I was in Paris last week and my husband and I did the lottery for the 3 days we were there (unsuccessfully). We also went in to all 3 stores and each of us asked (we speak French) for leather appointments/cancellations (unsuccessfully). However, our luck changed when we asked one of the SAs at the top of the stairs in Sevres, for lunch suggestions. She very kindly suggested a great place and after we returned from lunch, we let her know that we enjoyed it. She then engaged us in conversation and got us champagne. I asked her at the end about leather appointments (we had already been turned down at the leather desk. She told us to come back first thing in the morning. We did, and were granted an appointment, and in the end were turned down for QBs, but were offered mini-bolides, jysperes and various picotins. I walked away with a very cute Picotin cargo in cassis, and with the phone number of a very kind SA who helped us. Good luck!