light?

Now a hair dryer can bring out the smell?

Confused.
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I used a hair dryer on my bag before anyone mentioned it as a test and the smell came right out. But it was infinitely worse when it was on the car seat next to me sitting in the sun.
 
#2,499
MilanovaD said:
Well i read quite a bit and the majority of peole have purchased their bags a while back. I am more interested to hear from someone with a very recent experience:smile1:
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To sum things up, Hermes is saying that all the recent bags have been carefully inspected and should be fine. My replacements have been without issue over the last two months. That said, I think people are still getting some skunk bags, possibly from old stock that is still being sold. Do you have a bag on order that you will be receiving in January? or are you just hoping to be offered a Birkin or Kelly in January. If it's a special order that has been created before, I would be very cautious. But in general you can't just walk into a store on a certain day and pick up a Kelly or Birkin. That is not how it works at Hermes. Also if there something wrong with the bag, you can request a replacement, although that obviously takes a long time.
 
#2,500
I am having trouble quoting (my computer is acting nuts..) but i wanted to reply to few people who commented on my skunky belt strep. I caught a whiff of skunk when i opened the box but i thought i might be crazy so i used hair dryer and smell was unmistakable. Also, my bamboo birkin got activated just sitting in my closet during a heat wave in the area. So i think there are multiple ways for the items to release the smell...I am returning the belt strap back to h.com and writing to them that the item was skunky. Hoping that they won't put it back on h.com.


I am also wondering if H is focusing on skunky bags now and then missing SLGs :-(


On a good note, i got a call from my SA today offering me black birkin to replace my bamboo one. I gladly accepted it as i wanted a black one for a while. I will get it next week and will try to do heat/sun test. It's in togo leather. So wait time was about 3-4 weeks for me. It probably would be longer if i wanted bamboo one, but i told her that i am pretty flexible on colors so maybe that's why it was faster in this case. I am wishing everyone speedy replacements as well!!!!
 
#2,501
panthere55 said:
On a good note, i got a call from my SA today offering me black birkin to replace my bamboo one. I gladly accepted it as i wanted a black one for a while. I will get it next week and will try to do heat/sun test. It's in togo leather. So wait time was about 3-4 weeks for me. It probably would be longer if i wanted bamboo one, but i told her that i am pretty flexible on colors so maybe that's why it was faster in this case. I am wishing everyone speedy replacements as well!!!!
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Yay for you!!!! :hugs:
 
#2,502
panthere55 said:
I am having trouble quoting (my computer is acting nuts..) but i wanted to reply to few people who commented on my skunky belt strep. I caught a whiff of skunk when i opened the box but i thought i might be crazy so i used hair dryer and smell was unmistakable. Also, my bamboo birkin got activated just sitting in my closet during a heat wave in the area. So i think there are multiple ways for the items to release the smell...I am returning the belt strap back to h.com and writing to them that the item was skunky. Hoping that they won't put it back on h.com.


I am also wondering if H is focusing on skunky bags now and then missing SLGs :-(


On a good note, i got a call from my SA today offering me black birkin to replace my bamboo one. I gladly accepted it as i wanted a black one for a while. I will get it next week and will try to do heat/sun test. It's in togo leather. So wait time was about 3-4 weeks for me. It probably would be longer if i wanted bamboo one, but i told her that i am pretty flexible on colors so maybe that's why it was faster in this case. I am wishing everyone speedy replacements as well!!!!
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panthere - Congrats on such a quick replacement. I'm assuming that your store is replacing your bag with a podium order. I wish all the stores are doing this but some stores don't get as many Bs & Ks a year that they hate to give up one of theirs to satisfy the customers. Instead many of them are keeping their podium shipment and selling it to make their monthly numbers. How sad !! If Paris would give allowance to stores on the replacement bags, those affected would get them sooner.

Is your store in the US ? and is it a bigger store ?
 
#2,503
Israeli_Flava said:
Yay for you!!!! :hugs:
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chkpfbeliever said:
panthere - Congrats on such a quick replacement. I'm assuming that your store is replacing your bag with a podium order. I wish all the stores are doing this but some stores don't get as many Bs & Ks a year that they hate to give up one of theirs to satisfy the customers. Instead many of them are keeping their podium shipment and selling it to make their monthly numbers. How sad !! If Paris would give allowance to stores on the replacement bags, those affected would get them sooner.

Is your store in the US ? and is it a bigger store ?
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Thank you! I think it is a podium order...Yes it is in US, but not too big of a store
 
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