What percentage of people who try to get B/Ks succeed?

[AuthenticFox]

I hope you get your bag next month! Thanks for sharing!
Can I ask how a wishlist initially came up? Was this the first discussion of it, or had you/your SA brought it up prior? I see a lot of different info about wishlists depending on the stores, and even having combed through a lot of this forum and other resources online, I still feel confused!
On my third trip, I asked at

I hope you get your bag next month! Thanks for sharing!
Can I ask how a wishlist initially came up? Was this the first discussion of it, or had you/your SA brought it up prior? I see a lot of different info about wishlists depending on the stores, and even having combed through a lot of this forum and other resources onlie, I still feel confused!

On my third trip to the store (with each purchase over 1k or so), I asked my SA at the end if I could start a wish list. He was super gracious about it. I was way more anxious than I needed to be. I will say, it gets easier every time I go in.

I told him my dream would be a birkin 30 or 35 in a neutral or darker color (no exotic or pink). He asked about other bags at that point. I did say Kelly. When he asked about picotin or Evelyn, I said no, that I wanted to hold out.

I think I did get a watch when I brought up my wish list.

 

[CTLover]

I think really your store demographics matters, your SA matters, how much clout they have, and patience. My friend has bought fine jewelry and home goods. She has a strong profile, but she hasn’t been offered a bag yet. We have always been nice and polite. Also some people have a slight advantage, better chance of success, if they are referred to a good SA; they have a better chance of succeeding vs a complete unknown newcomer. All these factors matter.

I think really your store demographics matters, your SA matters, how much clout they have, and patience. My friend has bought fine jewelry and home goods. She has a strong profile, but she hasn’t been offered a bag yet. We have always been nice and polite. Also some people have a slight advantage, better chance of success, if they are referred to a good SA; they have a better chance of succeeding vs a complete unknown newcomer. All these factors matter.

I couldn't agree more. After being on this forum for the last 5 years, and reading different people's stories, it's pretty obvious that it pretty much depends on where you shop, and how you shop. I have a friend who never developed a relationship with an SA, and hasn't even been in our local store, but has two Birkins because they went to Las Vegas and dropped a lot of money in that store twice. Meanwhile, I've been an Hermes customer since the 1980's and have consistently bought scarves and other items since then, but really never had a lot of money to drop on a quota bag until 10 years ago. I developed a great relationship with my local store and bought a few non-quota bags just because I liked them and found they fit my lifestyle. I've bought 2 Kellys from them thus far, and now am looking for another Kelly or Birkin. I do have to say, however, it's gotten a lot harder to buy anything, since the pandemic. I've been looking for another Garden Party for months now, and they literally have no inventory. It used to be that you could order them on-line in a multitude of colors just 3 years ago. Now you have to put your name on a waiting list to get one.

 

[eckw]

I’ve really enjoyed reading everyone’s story so wanted to share mine. I would qualify it as a success only as I really did enjoy the so-called journey even though my home locations are considered very competitive. By no means am I a great spender but one thing I felt really helped make it enjoyable was I never counted “spend” and I never saw it as a game to “win”. To be fair I also think it was much much easier a few years ago.

My story: started shopping at H about 6-7 years ago and was lucky to meet an SA that I clicked well with. I only have a few categories that work for me, mainly CSGM scarves, belts, shoes (no RTW and no homewares) but luckily I love their fine jewellery so that obviously really helped when it came to bag offers. I think it was much easier a few years ago in that there was no wait for popular non-bag items. Certainly popular fine jewellery items were more readily available (CDC and Kelly bracelets, rings and necklaces) compared to what I’ve read on the forums here now where you have to pre-pay and/or waitlist for some of them.

I was quite addicted to H a few years ago so popped in regularly to browse and buy items I loved (mainly scarves at first and some shoes at first) and the odd jewellery item. Often after a purchase of some diamond fine jewellery, I would get a quiet bag offer from my SA. Over the years, I’ve received a number of quota bags (K25/30 and B25/30) as well as desirable non-quotas like C18. I’ve also turned down Touch K25 and B30 (not into exotics) and mini bolide and lindys (too small for me). Personally I don’t believe that an SA would count it against you if you turn down a bag offer that doesn’t work for you.

The main reason I like the H relationship is I truly enjoy shopping in my home stores. There’s something that feels really warm about the experience. I’ve tried going into reseller stores in Singapore and all those rows of quota bags just confuse me, lol. I’ve also had great fun at the private H sales.

But I agree with everyone that if you are just after a quota bag and see your buying experience in H as making up your spend for a Q bag, then going the reseller route is probably better. There are so many reputable resellers now that it’s just a matter of doing your homework.

My story is mainly in the past tense as I only browse and shop the occasional H item now. I consider my H bag and jewellery collection fairly complete and since I don’t wear much H RTW, I am not a regular customer anymore. I do enjoy going into different H stores while on holiday in Europe and Asia but mainly just for browsing (plus without an SA relationship, it doesn’t seem much fun.)

 

[CTLover]

I’ve really enjoyed reading everyone’s story so wanted to share mine. I would qualify it as a success only as I really did enjoy the so-called journey even though my home locations are considered very competitive. By no means am I a great spender but one thing I felt really helped make it enjoyable was I never counted “spend” and I never saw it as a game to “win”. To be fair I also think it was much much easier a few years ago.

My story: started shopping at H about 6-7 years ago and was lucky to meet an SA that I clicked well with. I only have a few categories that work for me, mainly CSGM scarves, belts, shoes (no RTW and no homewares) but luckily I love their fine jewellery so that obviously really helped when it came to bag offers. I think it was much easier a few years ago in that there was no wait for popular non-bag items. Certainly popular fine jewellery items were more readily available (CDC and Kelly bracelets, rings and necklaces) compared to what I’ve read on the forums here now where you have to pre-pay and/or waitlist for some of them.

I was quite addicted to H a few years ago so popped in regularly to browse and buy items I loved (mainly scarves at first and some shoes at first) and the odd jewellery item. Often after a purchase of some diamond fine jewellery, I would get a quiet bag offer from my SA. Over the years, I’ve received a number of quota bags (K25/30 and B25/30) as well as desirable non-quotas like C18. I’ve also turned down Touch K25 and B30 (not into exotics) and mini bolide and lindys (too small for me). Personally I don’t believe that an SA would count it against you if you turn down a bag offer that doesn’t work for you.

The main reason I like the H relationship is I truly enjoy shopping in my home stores. There’s something that feels really warm about the experience. I’ve tried going into reseller stores in Singapore and all those rows of quota bags just confuse me, lol. I’ve also had great fun at the private H sales.

But I agree with everyone that if you are just after a quota bag and see your buying experience in H as making up your spend for a Q bag, then going the reseller route is probably better. There are so many reputable resellers now that it’s just a matter of doing your homework.

My story is mainly in the past tense as I only browse and shop the occasional H item now. I consider my H bag and jewellery collection fairly complete and since I don’t wear much H RTW, I am not a regular customer anymore. I do enjoy going into different H stores while on holiday in Europe and Asia but mainly just for browsing (plus without an SA relationship, it doesn’t seem much fun.)

I've turned down bag offers that don't work for me as well. Rather than harm you, I think it helps you. One it shows SAs that they can't just offer you anything and have you take it, and two, that you're actually going to use and love the bags that you get. I turned down 4 quota bags before I accepted my first. I've also turned down quite a few non-quota bags through the years. The bags I do use I love and wear all the time, and often when I pop in, I'm carrying them, not because I'm going to Hermes, but because it's the bag I'm using at the moment. I've also made it clear that I can't buy bags willy nilly because I don't have an unlimited budget, so I have to be selective in what I buy. So, when I do say I'm in the market for a Birkin or Kelly, I tend to get what I'm looking for.

 

[Mrs.Hermess]

To add to the already great comments…A h high percentage of regular H customers are offered BKs.

If you become a regular customer of H, you will eventually be offered b/k/c. Bags will be offered, some you will love and some you will pass. The offers you don’t love you should reject. It will be demonstrative of your preferences and that you are not buying to sell.