Alessa

It is well worth the wait! Please don't buy one off of Ebay. How can any of the internet sellers of Hermes bags get them any quicker than Hermes can produce and offer themselves? The truth is that they cannot. A friend of mine recently opened my eyes to the replica industry and how illogic it would be to have a large inventory of Hermes handbags. Take a good look at the inventory of some Ebay powersellers. Some of them would have to invest more than a million dollars to acquire their bags. They would have to travel constantly to acquire their inventory because no local Hermes shop could supply them. Look at the feedback of the biggest Ebay seller of "Hermes." She purchased a roll of Hermes ribbon from a seller who is no longer a registered user. Hermes does not sell their ribbon in rolls. And don't let receipts fool you. There is a whole industry of designer handbag receipts as well. She also does not charge sales tax for her state. With her income, her state and the IRS should be taking notice. She cannot charge tax because she would have to provide documentation for her inventory. There is too much that does not add up about Ebay and internet sellers (aside from Net-a-Porter and ELuxury.com).
I asked my friend why Ebay doesn't shut these people down. She said that Ebay will shut down some of the small sellers just to make a show of enforcing their VERO policies, but they let the big operators continue because of the huge final value and insertions fees they receive.
There is more panache' in saying you're on Hermes' waiting list than in saying you got a Birkin off of Ebay or the Internet. Also, you have the Hermes warrantee!!! No Ebay seller, regardless of feedback or money back offers or THEIR warrantee or their own website independent of Ebay, can offer the Hermes warrantee.
Anybody is free to prove me wrong and rebut my assertations point-by-point, but I won't get into an argument.
You'll appreciate your Birkin even more when your waiting is up! I love mine!