In luxury shops, tickets are no longer welcome
At Arnys, supplier of François Fillon - 6.Euros the costume - you can allow yourself.More than 3.000 fabrics of your choice and infinite combinations of passes, pockets, pimples, flaps, reverse ... and pay in cash?Ah no, impossible!Since September 2015, in fact, species have been prohibited in France for purchases or services of an amount greater than 1.Euros.And contrary to what rumors want to make believe, luxury houses no longer halve with the law.
We were able to verify this in early April, playing the rich buyers in Paris, avenue Montaigne and rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré.First stop in the huge Gucci store, near the Champs-Elysées roundabout.Very tempting, this pink velvet handbag of the new collection at 1.290 euros.We take it and start out our big cuts.Embarrassed refusal of the saleswoman.We insist: "We have forgotten our credit card.You cannot make an exception for 290 euros above the ceiling? "The employee, horribly disappointed to miss a sale, disappears for a moment to ask for the advice of her manager ... who in turn declines.
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The same scene will be replayed all day, in the dozen prestigious stores that we have tested: Dior, Prada, Fendi, Saint Laurent, Louboutin ... Each time, we will have to remind our bundle of tickets.Of the admission of a store manager, this displayed virtue constitutes a radical change.Before 2015, it was estimated that cash payments represented 20% of the turnover of jewelry avenue Montaigne.At the time, professional organizations even climbed to the niche: according to them, the planned end of cash could cause losing 500 million euros to the luxury sector.
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However, the big brands have learned to do with.Even to rejoice.After all, by removing the liquid, we also decrease the risk of recovering counterfeit tickets.And as we know, the big cuts are the most counterfeit.Luxury shops are also consoled with foreign customers or binationals whose tax residence is outside France, for whom the legislation is milder.These small varnishes can buy in cash up to 15.Euros.But, suddenly, they are the easy target of the thugs.We can not have everything…
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by Edouard Devon
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