Hi. I'm new to the forum and I must say, I enjoy your insights and perspective, especially about the local stores. I began my campaign (to me, it feels more like a campaign rather than a journey haha) for an offer at the start of the year, prior to that, I only went to the store to pick up small items, but I have worked with the same SA, who, from the very beginning, told me that best way to get an offer was to establish a relationship with the store and to be patient. That sort of stuck to me and it prevented me from going to Palo Alto (plus the PA store gave me really bad vibes). Initially, my plan was to wait till I hit the big 4-0 but COVID circumstances made me go crazy change that timeline to as soon as I get the offer. When I told my SA that I'd like to be considered or be added to the imaginary list ideally for this year, my SA told me that with the current events (COVID) inventory is a bit tough but that she would try for me. I ramped up my visits to the store since, purchased a few more items (bags, shoes, rtw, bit of cosmetics and fine jewelry) and with some patience (I struggled with this the most lol), wish items started coming, most recent is a TPM in neutral color (I was told late last year that there's a 2 year waiting list for the TPM in either gold and etoupe, so i was really surprised when my SA offered one to me a few weeks after I asked her if it's hard to order one), I was told by a friend who knows someone who used to work at the H store in Guam, that they only offer hot items to customers with good purchase history, not sure if there's any truth to that (awesome if it is) and now my SA is hinting, that she might have something special for me next time I visit, the hint might be a C24, which brings me to my question: does your SA give hints before they actually make an offer?
. I have had nothing but great customer service everytime I have gone there. All the SA I have seen there are always friendly to me. I actually have only been to SF store a few times I got my 1st Birkin last March a Black 35 PHW . I have 2 different SA I have worked with there the 1st one left the company and now my current SA who all I can say about her is she is the best SA I have ever worked or dealt with any shopping experience anywhere. I have never had either SA play games with me or have I had to drop lots of $ to be offered a Birkin the truth is I have only bought 2 Birkins from SF that's the only thing that I own from Hermes so I have never seen or experienced the games people say SF store plays. My SA has offered me 2 different Birkins within the last 2 weeks the 1st one I passed on and the 2nd I got yesterday (Friday) my 35 Etoupe. So in my experience SF is a great store.I also wanted to thank my angel
who helped me get my dream Birkins she knows who she is on this forum thank you for coming out to SF yesterday it was great having you there when I opened the big orange box. Thanks again you are the best. So I just wanted to say SF is great store. Sorry to all that have had bad experiences there but that's where I got my 2 dream Birkins from. So I wish all of you luck in SF store there is some wonderful SA there.
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Having said that, when i was going through my purchases I didn't really have this mentality as I am honestly a BIG jewelry and outerwear person so the spend in those categories came pretty natural for me.