What’s your unpopular Hermes opinion?

[nikotama]

This will be unpopular. I know on here we often say oh if you don’t want to play the game and/or just want bags go reseller. But doesn’t that help perpetuate the inflated prices for bkc and other bags? Isn’t this why we can’t even buy bags off of the website? All those buyers with bots swoop up the bags before anyone else can have them. Then they sell them brand new on fb, ig fp rr etc. And if you ever wondered how they don’t get caught? They also provide a service to clients where they use client accounts and credit cards.

I also know some who get offers straight from the boutique including fsh and take bags they never intend to keep. They promptly sell the bags at inflated prices - really coveted bags. Specs that are someone else’s dream bag. This irks me so much.

I’m all for capitalism and a free market but this side of h and reselling of new bags is very annoying. These flipping practices have been detrimental to clients who actually care for the brand.

As I’ve said before I wish H would blacklist people who sell brand new bags. It will discourage “clients” who resell and will make others really think before they take an offer. I see too many posts on sm of oh my sa offered me x and I’m not really sure if I should take it bc I really want y blah blah blah. Also H ought to take all stickers off at the store. That will discourage people esp influencers from taking bags they don’t intend to keep and from flipping them too.

Edit - to clarify I have no issue with reselling H bags that are not new.

Yes!! Buying preloved makes sense but I agree the reselling of new bags is problematic. Sometimes I think H is fully aware of the problem but ignoring the reselling and bots because it totally benefits their marketing strategy.

 

[r luvs h]

Unpopular opinion/PSA: Birkins should be banned at weddings (or any formal events, for that matter).

Why, pray tell, must you wear a tote bag to a wedding? It makes no sense. It would almost be less offensive to just wear a bin bag. Of course, I think everyone should do what they want, so long as no one is harmed… but there’s the rub— seeing this actually does hurt my eyes and cause me physical pain. So, please, no Birkins at weddings. Cheers.

Edited—
I’m a solution oriented guy, so if you do really feel obliged to wear an Hermès bag to a wedding, here are some appropriate options:

-Egée clutch
-Médor clutch
-Kelly Cut
-Jige
-Kelly Longue
-Kelly Élan
-Sac à Malice (preferably one of the older ones)
-Pliplat
-Faco
-Pretty much any of the vintage clutch/handbag styles (Cordelière, Jerboise, Lydie, Alcyon, etc.)

 

[gogingercat]

This will be unpopular. I know on here we often say oh if you don’t want to play the game and/or just want bags go reseller. But doesn’t that help perpetuate the inflated prices for bkc and other bags? Isn’t this why we can’t even buy bags off of the website? All those buyers with bots swoop up the bags before anyone else can have them. Then they sell them brand new on fb, ig fp rr etc. And if you ever wondered how they don’t get caught? They also provide a service to clients where they use client accounts and credit cards.

I also know some who get offers straight from the boutique including fsh and take bags they never intend to keep. They promptly sell the bags at inflated prices - really coveted bags. Specs that are someone else’s dream bag. This irks me so much.

I’m all for capitalism and a free market but this side of h and reselling of new bags is very annoying. These flipping practices have been detrimental to clients who actually care for the brand.

As I’ve said before I wish H would blacklist people who sell brand new bags. It will discourage “clients” who resell and will make others really think before they take an offer. I see too many posts on sm of oh my sa offered me x and I’m not really sure if I should take it bc I really want y blah blah blah. Also H ought to take all stickers off at the store. That will discourage people esp influencers from taking bags they don’t intend to keep and from flipping them too.

Edit - to clarify I have no issue with reselling H bags that are not new.

Yeah honestly peeling off stickers at the boutique sounds good to me.

I think the "go the reseller route" response comes from a swath of comments on this forum from new frustrated clients who are asking about their odds of getting a xyz bag. As we all know bag offers just depend on so many factors and there is no known formula so if someone is in search of a bag with specific specs it would be easiest and more economical to go the reseller route. I personally do not support resellers and would only buy vintage bags in the future, but this is just the reality of things right now.

Trust me I understand your frustration. I speak multiple languages so I've been getting some culture specific instagrammers being recommended to me on my feed. They upload picture of themselves shopping, filming bag offers and getting VIP treatment at the boutiques but if you read the comments (not in English) they talk about this bag being up for sale, how one might go about purchasing it etc. Its baffling to me how the SAs at the boutiques don't suspect this, or perhaps they just turn a blind eye. I've also seen some instagrammers who sell everything at massively inflated prices just because the demand is so high in their home country. They literally recruit "buyers" who essentially act as personal shoppers. I've even seen a case of an instagrammers who runs a "buying school," aka teaching other people how to run their own personal shoppers business, including how to smuggle these goods back into their home country without paying customs, how to redo the packaging etc. It's absolutely insane.

 

[_gelato_]

Sometimes I think H is fully aware of the problem but ignoring the reselling and bots because it totally benefits their marketing strategy.

I’m going to share something an SA told me a couple of years ago, and this is verbatim: “We actually don’t mind resellers, they’re good for our business”. Can’t say I was shocked or surprised. If anything, I appreciated the (accidental) transparency.

Before anyone asks, I can’t share at which boutique/city/country I was told this.

 

[addiCCted]

I’m going to share something an SA told me a couple of years ago, and this is verbatim: “We actually don’t mind resellers, they’re good for our business”. Can’t say I was shocked or surprised. If anything, I appreciated the (accidental) transparency.

Before anyone asks, I can’t share at which boutique/city/country I was told this.

of course its good for business....anyone who thinks Hermes doesn't care about making money is....very optimistic...

but they need to be mindful of this strategy, overexposure is the number one killer of a luxury brand..

 

[maryg1]

Let's test this:

- H bags are the quintessence of granny bags. They are the anchor that will tie down (and sink) your style forever into "grannydom".
- In any case, the H pop, when it happens, will be the most satisfying pop sound ever...

While I don’t like ALL the bag styles, SLG, let alone the RTW, some of the bag models truly stand the test of time and look great in different occasion.
We also have to consider:
- we don’t live in the same country or city, so what may be popular and seen in every corner in your city might be unknown in my town, and what screams “luxury and ubiquitous” in your city might be under the radar in my town;
- we don’t have the same taste, so you might prefer a trendy bag for whatever reason, while I might prefer a classic;
- we are human being and have different event to attend during the year, so one day I’d need an informal bag like the Evelyne, another one a formal Kelly, on a rainy day I take an Lv and on sone occasion my Dior comes out. We might have have a job that needs a certain bag, and the other are kept for our spare time;
- there are people who prefer to spend money in bags that know are a classic and that they can wear for years to come and that can be serviced after sales if needed. Other people prefer the trendy bag that reminds them of when they were younger and started being passionate about bags. I am the former type, that’s why I never looked twice at bags like Balenciaga Work or Fendi Spy, I never looked down at people who bought them, they sure liked and cherished them. Not to mention, for sure I never woke up one morning and went to the Bal or Fendi forums to write that their members are tasteless and suggesting they threw their money out of the window.
So my unpopular opinion is: world is so full with hate already, no need for it when talking about something futile like bags or fashion brands.

 

[maryg1]

Unpopular opinion/PSA: Birkins should be banned at weddings (or any formal events, for that matter).

Why, pray tell, must you wear a tote bag to a wedding? It makes no sense. It would almost be less offensive to just wear a bin bag. Of course, I think everyone should do what they want, so long as no one is harmed… but there’s the rub— seeing this actually does hurt my eyes and cause me physical pain. So, please, no Birkins at weddings. Cheers.

Edited—
I’m a solution oriented guy, so if you do really feel obliged to wear an Hermès bag to a wedding, here are some appropriate options:

-Egée clutch
-Médor clutch
-Kelly Cut
-Jige
-Kelly Longue
-Kelly Élan
-Sac à Malice (preferably one of the older ones)
-Pliplat
-Faco
-Pretty much any of the vintage clutch/handbag styles (Cordelière, Jerboise, Lydie, Alcyon, etc.)

while I agree about Birkin, I did carry my Kellys to weddings.

 

[r luvs h]

I am the former type, that’s why I never looked twice at bags like Balenciaga Work or Fendi Spy, I never looked down at people who bought them, they sure liked and cherished them. Not to mention, for sure I never woke up one morning and went to the Bal or Fendi forums to write that their members are tasteless and suggesting they threw their money out of the window.
So my unpopular opinion is: world is so full with hate already, no need for it when talking about something futile like bags or fashion brands.

I completely understand the sentiment here, and while I do generally agree, this specific thread is the Hermès Unpopular Opinions thread. So, if you find an opinion in this thread with which you disagree, you are probably in the right place! As members here, it is oftentimes our job to be discerning— to call out those who are acting in a truly derogatory or hateful manner, but to also understand that some things said on here are not to be taken so seriously (Example: seeing Birkins at a wedding, albeit jarring, does not in fact cause me any sort of physical pain. Just a bit of cheeky hyperbole.).

while I agree about Birkin, I did carry my Kellys to weddings.

Back to topic: I am not really a fan of Kellys at weddings either. I have worn Kellys to weddings in the past, but I think I’ve turned a new leaf. Maybe a Kellymini (Pochette) would be okay, but a standard Kelly just seems quite casual. But to each their own! One of the many joys of this forum is that we can all share our (sometimes polarising) opinions freely, so long as those opinions aren’t targeted, racist, sexist, elitist, etc. Little should be taken seriously here, after all, this is the Purseforum, not a United Nations meeting.

 

[ladysarah]

Oh dear TPF fellow members @r luvs h @maryg1 thete is literally nothing more important than carrying your bag well - I think entire wars have started for less. This is TPF and the debate of ‘should you carry a kelly to a wedding’ is above a matter of national security… (and if yes then which size and colour is best please refer to this thread here for more …)
To carry on with the unpopular opinions - I simply adore a Kelly for weddings. In fact that’s what I mostly carry myself and always delighted to see others. Even more unpopular opinion is my Utter horror when seeing anything crocodile or ‘exotic’ or fur.

 

[lurketylurk]

Gold hardware only belongs on warm-toned bags and palladium hardware only belongs on cool-toned bags. If your GHW "pops" on your cool-toned bag, it's because IT CLASHES!!
I said what I said and shall not repent

 

[Mrs.Hermess]

Gold hardware only belongs on warm-toned bags and palladium hardware only belongs on cool-toned bags. If your GHW "pops" on your cool-toned bag, it's because IT CLASHES!!
I said what I said and shall not repent

🤣. Fighting words on an early am. Totally agree except I love gold hardware on black shinny 🐊.

 

[doloresmia]

Oh dear TPF fellow members @r luvs h @maryg1 thete is literally nothing more important than carrying your bag well - I think entire wars have started for less. This is TPF and the debate of ‘should you carry a kelly to a wedding’ is above a matter of national security… (and if yes then which size and colour is best please refer to this thread here for more …)
To carry on with the unpopular opinions - I simply adore a Kelly for weddings. In fact that’s what I mostly carry myself and always delighted to see others. Even more unpopular opinion is my Utter horror when seeing anything crocodile or ‘exotic’ or fur.

Absolutely! I shall be carrying my lovely kelly longue (sp?) to a wedding tonight.

And then to keep on theme, i find it odd people bemoan resellers and then talk about h as an investment. Doesn't that imply you intend to resell whether yourself or through someone? And if you are spending x times bag price to get a bag, doesn't your total cost of goods sold take out any profit you might gain from your "investment?"

NOTE: I have bought directly and indirectly and love all my H equally and unequivocally. My feeling is live and let live in terms of how you buy and what you do with your bag.... Enjoy the thing!

 

[gogingercat]

Absolutely! I shall be carrying my lovely kelly longue (sp?) to a wedding tonight.

And then to keep on theme, i find it odd people hate resellers and then ask about h as an investment. Doesn't that imply you intend to resell whether yourself or through someone?

NOTE: I have bought directly and indirectly and love all my H equally and unequivocally.

I think the investment term comes from the media hyping up Birkins. Thus some people are misled to believe that handbags are genuinely great investment products. However, they can be investment pieces in the sense that you might wear them for your entire life. When I buy a bag I treat it as a consumable. In my mind that money is lost and in exchange I have obtained a sentimental item. You should only buy a bag if you are ok with losing that amount of money.

 

[fashion16]

I have no issue wearing a birkin with a high quality Oran inspired sandal from another brand. Don’t flame me but I am super hard on my shoes and they just don’t last. I have one pair of orans and I love them but as I was branching out to more fun colors, the inspired ones will do. My birkin is 100% real though.

Don’t come for me!

 

[Tonimichelle]

I agree with @maryg1 and definitely prefer a classic style that I know can be worn for years and repaired if necessary, over a trend bag any day.
With regards the investment aspect mentioned by @doloresmia. Whilst I've never bought any handbag with the intention of selling, there have been an awful lot of bags of all brands that I've sold over the years when they haven't worked out for me for some reason or another. In most instances for a fraction of the purchase price.
The advantage with the Hermes ones I've sold is that I've bought them preowned below retail (before the crazy prices) and with the exception of one, have recouped my money and then a little bit. It's not what I would term an investment, but it's nice to know if I change my mind about a style / colour at some point down the road it's not a total loss!
I don't agree though when resale websites claim their current offerings are 'investment' bags.. The price is so massively inflated there's no way you'd make your money back, let alone a profit.