Pretty much the obverse (contrapositive? reverse?) of what I ended up doing: settled on the 44mm series 4 with Fauve Barenia, just picked up the Ebene Barenia deployment to add to the roster.
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Pretty much the obverse (contrapositive? reverse?) of what I ended up doing: settled on the 44mm series 4 with Fauve Barenia, just picked up the Ebene Barenia deployment to add to the roster.
Thank you. Just ordered the clown strap!!!! May put my unused indigo swift up for sale...
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You will love the deployment. Will add the fauve deployment soon as I just ordered the clown face
Is the “collector virus” delivered via some coating on the Hermes bands?!
Found a white/rouge rallye on ebay today—big find! but also couldn't resist this crazy cheapie knockoff with screwdriver to switch 38 & 42 lugs for the same band-$10.
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The rallye strap looks so cool. Until I put it on my fat hairy wrist and it looks like inverse crop circles.
I’m the reverse cos my wrists are too small and I have to use the big holes which are not meant to be used. I tried the indigo rouge last year and had to sadly return it.
Clown strap already sold out on Hermes website. Glad I got my order in earlier today!!!!
Hey mate have you sold your colvert swift yet? It’s such a beautiful strap and it’s a shame your getting rid of it!
I have. I know it’s a beautiful band and I’ll miss it for sure but needed the extra cash to get the series 4
I bought it a few months ago cos I saw the pic you posted.
Still one of my favourite bands.
yes, and therefor surprised the supply/demand imbalance hasn’t resulted in quicker sales of some same-as-Apple/Hermes price items on the auction sites.
eBay prices are just stupid for these. Markup is sometimes $1000 over original price. I have actually seen some of the items have price drops.
Granted some gouging BUT several are priced at Apple & below. These have not sold despite the constant sell-out at Apple.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Hermès! I saw on eBay a while back, a Well used Constance Belt that I paid a bit over $3k for new, being sold for over $8500, because it was a rarer offered reversible leather strap in specific leathers and colors on each side. I “watched” the auction because I was curious, and low and behold, someone bought it at that obscene markup!
Sometimes you can find some great deals. I prefer to buy new, and therefore haven’t bought secondhand, but occasionally you will see a size 50 Birkin Bag secondhand. For men, like me, that size is actually pretty good if you’re interested in that bag.
You could always use clippers to trim/shorten the hairs heading towards your wrist where the watch band rests
You know, manscape, do what ya gotta do to look fashionable. I’ve had friends do crazier things than what I just suggested.
Not complaining, but why wo
Not Complaining but why won’t Hermès take returns? I forget their exact policy … you can’t get your money back, but you can exchange it or get store credit??
I don’t like buying something brand-new and then finding out it was an item that was previously returned. I can tell because from the re-packaging and because it was slightly used. Stores are supposed to inspect these returned items for usage, but they’re not very careful. I suppose Hermès policy prevents this to a large degree since you wouldn’t buy something unless you were very sure you wanted to keep it as you can’t get your money back.
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That’s great news. You have been able to sell just Hermès AW (no straps) for $500. On eBay?
Yeah I'm not gonna give my arms a fade. So 1990s!You could always use clippers to trim/shorten the hairs heading towards your wrist where the watch band rests
If you buy in the store, I believe their policy is still you can only exchange for another item, or get store credit. I don't know for sure, because I've never actually had to return/exchange an item at Hermès. If you purchase online, via Hermès.com, you have a 30 day refund/return policy. So, if you want to be able to return for refund, only buy online. I believe they have the store return policy as it is, because they take such care to make sure you're getting exactly what you want, so as to assure no mistakes are made. They measure you, to make sure the items are going to fit you proper, and they go through all the color/leather options available to you at the time, and they go over the qualities of each. Buying in an Hemès store can be a many hours process. They even go so far as to have the associates wear white gloves when touching the items, so they are not touched by anyone but the customer.
Once you've shopped in a particular store, you get entered into their system, and you basically get your own personal assistant. I have a business card from mine, and when I'm looking for an item, I give her a call, or email, requesting the item, and she hunts it down for me, calls me with the details, takes payment over the phone, and ships it to me from whatever store in the country she found it in. Living on Cape Cod, I don't get to Boston as often as I"d like to. I make quarterly weeklong shopping trips there, staying at the Ritz Boston Common, which makes Hermès conveniently two blocks away, but during the in-between times, I call or email my rep often. Hermès is very good about sizing, so if you buy a size 90 belt once, every subsequent belt will be a true size 90. So one can feel confident in ordering away from a physical store, if they have enough items to compare sizes to.
As for you stating you received returned items, that's never happened to me, but if it did, I'd return it for exchange, explicitly stating I wanted a new item, not a returned item sent to me. Again, your personal sales associate could handle that for you.
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T’was meant more as a joke, than anything. But, like I said, I’ve known people to do crazier things, all in the name of “fashion.”
I sold my series 3 Hermès with orange band on eBay. Got to keep the leather band and box.
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For $500. Forgot to throw that in there
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why keeping the box
Cause I personally like the packaging of the series 3 then the series 4. I use the white box that came in it all the time!could we see both
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why keeping the box
I sold my S3 Hermès with indigo single tour for A$850 which is around US$620.
I have smaller-sized wrists but am committed to the 44mm size since the straps I bought with my original Series 0 Apple watch would otherwise not be compatible going into the future. Other Apple bands I own (link bracelet, sports bands) all fit. I tried on the Apple Watch Hermes at the Stanford Hermes store and it was slightly loose; the Sales Associate was unsure if they offer the service of punching additional holes, made a note to check, and then never got back to me after I e-mailed her. Have others made use of this service or is it a store-by-store thing? I was thinking of purchasing the 44mm Fauve Barenia S4 with deployment buckle.
Have punched additional holes for all 4 Hermès bands I have in the Sydney Hermès store in Australia.
No questions asked. In and out in 5 mins.