Hermès for the lady in your life

[Jon Crow]

Haha

 

[Shannon The Minx]

Also interested!

 

[Bender]

GENTLEMEN! My God, the response, I am so sorry I didn't check this earlier! In my (poor) defense, I have been traveling a ton, and for whatever reason, this site can be super buggy for me if I am not on decent wifi.

Plus I tried roughly the same post on WUS and TRF, where I am a pretty well-known cat, and the response was abject disinterest, lol.

Okay, so at this point I believe what's left is:

-One Sac d' Evelyne, 16, in black with silver hardware. Unused.

-One Sac d' Evelyne, 16, in black with gold hardware. Unused

-One Sac d' Evelyne 29 in Étoupe with gold hardware. Unused.

-One pair of Chypre sandals in gold, size 40 (contact for condition)

-One pair of Chypre sandals in white, size 40 (contact for condition)

Potentially some scarves

 

[Fifty150]

This shoe cobbler just posted a video on YouTube. He fixed a purse. Interesting watch.

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[Heritage_Brand_Guy]

Interested in the Evelyne 29. Dming

 

[hd3kmize]

Phew! At least this wasn’t a sinister experiment after all. Thank you @Bender for giving our wives a reason to no longer hold us in contempt.

 

[BaslerChrysler]

My wife is considering to step on this dangerous path and now looking at what’s left only I wonder how long is the journey. Thanks for enlightening me!

 

[Denton]

Every time this thread comes up in the classifieds, I remember the car crash from Weekend:

"Mon sac! Mon sac Hermès!" etc.

Sorry, sorry. Good luck with the sale.

 

[Fifty150]

n her journey to get the Birkin and Kelly

"quota bags"

is this “journey” where you need to acquire a certain amount of Hermes for the Birkin to be sold to you

if this thread is actually a clandestine social experiment.

The social experiment is what Hermes wants from the consumer. You can't even go to the shop without an appointment. Then you have to spend a certain amount of money, to prove that you deserve to buy their purse. If they decide that you are the right buyer, then you will get an offer to buy. Some people could go on forever, buying other things in the store, spending thousands of dollars; and not get an offer to buy.

A more mischievous person would simply steal the purse. Look for someone walking down the street with it, then snatch it.


Almost as crazy as sending a drawing of your foot, then waiting a year and a half, to get an overpriced boot which might not fit.












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[Bender]

My wife is considering to step on this dangerous path and now looking at what’s left only I wonder how long is the journey. Thanks for enlightening me!

Jesus God don't let her do it

 

[Bender]

Guys, a note about prices... if your better half is interested in something, send me an offer, and I will pass it on to my better half. Feel free to request pics of anything.

I want to be clear about something with regards to pricing on Hermès stuff...

I loathe new guys who swing by these forums with a jacket we all know they just picked up for x amount, trying to flip it for double. Or guys selling a limited drop at an astronomical price. That said, the Hermès market for getting a bag right now (much like the Rolex market, as my WIS peeps understand) is almost entirely private rather than in-store, and the values are what they are.

There is a justification for this... infuriatingly, women often have to drop a bunch on stupid things they don't want, like scarves or keychains or belts, all while cultivating a "relationship" with an SA, before they can buy a bag... sometimes any bag. Like Rolex, some people do get lucky, but mostly it's a slow grind just to a less desirable bag, then maybe a more desirable one, and on and on, until eventually, usually years later, the holy grail of a Birkin or Kelly is offered.

So with all this in mind, the intent here is to beat the often outrageously overpriced professional resellers, but the bags are still going to be more than retail, just insomuch as they represent not just their original cost, but also all the other crap my wife had to buy to get them. Your wife will know exactly what I'm talking about if she's into the Hermès game.

And honestly... if she's not into the Hermès game... run. Don't tell her about this post. Save her sanity, lol.

But if she's already been turned by the great French leather vampire, then there may be some nice deals here on offer to feed her insatiable bag lust, comparative to what the market is currently demanding.

 

[Fifty150]

And honestly... if she's not into the Hermès game... run. Don't tell her about this post.

The worst part of the game is that you actually have to buy from Hermes. Just like Amazon, you need an account. They have a customer profile, with records of sales. And the sales associates have to know you. That's why people try to cultivate relationships with them. I have seen randomly sending flowers to a store, taking the sales person to lunch, lavish gifts during the holidays, remembering their birthdays and anniversaries with "trinkets" from Tiffany & Co......... please don't ask me if I ever slept with one to get a bag for my girlfriend.



It's not just girls with purses. I know a guy who wants to buy a car. A car from Ford! Obviously, one of the things that they are looking for, is someone who already owns one of their other high performance models. Just like the purse people, they want to see how much you've already spent with them. They don't want their cars to get into the hands of someone who is a "Chevy Guy". He had to submit a video explaining himself, how he would be best to represent the brand via his ownership, and why he was a fit buyer. He then went around the country to different events where he tried to rub elbows with Ford reps, cozy up to them, buy them lapdances, and whatever else it took to get on their good side. That was just to get on the list, for a chance to have his name entered into a lottery. All lottery entrants would obviously be pre-qualified as people fit to be seen driving the car. It's a FORD!

 

[BaslerChrysler]

Jesus God don't let her do it

I’m resisting but afraid not long and she’ll pull the trigger

 

[Will Zach]

The worst part of the game is that you actually have to buy from Hermes. Just like Amazon, you need an account. They have a customer profile, with records of sales. And the sales associates have to know you. That's why people try to cultivate relationships with them. I have seen randomly sending flowers to a store, taking the sales person to lunch, lavish gifts during the holidays, remembering their birthdays and anniversaries with "trinkets" from Tiffany & Co......... please don't ask me if I ever slept with one to get a bag for my girlfriend.



It's not just girls with purses. I know a guy who wants to buy a car. A car from Ford! Obviously, one of the things that they are looking for, is someone who already owns one of their other high performance models. Just like the purse people, they want to see how much you've already spent with them. They don't want their cars to get into the hands of someone who is a "Chevy Guy". He had to submit a video explaining himself, how he would be best to represent the brand via his ownership, and why he was a fit buyer. He then went around the country to different events where he tried to rub elbows with Ford reps, cozy up to them, buy them lapdances, and whatever else it took to get on their good side. That was just to get on the list, for a chance to have his name entered into a lottery. All lottery entrants would obviously be pre-qualified as people fit to be seen driving the car. It's a FORD!

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I heard it's the same thing in the US with eggs.

 

[Jonanah]

I heard it's the same thing in the US with eggs.

It’s true, grocery stores want to see you buying lots of bread, orange juice, and bacon before they’ll even consider selling you eggs here

 

[Bender]

It’s true, grocery stores want to see you buying lots of bread, orange juice, and bacon before they’ll even consider selling you eggs here

Oh come on, that's a ridiculous statement.

I mean, bread and OJ, sure... but bacon is a quota product itself. Better add some potatoes to that cart if you want to be considered for bacon. Once you've extended your bacon purchases for awhile, then maybe we can talk about eggs.

And don't you dare shop at another Costco location. Only your purchases at this Costco count toward the bacon here.

 

[hd3kmize]

Another little known fact about climbing the Hermès ladder is to pick your in store spend wisely. Their database of clients is collected on a store by store basis. There is no global database for aggregate spend nor is there a national database for aggregate spend. The individual store owns your profile. If you spend in multiple stores, your investment only aggregates at the store level, not in total Hermès spend. Donkey Kong anyone?