How to Buy a Hermès’ Birkin Bag

So the Birkin Bag...it is the holy grail of handbags...every woman wants one?...but can you really get one? and why do celebrities have so many?

Well we've all heard of the 6 year waiting list and I just saw an article on the Huffington Post stating that there is a 2 year waiting period.  So which one is it?  

Well according to Michael Tonello, who wrote a tell all book "Bringing Home the Birkin" says that he found the secret.  Apparently if you walk off the street into Hermes and ask to buy a Birkin, you are going to be told...I'm sorry..there's a waiting list...blah blah blah.  BUT if you walk in wearing a Hermes scarf, Hermes jewelry and carrying a Hermes tote and then you decide to buy more of their smaller items...chances are you are walking out with a Birkin.  Tonello said that he would see salespeople walk up to customers that were purchasing multiple items and tell them that they had an extra on site...someone was on the waiting list and cancelled (AS IF!) and then bam...it is theirs or just ask now for a Birkin with your pile of stuff and you're walking out with one when they just told you none were available.  

So is this why celebrities can buy so many.  Mail Online reported that Kim Kardashian spent $100,000 at Hermes in Paris last September and she apparently has a rainbow of colors. Victoria Beckam apparently has the biggest Birkin bag collection.

So to me it seems like this whole Birkin being the holy grail is bs.  Sure it's exclusive...to those that have the money to spend.. but it's not like your handbag is being handmade for you and that's why you are waiting for 2 years to get it.  Chances are it's sitting in the back room of the shop waiting for the right time for it to be yours.  Spend a little more and you can have it today...if not...you have to wait.  

So what do you think?  Do you want a Birkin and would you spend extra on smaller items to get it right away?  Do you think their policy is sneaky?