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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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Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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Beautiful bag- congratulations! Enjoy her in good health, and what a wonderful memory of Paris!
 
#18,933
Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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Congrats on your lovely bag! Glad you had a nice experience
 
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Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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gorgeous! congrats!!
 
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Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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Congrats on your bag! Perfect color for the warm weather to come.
 
#18,936
Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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Congratulations!!!
 
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Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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It's such a beautiful B. My GP36 is in orange poppy color too. It was love at first sight to my husband, and he was the one who said instantly, "yes, we will take it". :biggrin: I wasn't sure though, but I am so glad that he got it for me, as I am loving it so much and I use it more than my gold B. This unique beautiful color gets a loooot of attentions. I am looking at her right now, with love. :heart: Congratulations on your beautiful B. :smile:
 
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pinklining said:
There's no guarantee that after spending a certain amount on non-leather goods, you will be offered a B or a K. unless we are talking about a furniture order :smile: For furniture, FSH will be a better bet as they have more bags for your selection.

If you intend to buy non leather goods to boost your chance, you might want to try Sevres as some Tpfers had a good chance of building a rapport with a SA without spending 6000 euro and was offered a B/K. Plus they have more bags available & wider goods selection in Sevres than George V - easier for you to find goods that you like.

George V is good if you want less sought after bags like Evelyne, Toolbox, Victoria as you didn't have to queue in the morning like FSH.

The chance of getting a B/K in Paris depends on your luck (being allocated to a helpful SA), perseverance (to queue early in FSH to get an appointment and coming back next day if they said no), being polite, ability to build a good rapport with an SA, not coming off as a reseller. Even if the SA is not able to sell you a B/K that day, she will be happy to make an appointment for you to visit her tomorrow etc if there's a good connection established.

Spending money on non leather goods might help to boost your chance but frankly.. there's a lot of wealthy people in Paris. So i doubt the SAs will be easily impressed by it unless we are talking about hugee hugeee amount.

FSH is busy but with an appointment, you will be allocated an SA who will help you one-to-one with the request. So it doesn't really matter if they are busy or not.
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Not sure that I agree with this post entirely. While there are no guarantees in anything in life, there is more than a good chance that if you spend 6000 euros, they will allow you to pucrhcase one of the coveted bags. But you do need to ask after you've settled in the items that you are about the purchase. Speak from personal experience. My sister was purchasing home goods (not furniture) and other miscellaneous things like agendas, ties, etc. that added to a lot. She did keep asking for the Constance for me which materialize after being told that they hadn't seen one in months before she started her spending spree there. But my sister is super charming and was likely very courteous when she asked about it.

And goes without saying that it's definitely not cricket to not go through with the purchase on the other stuff once they show you the bag.

My rationale is that FSH is most likely to see anyone off the street with no purchase history a B or K so if someone spends 6000 euros, it would make no sense that it wouldn't count for something. Unlesss the person is obviously obnoxious which none of us TPF'ers would ever be!!!

Bibibala said:
First time post here. This is my 1st day in Paris. I arrived CDG at 08:xx, when I arrived FSH, it was 10:xx. It was heavy raining, I was all wet and cos I brought my luggage, security didn't allow me to go in. Then I ran to my hotel to drop down my luggage and went back, at that time was aroun 11:20am. I politely said hi to the security. I didn't know where I should go, then finally found the appointment desk. At first, the Sa asked me to wait, then maybe the security or other SA told her my situation, then the SA helped me to book appointment right away. The appointment was 18:00. I then went to Chanel and Sevres Hermes. Then came back to FSH. I was so tired, and sat down inside to wait. Finally the sa came, the sa was a gentleman. Maybe it was late, he didn't take my passport, and just went fast and came out with one big box and few small box. This is it, b30, Clemence , poppy orange, GHW. He asked me how long I stayed in Paris, I said this is my 1st day. He told me to think about whether take it or not. I happily told him I would take it no matter what. He said I need to think through it, if i don't really like it. But I am so afraid that I won't have chance to get one. So I took it anyway.
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sarahfl said:
It's such a beautiful B. My GP36 is in orange poppy color too. It was love at first sight to my husband, and he was the one who said instantly, "yes, we will take it". :biggrin: I wasn't sure though, but I am so glad that he got it for me, as I am loving it so much and I use it more than my gold B. This unique beautiful color gets a loooot of attentions. I am looking at her right now, with love. :heart: Congratulations on your beautiful B. :smile:
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I have a Constance that my sister got me in this color...LOVE this color so much so you got so lucky in getting this combo. Congrats and now you can enjoy Paris!!
 
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tustin said:
Not sure that I agree with this post entirely. While there are no guarantees in anything in life, there is more than a good chance that if you spend 6000 euros, they will allow you to pucrhcase one of the coveted bags. But you do need to ask after you've settled in the items that you are about the purchase. Speak from personal experience. My sister was purchasing home goods (not furniture) and other miscellaneous things like agendas, ties, etc. that added to a lot. She did keep asking for the Constance for me which materialize after being told that they hadn't seen one in months before she started her spending spree there. But my sister is super charming and was likely very courteous when she asked about it.

And goes without saying that it's definitely not cricket to not go through with the purchase on the other stuff once they show you the bag.

My rationale is that FSH is most likely to see anyone off the street with no purchase history a B or K so if someone spends 6000 euros, it would make no sense that it wouldn't count for something. Unlesss the person is obviously obnoxious which none of us TPF'ers would ever be!!!

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Like i mentioned, spending money on non leather goods might help to boost your chance might boost your chance but i wouldn't say it would be more than a good chance.

It really depends on the SA you are working with and the rapport you have built with the SAs. Some SAs are just cold and hard to work with.

I had a close friend who spent 5000+ euros and was still declined of a B/K. Certain that she's not obnoxious demanding for a bag. That's why i wouldn't advise anyone to buy just to chalk up their purchase record thinking i've 50% higher chance than others to be offered a B/K. Certainly spending more can help to get you more interaction time with a SA to make ur case that you would really love a bag too. Purchases help in communicating to the SA that you are a fan of hermes things (not just a B/K) but that's as far as money can do for you unless it's a huge sum.

Perhaps the SA had a such wonderful time serving your sister that she decided to go to the extra mile to help her secure a bag. Also, perhaps the SA who was serving my friend could not find the bag with the specs she's looking for too. The possibilities are endless.

What i'm trying to say is that there are many reasons why one is offered a bag at the end of the day with or without prior purchases. And many things does not make sense in Hermes Paris unfortunately.

 
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pinklining said:

Perhaps the SA had a such wonderful time serving your sister that she decided to go to the extra mile to help her secure a bag. Also, perhaps the SA who was serving my friend could not find the bag with the specs she's looking for too. The possibilities are endless.

What i'm trying to say is that there are many reasons why one is offered a bag at the end of the day with or without prior purchases. And many things does not make sense in Hermes Paris unfortunately.
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ITA, I personally had tried every morning for 5 consecutive days in Nov 2015 and once in Sept 2016 at FSH and still couldn't get a Kelly, even with other purchases made. Subsequently a friend managed to purchase a K35 on her first try and she also did not have any purchase history, this was in Dec 2016. I concluded that it all boils down to luck lol. But I have to admit I was very specific in what I wanted, in terms of color, size, HW and leather, thus maybe that was the reason why I couldn't get a Kelly :amuse:
 
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