Originally Posted by
ocdb8r
All I'm saying is that I'm sitting living here in Amsterdam (with a local store) and within a 3 hours train ride of Cologne (the home of Rimowa), Paris and Brussels and none of the local stores can get the core items I am interested in for at least 2 weeks. London has some limited stock (but pricing is better here on the continent).
That's randomly showing up if you're already there. I'm talking about contacting a store and have the manager hold one for you and then fly in to pick it up when it's ready, days or weeks later. That's what I did, and no way I would assume what I was looking for would magically be available.