How my bestie scored 5 Hermès bags in Paris😱 *Her tips*

hey guys welcome welcome back so as you can see today I am in a very different setting I am at my besties beautiful house because as you can see from the title my bestie Saha very kindly agreed to share her amazing Paris Hermes Story how she scored five bags including very highly coveted burgundy Kelly so that's why I'm here but yeah let's welcome our Saha oh thanks for watching guys thank you so much for coming on so I'm so excited for this video because your story is just so amazing and I guess you know you guys if you watch my videos we all get it you know we're all into the same things by the way if you're new to my channel We Do videos like this all the time you know just disgusting little luxuries in life that we enjoy so if you like that sort of videos don't forget to subscribe to my channel if you haven't answered already and without further Ado let's get started with your story awesome let's do it so you're in Paris earlier in the year I'll set the scene yeah um so you guys were traveling killing you and your husband were traveling through Europe during their winter and you ended up going to Paris as your last destination which was in January this January this year it all started from there yes so you were there for maybe just over a week just over a week we were in Paris in January so of course when you're in Paris you'd like to check out the Hermes stores we'd love to see what they've got what type of stock they have and sometimes in Sydney we don't quite get all of the range so when in Paris that's one of the things that we love to do in ourselves but your husband loves and he absolutely loves the brand and really loves the shoes and so he he likes to go to any Irma's shop anywhere around the world just to see what they have available um so as you guys might know there's an appointment system where you apply online and then randomly you get selected for an appointment so so for the Hermes um I think a lot of people are already aware just but just to really quickly go over it there are three owner stores in Paris you can go to any of those stores without an appointment to buy anything else but if you want to buy any leather goods such as bags wallets that sort of thing you do need to have a leather appointment and for any of those stores you have to apply to be offered an appointment the day before during ole Miss's opening hours which is 10 30 to 6 30. apparently it's really competitive to get an appointment if you watched my Paris video you already know that something like 20 000 people apply every single day but they only have a hundred appointments so you do need to keep applying to get an appointment so I think you guys started applying while you're still in London yep so we were in London and then Paris was our next destination so we started to apply when we were in London and then we arrived in Paris and for a couple of days we kept applying and we weren't very lucky with getting an appointment until the third or fourth day but each day you were playing twice because that's like under your name with your passport details and under hubby's name and his passport details so if you have family members with you you can always apply under each person which increases your chance of hopefully getting an appointment that's right so we kept applying yeah both of us and then I think it was about day four that when we were applying we had a feeling that we might be lucky enough to get an appointment and I was able to score an appointment for the next day so very exciting started to think about the colors that I might want to ask for and the size and what type of bag that I was hoping to ask for I was offered the very first appointment in the day so we rocked up to the store at 10 30 and your appointment was at bookstore yes the biggest Mothership stuff Mothership store I actually didn't mind where I get the appointment but obviously ideally for ball is the flagship store so it was very nice to have been offered an appointment there but yeah there was a massive line and I was thinking to myself oh well possibly these are just random people waiting to get into the store I've got an appointment so we should be able to skip the line so I approached one of the sales people at the front and they said yep pretty much everyone's waiting for an appointment so they've already had appointments yes so that many people had appointments first thing that morning at 10 30. so we waited in line but the line just basically went in really quickly as soon as the doors opened we all got in and we were allocated a sales assistant and gentleman who greeted us and because there was no seats available on the main floor where the leather goods are sort of kept he asked us to go up with him to the top floor and we were seated there and then pretty much went straight into what is it that you guys want it yeah tell me what you want because he said these were his exact words um it's first come first serve so yeah he cut right to the Chase and yeah we went ahead and I I was hoping for a smaller bag so I mentioned to him that look I'm looking for a smaller bag I want something in a Kelly row Birkin in a size 25 of course the mini would be amazing but I'm open to a 25 in terms of stitching I didn't mind whichever one every time but Brittany was my preference in a smaller bag and you mentioned colors and yeah I did I did mention colors I had come across a really nice display bag in a trench color in London which I fell in love with and so I asked for a trench color or a cray color I mentioned a couple of colors like really lovely neutral colors but I also mentioned that I don't mind a pop of color especially if it's in a smaller bag because Hermes colors as you all know are beautiful and in a smaller bag it's actually quite nice to have a pop of color so I did mention that and then he pretty much disappeared for what seemed like forever it always feels like that I really felt like forever and he came out with two boxes now as you guys a lot of you may have experienced this when they come out with two boxes it usually means it's not a Birkin or a Kelly because they usually don't offer two bags at the same appointment so instantly when I saw the two boxes I thought oh maybe not this time the spices are a bit odd and the size were a bit odd so he came out with these two boxes and we always try and guess what kind of size by looking at the boxes so this one looks like maybe what and I don't have a mini but maybe what a mini would come in but I knew that he wouldn't be offering me a mini and then something else as well so at that stage I was really unsure but anyways he cut to the Chase and said because you mentioned the color trench and it seemed like he really liked that color I decided to bring out this bag for you it's not quite what you want which I already had guessed by that stage yes um but what he offered me I actually really liked yes so he offered me this get a bag in the color Trend no I think it's cute Racha kubracho is it um it's like a more neutral color I don't know how to say that name quite so anyways he came out with this bag in a similar color to what I I had asked for and obviously because it's a smaller bag he felt like I would really like something like that and he was right I did really like the bag although it's one of the newer collections I feel like it's a really really lovely travel bag or yes something that you might grab when you're going out casually obviously the canvas uh strapping makes the bag a little bit more casual so and it's got the magnetic the magnetic La flap which feels really secure and then it's quite spacious food it's got some receipts in there so we won't finish that I like that how the front and the back are the same yep yeah so you can wear it either way and then obviously you can adjust it as required I like to wear it crossbody because it just feels really nice and secure and I really like the fact that I can just flip this up and access the bag it's yeah it's quite easy to get in and out of the bag it's a very subtle hitch yeah so it's is not a very loud box it's really nice as a travel bag yeah it's not so in your face I'm an MS bag so that's really nice a really nice one you're gonna mentioned this bag you really liked it when you saw it I feel like um the reason why he brought it out was because he probably thought that this is a smaller bag something that I was looking for and the color color wise it was something that I had asked for so he brought it out but I did like it instantly but I was very curious to find out what was the other box before you made before I make the final decision and I actually wasn't even sure how many bags you can buy in the winter Point yes that's right first bag that came out and then he said again this is not exactly what you had asked for but in terms of color this is um even the color is not in this season so this is the only one that he could find for me but yeah to my surprise it's an amazing bag and Kelly actually yeah in the color cray which I had asked for oh it looks perfect yeah it's a size 28 so I had originally asked for something small a 25 but because it's a retinae stitching it doesn't look as big as um not as bulky as well yeah maybe not as bulky as a cell yeah and of course the color is just out of this world so oh you guys all know how I feel about the color gray I've forever been obsessed yes so that was the one that he offered me and I actually couldn't believe it because I didn't think he had a Kelly in that box to talk to me so um it's with the gold Hardware I I really think cray looks nice it brings the warmth into it really does so when he brought it out and obviously it's not the 25 but when I tried it on it looks nice it's not very overpowering on me so um obviously I wasn't going to say no to this bag I'm definitely going to get this one but yeah my heart was also set on that one so then I asked him if I was able to purchase both of the items and um he said yep that's fine it's only the Kelly or the Birkin that you can only purchase one every six months so then I ended up just purchasing both both of them yeah that was a really good appointment absolutely it couldn't have been better yeah so you're very happy at this very happy at this stage but there are three more coming by this stage I'm thinking that's it like um you know couldn't have gotten anything better I was more than happy to even get one while I was there on this trip so at this stage I'm saying to my husband you know like we're pretty much done yeah but of course he wants to keep applying to get an appointment as well you only had an appointment treatment under your name so far yes so your husband was very persistent and kept applying for his own appointment to see if you guys could score another bag perhaps a smaller size a smaller size which is what I originally really had my heart set on yeah so then what happened next what was your next bag that came so I have always really wanted a her bag as an everyday bag because I feel like the structure of it and just the way it's put together is quite nice it's quite versatile so yeah I was just saying to my husband you know like it would be really nice if I had asked that appointment for her bag as well knowing us we wanted to visit the several store anyways so a couple of days later while we were still applying we decided to go to the self store just to have a look at some shoes and some other of the items that might be there because the stock is not exactly the same in each store and as you know Paris has the three stores so we went to the center store while we were there I approached sorry we had a little phone phone where were we so you went to the thrift store yes store to check out some shoes and just have a look at this Dock and um when we got there one of the sales assistants were wearing a really really lovely top which was obviously from Hermes so I just approached her to compliment her on it and see if they have it available unfortunately no it was one of the oldest season I always seem to miss out on the nice thing yes I actually find Hermes ready to wear kind of reasonably priced compared to like Dior and Chanel absolutely and I do like the discreetness of it I just really like a lot of the question to you yeah I don't like a lot of logos although I do have a couple of items but when it comes to a nice top or um just the colors are really vibrant and it's a bit more discreet so anyways um I approached the salesperson and complimented her on her top and then asked her if we needed an appointment and for her bag she just said basically wait and we'll see if someone is able to help you so then we were greeted by another gentleman after waiting a couple of minutes and then I was able to ask him if they had any but at this stage I wasn't really sure what had happened whether that appointment I could have asked for a Kelly or a Birkin or was it purely just for the hair back but I thought you know what it doesn't hurt why don't I just ask a disappointment if there is any Kelly's or Wilkins available and he's pretty much said straight out no this moment is only for a her bag which you had asked for and uh you know for the Kelly or the Birkin you need to go through the appointment system which is very standard it's very fair and I wasn't really expecting to get anything out of that appointment anyways um but yeah then I did ask for a particular hair bag that I had been wanting so I showed him the photo and I said this is the her bag that I'm actually looking for and he said let me have a look and see what we have available so he went to the back and then he came out with a big box a big box and um I got really excited because I thought maybe it's the one that I actually had asked for and when he came out he said look we don't have that particular print that's an older print that you had asked for but he did offer me this her bag which at the time I wasn't very sure about my husband fell in love with it but yeah I actually it's not the one knew it's not us it's not the one that I had originally asked for but yeah I have obviously fallen in love with it since and I decided to purchase it because I thought it was a really nice color very versatile I do really like the Gold Hardware now you guys have seen this in one of my previous videos yeah when we were having coffee because this is the house every day bag at the moment spacious yeah it's quite spacious a little bit difficult to get in and out of them but you get open it you actually get used to it and it's got that back pocket where you can put your phone which is something that you probably need to access the most easy so yeah yeah so and it's got a nice shorter strap yeah it's really nice that's the one that I ended up getting and I really do like it I enjoy wearing it and there's a lot of canvas bags out there at the moment but I feel like this is not something that you see everywhere it's a little bit different so I really really enjoy wearing it and I mean the her bag is just very well constructed it's very well constructed lots of design features it makes it really worth it I feel sorry I feel like it really does um I mean you know the current designer bag prices are so insane herbeg I think this you did mention it was around 2200 that's right yes which is not even 4 000 Australian dollars and let me tell you the most basic Louis Vuitton Speedy bag I mean it doesn't have many design features I think that goes for like three thousand dollars at the moment that's right yeah I think Hermes bags are really well priced some of these bags I do really like it and the fact that you can change it you can mix it with if you do have other um yeah this flap comes apart the whole thing comes apart yeah and customize you can mix and match and I do really like the structuredness of it so yeah it is quite I'm really happy with it obviously it's something that I've been wanting for many many years I'm really happy to have added that to my collection and really yeah although it wasn't what I had asked for and it wasn't what I was looking for but it's definitely grown on me and I really love wearing it with jeans and um just you wear it every day it's a good color it's a really good color yeah so the three bags here yes so then um obviously that was a self store that was a self store continue on the story hubby was still applying and yeah he's applying every day every day frantically trying to get another appointment to see if we can score a very good very good he's definitely he doesn't stop you ever if anything he yeah he does not stop me which is nice yes it's a good problem too but you know at this stage I was quite happier is what I had gotten I had gotten you know the hair bag that I had wanted I had gotten a smaller bag in the color that I wanted and also of course this very beautiful candy bag in a gorgeous color so I was actually really happy at this theater called Pizza Harvey is still trying so after a couple of days of trying he did end up getting an appointment later in the afternoon at this appointment was there I think around three or three Thirty a football store again at the football store so this is all within like the space of a week absolutely within a space of a week we couldn't believe it when we got the appointment but you know to be very honest at this stage going in we didn't know what's going to happen and we weren't really expecting to get anything out of it or um but you know we were going to try we haven't I think that's what you thought yeah but I think hubby thought hubby thought that we can get something he's he's Aiming High and also you know back in 2019 when we were traveling together we we were also very lucky yes and basically scored really nice bags so I think um I don't know you kind of think that maybe the Luck's still in US yeah yeah absolutely like you just don't know whether it's just being lucky or what it is who even knows yeah really yes so we've got this appointment but then um the appointment time kept changing they kept updating us SMS yes your appointment's at three and then if someone's running behind they'll say like it's running behind earlier yeah yeah so it got pushed back a little bit so we decided to make our way there anyways a little bit early yeah we had plans so in the evening so we decided just to head there and as we were just about to approach the store the appointment got pushed back even further but at this stage we decided you know what we're just gonna go in I might just browse around a little bit there might be a salesperson to help us out we'll just see it we'll see how it goes and if they ask us to come back a little bit later then maybe we can go and have something and come back so anyways we headed to the store and we approached the concierge and tell them that we had an appointment um and showed them the SMS and then they asked us just to wait around and have a browse and someone will approach us when a sales assistant becomes available so yeah while we were there in my head I was still a little bit unsure about the hair bag that I had been offered I still had it before and that I had bought so I had still in my heart the previous one that I really wanted the color was different so I thought you know what while we're waiting why don't I ask one of the sales assistants if they have that particular one that I was after because the one that I had purchased was from the seller store we had never asked for one from the football store so I approached them and I said this is the her bag that I actually really want you showed them yeah I showed them the photo and I said this is the hair bag that I would like if you guys have it available and so the gentleman that assisted me was able to actually offer me the one the exact one that I wanted um so this was just the floor a sales associate yeah absolutely while you were waiting for your actual leather equipment for my appointment yeah exactly so this was not even the beginning not even the beginning of the leather appointment I just decided to ask them just to see if they have it and then I was just like really think thinking maybe what I do in my head I was thinking if they do have the one that I actually want maybe I'll do a little exchange and um you know exchange the one that I had already purchased with the one that I actually wanted because so you don't need two yeah I I was not planning to have two of her bags so I thought you know why not let's give it a try yeah so once I showed them the um the salesperson the picture and he's like let me see what I have available and then he came out with the actual her bag that I had originally wanted which is drumroll which is actually this one oh sorry in the ice cream so that was the back of the bag this is actually the one that I had originally wanted it was an older print it's called yeah so I think it was from a couple of seasons from a couple of seasons ago but I really just like the warm tones and and print I felt like was really omaze and yeah I quite liked it so he came out with this one I got super excited because I thought oh my God like this is actually the one that I wanted and so I tried it on and it was just exactly imagine yeah I absolutely fell in love with it so then I was really indecisive about what I should do which one should I get should I keep them both and anyways so cut the long story short hubby's like you know what you really wanted that one that one's beautiful I don't really think you should let this one go um you know why don't you just buy the other one as well because the price is really good yeah in Paris obviously and again he's an enabler and he's like I'm sure you'll find you know use for it so yeah absolutely so I ended up getting this one and um yeah I was really quite happy again with the purchase I haven't I have to be honest I haven't used it as much as I have used it which is interesting very interesting but I thought you know what it's a it's a good one to have in the collection and like I said before I could always mix and match them yeah the leather flat portion yeah and it's really fun yeah and I could put the Gold Hardware on this one if I really wanted to which I think will go really well with this yeah and I can put the silver on this and so on and so forth and I could really play around with it so yeah I decided to get it and um I think coming to summer I'll probably use this one a little bit more right now it's winter so I tend to go for the darker colors a little bit more but yeah I do have a lot of shoes and whatnot in in this sort of tone so I think I love that thing yeah and I think I'll definitely use it a little bit more coming to Summer yes yes so so then at this now the French finale so at this stage we decided to go ahead with this bag and then this gentleman was finishing his shift so then he went we pretty much said biting him and then a lady came to greet us for our actual leather goods appointment we had seen her a couple of times in the store before for other things on this particular day she must have been doing the appointments so she greeted us and asked her asked if we wanted anything and we didn't and then um she pretty much went oh you mean you wanted a drink oh yeah yeah you definitely wanted a bag but we don't need a drink we just need a drink at this stage let's just cut to the chase yeah um and then she asked us you know what we were after and immediately I just pretty much said look I really would like something small whether it's a Kelly or a Birkin I just want something in a size 25 and Minnie would be absolutely amazing but minis are really really difficult to come by so I just said look um I'd be very happy with the Kelly or a Birkin and a size 25 or a mini if you have anything in that size a pop of color would be amazing but at this stage I'm open to sort of colors and she did mention just before she went away that for the season there's only the darker colors available because it's winter we only have sort of more the darker greens darker blues and at this stage I'm like you know what it doesn't really matter let's just see what color we can get I'm open to options yeah as long as it's a 25 because I really didn't want to go back again with a 30 or a 28 so yeah I really emphasize that the size I really want something small so she went away and then came back with a box that looked like the perfect Bowser size that she kept saying look there is there was literally nothing else this is the only thing that I could find at this stage I'm thinking oh what could it be why does she keep saying there was nothing else like if it's not like is this a really ugly bag or something is it not nice I mean it's like the ultimate Holy Grail anyways so she went ahead and opened the bag and took the bag Out of the Dust bag and I just put so she came out with this bag a size 25 retinae um broken in the Togo leather and it's the ultimate color it's the black one and um with the gold Hardware I already used it so many times and 25 is such a good size for such a beautiful size yeah 30 in the Birkin it's a little bit it's a bit big so you can only use it during the day yes absolutely this one um this one we've gone out together together at night time you can just use it all the time and it's definitely been a bag that I've been reaching out for a lot lately because it's just such a good size and I can fit a fair bit into it still and it doesn't feel overpowering and I can just pop it on the table I don't have to worry about where I'm putting it whether I'm putting it on the floor or what's going on so yeah so yeah it's been really good this one's amazing this is a really amazing size I mean this was an amazing Paris outcome wasn't it really was everything is just so so beautiful I think you guys just are lucky every time you go to Paris but I think it also goes a long way I mean getting an appointment through the online system is just potluck so you can't do much about it but I think what you get offered at the appointment when you are right I think it has a lot to do with you know what sort of vibe you give off absolutely all of that so now we'll get into the portion where I just ask you a couple of sure um and this will sort of tie into you know kind of like little tips and tricks there's no magic way to get bags and whatnot but um I think there are little things that we can share definitely so I think because we've already talked about this then I've heard this story like months ago in terms of getting an appointment I think January is closed at a good time I think so sort of like talked about yeah it's after Christmas but it's not quite the busy summer holiday season it's not like fashion [Music] week's really hard because competition is just really high but January seems to be quite a good month it's still really competitive it is quite a relatively speaking yes all the festivities are over absolutely we've heard that in December a lot of Paris locals would ask for bags as well so the competition's higher but in January things are a little quieter not to mention they do have small price increases every January yeah so um they're more inclined too absolutely a little more stock absolutely we are all hypothesized absolutely like every everyone's experiences I suppose different yeah it just really depends on the day it depends on the sales it really does depends on the stock depends on you know who was there the day before and what bags are available obviously so yeah it's just luck of the draw it really is mainly we don't really know how these systems work but no idea these are just our observations and obviously like you know what you're doing so um that's one thing and I think the other thing is I mean when you go into the store what would you say that's really helped you guys to be looked after I think knowing you guys are Charming people yeah well I mean yeah I suppose everyone's genuine when they go in but showing a general interest in the brand knowing a little bit about what you want and maybe even a little bit about the type of leathers that you that are out there the colors um knowing knowing what you want being a very open-ended and asking okay give me anything offer me anything I'll take it doesn't come across very genuine I choose to say that word like I mean yeah I don't know it can come across that you'll take anything yeah exactly people can look like a reseller so obviously you want to be a little bit flexible like you've been like you know you've taken the size 28 instead of the 20 yes because a color was exactly what you wanted but I think being slightly flexible is different to being just completely open-ended because then they can get the vibe that you might be a reseller or someone who just wants to profit absolutely I think knowing what you want does really yeah help them try and find fun because that's strong the sales assistants are there to help you help you find your special piece and you are spending a little bit of money so if you are going there and just asking for anything it might not come across very genuine although you might be happy with their colors within color but it does help to be a little bit more specific yes it's only natural if you're getting a bag of this price point like it's only normal for you to have researched and know what you want so I think it'd be nice to give them an idea because at least when they go to the back and they're looking to offer you something then they can obviously look to specialize that offer for you specifically you can see they've done that for me that is small I've asked for a small bag so they've gone and gotten me a small bag I've asked for a particular color and he's just talking about it and found me something in that particular color in a small bag although it wasn't what I wanted it but you know obviously he's really taken that on board yes and then even with this one because I mentioned the color cray he's gone ahead and brought this out for me as well because he thought you know what she might not want a bag in this size but at least the color is right and he's given me those two options so yeah I really feel like they're there to help you yeah so be specific with what you want and then they actually listen they actually do listen yeah they do listen I guess one other thing is I know your hubby and yourself enjoy many other things from Hermes like you know yes sweet particularly shoes belts something with little accessories we know you know in our local stores we do try and build that relationship with the cells absolutely yeah and and buy you know purchasing things that you really appreciate from the brand but in Paris do you think or at least our experience was that buying a couple of things we really felt like it really helped us which is perfect for us because we like these things anyway and we always say we only buy things that we out will actually get a lot of use a lot of you but I guess you know just to be really upfront with everyone you guys did purchase some other things we definitely not a lot but um do you feel like that maybe helped you at your appointment I definitely think they do look at your history and I'm not saying go out and Splurge to get it back yeah obviously seeing that I haven't done that it's definitely not doing that at all and it doesn't guarantee no it doesn't guarantee anything but when you do get that appointment they will look at once you're there for our first appointment we hadn't purchased anything yet yes it's obviously not something that you have to it's definitely not related to it but I think it does help so when they look at your history of purchases it does help because if they know you've got a passion for the brand and you're not just there to get a bag I feel like it definitely helps yeah yeah so I guess you get offered I guess in your case um in between yours the first appointment and your last appointment man you guys got a couple of pairs definitely bought a couple of pairs of boots because obviously hubby loves his um yeah that was actually good too because in Sydney or other cities he couldn't find the boots that he wanted that's right yes and the prices are better much anyway prices are much better and you know what it's an experience sometimes we're here in Sydney we just don't have the time to go to the city and to shop and to spend time looking for the things that you know we like that's right sometimes it's months before we get to visit the Hermes stores absolutely so sometimes we do miss out on a lot of nice stock that comes and immediately goes so but when you're on holidays it's a little bit different you're more relaxed you're more relaxed you can visit the store a couple of times so yes we did definitely find a couple of items that we really liked and we did purchase a couple of other items as well but yeah so I think um yeah it may have definitely helped with with that one the last one yes yes because obviously as everyone knows smaller bags are a little bit more in demand so maybe the purchase history does help with like the more sought after yeah yeah so that was an amazing trip wasn't it really loved it was really amazing so yeah that was um star's Story how she scored so many amazing and beautiful bags from Paris once again thank you so much for spending the time and coming on the video and sharing your amazing story with everyone anything to my best it's just you know I just have the best bestie let me just say I have a feeling we're gonna do maybe another video together on your maybe entire bag collection why not and maybe one I think you can declutter a little bit I think all these goodies so today's really dark but we might do another session and see how we can declutter your bed collection let us know if you're interested in that video she's got an amazing bag collection so thank you yeah um that's another idea but anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you have any questions about anything that we talked about today do leave them in the comments below we will both do our best to answer your questions if you enjoyed this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel thank you guys so much for spending some of your precious time with us today and I can't wait to see you again soon in my next video thanks for watching bye

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Published: Sun Jul 02 2023