Her story is total boo chit!
I shop at some rather expensive places and have had conversations with clerks.
I too have been looking at one thing and spying another asked to see it. Sometimes the clerk makes me aware of the cost difference.
I have two.clerks I regularly shop with and they will let me know about an extraordinary difference in cost, while there isn’t much difference in the product.
In fact, I was shopping for a watch a couple years back and had one in my hand that I was just about to purchase. I saw another that was similar and asked to see it. The salesperson and told me the price difference, which was about $4k more than the one I was holding.
I took one look at it and decided that $4k wasn’t worth it and I don’t care for rose gold anyway.
Last year a friend was shopping at Escada Rodeo Drive with her personal shopper. She had a similar experience.
The shopper had laid out her requests so when she showed up she could shop with expediency.
Well, she saw another item that wasn’t in her request. It cost $30k. That was $10k over her budget.
She shops there frequently and only with this shopper. He informed her of the cost and she simply said “okay”.
Well, she purchased the items she wanted and as the shopper was readying them to be steamed out and shipped she stepped over to the item that had caught her eye.
The shopper advised her to step away and she responded she was only looking.
Next thing, she says she’ll take that as well.
He tried to talk her out of it and just laughed and asked it be shipped to a different location.
This stuff happens all the time and I appreciate shoppers who advise and inform.
In fact, I have a briefcase by Burberry that a shopper once tried to talk me out of buying.
I was high on myself and bought it anyway. Kinda dumb, as I rarely use it.
Oprah lied and twisted the events all for ego and partly for the PR it created for her movie.
I was going to see it as I am a fan of Forrest Whitaker.
But, due to Oprah’s crap and the directors bunk accusations I won’t see it, ever. Not even on dvd.
I had planned to see it because the story sounded interesting and I also like Forrest Whitaker, but due to Oprah’s lying racism, I will pass on it now. Too bad he had to cast her in the movie.
I went into a fine watch shop, because they sold Heublot.
My all time "wish for" is a rose-gold Heublot Big Bang. I'd never seen one in person. They run roughly 25K with the full gold band/rhodium bezel.
Anyhow, I asked about the watch, and boy were those clerks snooty.
Hey I don't have Oprah money, but I'm not "poor" by any stretch of the imagination.
Discrimination? I don't know. Don't care.
It's Rodeo drive.
It's almost a given that they hire salespeople who are hoity-toity.
As for Oprah, cry me a river.
Interesting story. I was window shopping at Wynn Macau and saw a spectacular Bulgari watch and had to enquire about it. I was poorly dressed, as it was a vacation, yet they were glad to show it to me close up. Then I asked about the price. What currency do you prefer? U.S. dollars I said. After doing some calculations, the sales person showed me his calculator: $245,000.