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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scarlett16 said:
Hello!
I wasn't able to get anything in FSH (no surprise there) but I will also be going to Switzerland and Italy. Are the stocks there any better? Any tips? I'm hoping to go home with a B/K/C! :crybaby:
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Last year my husband went to Florence and Rome. SA at Florence was more receptive and gave him a card and promised to call if they received a bag with my specs. My husband checked several times within a 2 week period and no shipments of bags with my specs during his stay. The SAs at Rome we’re straight forward and told him those were for the locals.

Good luck!
 
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scarlett16 said:
Hello!
I wasn't able to get anything in FSH (no surprise there) but I will also be going to Switzerland and Italy. Are the stocks there any better? Any tips? I'm hoping to go home with a B/K/C! :crybaby:
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I got lucky and scored a B 30 in St Moritz a few summers ago. No past purchase history but did buy a gator CDC I wanted. Milan told me locals only for B/K/C. Good Luck!!!!
 
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I was able to get an appointment for myself on the 4th try and my DH on the 3rd try at FSH. Both were for today. Our appointments moved up 2-3 hours from the original time. We both walked away with no bags since the SAs basically said they had no stock, which could be the cause of the appointments moving up so much. I was quite annoyed how fast they moved up - like an hour every 15-30 mins - giving us very little notice to get to store. But the woman at desk did not seem to mind that we were late.
I ended up not buying anything from the stores this trip. I did pick up a few items at the sale and I'll take a look at the airport.

Overall I like the appointment system compared to lining up - I would rather have minimal chances of getting an appointment and get a quick rejection vs. Having to stand in line for 3 hours to be rejected on the spot. I spent very little time in h on this trip, which is great since I am here to visit friends and enjoy city!

As for the other 2 stores, I only popped in George V today while I was in the area and they said they had no bags come back Monday. I popped in Sevres on Friday before going to Bon Marche and they said I needed to line up at 10:30am for an appointment. Sounds like the old way FSH worked prior to the online system. I did not bother going back.
 
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lynne_ross said:
As for the other 2 stores, I only popped in George V today while I was in the area and they said they had no bags come back Monday. I popped in Sevres on Friday before going to Bon Marche and they said I needed to line up at 10:30am for an appointment. Sounds like the old way FSH worked prior to the online system. I did not bother going back.
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was there a long line at Sevres?
 
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I had my appt today at FSH this morning. It was my 5th attempt. I was there on Thursday as well with my husband, who got his appt on the first try. Thursday’s appt was for 11:30, but it kept being pushed by as late as 2:10pm. It eventually moved back to around 1:30 but I needed to go somewhere at 2:30, so decided to just show up earlier than adjusted time. They checked us in without any problem, so I guess it’s ok to go a little earlier or later than your appt time. SA was nice, took my wishlist but came back with nothing I wanted. She said that since it was the end of the month, they weren’t getting too much delivered. Left only buying a blanket.
This morning, my appt was for 10:30, so I was lining up at the store by 10:10 (there were about 10 people in front of me). When the doors opened, I went straight to the checking counter and got an SA right away. She took my wishlist and came back about 10 min later with some boxes. I followed her upstairs and she showed me a beautiful Constance 24 in Bleu Saphir. I was in heaven!!! I took it right away. In the end, I also got a mini black Evelyne with a sangle cavale strap, some wallets for my husband and son, a few scarves, and a mini clous bracelet. [emoji4]
FYI, I tried requesting appts with my kids’ names but since only my husband and I had cell phones, their requests did not work. So looks like is one request per person per phone number.
 
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aliao said:
I had my appt today at FSH this morning. It was my 5th attempt. I was there on Thursday as well with my husband, who got his appt on the first try. Thursday’s appt was for 11:30, but it kept being pushed by as late as 2:10pm. It eventually moved back to around 1:30 but I needed to go somewhere at 2:30, so decided to just show up earlier than adjusted time. They checked us in without any problem, so I guess it’s ok to go a little earlier or later than your appt time. SA was nice, took my wishlist but came back with nothing I wanted. She said that since it was the end of the month, they weren’t getting too much delivered. Left only buying a blanket.
This morning, my appt was for 10:30, so I was lining up at the store by 10:10 (there were about 10 people in front of me). When the doors opened, I went straight to the checking counter and got an SA right away. She took my wishlist and came back about 10 min later with some boxes. I followed her upstairs and she showed me a beautiful Constance 24 in Bleu Saphir. I was in heaven!!! I took it right away. In the end, I also got a mini black Evelyne with a sangle cavale strap, some wallets for my husband and son, a few scarves, and a mini clous bracelet. [emoji4]
FYI, I tried requesting appts with my kids’ names but since only my husband and I had cell phones, their requests did not work. So looks like is one request per person per phone number.
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Congrats!
The 10:30am appointment is the best in my opinion since you are then done for the day.
The first day I registered both my husband and I under his cell phone # and for his appointment I never got a reject or decline. So I used different cell phones for subsequent appointments. So I think you are right that you can only make one appointment per cell number.
 
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scarlett16 said:
Hello!
I wasn't able to get anything in FSH (no surprise there) but I will also be going to Switzerland and Italy. Are the stocks there any better? Any tips? I'm hoping to go home with a B/K/C! :crybaby:
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Just visited Zurich a week ago n SA was very honest to explain that their own queue for BKC is very long, so they don’t sell to tourists. However, they have a large stock n showed me a Garden Party 30 etoupe n a blu unit TPM Evelyne with an Orange/yellow/blue canvas strap!
 
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Hi all! Has anyone been successfully able to get a B/K at FSH after Christmas/around New Years? I'm thinking of heading to London for Christmas and Paris for New Years; wondering if it's worth while to do so, if trying for a Birkin is a priority. I know it's way harder during fashion week - is that the same right after the holidays, or is it pretty manageable? I imagine right before Christmas is the worst time! TIA!
 
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