march; the stress of trying to get my classic maxi

today has to be one of the most stressfull days of my life,was there an earthquake?,no!,did a major event happen? no,did a tragic accident happen? no,did the bank loose my wages?,no but that would have made me keel over.

no,none of the above,i decided after speaking to various SA,that today was the day id get my ivory maxi,or a s/s act2 blue.the morring started well,the clock stuck 9.30 am,i jumped on the phone,first to selfridges london,i asked SA,if she could locate the ivory or blue maxi,so i wouldnt run up a six digit phone bill,as the day before,chanel at brown thomas dublin told me,to get SA to do that,as that is their job,selfridges took my details,and said they'd get back to me after locating my choice of bags,i thought fine,ill leave them to it,but try a few stores as well,i phoned bond street,and requested the same thing,the SA said you phone back store that told you,i should look it up,and get codes for bag,then phone me back,and ill look it up.now thats what i call lazy,you have a look book with the codes in the store,and she cant be bothered to flick open a few pages,to find a code,but i must phone back dublin to get the code,what kind of lazy idiot do they have working for them,this is the same idiot,who just says we dont have this or that,straight away,without checking,and ive had to point out quite a few times,what colours the maxi comes in,that there is a maxi bag,and name parts of the s/s collection acts 1&2 as she doesnt know her stuff.this is same SA who i phoned one morring,for price,and date the two tone bag would come in,and said would phone back,but didnt,i phone at 11am,same lady answerd phone,her excuse,someone else was looking at lookbook,faire enough.she'll call later,3pm,no call,when i phone again,she says she cant find it in look book,but its on same page as chain around bag,and you can see that one,and i have same page of look book as her,brains in her bottom,i think so.slightly getting off course,ill get back on track.i phoned back selfridges,there doing a stock check ,so cant use computer,thats fine,i phone back four hours later,im sorry we dont have any but i can put yout name on waitlist,but i cant promise anything,thats not what iasked you to do,i told her,i asked her again,if she could take ten miutes to locate the bags of my choice,for a customer,who spends a lot of money.and would like proper customer service,she souded so rattled,but finaly wrote down my details and did actually fine me three stores to phone,but as shed taken so long,i pd allready phoned them myself.rome,had the bags,but didnt want to ship them to uk,they told me,it shouldnt be me phoning,but my SA,who could then request the bag.so i try next store venice,they have but are on hold,but if not sold will contact me at end of week,so i can get the bag,great stuff,i then try two more stores in germany,but to no avail,i phone france,rue cambon,why are your SA not doing this for you,phone them back ,so you dont waste your money on calls,thank you at last someone who belives the SA should do the work,and not the customer.i try swisserland,no luck.there is a nice message from selfriges,saying can i call them ,they have found a few bags,and are happy to try get them for me if i call back,i call back,they told me to locate the bags myself,but gave me the number,dublin has phoned back,they are still trying to get a maxi shipped to their store,so its easyer for me.should it be this hard,why do i have to end up paying more,by either buying from europe,or usa,chanel make wnderfull classic bags,and im just trying to buy a handfull, to last me through time,but as the price keeps going up,and customer service has gone to the dogs,i may just switch brands soon.i see a birkin coming my way very soon