Congratulations on your new reissue for your mother. I am glad that your were able to locate the bag at Saks. Everyone has already commented on the creases and folds that are normal on the distressed calf leather for this leather fabrication of reissues. Reissues comes to the stores folded flat. I asked both boutique and department store managers about this in 2006, after the annviersary was reintroduced. Reissues are also made out of other leather fabrications including patent and lamb and different metals gold, silver, black, old blackened gold, and rutheium hardware. The red is very nice. Many TPFers love many types of red and also blues as well.
Some SAs may not know when stock comes in or is available. Like anything else, some SAs are more motivated and are keep updated about availability by the department head, DBA, or managers, and many times by TPFers. The forum is wealth of information. We become more knowledge because we are able to post intel from all parts of the world including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and some Arabic countries. A typical shopper does not have all of this intel. GL with future purchases.