Pink Mother Of Pearl - New AlHambra Color 2021

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Hi, neighbor! The SAs there are great but they are definitely not the first to get any information.

Hey neighbor!! The SA I saw today wasn't that great, actually! :) I usually use Debbie, who I really like. But yes, they def don't get a ton of info. (One time, I asked them about a piece-- they said that it didn't exist and I saw it two weeks later at the Fifth Ave store!) But most importantly, do you think that the PMOP is real or a hoax? I see you share my love of pink, so you know that this is very important!!!!
 
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Hey neighbor!! The SA I saw today wasn't that great, actually! :smile: I usually use Debbie, who I really like. But yes, they def don't get a ton of info. (One time, I asked them about a piece-- they said that it didn't exist and I saw it two weeks later at the Fifth Ave store!) But most importantly, do you think that the PMOP is real or a hoax? I see you share my love of pink, so you know that this is very important!!!!

im not 100% certain, but my SA (who is at the 5th Avenue boutique - I go to Manhasset VCA mostly to look at things, or when my husband gives me a gift card to the Americana) hasn’t said no. Having seen the coming watch I would not be surprised if it’s in the works down the road. I’m certainly hoping!!!
 
im not 100% certain, but my SA (who is at the 5th Avenue boutique - I go to Manhasset VCA mostly to look at things, or when my husband gives me a gift card to the Americana) hasn’t said no. Having seen the coming watch I would not be surprised if it’s in the works down the road. I’m certainly hoping!!!

Okay, I'm glad to hear there's hope!! (Excellent point about the watch!!)
 
im not 100% certain, but my SA (who is at the 5th Avenue boutique - I go to Manhasset VCA mostly to look at things, or when my husband gives me a gift card to the Americana) hasn’t said no. Having seen the coming watch I would not be surprised if it’s in the works down the road. I’m certainly hoping!!!

I switched to the 5th ave store ever since I got my pink sapphire frivole set from an amazing SA earlier this month. Hopefully I can fly over for one of those store events when things go back to normal.
 
I am really puzzled about this PMOP release that it might be counterfeit...

From @ShoooSh’s post below, it’s her “local SA” (obviously works for VCA I assumed) confirmed that PMOP exists.

So...I don’t know what to think really...did the SA supplied an incorrect information then?

I like to think that rather than a conspiracy that the SA involved in a counterfeit market (sooo far fetched!)...:biggrin:

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These picture are taken from other tpf members in the LE 2020 thread, I went ahead & contacted my local SA who inquired further & came back with a confirmation that the color indeed exists & Is/will be launched in China first (Exclusively for 6 months), in time with Chinese Valentine Day/Lunar New Year & will be offered for Special Order worldwide afterwards.

ps: Please feel free correcting my info on the Chinese calendar

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Hi, neighbor! The SAs there are great but they are definitely not the first to get any information.
Yeah! I was just chatting to my SA today as well as another friend who works for Richemont who both echo this.

They both shared that the leaks in many cases start with people in middle management that are aware of new releases/special editions beforehand. The SAs are def the last to be communicated to so as to reduce the risk of onward communication to consumers. They both shared that there was a big “investigation” in HK a year or two ago when the customers found out about the holiday pendant before the SAs did (as has been the case again this year), and they found there were people in the middle/backend who had leaked the info and it just spread.

Anyhoooow, I suppose as everyone has been saying there has often been truth to the rumours but wouldn’t buy it unless you can get it from an official store. Even personal shoppers tag on a hefty percentage of the purchase price as their fee, so still do not think it’s worth it if their claims are true. My SA says there is no way for another store in a different country to order in special editions... So caveat emptor, buyer beware! Those offering to procure these for you on this forum are very possibly scammers :(
 
Yeah! I was just chatting to my SA today as well as another friend who works for Richemont who both echo this.

They both shared that the leaks in many cases start with people in middle management that are aware of new releases/special editions beforehand. The SAs are def the last to be communicated to so as to reduce the risk of onward communication to consumers. They both shared that there was a big “investigation” in HK a year or two ago when the customers found out about the holiday pendant before the SAs did (as has been the case again this year), and they found there were people in the middle/backend who had leaked the info and it just spread.

Anyhoooow, I suppose as everyone has been saying there has often been truth to the rumours but wouldn’t buy it unless you can get it from an official store. Even personal shoppers tag on a hefty percentage of the purchase price so I wouldn’t think it’s worth it if were true. My SA says there is no way for another store in a different country to order in special editions... So caveat emptor, buyer beware! Those offering to procure these for you on this forum are very possibly scammers :sad:

So helpful- thank you!!
 
I am going to be facetious here and say maybe China is creating their own version of VCA (read fakes) :tdown: It will be to the detriment of VCA not to put a stop to this. Superfakes are rife and this will only water down the value of their brand.

ETA - Please be very wary of any member trying to "HELP" by getting these pieces before it even hits the so-called markets. Don't for a moment think that the counterfeiters don't have their agents very active on this forum as well.
Yeah! I was just chatting to my SA today as well as another friend who works for Richemont who both echo this.

They both shared that the leaks in many cases start with people in middle management that are aware of new releases/special editions beforehand. The SAs are def the last to be communicated to so as to reduce the risk of onward communication to consumers. They both shared that there was a big “investigation” in HK a year or two ago when the customers found out about the holiday pendant before the SAs did (as has been the case again this year), and they found there were people in the middle/backend who had leaked the info and it just spread.

Anyhoooow, I suppose as everyone has been saying there has often been truth to the rumours but wouldn’t buy it unless you can get it from an official store. Even personal shoppers tag on a hefty percentage of the purchase price as their fee, so still do not think it’s worth it if their claims are true. MySA says there is no way for another store in a different country to order in special editions... So caveat emptor, buyer beware! Those offering to procure these for you on this forum are very possibly scammers :sad:
We can always hold out hope for PMOP because of the watch but the parts bolded in these two posts is what I wanted to emphasize.

I don't think this year's Pendant info was leaked like previous years - we got info from ASIA(Taiwanese Dollars to be exact) which for most part is 12 hours ahead of EST (which was just ONE DAY before the official launch date in North America).

If any member had info beforehand, it was not shared on this forum.
 
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Yeah! I was just chatting to my SA today as well as another friend who works for Richemont who both echo this.

They both shared that the leaks in many cases start with people in middle management that are aware of new releases/special editions beforehand. The SAs are def the last to be communicated to so as to reduce the risk of onward communication to consumers. They both shared that there was a big “investigation” in HK a year or two ago when the customers found out about the holiday pendant before the SAs did (as has been the case again this year), and they found there were people in the middle/backend who had leaked the info and it just spread.

Anyhoooow, I suppose as everyone has been saying there has often been truth to the rumours but wouldn’t buy it unless you can get it from an official store. Even personal shoppers tag on a hefty percentage of the purchase price as their fee, so still do not think it’s worth it if their claims are true. My SA says there is no way for another store in a different country to order in special editions... So caveat emptor, buyer beware! Those offering to procure these for you on this forum are very possibly scammers :sad:

while I don’t disagree with anything you said, I just wanted to clarify that my point was more with this boutique in particular as compared to other boutiques (such as 5th Ave). They don’t get stock like a freestanding boutiques does (I don’t know if they ever received any blue agate, for example), and they do not seem to get information like other boutiques do.
 
I don't think this year's Pendant info was leaked like previous years - we got info from ASIA(Taiwanese Dollars to be exact) which for most part is 12 hours ahead of EST (which was just ONE DAY before the official launch date in North America).

If any member had info beforehand, it was not shared on this forum.

I see :)

Also wonder if there is a discrepancy in the timing of the release of info to SAs in different regions/countries... my SA and the store manager were saying that they had received texts asking if it was the WG guilloche before they even got the confirmation email haha. Apparently someone heard about it from their N America counterpart, and a particular difficult customer gave them grief for “not being the know” — eesh!
 
I see :smile:

Also wonder if there is a discrepancy in the timing of the release of info to SAs in different regions/countries... my SA and the store manager were saying that they had received texts asking if it was the WG guilloche before they even got the confirmation email haha. Apparently someone heard about it from their N America counterpart, and a particular difficult customer gave them grief for “not being the know” — eesh!
I should hope that information is disseminated at the same time to all regions/markets/boutiques but who knows, right??!!!

We can choose to blame the SAs for being tight lipped but they fear they may lose their jobs. Info is leaked by someone - at which level will just be a guessing game.

And to keep my post on topic, PMOP might very well be released in time for the Chinese Lunar New Year. It’s just that the pieces we saw posted on IG were a bit suspect.
 
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