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The French luxury house Hermès is known for its play-hard-to-get sales tactics — it will only sell its coveted Birkin bag to customers with “a sufficient purchase history.”

Rumor has it that if you want to buy a Birkin, you can’t just go into a store and flat-out purchase one. Instead, you must develop a close relationship with their sales associate and work your way up to eventually procuring the handbag by purchasing other items from the brand, first.

But now, two shoppers in California have put their foot down. They’re taking Hermès to court over claims that the design house forces clients to jump through very pricey hoops in order to earn the opportunity to purchase one of the bags.

生詞短語:

play-hard-to-get

裝作難以追求，故意讓人難以得到

coveted

令人垂涎的，夢寐以求的

flat-out

完全地，徹底地

procure

獲得，獲取

put one's foot down

堅決地表態(tài)，采取強硬立場

design house

設計公司，時裝品牌

pricey hoop

昂貴的要求，高昂的條件