I'm going to tell you everything I learned during my Hermes shopping in Shanghai this time including
the quota bags spending ratio you will find it super interesting and valuable and I was
also offered a limited edition Birkin 25 I'll tell you how I was offered this bag and why I rejected
in the end let's get right into the video so there are multiple boutiques in Shanghai and
I visited two of them one is inside of the IFC mall and the other one is the Hermes Flagship
Hermes Mason on the huaihai road if you missed my Hermes Boutique shopping Vlog video I'll link
it down below for you to check it out after this video so that you can see what they have available
in the Shanghai Boutique and also how these two beautiful Boutique look like generally speaking
appointment is recommended but it's not mandatory for someone like me didn't even have a SA I can
just walk in and a wait online usually weekday the line line is shorter but the weekend you
will have to wait for longer I was able to get in by waiting in line on a weekday what I love about
shopping or mass in Shanghai is that there is no Lottery system you buy what you want the entire
system feels less gaming than the system in the US like you know how in the US you never know how
much you need to spend in order to get a quota bag until you are actually offered that quota
bag but in Shanghai like a lot of Asia cities you you could actually talk to your sa about a
rough spending ratio even you before you start the journey so you have a rough idea how much
you need to spend this is the biggest difference between shopping in Asia and the US of course I'm
not talking about any exceptional cases here but even from my own experience I could actually get
a quota bag with the set and expected spending ratio because on my shopping day I was even told
that I could bring the limited birkin 25 back with all my spendings together which I think
is really nice because you are guaranteed a bag instead of a possibility if you watched my hers
Paris shopping experience video you know I'm sort of still traumatized from that experience
so it's actually really nice to be able to bring something back on the same day with that in mind
I walk straight up to a random SA When I visit hermes Boutique inside of IFC mall I was very
honest and I said oh I'm actually only going to be here for a few days and I'm looking for
a neutral colored Birkin 25 preferred in Togo leather can you please let me know how much I
need to spend in order to bring this bag back so the SA was really honest and straight up told me
a number and he said if you would like to get a neutral colored birkin 25 in togo leather you
have to roughly spend about 180,000 rmb which is about 25,000 USD pre-spend excluding the bag the
bag price is similar to the bag price in the US as well what do you guys think of this spending ratio
if you are guaranteed to take the bag back then out of curiosity I also straight up ask hey what
if I want to get a neutral colored mini Kelly in epsom or chevre leather how much I need to spend
about that and he was very hesitating and he said even you spend about 250,000 rmb which is about
35,000 USD I still cannot guarantee you a mini Kelly that's how difficult the situation it is
right now in Shanghai to get a mini Kelly not only there is a total spending requirement but also not
everything that you spend could counted toward your spending history and also some of it will
be counted toward your spending with a percentage generally speaking the SA told me that they prefer
the spending to be Home Goods even Furnitures ready to wear shoes especially men's ready to
wear I also asked about the jewelry because I was thinking jewelry is smaller to bring back
if I do end up getting it the SA mentioned that I could purchase Fine Jewelry of course but the
Fine Jewelry purchase will be discounted toward my total spending which is not such a great deal
for me each different Fine Jewelry counted with different value so I can let her know
what specific fine jewelry pieces I'm interested and then she can tell me roughly how much spending
from that fine Jewel piece can be counted toward your total spending overall from this conversation
you can tell that they also prefer high margin spending category like women's men's ready to
wear and home goods and even Furniture category overall I do think that the price of Hermes Goods
like pre-spent items you purchase in Shanghai is quite similar to the US because every price that
listed there is actually the after tax there's no such thing as tax It's the final price that you
have to pay and on top of that if you have your us passport then when you return you get about 9%
VAT refund back and with the time that I went the dollar was very very strong so it's actually not
a bad deal to get a Hermes bag in Shanghai at all if you watched my Paris shopping Vlog last
December you probably remember that I found out that the spending history between the US and Paris
are connected that they can see the quota bags that I got from the US and before so if I want
to get more than two quota bags a year it is not possible in Paris at all right this time what's
really interesting is just out of curiosity I asked the SA in Shanghai if she can see my
spending history in the US or any quota bag that I have got in the US in the past and I was told
that they cannot see anything about my us spending history the account the spending is not connected
at all basically literally she told me she doesn't care how many quota bags I have already got over
the year even I have already got two quota bags in the US she's still happy to offer me the third
one I'm sharing this is for those of you who have already got two quota bags throughout the year and
if you are interested in getting more quota bags Shanghai might not be a bad destination to go to
try your luck I was told that the goal eventually is to connect the spending history together with
the US and globally but it's not there yet at least for Shanghai so after I visited hers in
IFC I already have a rough idea about my spending for a Birkin 25 if I wanted to get one I didn't
see enough things that I'm interested in the IFC mall so I was thinking maybe I try my luck
in another Boutique to see that if I'm able to find more stuff in maybe can try my luck again
so I went to the flagship on the huaihai road when I got to the Flagship Boutique and I just straight
up went to a random SA and I also was being very honest and I said I am only here for a couple days
is there any possibility that I can bring back a Birkin 25 with some ready to wear spending which
I'm very interested in the season ready to wear and a couple of pieces that they have have in
the boutique which I tried on and showed you in my Hermes shopping Vlog she told me to wait a second
then she checked and then she said it was my lucky day because she has a limited edition special
Birkin 25 to offer to me then she took me to the small room she closed the door and she actually
opened up showed me the bag so this is the limited edition Birkin 25 I was offered the bag is in the
blue sapphire color the top top is in the Swift leather Gold Hardware The Velvet looking material
is Tuffertage I touched the Velvet looking part with a gloves since no customer is allowed to
touch the bag I have to say it is a really cool looking limited edition birkin 25 so the retail
price of this limited edition Birkin 25 is about 110,000 rmb which is about 15,000 USD I think it's
a pretty reasonable price for the limited Birkin 25 so the sales associate mentioned to me that if
I'm able to pick up a couple of women's ready to wear I tried it on and pick a couple more
of men's ready to wear to make the total pre-end about 200,000 rmb which is about 27,000 USD then
this limited edition birkin 25 is mine and I can bring it back on the same day with all the items
that counted as pre-spending as well however for the rest of the spending she highly recommend me
to only get the men's ready to wear pieces and also she prefer these men's ready to wear pieces
are like high ticket items she recommended the two of them each one is over a 100,000 rmb some
of you watched my video for a while you may know that blue bag is is not my color of choice and I
have regretted many of my blue bag purchases in the past and I end up sold them all the other
thing I asked is how am I supposed to clean the Velvet looking you know the tuffertage material
which I have no experience and then she mentioned that it comes with a brush I can use to brush off
the dust it is a really nice limited edition bag but deep down I know I prefer leather over some
random materials if you watched my Hermes shopping Vlog video I have to admit that these couple of
woman's ready to wear I tried it on I actually do really like them but their price is absolutely not
enough to reach the goal of the pre- spend that she mentioned the two big ticket men's ready to
wear piece that she recommended over a 100,000 rmb that I tried it on all look really bulky on me and
I'm not too crazy about these two pieces after I calculate the price even with all the woman's
ready to wear spending I'm afraid that I couldn't get to the pre- spend that she asked in addition I
quickly did a calculation on my phone and I think 27,000 plus 15,000 bag price would be around a
42,000 USD which is a lot of money for me to spend in one single setting as much as a lot of you may
know that I really wanted a Birkin 25 so bad but I'm afraid that I couldn't get to the prespend and
the biggest the reason is that the bag itself is not really something that I was looking for I know
myself so well that I feel over time I will get less excited about this bag and I just don't think
this bag is for me I think to me it was a really nice experience to get to see what's available and
uh also get offered a Birkin 25 in my visit also the price is not bad you can get a that refund the
biggest plus is that I am guaranteed a Birkin 25 if I do spend there also it's possible for those
of you have already got two of your quota bags for the year I think Shanghai is a great option to try
your luck at the same time if you remember the spending that I mentioned the pre-spend is not
a low ratio either if you really calculated also the biggest the thing is that if you have to do
the pre-spend in all one setting versus like your slow burning over time which you don't really feel
that much it is a huge difference ultimately if I was offered a regular Togo Birkin 25 in
the neutral colors and I think I will absolutely pull the trigger if the bag is what I like I will
absolutely revisit Shanghai and I would love to try my luck again in the future let me know
what do you think and if this information is helpful and I'll see you soon bye-bye