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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loulourella said:
oh dear, now im worried for myself. this is the first time i've heard such case on this forum. now should i buy a prepaid card when i arrive in Paris or should i stick to using my own sim card from my country when registering for an appointment?
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The prepaid didn’t work, for 6 times, no record shown in FSH they couldn’t find the registration history at all.

The sim from my own country worked.
 
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^ further to the above I didn’t bother to pursue and ask the hostess why, because by that time I had scored a c24 gold in GHW and a black Togo b30 in rghw. BUT I think i will be careful next time and I will not be using the prepaid sim anymore.
 
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Good luck tomorrow. Do you have a purchase history at FSH? I wonder if it helps with getting an online appt.

x_missv said:
Quick update - applied for three appointments at fsh with no luck. Applied for my final appointment for tmr, fingers crossed!!

Also went to George V and serves but with no luck at all in scoring a mini Kelly. I have a feeling that these two stores require a lot of spending.. [emoji20]

A bit upset now sigh.. the game is getting more and more difficult nowadays
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Summerof89 said:
^ further to the above I didn’t bother to pursue and ask the hostess why, because by that time I had scored a c24 gold in GHW and a black Togo b30 in rghw. BUT I think i will be careful next time and I will not be using the prepaid sim anymore.
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I don't know that may be the case as my bf and I both bought the French sim card from Orange and they both worked fine for us. It's how we scored the B25 and K32 in April. I also used my regular sim from USA in Sept and that worked as well. Seems to be an outlier of what happened?
 
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x_missv said:
Just got my final rejection email [emoji24]

Am so disheartened.. I wish they would just go back to good old queuing [emoji25]
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Aw I am sorry. I did not get an appointment on my 5th try this time either. I actually prefer this system since I believe once you have an appointment your probability of getting a bag in that appointment is higher and it wastes less time. But it is sucks not getting an appointment.
 
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x_missv said:
Just got my final rejection email [emoji24]

Am so disheartened.. I wish they would just go back to good old queuing [emoji25]
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I AM sorry- but I agree with acrowcounted- get there nice and early and just be honest, genuine and polite with the leather SM-maybe I'm naive,but i do believe they want to accommodate people if possible. I will send good thoughts your way!
 
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lynne_ross said:
Aw I am sorry. I did not get an appointment on my 5th try this time either. I actually prefer this system since I believe once you have an appointment your probability of getting a bag in that appointment is higher and it wastes less time. But it is sucks not getting an appointment.
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I do see your point.. in my case I’ve been to Paris several times and basically visited all the museums and touristy spots. Now I go to Paris half for H hunt, half just to enjoy the city and its culture - the food, the people, the architecture (I can spend an entire afternoon in the Tuileries sipping wine [emoji13]).

I live in Asia and Europe is half a world away from me, so whenever I travel I tend to visit a few more cities in Europe. Hence I simply cannot afford to spend a whole week in Paris just to test my luck for an appointment. That’s why I kinda miss the days of good old queuing.. you actually get a shot, unlike the situation now.. [emoji20][emoji20][emoji20]
 
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Why don't you look at it this way : Isn't it better to know the night before that you won't get in? - rather than waste three or four hours queuing, being frustrated by the late-comers who queue jump or take up places from hired queuers and then get turned away? At least you know you have not wasted a day and you can always try your luck at George V or Sevres.
 
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