Wow, I read through all 126 pages of this thread! My conclusion is there are definitely rude people out there, but I also think that the international customer base gives room for misunderstandings with all of the different cultures traveling through stores. I've been many, many places, so I understand the perceptions that can be given/taken by different backgrounds.
Needless to say, I am almost shocked by how many people here are literally hounding stores just for a Birkin or Kelly. Being fairly new to Hermes, I'm just excited to see a wallet, Ulysse, or scarf. I ooh, and aah over the B/K reveals here, but I haven't seen one that would make me personally jump for joy (yet). People on a mission for one item may encounter varying degrees of what they perceive to be rudeness from the H stores, but it's probably not the case.
My recent visit to Hermes (not the Garden Party visit), was actually very comforting. The previous "issue" I spoke of when I felt the SA turned cool because of my hesitancy to purchase the Garden Party seemingly smoothed itself out. However, I did find out that she was never my true SA...and someone else whom helped me previously actually was my actual "assigned" SA. I felt that up to the Garden Party incident, they were all warm and kind, and helpful in many ways. My last visit notwithstanding. I'm not sure what it is about my visits, but even though it's a huge tourist area, I usually end up there when it's very quiet and not many customers. This particular visit, I was specific about things I wanted held for me, and they politely asked that I "please come right away", so as not to have the items on hold for too long. It worked out for everyone because I decided I didn't want the items they held for me, but saw something else of interest that I immediately snatched up. In the meanwhile, another customer came to purchase what I declined.
Even with the GP issue, I didn't feel that I was treated poorly in the H store; I don't expect bad treatment either. Or perhaps, I don't attribute rudeness to the fact that people think I'm poor. I don't care if folks think I can't afford something...it truly doesn't matter to me.
Needless to say, I am almost shocked by how many people here are literally hounding stores just for a Birkin or Kelly. Being fairly new to Hermes, I'm just excited to see a wallet, Ulysse, or scarf. I ooh, and aah over the B/K reveals here, but I haven't seen one that would make me personally jump for joy (yet). People on a mission for one item may encounter varying degrees of what they perceive to be rudeness from the H stores, but it's probably not the case.
My recent visit to Hermes (not the Garden Party visit), was actually very comforting. The previous "issue" I spoke of when I felt the SA turned cool because of my hesitancy to purchase the Garden Party seemingly smoothed itself out. However, I did find out that she was never my true SA...and someone else whom helped me previously actually was my actual "assigned" SA. I felt that up to the Garden Party incident, they were all warm and kind, and helpful in many ways. My last visit notwithstanding. I'm not sure what it is about my visits, but even though it's a huge tourist area, I usually end up there when it's very quiet and not many customers. This particular visit, I was specific about things I wanted held for me, and they politely asked that I "please come right away", so as not to have the items on hold for too long. It worked out for everyone because I decided I didn't want the items they held for me, but saw something else of interest that I immediately snatched up. In the meanwhile, another customer came to purchase what I declined.
Even with the GP issue, I didn't feel that I was treated poorly in the H store; I don't expect bad treatment either. Or perhaps, I don't attribute rudeness to the fact that people think I'm poor. I don't care if folks think I can't afford something...it truly doesn't matter to me.
ush: Plan on one day of purchasing a Dogon wallet someday.