Thank you, this is such a helpful perspective. Curious what the max quantity for non-QB was for your store as I don't think I have seen non-QB limits being mentioned. I do feel like I am hitting a point where I have more than enough variety in my non-QB styles, so I will be patient moving forward and hold out for my QB 😊
Spend threshold for B/K/C
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I believe @acrowcounted has said in the past that SLG do count as pre spend.
(I’ll try to go back and check)
In Europe SLGs do count as prespend, in China a few people I know were able to include even KTG or CTG as prespend for B/K as instructed by SA.
I think it depends on country and store. In most European countries you will not be able to buy multiple NQBs a year, and you can get up to two QBs. It seems they do not care much if you buy X bags online, while some stores in the U.S. seem to care. Lately I think you can only get one bag online in the U.S. every semester per address. Last year it seems they lifted the restriction during the holidays, but apparently this year it seems they won’t.
I’ve heard of people in the U.S. buying multiple NQBs and still getting two QBs, and also heard of people having QBs bags delayed because they bought too many NQBs, or got KP and/or Constance. My advice would be to focus on getting your two QBs for the year, and then buy as many NQBs you can/want after that.
I buy bags I can find online in Europe, and only get B/K/C bags in store. I just bought one bag online in the U.S., it is much harder to find them here.
Honestly I think it depends on SA and store and their mood.
There are no real rules so you will get different answers from different people based on their different experiences. Prespend is a per quota-bag measurement used among clients as a means to compare competition of the market for bag offers. It is not a rule nor a triggering event (except maybe in Asia). It is not a thing where "I just spent X so now I am guaranteed a Y". In general, prespend resets after a quota bag purchase and can be considered lowered when a client buys a non-quota bag, especially coveted non-quota-bags like Constances, Kelly family bags, mini Lindys, etc because the SA/stores view that client as having been temporarily satisfied on a bag requests such that other clients can now be served.
One thing I’ve observed most recently due to this being pointed out to me by another tpfr - if you ingratiate yourself to the brand and super brown nose with posting multiple reviews gushing over your SA and boutique and go into details about all your amazing quota bag offers with multiple photographs of yourself with your offers and of you beaming with joy on YELP, you may be more likely to get an offer. It seems to work even if you just post a five star review on Google and gush over your sa and boutique.
Edit: Of course you need to spend and these clients seem to hit the Rtw and jewelry categories with at least 2:1 for coveted offers but that brown nosing seems to get you extra brownie points.
Edit: Of course you need to spend and these clients seem to hit the Rtw and jewelry categories with at least 2:1 for coveted offers but that brown nosing seems to get you extra brownie points.
Interesting. I have a stupid question: how does Hermes follow this? Do you let your SA know you've posted a review?
I assume any business follows their reviews and checks on them.
Yes, but someone actually cross-checks with the customer database and puts a check mark next to your customer profile?
I think you should just go take a look at some boutiques and see what I’m talking about. The ones who do it post multiple photos and multiple reviews. How can you miss them. They also post on YouTube and fb and ig. When boutiques have multiple bad reviews I’m sure those five star ones gushing over their Sas and boutique really help. I’m not saying anyone is cross checking any database. Take what you will from what I said but don’t overthink it.
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Ok, now I understand. You mean they're doing the video posts while still at the boutique. That makes sense. It never happens when I'm at my boutique but I know the type of post you are talking about. Everyone is very reserved at my local boutique, it's almost always like a library. For some reason, my mind went to the standard Google or Yelp reviews people leave afterwards
