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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aishaaa89 said:
Finally in Paris [emoji1374] my appointment is not until 3:30 in the afternoon, but I'm waiting for DH to get ready so we can go and browse before that. I'm so excited yet stress, I woke up an hour late and almost missed the train to Paris so my plan to go early vanished as I didn't get ready in London. Hopefully I will be lucky today [emoji85][emoji85][emoji85]
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Good luck and enjoy
 
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trinitycubed said:
This thread has been so helpful for me that I wanted to share my experience as well. I've never really thought about getting a Birkin or Kelly bag due to hassle it took to attain one through a store. When I was in Paris this past week, I decided to give it a try at Faubourg Saint-Honoré after reading this thread.

I decided that I would try for a Birkin last Thursday (2/16) in Paris. I arrived on line around 8:45am at the front entrance with about 3 groups ahead of me (about5 or 6 people total). Once the store opened, people made their way quickly to the appointment area in the back. A lot of people from the side door got ahead of me but I was still able to make a 11:20 am appointment. I walked around the area for a little bit before heading back into the store. I received a text at 11:10 that my SA was ready and met with a sweet french lady upstairs. She asked me what I was looking for and I gave her a list but told her I was unsure of the size of the Birkin since I've never tried one on. Since I'm tall, I told her I would like either a 35cm or 40cm. She offered me some beverages and went about to look for the bags. I waited a couple of mins before she came back and asked me to go with her to a private room. There she showed me one of the choices I wanted which was a 40cm Togo black Birkin with gold hardware. It was such a beautiful bag, however, it was too big for me... I asked if she had this combo in 35cm and she said no :sad: I then asked her what other colors were available in 35cm and she mentioned gold, some reds and oranges. I then asked her if she had any darker shades in general and she said she will search for me and left to go look again. She came back after a couple of mins and presented me the 35cm Togo Raisin Birkin! I looked the bag over and tried it on and decided this was the one! It seems like they received a stock of the Raisin Birkins recently since another poster here just got one too :smile:

Here she is:

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As a side note, I wore all black and a Stutterheim raincoat. This is my first ever Hermes purchase.

Hope this helps all you ladies visiting Paris soon!
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Congratulations on getting such a gorgeous bag! Raisin is a beautiful color!
 
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aishaaa89 said:
Thanks everyone for the wishes [emoji1374] today was just too lucky for us. My mum and I both got our holy grail bags I will post the story with picture when I'm back at the hotel.
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Wow! Congrats! I have been thinking about you all day! Please post pics and your story. I will be in similar situation since I'm planning on going there when I arrived but didn't think it was a good idea since I get to the airport by 8am.
 
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