I was offered that deal once, and declined simply because the bag my SA offered wasn't of any interest to me. BUT, if it was something I liked, I would have done it simply because what your SA is doing is risking his/her career really. If anyone to find out about this they would loose his/her job or worse. If he/she is planning to leave LV and never comeback with your money, I assume you can claim he/she robbed you, and there fore file a Police report, I am sure LV managers would be helpful and cooperative when if police is involved ( worse case scenario...lol) I don't think someone would try to run away with couple of hundred dollars...specially if (I am sure) LV has every employee personal info...Good Luck,, but keep in mind once you get the item there is no return, and all defective merchandise is stamped with a special symbol which is recognized anywhere.