Paris trip for Hermes

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Please try to stay on topic. I realise because of the complexity of some of the posts members may veer off but in answer do not 'go there'.

For info and questions on US customs please post on the thread below: post https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/us-customs-discussion-airports-importing.905560/

Detaxing (to US from Europe) https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/best-way-to-detax-after-h-in-europe.178302/

or non-US destinations: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/does-h-store-paris-wants-to-ship.605014/page-3

For questions relating to prices https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/reference-hermes-current-prices.102567/page-357

For traveling with boxes https://forum.purseblog.com/threads...me-hermes-boxes-when-traveling.1044553/page-5



I will leave this reminder as a sticky because tthis is often a thread that new members (or new Hermès lovers) post on - hopefully temporarily.
 
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Here's my story from FSH Birkin hunt:

11/17 Thur- Went in around 5:30pm. Bought few scarves, belts and got a ring from fine jewelry. The SA in fine jewelry was able to get a leather SA to help me with bags without an appointment. I asked for neutral color Birkins and was told all sold out.

11/18 Fri - Arrived the store around 9:20am and lined up at the front door. There were 25+ people before me. Got an appointment for 3:30pm and was delayed until 4pm. I was told that they had lots of deliveries including netural colors on Thursday and were sold out by 5pm so there was only a dark orange B size 35 and a light orange B size 30. I refused. The SA asked me to come back next day to just see her.

11/19 Sat - I lined up at front door before 9am and requested for an appointment with the same SA. My appointment moved up from 2:30pm to 11am within 10 mins. Again was told no new deliveries yet and advised me to try again in the afternoon. I went back to the store around 3:30pm and met with her without an appointment. Unluckily there was no new delivery. She said that they would expect new deliveries next Tue/Wed. Unfortunately Sat was my last day in Paris. She felt bad and offered me a special order. I was able to pick a leather, color and hw combo. Not sure if this will go through but did make me feel a little bit about my trip.
 
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I would rather have special order than what FSH has at the moment any day!
Do you mind sharing which ring you purchased?

ffy22 said:
Here's my story from FSH Birkin hunt:

11/17 Thur- Went in around 5:30pm. Bought few scarves, belts and got a ring from fine jewelry. The SA in fine jewelry was able to get a leather SA to help me with bags without an appointment. I asked for neutral color Birkins and was told all sold out.

11/18 Fri - Arrived the store around 9:20am and lined up at the front door. There were 25+ people before me. Got an appointment for 3:30pm and was delayed until 4pm. I was told that they had lots of deliveries including netural colors on Thursday and were sold out by 5pm so there was only a dark orange B size 35 and a light orange B size 30. I refused. The SA asked me to come back next day to just see her.

11/19 Sat - I lined up at front door before 9am and requested for an appointment with the same SA. My appointment moved up from 2:30pm to 11am within 10 mins. Again was told no new deliveries yet and advised me to try again in the afternoon. I went back to the store around 3:30pm and met with her without an appointment. Unluckily there was no new delivery. She said that they would expect new deliveries next Tue/Wed. Unfortunately Sat was my last day in Paris. She felt bad and offered me a special order. I was able to pick a leather, color and hw combo. Not sure if this will go through but did make me feel a little bit about my trip.
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ffy22 said:
Here's my story from FSH Birkin hunt:

11/17 Thur- Went in around 5:30pm. Bought few scarves, belts and got a ring from fine jewelry. The SA in fine jewelry was able to get a leather SA to help me with bags without an appointment. I asked for neutral color Birkins and was told all sold out.

11/18 Fri - Arrived the store around 9:20am and lined up at the front door. There were 25+ people before me. Got an appointment for 3:30pm and was delayed until 4pm. I was told that they had lots of deliveries including netural colors on Thursday and were sold out by 5pm so there was only a dark orange B size 35 and a light orange B size 30. I refused. The SA asked me to come back next day to just see her.

11/19 Sat - I lined up at front door before 9am and requested for an appointment with the same SA. My appointment moved up from 2:30pm to 11am within 10 mins. Again was told no new deliveries yet and advised me to try again in the afternoon. I went back to the store around 3:30pm and met with her without an appointment. Unluckily there was no new delivery. She said that they would expect new deliveries next Tue/Wed. Unfortunately Sat was my last day in Paris. She felt bad and offered me a special order. I was able to pick a leather, color and hw combo. Not sure if this will go through but did make me feel a little bit about my trip.
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Thanks for sharing your experience. I believe this is a new system of offering regular customers special orders at FSH. My SA mentioned that it was difficult to estimate time frames because it's a new process. This further reinforces my belief that the new system is intended to make the shopping experience more enjoyable for regular customers of the brand who appreciate a variety of their merchandise perhaps a bit at the expense of walkins who are just interested in a bag. It will be interesting to see how the special order process works out. So far I think the new system is achieving its goals. That might not be a popular view in this thread. [emoji45]
 
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ffy22 said:
Here's my story from FSH Birkin hunt:

11/17 Thur- Went in around 5:30pm. Bought few scarves, belts and got a ring from fine jewelry. The SA in fine jewelry was able to get a leather SA to help me with bags without an appointment. I asked for neutral color Birkins and was told all sold out.

11/18 Fri - Arrived the store around 9:20am and lined up at the front door. There were 25+ people before me. Got an appointment for 3:30pm and was delayed until 4pm. I was told that they had lots of deliveries including netural colors on Thursday and were sold out by 5pm so there was only a dark orange B size 35 and a light orange B size 30. I refused. The SA asked me to come back next day to just see her.

11/19 Sat - I lined up at front door before 9am and requested for an appointment with the same SA. My appointment moved up from 2:30pm to 11am within 10 mins. Again was told no new deliveries yet and advised me to try again in the afternoon. I went back to the store around 3:30pm and met with her without an appointment. Unluckily there was no new delivery. She said that they would expect new deliveries next Tue/Wed. Unfortunately Sat was my last day in Paris. She felt bad and offered me a special order. I was able to pick a leather, color and hw combo. Not sure if this will go through but did make me feel a little bit about my trip.
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Congrats! Was your SO SA the same as the SA you met on Thursday?
 
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Pocketbook Pup said:
Thanks for sharing your experience. I believe this is a new system of offering regular customers special orders at FSH. My SA mentioned that it was difficult to estimate time frames because it's a new process. This further reinforces my belief that the new system is intended to make the shopping experience more enjoyable for regular customers of the brand who appreciate a variety of their merchandise perhaps a bit at the expense of walkins who are just interested in a bag. It will be interesting to see how the special order process works out. So far I think the new system is achieving its goals. That might not be a popular view in this thread. [emoji45]
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The thing with this new system is that I actually wasted most of my days shopping instead of sightseeing. Also it was cold waiting outside so I didn't enjoy that. However, I learned on my 2nd visit that one could move up your appointment times much earlier if you just book with a specific SA you met the previous day. That had
made my life much easier.

The leather SA in FSH told me they just opened the quota to regular customers for special orders of regular leathers so it was just a right timing. As I went through the leather samples, I saw some ostrich and crocodile leathers that were so pretty and much cheaper than the US but the quota for those were closed. Let's see if my SO go through.
 
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balanceinheels said:
I'll be in Paris next week and thought I'd try my luck at a B 35. I'm feeling so intimidated now. So I should go line up early and try to get an appointment?
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I just came back. My friend went to line up around 10am on Wed and there were few people in line. She got an appointment for 11:30am and was offered whatever she requested. I went to line up around 9:15am on Fri and there were 25+ people in front of me. I'd say to go there before 9:30am from Tue-Thur and before 9am on Fri-Sat. Seems like the stocks are more between Tue-Thur.
 
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