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#316
livethelake said:
Ok....hoping for a sunny day soon...I'm freaked out over this. I am so sorry you (and everyone else with a skunk bag) is dealing with this nightmare. Hugs girlie :smile1:
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Yes, I waited for a sunny day... FULL ON SUN.... before I took that bag back for the second time. By then, I knew exactly how to make the bag smell. Honestly. I just want it to be over. It has been such an ordeal. So glad other ladies haven't had to deal with the treatment I received. THATS the part that hurt. I can deal with the smelly bag but taking my bag, holding it for 3 weeks on a shelf in the back, telling me it went to Paris and to hold on while it get's "checked in" as it just came back from Paris....handing it to me with a straight face and asking me "do u smell anything?"... "Well, Paris didn't" so here yah go.... ushering me out of the boutique like I just stole something... I mean DAM. My blood is boiling all over again :censor:
 
#317
Israeli_Flava said:
Yes, I waited for a sunny day... FULL ON SUN.... before I took that bag back for the second time. By then, I knew exactly how to make the bag smell. Honestly. I just want it to be over. It has been such an ordeal. So glad other ladies haven't had to deal with the treatment I received. THATS the part that hurt. I can deal with the smelly bag but taking my bag, holding it for 3 weeks on a shelf in the back, telling me it went to Paris and to hold on while it get's "checked in" as it just came back from Paris....handing it to me with a straight face and asking me "do u smell anything?"... "Well, Paris didn't" so here yah go.... ushering me out of the boutique like I just stole something... I mean DAM. My blood is boiling all over again :censor:
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IF, i'm so sorry that you have to deal with this problem and the boutique wasn't helpful to address the problem. I can't believe that they told you that the bag went to Paris when it wasn't sent there at all. It's crazy when we're spending this money for the quality products and the service is just not on pair. I hope that Hermes can be more aware of the problem and also more professional to provide the solution for us.
 
#318
So today i put my bag on the sunny spot with the window closed and the room closed. The sun isn't very strong although we have a nice day with the temp in the 70s. I left it there for 2 hours and i came to smell it several times. So far the bag hasn't emit any obvious skunk smell but when i put my face in the bag, i can still smell a slight glue smell.

Do you think i'm safe? Or should i try it again when the weather got warmer? I'm wondering how a new togo leather supposed to smell? I can smell the leather scent from my Chanel bags but they haven't smell like this gluey smell. This whole ordeal makes me hesitant to buy more Hermes leather and choosing which type of leather to buy in the future.
 
#319
luckyc said:
So today i put my bag on the sunny spot with the window closed and the room closed. The sun isn't very strong although we have a nice day with the temp in the 70s. I left it there for 2 hours and i came to smell it several times. So far the bag hasn't emit any obvious skunk smell but when i put my face in the bag, i can still smell a slight glue smell.

Do you think i'm safe? Or should i try it again when the weather got warmer? I'm wondering how a new togo leather supposed to smell? I can smell the leather scent from my Chanel bags but they haven't smell like this gluey smell. This whole ordeal makes me hesitant to buy more Hermes leather and choosing which type of leather to buy in the future.
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I think you're fine. You'd def smell skunk in those temps. I have a Togo birkin too. Smells like leather. Not glue not skunk not chemical... Just Leather.
 
#320
luckyc said:
IF, i'm so sorry that you have to deal with this problem and the boutique wasn't helpful to address the problem. I can't believe that they told you that the bag went to Paris when it wasn't sent there at all. It's crazy when we're spending this money for the quality products and the service is just not on pair. I hope that Hermes can be more aware of the problem and also more professional to provide the solution for us.
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Thanks Luckyc. :hugs:

Yep, that was how I was treated after spending loads of money and tons of time in that boutique soaking up as much info as I could about the brand and loving every minute of it. I was routinely in the boutique for HOURS talking and laughing and really enjoying all of the SAs.... falling deeply in love with the brand. Sadly those days are over bc I don't feel that comfortable there anymore. I guess I need to recover from all of the negative emotions.

Now I am dealing with someone else in the boutique to try to resolve this issue and she has been very sweet. Poor thing. I'm sure she felt like she was performing triage in a battle field called the purse forum. It's damage control at this point. But I think I was the only one who was treated this way... so that's a good thing.
 
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#322
luckyc said:
So today i put my bag on the sunny spot with the window closed and the room closed. The sun isn't very strong although we have a nice day with the temp in the 70s. I left it there for 2 hours and i came to smell it several times. So far the bag hasn't emit any obvious skunk smell but when i put my face in the bag, i can still smell a slight glue smell.

Do you think i'm safe? Or should i try it again when the weather got warmer? I'm wondering how a new togo leather supposed to smell? I can smell the leather scent from my Chanel bags but they haven't smell like this gluey smell. This whole ordeal makes me hesitant to buy more Hermes leather and choosing which type of leather to buy in the future.
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Sounds like you're safe. That test would definitely have made the room STINK. When mine was in my office, it was like I hit a wall of skunk funk at the door.
 
#323
Israeli_Flava said:
Thanks Luckyc. :hugs:

Yep, that was how I was treated after spending loads of money and tons of time in that boutique soaking up as much info as I could about the brand and loving every minute of it. I was routinely in the boutique for HOURS talking and laughing and really enjoying all of the SAs.... falling deeply in love with the brand. Sadly those days are over bc I don't feel that comfortable there anymore. I guess I need to recover from all of the negative emotions.

Now I am dealing with someone else in the boutique to try to resolve this issue and she has been very sweet. Poor thing. I'm sure she felt like she was performing triage in a battle field called the purse forum. It's damage control at this point. But I think I was the only one who was treated this way... so that's a good thing.
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IF, that is complete and utter injustice. I am so sorry you were treated that way. ABSOLUTELY WRONG! I am so angry for you. :mad: YOU are the customer. They are working in that store because of customers like YOU...it's the only reason they have a job!

I hope this new SA can make it right for you. :hugs:
 
#324
Nico_79 said:
It's true!! It's like some punishment for spending so much money on a purse!! :laugh:
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I love this!!!
Hilarious.
What's next? Can you imagine from now on after reading these horror stories, how many of us will now request a smell test while inspecting a coveted bag at the boutique ?
Can't you just imagine somebody sticking their head inside a birkin to smell it?
What if if smells?
Sorry, this is my HG but it's stinky ?
Too funny but sad at the same time!!!
I'm so sorry that this has happened to do many people.
You spend so much money and to have it smell does seem like a cruel joke.
Fortunately none of my bags smell....
 
#325
As I'm reading all these posts, I am thinking the only thing worst than dog farts is skunk farts!!!

The jury is still out on my kelly bag. Have not had a sunny enough day yet to perform the experiments needed for a definite conclusion.
 
#328
VesperSparrow said:
I'm a bystander in this but I just want to let everyone dealing with this problem know how sympathetic I am. And that you can joke about it shows real style and spirit! :hugs to you all
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:hugs: Thanks for the kind words.

Having serious anxiety about tomorrow. Bringing my travel hairdryer to do an in-store smell test. Yes, I am that paranoid. :laugh:
 
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