these are the 16 things that you must know before you plan to go to Paris to try your luck with the
lottery leather appointment system with Hermes to try to get quota bags or non-quota bags I'll
tell you how to get leather appointment without winning the lottery what's the right question to
ask your SA what are the right SA to go to I hope you take everything I learned this time
avoid all the mistakes that I have made to get your dream bag I'll link the leather appointment
website down below in the description box for you I have another detailed Hermes shopping experience
video talking about how I was able to get these appointments without winning the lotto and also
exactly what I have experienced if you want to know all the details I will link that video down
below for you to check it out after this video the first thing you need to know is that right
now it's definitely not a good time to go I went during Christmas 2022 you know how we usually
think that Hermes has more bags during holiday season and they're really happy to give people
out that is not the case anymore me and hubby will have two passports and a plus two of my
friends passport we have four passport and we were in Paris for 11 days and now we got zero leather
appointments there the leather appointment system according to different SAs I worked with along the
way from my story that one essay told me they have 10 000 people enter every day and another
SA told me that they have 17 000 people entering the leather appointment system every single day
even you add a total available leather appointment between Servre George Fifth and FSH and the total
amount is less than 200 every day so the chances of winning the lottery system is really really low
the chances of getting bkc among all these leather appointment is in even lower based on all my
spending in Hermes this time 15 000 Euro I wasn't able to score any bkc and you can kind of tell how
difficult it is but you could say that 15 000 is not or ready to wear or high margin stuff that is
true but even only counting the high margin stuff I was spending over 7 000 Euro and I just wasn't
able to get any let me tell you it's really hard in Paris to get a bkc right now from talking to
different sa during my entire trip the message is consistent basically there's less bags right now
and in 2023 Hermes is even getting less qouta bags than 2022 so absolutely everything pointing to me
that it's gonna be hard don't go to Paris if you are trying to get a bkc in 2023 at least I don't
think it's a good time to go right now unless you think your luck is way way above average the
situation is no longer how it was a few years ago but if you are aiming for a non-quota bag
it's still possible let me tell you the tricks in a bit the second thing you really need to know is
that I want you to do two mental preparations I mentally prepared myself just in case I couldn't
get a bkc but when the disappointment hits me it hits me really hard the fact that I couldn't get
a bkc I was really disappointed I was so sad I was dying inside I want you to be prepared
not going through what I have been through the second preparation that you really really need
to do is that you're gonna hear a lot people's gonna tell you I'm sorry there's nothing for you
no bags no bkc there's nothing available you need to be prepared everyone's gonna tell you
that you need a leather appointment in order to get any bags I'll tell you some tricks in a bit
but you must be mentally prepared I want you to actually think about what you can get what's your
spending what's your budget and plan everything out beforehand and like what kind of bkc you want
what kind of leather bags do you want so you are prepared if you have an old SA absolutely reach
out even you're not able to get anything via the leather appointment system you still have a backup
and you have someone that you have a relationship with if you don't have an SA this time is a time
for you to find a SA for you to work with for your future visit you know when you fill out the
leather appointment request form online there's one section it's asking you store preferences you
will be giving all three boutiques to enter the lottery be sure to select no preference in this
section this way you will be entered three times to all three boutiques versus only one Boutique
you selected this was told by multiple SAs during my trip so make sure you absolutely do do that
when you enter the leather appointment at the beginning of few days when I just got to Paris I
actually also entered the leather appointment with my son's passport and he's only two years old and
I was trying to see if I can also get appointment with his passport and when I asked multiple SA
this question the answer I got is consistent do not enter the letter appointment with your
son daughter's passport if anyone is younger than 18 years old has no ability to make any purchase
even you hit the jackpot win the lotto you bring the passport bring your son your daughter to the
leather appointment you will be rejected once I found out that piece of information from my SAs
I stopped entering with my son's passport because I think I'm gonna hate myself if we win the lotto
by using my son's passport so there are three full service Boutique in Paris that you can schedule
that appointment with which is George fifth FSH which is the flagships boutique and Sevres is on
the Left Bank George Fifth and FSH is on right bank George fifth is the most small boutique
among three of them and they have the least inventory personally I think FSH and Sevres
both are really good opportunities just depending on your personal preference FSH definitely has
more bags than Sevres but also at the same time they have more customer competing for bags so
either one are really good options for you to try to get a bag or qouta bag so the lottery system
is out of your hand and once you enter just forget about it and best strategy should still be line up
in any of the boutique in the morning the reason I said in the morning is later it gets the last
bag they have if you remember what I mentioned in my shopping experience video Paris SA Works
in different ways as the US SA US SA sell you everything in all department but Paris SA Works
in their particular Department like SLG SA in the ideal scenario it's best for you to identify
the leather goods SA that also works on the floor they are rotating every two weeks so it's really
difficult to you know go up to ask and say hey are you a letter SA you're not a leather SA I
can't work with you if you remember my experience with my SA number one I just say absolutely avoid
the contractors I personally have nothing against contractors but the main point is that you are
spending so much money with someone that has no say No Authority and it can't give you anything
your goal should be try to identify a senior SA that you can work with if someone has been working
in Hermes for a few years already also have a say and they get along with you the money same amount
of money you spend with this senior person is much more worthwhile than and spending with someone new
or contractor that has no Authority if that makes sense to you essentially comparing the question
hey which department do you work at to your SA a better question to ask is that hey how long have
you been with Hermes usually if they tell you they've been with Hermes for a few years that's
a good sign they are relatively more senior than newer people but if they're vague about it like
my SA number one it's a little bit suspicious if you watched my shopping experience video you know
SA number one basically lied to me false promised me all these things and told me that a Birkin and
a Kelly is possible I had some doubt for sure and I just feel something wasn't right from my
gut feeling but I decided to go with it I should have not purchased many items in one visit which
kind of give me a bad start for my entire visit if I could redo all these again I would tell
myself that if someone tells me that why don't you pay for these items now oh a Birkin and a
Kelly is totally possible we can make it happen by client relationship and purchase history these
are all red flags I would not buy anything from this person I will walk away and try to pick a
different essay it's just too good to be true and I was also thinking to myself next time if
I really really wanted to test out the water I will buy two three thousand Euro instead of 7
000 Euro if I only spend two three thousand I can still pick a different SA to start from scratch
if you feel anything is not right trust your gut feeling just feel free to walk away don't
be like me don't purchase anything the power is yours until you pay for it I have tons of
regret buying things from SA number one if I could redo all these things again go to Paris again I
would walk straight to personally two of my favorite category from Hermes one is ready to
wear fine jewelry and they are my favorite and also the other thing is that these are a high
margin category which will make your spending more worthwhile if you are buying these things
from the same SA and try to find a senior one to work with the outcome will be way better
than what happened to me this time if you watch my shopping experience video you know that I got one
of my leather appointments via cancel the leather appointment if you go to any leather appointment
registration desk in the boutique you ask if you can get a leather appointment they're gonna say
you have to go through online they're gonna hand you a card but don't ask that be sure to ask the
hey is there any canceled leather appointment then they can check for you this is just another way to
increase your chances just in case if you can't get your appointment via the leather appointments
them online but honestly this chance is also really low although I was able to get one but I
was also stopping by the Hermes Boutique different Boutique try to ask for cancel the leather
appointment for the rest of my trip every single time when I was in that area at least I asked for
a couple of times but I never got another one and literally that canceled appointment was the only
one that I was able to get but I still feel like very lucky already if you just happen to be in
the area definitely give it a try the next thing I want to mention is some of you may be aware of
Hermes' return policy is 30 day with original stay exchange for store credit if everyone buys Hermes
goods and then you buy the quota bag and then you get a qouta bag you return everything else that
you buy I don't think the business will be good so they only allow you for store credit how however
if you go into a boutique the SA order for you via hermes.com those online orders are entitled
to full refund not only just exchange this piece of information might come handy to you so you know
how the story I mentioned to you with SA number four when I walked to FSH Boutique to the ready
to wear section and the SA was able to offer me kelly depeches and the mini halzan bag as well
if I could do all these again I will walk to uh ready to wear SA and ask them to get the bag that
I want but also I will make a few thousand Euro purchases because I don't think any SA will be
able to offer you two bags without any purchases my spending before I met SA number four definitely
help for the non qouta bags that you want if you are willing to spend a couple of thousand Euro
with the right sa and they also happen to have this non-qouta bag available for you they will
absolutely give you this bag from my experience I got my constant slim with uh sa number three
in FSH I was able to find out from her there are some exceptions if you spend exceeded a certain
amount with the same sa in the boutique that they will be able to apply for manager approval on a
case-by-case basis that totally aligned with what I always believed in I just don't know what's the
high amount means if you are willing to spend you are absolutely able to get bkc I know some of you
asked me that if my two other non quota bag offer affected my qouta bag offer I actually asked this
question to the sa she said it was really not because my non quota bag purchase and it is
allowed it didn't affected my quota bag offer non quota bag purchase should not affect quota bag
purchase but if you are worried and you can try to get another appointment first or to try your luck
focus on bkc first so for now that my Paris SA cannot see anything else that I purchased in the
US but they can see all the quota bag purchases so I would say is that it's not completely linked yet
at least right now but they are able to see your quota bags if you have already gotten to quota
bags in the US within the same year then you're not going to be able to get your third quota
bags in Paris just like how I was able to get my letter appointment my silver lining is although I
say number one treats me so bad but I might have gotten the second letter appointment because of
her although I wasn't able to get a bkc this time but everything I learned the lesson if it could be
beneficial to you help you to get a bag that's the silver lining to me no matter what happens
the power is yours especially before you spend this money a bag or not it's first world problems
and I wish you all the best of luck getting your dream bag in Paris and I'll see you soon bye bye