In her previous life, she studied economics and finance and knew well how supply and demand affect prices.
Scarcity drives up prices; Hermès bags are produced in very limited quantities, so their prices are naturally inflated.
This is actually very similar to buying a house.
Many houses in prime locations are in such high demand that prices keep rising, and eventually, there are even cases of “tea money” (bribes) reaching millions.
Hermès’s allocation system has made it incredibly wealthy over the years.
Interestingly, Hermès employees and sales staff never mention the word “purchase quotation”.
Because the bundled sales resulting from the order fulfillment system violate consumer protection laws, if the issue is raised directly and customers find evidence and file complaints with the consumer rights center, the company will face huge fines.
Especially in Western countries that value human rights and freedom, fines can start at least one billion US dollars once a complaint is successful.
Therefore, sales staff dare not openly ask customers to purchase additional items.
They would only use eye contact or subtle language to hint to customers that the store had received a certain new item, and that customers should buy it to accumulate enough points before they could possibly buy the bag.
Among all the luxury brands in the world, only Hermès can achieve this, because it is the king of the hierarchy.
Ye Jia didn’t care when Jiao Yang hinted that she should buy more items.
She waved her hand and said, “This is my first time at Hermès.
I haven’t accumulated any purchases yet.
Let me see a few things first.”
Jiao Yang had been waiting for her to say that, so he quickly led her to the jewelry and ready-to-wear section.
Among Hermès’ various product categories, ready-to-wear, furniture, and jewelry are the biggest spenders and the items that sales staff are most happy to see customers buy, because the commission rates are very high.
Jiao Yang didn’t care how high the commission would be from this deal; he just wanted to rip Ye Jia off as much as possible.
Ye Jia glanced at the ready-to-wear section and then shook her head.
Hermès ready-to-wear, while made with excellent materials, is too glamorous and not suitable for her age.
Moreover, the price of a single piece of clothing starts at 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and the pace of updates and iterations is too fast.
If you buy it this year, it will be out of style next year, so it is not worth buying at all.
Although she is very rich, she is not a fool and would not waste her money on clothes that are out of season and can be worn casually.
Seeing that Ye Jia had no interest in the ready-made clothes, Jiao Yang turned around and picked up the small Kelly diamond-encrusted bracelet that Ye Jia had just looked at, saying, “Miss, I noticed you really liked this bracelet earlier. This chapter was copied from novelping . com without permission.
Why don’t you try it on?”
Ye Jia took the bracelet he handed her, turned the clasp to open the bracelet, and then closed it and put it on her hand.
Under the bright lights, the platinum bracelet is set with a circle of exquisitely cut diamonds, paired with the classic twist of the Kelly bag, making it lively, elegant, and dazzling.
Ye Jia smiled and said, “This bracelet is very beautiful, I like it very much.
Let’s use this as a base for our spending, 95,000 should be enough, right?”
Jiao Yang shook his head: “If it were a regular-colored platinum bag, this bracelet would certainly be enough, but avocado green is a hot trend this year, so…”
So we need to continue matching until we find a match that meets his requirements.
Ye Jia’s expression was rather unpleasant.
But then I remembered that avocado green is the hottest color this year, and many specialty stores have stocked it at an exaggerated ratio of 1:1.5 or even 1:2, so I felt relieved.
She looked down at the glass display case and pointed to one of the necklaces: “Let me see this one.”