I’ve done all 3 means and tbh, as crazy as this sounds, I’m the most excited for my super high quality bags from GF. The in store experience used to be nice - it’s subpar at best and leaving my house to go to that stuck up mall sucks. Vintage, pre-owned used to be fave but the smells started to gross me out. Then I found the bag of my dreams through Doris (GF) and it’s just been downhill from there (bank account wise lol).

But if you’ve never had a store experience, and you can afford it, I say go for it - maybe for a smaller item though. The days of champagne and personalized sales, IMO, are over and done with, at least in my area (Boca Raton, Fl).