AU Colour Story Release Dates

[iheartmakeup]

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Originally Posted by elle25

Is the Tone:grey quad really $100 here??

oh wow that is disgusting! I thought it was bad enough when they were around $80 but $100??? that's the price on the mac website. I'd get it off ebay, I saw a few on there last night.

[elle25]

I've already got it (thanks to Tish ) I'm just shocked that they have priced it so high. I'm used to things here being double plus a few dollars more but the quad is basically triples and its just not right.

[rockin26]

Yeah but think about it if you bought 4 colours in the pot it would cost you $128 and even in the pans it would still be $100. It's about on par but as usual we get pretty OT prices here.

My Myer counter told me DSquared was a pro store only release and was out now?

[Bif]

I was told that DSquared was only coming to the Myer counter in Brisbane city, not the Chermside store.

So I don't think that it is Pro only, just not at all Myers. Maybe.

[elle25]

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Originally Posted by rockin26

Yeah but think about it if you bought 4 colours in the pot it would cost you $128 and even in the pans it would still be $100. It's about on par but as usual we get pretty OT prices here.

My Myer counter told me DSquared was a pro store only release and was out now?

I know that buying the quads works out better than buying them individually but I don't remember a quad being $100. The ones from the makeup art collection are only $72.

Its not priced higher in America so I don't understand why they made it $28 more here. Is it just because they think it will be popular?

[darkorchid]

^^ It's called profit

[sambibabe]

I don't think it is just the profit. In other thread, Boudoirblonde explained why we might be paying more. Plus it is just not cosmetics. We are paying 2x, 3x more on everything - fruits and vegetables, cars, etc, you name it, we pay more.

[boudoirblonde]

I thought $72-$85ish was reasonable. But $100 its too much!

[sambibabe]

when the time is hard, perhaps MAC OZ likes putting the price up, not the other way!

[boudoirblonde]

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Originally Posted by sambibabe

when the time is hard, perhaps MAC OZ likes putting the price up, not the other way!

I think it was a bad decision whoever made it, since they already have 3 quads out at $72, and at the moment the AUD is really strong!
M.A.C what are you doing over there? Website is never maintained properly, collections go up too early or very late, get it together!!

[darkorchid]

Yeah they try and pawn it all off on 'importing costs'. Trust me, I work in foreign exchange, and it is not that expensive, especially now with the AUD gaining. Unfortunately AUS is not the same as the US in that its not a very good consumer market. There is tonnes of variety in the US compared to here, and so prices are more competitive. Here though stores know that we will still pay those prices, so they charge them. Time to move methinks haha.

[sambibabe]

It is just not the importing costs though. I do import for business and I do get 30% off from my US wholesaler, which would pay for shipping + insurance (sometimes brokerage), duty and GST. Lucky I am one-man operated business, so I do not need to pay for wages, super, holidays, workcare, etc, but I still do need to add enough margin to pay business costs such as rents, insurance, electricity, water, etc. If I hired someone, then my retail pricing would reflect that too. MAC has their own artists, so they can't just borrow girls from other Myer or DJ cosmetics counters, and I am sure they do pay more for our MAC girls here than US or Canadian artists (as higher minimum wage). I am not saying I am agreeing with their crazy pricing such as $100 for a quad, and special packaging pricing, but it is not just MAC.. You see Shu does it, Dior does it, Mecca does it. I did consider moving to Canada, but the wage over there is so low. If I earned $7-$8/hr, then I wouldn't feel $22 lipstick cheap anymore.

[boudoirblonde]

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Originally Posted by sambibabe

It is just not the importing costs though. I do import for business and I do get 30% off from my US wholesaler, which would pay for shipping + insurance (sometimes brokerage), duty and GST. Lucky I am one-man operated business, so I do not need to pay for wages, super, holidays, workcare, etc, but I still do need to add enough margin to pay business costs such as rents, insurance, electricity, water, etc. If I hired someone, then my retail pricing would reflect that too. MAC has their own artists, so they can't just borrow girls from other Myer or DJ cosmetics counters, and I am sure they do pay more for our MAC girls here than US or Canadian artists (as higher minimum wage). I am not saying I am agreeing with their crazy pricing such as $100 for a quad, and special packaging pricing, but it is not just MAC.. You see Shu does it, Dior does it, Mecca does it. I did consider moving to Canada, but the wage over there is so low. If I earned $7-$8/hr, then I wouldn't feel $22 lipstick cheap anymore.

exactly I agree and I think the majority of MAC's prices are fantastic but I think $100 for a quad isn't consistant with their regular prices

[tana2210]

fun fact i read in the paper that during financial crises/depressions makeup sales actaully increase!! so maybe mac have jumped on the gfc bandwagon lol

[spectrolite]

^$100? That is seriously rediculous. Perhaps that consider that "good value" since we normally pay $30+ for one eye shadow.

I'm just happy that some of us are lucky enough to have the option of getting a CP or using an online shopping service. Just think of all the people out there who have to pay full priced not knowing that they can get MAC and other things for so much cheaper !

[sambibabe]

They are probably relying on those who are not so internet savvy? I do feel for those people too, but I also wish MAC to make lots of profit. I would hate to see them close one of the stores or sack my favorite MUA. It does sound drastic, but I went to the city today and saw so many stores closed

[aussiemacluvrrr]

Anyone know what the "Boudoir Hues" Quad is on the Mac page under "eyeshadows"..... it has the explanation for the Tone Grey Quad, but a different picture???

[toxaemia]

Hey guys, can anyone tell me when the new cremesheen dazzle glasses will launch?

[rockin26]

I just got an email today from MAC about Style Black, WTF?? That was released last week, most of it is sold out at my counter and Young Punk is sold out already on the website. Get it together AUS MAC!

[sambibabe]

^^ It is not just MAC AUS though. I get the new collection email from MAC US a few days later than the release date. And often they release goodies a few days earlier.

[Paramnesia]

That's really slack, wouldn't it be better to send out the e-mail a day or 2 before the release.

I'm so glad the AUD is around 90 US cents... yay now i just need money lol.

[Bif]

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Originally Posted by toxaemia

Hey guys, can anyone tell me when the new cremesheen dazzle glasses will launch?

This coming Monday the 19th.

[tana2210]

hi all anyone know what pigment sets are usually worth? and or the prices of the xmas sets? (face eye and lash?)

[daisyxoxo]

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Originally Posted by tana2210

hi all anyone know what pigment sets are usually worth? and or the prices of the xmas sets? (face eye and lash?)

Pigment sets I think will be around $65 (they come out Nov 16th). My hocus focus face kit was $85 and the lip palette was $55. The eye palettes are $85 and the lip bags were around $70 hth