Please Ask All Pro Card and Pro Discount Questions Here

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by CantAffordMAC

Okay...I know that there are a million topics on this, but I just have a quick question and Im hoping someone can answer this.

I am a licensed cosmetologist: I have my license and a certificate saying that i completed the cosmetology course. My main question is, are those two enough, or does MAC require a photo ID? I don't have my drivers license, so i dont have a photo ID. Thanks to whoever can answer this

you HAVE to have some form of photo id along with your two form. go to your license branch and get a photo id.

[lara]

http://specktra.net/f190/mac-faq-ppi...ro-card-25432/

There's no reason to have yet another individual thread dedicated to this topic when there's a massive, multi-country thread full of information that already exists. Read and search that thread first, ask any specific questions you have within that thread, and finally get into contact with your nearest Pro Store to clarify any questions that you have that are relevant to your personal situation.

If you've read the requirements list and think that that it doesn't apply to you, then you might just have to accept that you're ineligible for the Pro program.

[MAC_Whore]

Thanks!

[kasils]

Hi everyone! I have a question that I don't think has been answered. I am a young freelancing makeup artist desperate to one day become a pro mua. I have done lots of my freinds makeup for special events (graduations, proms sweet sixteens, etc.). All of the girls have been more than pleased with what I've done for them. I'm making a ton of buisness cards within the next few days and I wanted to try to apply to get a pro card. I know that you need a recomendation from clients and/or a resume. I was wondering if someone could give me a quick little example of how they did both or either. It would be a lot of help being that I don't want to come across as being unprofessional. Thanks so much to everyone and sorry this was a long post! ;]
p.s. before anyone replies would having a buisness card a few recomendations and a resume be enough for me to qualify for a pro card??? TIA!!!!

[addictedtomac85]

Hi Everyone,

I just got my MAC Pro Card and put in my first order. YAY! Now I am already trying to figure out what I am going to get for my next order. I am really looking forward to the Holiday collection, as I do every year. But a friend of mine told me that you don't get your MAC Pro discount on any of the holiday sets. Does anyone know if this is true or not?

[candymaddy]

yes that is true the will not discount the holiday collections

[addictedtomac85]

awww thats too bad. thanks for confirming for me though.

[COBI]

Specifically, you don't get it on the holiday sets (such as the pigment vials); however, other holiday-timed collections (such as last years Antiquitease (sp?)) are generally discounted.

[MACForME]

Yes, its true, the holiday collections are exempt from the discount.

[TeachersPet]

How can I get a MAC Pro Card?

[msashlay]

http://specktra.net/f190/mac-faq-ppi...ro-card-25432/

[cipelica]

Can you use someone elses pro card? Do they check you out? Are they looking for some other document?

[fafinette21]

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Originally Posted by cipelica

Can you use someone elses pro card? Do they check you out? Are they looking for some other document?

No you can't use someone elses. It's against the PRO card policy. You have to provide photo id that matches the card when you checkout.

[GrUmPiTa]

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Originally Posted by MACForME

Yes, its true, the holiday collections are exempt from the discount.

A few times online, a product (which was originally exempt from the discount) has come up as -40% -- maybe because it was wayy after its release.
I've seen it with some sets, and most recently I got the Fafi tote for -40% (I went to my local MAC today, and they still had a tote, but for the regular price).

[lilt2487]

what happens if you lose your pro card or someone steals it?

[jamgirl01]

I am a Jamaican make up artist am I eligible for a mac pro card If I buy my products online or in the US.

[Liz2286]

I just wanted to share that a few weeks ago I mailed my application for a PRO card. I'm a freelance mua. I do special events here in Chicago and also in Mexico. I sent in my business card, letter of recommendation from a client, resume, and bridal contract. I have been calling every week to check on the status of my app and yesterday I was told that it hasn't even been processed yet! It's going to be 4 weeks this Saturday that I sent it and the lady I spoke to said it shouldn't take so long for it to be on their system. I told her what I sent and she said that they might be verifying things because they're not accepting resumes from mua anymore. She said they take resumes and headshots only for actresses and models. Also, the letter of recommendation should be from an employer, not from a client. She said that the business card and bridal contract should be enough.

However, I'm afraid that they might not accept my business card because I made it at home. I've never had the need to actually order business cards at the printer's because I get all my clients by word-of-mouth. Plus it doesn't make sense to have any cards done if I'm working back and forth from here and Mexico.

I do have a letter from an employer but I didn't send it in with my app because my former boss took forever to type it up for me so I just sent in the one I had from a client. I'm hoping that I do get approved but if I don't, I wonder if I can re-apply. I have the letter from my previous employer and I'll finally order some business cards. If I don't get approved, I know it'll be my fault because I filled out the app and gathered the proofs without really thinking. For some reason, I thought I would get approved with no problem.

I'm just stressed because I was hired to do makeup for a folkloric dance group and I need to buy so many different foundations and bright shadows. I was hoping that I would have the card by this month and the group's performances begin next month.

[erine1881]

http://specktra.net/f165/please-ask-...s-here-108401/

[Randy Rose]

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Originally Posted by candymaddy

yes that is true the will not discount the holiday collections

It seems to vary a little, maybe location-by-location (like B2M) or relationship with the MUA (or maybe if the MUA is inexperienced!). I don't know how the MAC POS system works, but last December I went in and purchased the Mystery Powder from the Couture Collection expecting to pay full price and was shocked when it rang out with my discount. I don't know if the MUA rang it up as a discounted item, or if the computer automatically did via my Pro Card (any MAC retail employees know exactly how the discounting works?). I mentioned that I didn't think it would be discounted, and she said of course it would.

Incidentally, this *was* after the point when the MUAs were allowed to use their employee discount on the collections, so maybe the rule is that Pro members get the discount at that time, too?

[hhunt2]

So I just got a call from a friend who met a Mac employee at her new college. My friend didn't remember the gals "position", but it sort of sounded like she is a well-known Mac employee (she works at different locations) and has worked for Mac for a loonnnggg time.

My friend said she gets a 60% discount!!!
Is that forreal? I've only heard 40% off... someone shead some light on my question. Thanks!

[mac*lover]

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Originally Posted by hhunt2

So I just got a call from a friend who met a Mac employee at her new college. My friend didn't remember the gals "position", but it sort of sounded like she is a well-known Mac employee (she works at different locations) and has worked for Mac for a loonnnggg time.

My friend said she gets a 60% discount!!!
Is that forreal? I've only heard 40% off... someone shead some light on my question. Thanks!

yes employee get 60% off .

[nursee81]

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Originally Posted by Randy Rose

It seems to vary a little, maybe location-by-location (like B2M) or relationship with the MUA (or maybe if the MUA is inexperienced!). I don't know how the MAC POS system works, but last December I went in and purchased the Mystery Powder from the Couture Collection expecting to pay full price and was shocked when it rang out with my discount. I don't know if the MUA rang it up as a discounted item, or if the computer automatically did via my Pro Card (any MAC retail employees know exactly how the discounting works?). I mentioned that I didn't think it would be discounted, and she said of course it would.

Incidentally, this *was* after the point when the MUAs were allowed to use their employee discount on the collections, so maybe the rule is that Pro members get the discount at that time, too?

I think the no discount only applies to the pallets with the 6 e/s, pigment vials and mult items in a set. Not sure exactly but I think that is what I have heard.

[hhunt2]

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Originally Posted by mac*lover

yes employee get 60% off .

Who gets 60% off? Managers? Field Auditors? Senior MUAs?

I mean, Wow! 60% off. lol. I never heard of it. I thought 40% was the max.

[nursee81]

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Originally Posted by hhunt2

Who gets 60% off? Managers? Field Auditors? Senior MUAs?

I mean, Wow! 60% off. lol. I never heard of it. I thought 40% was the max.

All MA that work for MAC I know get 60%. even if they work at a counter in Macy's or where ever.

[ellabella220208]

hi, i just got my pro card today, im in the uk and i am on the pro site but i cant find anywhere to buy pro products online??? can someone advise me please!