Paris trip for Hermes

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#29,204
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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eiffel21 said:
First of all, hank you for all the encouragement, TPF is the best!

I am happy to update you that even though I didn’t have an appointment I managed to score something at FSH earlier today. Sorry for the long post, but this thread had helped me scored my bag at FSH, so I’d like to contribute to help other TPFers [emoji813]️

I have a list of items that I wanted to get at FSH so we were there at FSH yesterday. The store was so busy that I were only helped at the jewelry department. The shoes department was sooo busy that my DH lost his patience and told me to come back the next day (ie today).

So after lunch today, even though I didn’t get an appointment, we went back to FSH to get the rest of the items on my list. The store was not as busy, and one SA helped me with everything that I need. As I connected with her pretty well, I asked her if it would be possible for her to check if there’s a cancellation at the leather department. She told me that I need to make an appointment, and I told her I did try but I was rejected. So she said she will check.

She came back 10 or so minutes later, and said as the store was not busy she will be able to help me. I can’t believe my luck!, and so I told her what i have in mind. She then said she will check and see if she can find anything for me.

Twenty or so minutes later, she came back with one big box and two smaller boxes!

She took us upstairs and opened up the shrink wrapped box and revealed a K28 RP!!

I was hesitant for a minute or so, as I was worried the color is too “loud” for me. She took me to one of the rooms with a huge mirror, and that was it. I was sold! With what I wear, mostly black, I can definitely rock it, plus it is such a chameleon [emoji813]️

She also offered a bag charm, which I declined (I am not a bag charm person) and a fourbi which I also declined.

Without further ado, here’s a peek of my newest addition, will post the proper picture when I get home.

Thank you everyone for all the encouragement!! [emoji813]️[emoji813]️[emoji813]️

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What an experience!! Sooo happy for you!! You truly deserve this gorgeous bag. Congratulations again [emoji173]️
 
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eiffel21 said:
@Cygne18 and @azukitea, thank you.

TPF community is amazing, I wouldn’t have been able to score my K28 without reading the stories here, and all the support and encouragement [emoji813]️
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Glad you were able to score a Kelly!

Can I ask, which days you went that were the least crowded? I'm going next week and if I am not successful at an appointment I may just pop in and see if they can help me since I'm not after a K or B, just a cute picotin.
 
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feudingfaeries said:
Glad you were able to score a Kelly!

Can I ask, which days you went that were the least crowded? I'm going next week and if I am not successful at an appointment I may just pop in and see if they can help me since I'm not after a K or B, just a cute picotin.
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Feudingfaeries,
Thank you.

I was at FSH both Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday was super busy, and it was so much better yesterday (Thursday). I don’t know if the time of the day matters, I was at FSH after 4.30pm on Wed, and around 2pm on Thursday.

HTH, and good luck!!! [emoji256]
 
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Hello, i've been reading the forum for a while now and i'm wondering if going to FSH end of July/beginning of august would lower my chances of scoring BKC (both leather and exotic)? I heard during the summer time it's much more difficult to get one because of all the tourists but i've never experienced it. It's my first time in France and i really hope i could get one bec it's sooo difficult to get a bag here in my country! :sad: I have a friend who bought a ton of scarves, furniture, and keychains before she was even offered ONE birkin! Plus most of the bags here are bought through "push offers" meaning the person who bids the highest by offering to buy more expensive things with the bag gets the bag. :-s Buying an exotic here usually means having to spend at least an extra 20K USD on furniture/jewelry and that's if no one else is willing to spend more for it. :shocked:
 
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treschicchic said:
Hi @eiffel21,
My best friend is in Paris and she has tried 2 days for an appointment but rejected. Then she went to Sevres to try her luck, waited 1.5 hours to be served but it took 5 seconds for the SA to say, "Sorry no deliveries of BKC today". Her husband has banned her from stepping into Hermes store for the rest of their trip!
The struggle is real..
Hope you get your appointment tomorrow! All the best!
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You should ask your friend to try for an appointment again. I was told by an SA that the system priorities the third attempt. Both my sister and I got appointments on the third try.
 
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Naija Princess said:
You should ask your friend to try for an appointment again. I was told by an SA that the system priorities the third attempt. Both my sister and I got appointments on the third try.
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This piece of information is very helpful. Would you suggest trying for an appointment for 2 days before you are actually there? Would that be risky? Does having a purchase history have any influence for the granting of an appointment? Just curious if you would know. Thank you so much.
 
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eiffel21 said:
First of all, hank you for all the encouragement, TPF is the best!

I am happy to update you that even though I didn’t have an appointment I managed to score something at FSH earlier today. Sorry for the long post, but this thread had helped me scored my bag at FSH, so I’d like to contribute to help other TPFers [emoji813]️

I have a list of items that I wanted to get at FSH so we were there at FSH yesterday. The store was so busy that I were only helped at the jewelry department. The shoes department was sooo busy that my DH lost his patience and told me to come back the next day (ie today).

So after lunch today, even though I didn’t get an appointment, we went back to FSH to get the rest of the items on my list. The store was not as busy, and one SA helped me with everything that I need. As I connected with her pretty well, I asked her if it would be possible for her to check if there’s a cancellation at the leather department. She told me that I need to make an appointment, and I told her I did try but I was rejected. So she said she will check.

She came back 10 or so minutes later, and said as the store was not busy she will be able to help me. I can’t believe my luck!, and so I told her what i have in mind. She then said she will check and see if she can find anything for me.

Twenty or so minutes later, she came back with one big box and two smaller boxes!

She took us upstairs and opened up the shrink wrapped box and revealed a K28 RP!!

I was hesitant for a minute or so, as I was worried the color is too “loud” for me. She took me to one of the rooms with a huge mirror, and that was it. I was sold! With what I wear, mostly black, I can definitely rock it, plus it is such a chameleon [emoji813]️

She also offered a bag charm, which I declined (I am not a bag charm person) and a fourbi which I also declined.

Without further ado, here’s a peek of my newest addition, will post the proper picture when I get home.

Thank you everyone for all the encouragement!! [emoji813]️[emoji813]️[emoji813]️

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Good for you! It looks so cute peeking out. How much was your bag for? Is this your first H bag?
 
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scarlett16 said:
Hello, i've been reading the forum for a while now and i'm wondering if going to FSH end of July/beginning of august would lower my chances of scoring BKC (both leather and exotic)? I heard during the summer time it's much more difficult to get one because of all the tourists but i've never experienced it. It's my first time in France and i really hope i could get one bec it's sooo difficult to get a bag here in my country! :sad: I have a friend who bought a ton of scarves, furniture, and keychains before she was even offered ONE birkin! Plus most of the bags here are bought through "push offers" meaning the person who bids the highest by offering to buy more expensive things with the bag gets the bag. :-s Buying an exotic here usually means having to spend at least an extra 20K USD on furniture/jewelry and that's if no one else is willing to spend more for it. :shocked:
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I hear these stories from friends and I’ve seen what they’ve been through. I’m sorry it’s so difficult to get one in your home country. It should not differ so much country to country.
 
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Ok so I have been absent from this forum for a while.. But will never forget that tpf helped me in making my first FSH trip a great success and such a pleasant experience. And subsequent trips after that..

Last week I made the annual FSH visit again, and this time I wanted something a bit special. I wanted an ostrich B30. I tend to be Team K rather than Team B, but in my mind ostrich is perfect in B because you can see more hardware. And I’m partial to ghw.

So I emailed my H fairy ahead of time to secure an appointment. On the designated day, FSH was like a mad place and my fairy ended up running very very late for our appointment and I didn’t get to see her till 14 mins before closing time. She felt so bad and was very apologetic. I wanted more time to chit chat, catch up, look at other stuff etc, but no time for all that obviously.

Once I told her what I wanted, she immediately showed me RP B30 ostrich phw which was on display just next to where we were sitting. She asked me if it was ok. Hmmm.. I tend to go for neutrals so that I wouldn’t have to think too hard in matching my outfit. I told her I wasn’t sure about the colour (pretty but may not work with most of my wardrobe).

She went downstairs to look for more.. I was preparing to go for my second option which is a K28 sellier in epsom, thinking that maybe timing wasn’t right to get an ostrich.

5 minutes before closing, she reappeared and asked me to move to a different corner of the store where a big box was waiting. She said she had found something very pretty which was even nicer my what I had initially asked her (bleu de malte ostrich ghw), and very rare. It was a bleu saphir B30 ghw!!! The saturation was unbelievable. It was definitely love at first sight. She said it’s so rare that it’s the first time she had ever seen bleu saphir in an ostrich.

So here it is.. The gem of my current collection

PS: Am totally in love with this bag but my pink lover friend (who knew that I also love pinks), kept asking how could I said no to rose pourpre ostrich!! My local SA confirmed that bleu saphir ostrich is rare indeed, so I believe I made the right choice.. Do you agree, dear ladies??
 

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luvpetal said:
Ok so I have been absent from this forum for a while.. But will never forget that tpf helped me in making my first FSH trip a great success and such a pleasant experience. And subsequent trips after that..

Last week I made the annual FSH visit again, and this time I wanted something a bit special. I wanted an ostrich B30. I tend to be Team K rather than Team B, but in my mind ostrich is perfect in B because you can see more hardware. And I’m partial to ghw.

So I emailed my H fairy ahead of time to secure an appointment. On the designated day, FSH was like a mad place and my fairy ended up running very very late for our appointment and I didn’t get to see her till 14 mins before closing time. She felt so bad and was very apologetic. I wanted more time to chit chat, catch up, look at other stuff etc, but no time for all that obviously.

Once I told her what I wanted, she immediately showed me RP B30 ostrich phw which was on display just next to where we were sitting. She asked me if it was ok. Hmmm.. I tend to go for neutrals so that I wouldn’t have to think too hard in matching my outfit. I told her I wasn’t sure about the colour (pretty but may not work with most of my wardrobe).

She went downstairs to look for more.. I was preparing to go for my second option which is a K28 sellier in epsom, thinking that maybe timing wasn’t right to get an ostrich.

5 minutes before closing, she reappeared and asked me to move to a different corner of the store where a big box was waiting. She said she had found something very pretty which was even nicer my what I had initially asked her (bleu de malte ostrich ghw), and very rare. It was a bleu saphir B30 ghw!!! The saturation was unbelievable. It was definitely love at first sight. She said it’s so rare that it’s the first time she had ever seen bleu saphir in an ostrich.

So here it is.. The gem of my current collection

PS: Am totally in love with this bag but my pink lover friend (who knew that I also love pinks), kept asking how could I said no to rose pourpre ostrich!! My local SA confirmed that bleu saphir ostrich is rare indeed, so I believe I made the right choice.. Do you agree, dear ladies??
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It’s gorgeous! I agree, of course, that you made the right choice! :smile:
 
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