My SA told me once my spend to date and I was like - wait, what? I don't earn that much
Spend threshold for B/K/C
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I had similar experience with you. Got an offer of C18, box leather noir, after 3 months into hermes journey and also less than 1:1 ratio ... I politely declined and after buying some more RTW, 1 month later getting my first Kelly 25... happy
Prespend, in the US, isn’t a goal with a finish line; it’s a comparison tool. When a coveted item that many clients have been asking for arrives in a shipment, the SM will consider the client profiles of all the clients the SAs nominate for the item and will decide who to offer it to. There are many more factors that go into this decision other than just prespend, but it does play the largest role imo. For easiest bag acquisition, seek to make your profile shine above the competition (frequent spend, higher spend, most consistent spend, favorable categories).
totally agree with this. I didn't have big pre-spend but I visited the store one every month (always purchase some items during visit), and voila my SA recently offered me a C18 Noir Box leather. I believe also the connection with SA is very important. Thanks for this forum, I got lot of useful information.
$100k per year or over your lifetime as a customer?
If it’s the latter, I’d imagine many of us would qualify 
My SA also made a comment about $100k spend, but it was to be nominated for a SO.
I could have read the conversation wrong, but he made it sound more like an overall purchase history than a pre-spend. Meaning you can still get other QBs in between.
I got a call from my SA few days ago that I got nominated and chosen for SO. My prespend is not even 100K so maybe it depends on the store and the SM approval? Still very over the moon though
Years ago 100k might've been the unspoken threshold for SOs, but these days the focus has shifted to new promising clients, so I wouldn't be surprised if SOs are offered at much lower spend levels.
Do people’s second QB offer usually take a lot longer than the first? I’m at double what I spent for the first and still no offer….also am wondering if this is affected by inventory at my home store….
H seems to be giving preference to newer clients these days so yes, it seems typical for the second quota bag to take longer. Especially if it’s the same calendar year as they are likely trying to spread around the offers to those who have yet to get anything this year.
Correct, the 100k a year was the unspoken threshold for SOs years ago. It seems in past 3-5 years, Hermes is more readily to offer SO's to new clients with much lower spend levels.
I am not sure how many of them become a $100k+ client on an annual basis, but I know of many cases who maintain a spend level of < 100k annually.