I’ve been reading this thread for a very long time and I must say it is very helpful and hopeful for me to score the HG bag in Paris, especially leading up to our wedding anniversary Europe trip mid-Nov. We just got back from our trip and would like to report the information that was important and hopeful for me. I’m sorry for the detailed lengthy story but I found the detailed stories quite useful and interesting.
We had made small purchases this past Feb at FSH for a bracelet and perfume. All the times we went below, my DH and I dressed well. I wore my seasonal Chanel bags during all the visits below.
11/17/16 (Thurs.) - We arrived at our hotel in Paris
at 4pm and since this was our third trip to Paris within the last 2 years, we didn’t feel the need to explore the city right away and decided to try our luck at FSH. We arrived
at 5:30pm and approached a lady standing around the entrance and asked for an appointment. She said no more appointment for the day and try tomorrow.
11/18/16 (Fri) – We arrived at FSH
at 9:25amand there was already a long line of 20+ people in the front entrance. The side door was a bit shorter around 15+ so we lined up there. When it was
10:30am, it seemed like they opened both doors at the same time, however, they would only let in about 5 people at a time (at least the line I was in – side door). So there was a wait just to get inside the store which took about another 15 minutes until it was our turn to get through the door. Once inside, there was a line that was wrapped all the way around from the center of 1st floor (leather dept) to the other side of the store near the front entrance. It seemed like they were letting more people in the front door because the line for appt was more than double the amount of people that was originally lined up ahead of us outside. It took another 15-20 mins until we got to make an appointment. We were asked to show my passport right away and got an appt time of
4pm. Luckily I didn’t cancel my lunch reservation so DH and I were able to enjoy a long lunch and started to head back toward FSH, 5mins away from our hotel. Time kept changing
from 4pm,
4:10pm,
4:25pm,
4:10pm,
4:00pm etc. We didn’t want to chance it and so we got back to FSH
at 3:50pm and then time changed to
4:45,
4:55,
5:00,
5:10,
5:00 etc. DH was not happy at this point because he felt like we were waiting around all day for this appointment. But he still patiently waited for our appointment, which I think it ended to be
around 5:00-5:10pm. Our notification told us to go 2nd floor to meet our SA. Our SA was very pleasant and he led us to the one of the two tables in the back and made small talks. He then asked us what we are looking for and DH told him it was our anniversary and he want to get me THE bag to mark the occasion. We told him the preference of B30, if nothing else in B30, B25, in spring color blue/green (blue atoll, blue glacier), pinks (rose lipstick, rose azalee etc), and neutral color, Epsom leather, and GHW. He asked if we wanted to see anything else and we said no since B is my dream bag. He offered us drinks then took off. He didn’t asked us for passport as the other posts indicated, maybe it’s because the passport info was noted while making the appt earlier. While waiting we saw most people who were waiting were led to a private room with orange boxes, and one man at a table was shown two Kellys 25, one black and one brown. It must have been about 20 minutes then he came back and ask us to follow him, he said he found something “special” for me. He led us up into one of the private rooms on the third floor. There I saw a big box and a small box, with other wallets and twillies. I was really excited and nervous at the same time.
He presented a B35 in a dark blue color (he didn’t say the name, but I’m thinking its blue nuit) with Indigo color piping around the edges. My heart sunk because it was none of the criteria on my list. In fact, I’m not a fan of dark colors and B35 is huge on my petite frame. He said it was a really special piece and it was one of the two B bags he has left for the day. He said the other one was a B35 brick burnt orange color starts with a C which I don’t know the spelling. I tried the blue B35 couple times and I kindly declined even though I felt bad rejecting it as I know I’m pretty lucky to be shown a bag. Also, I felt he was genuine and tried his best to find me something. He then offered to get the brick burnt orange for us to look at. We said sure why not take a look even though I knew down inside I wouldn’t like the color. He brought it to us and sure enough we declined it as well since it wasn’t anything close to what we are looking for. He said he was sorry and maybe we could check back tomorrow. We asked if we could request him and he said sure, he may be able to see us in between his appointments.
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