M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

Its annoying I agree but I think this would be almost impossible to do as people would just buy items from several stores and online to get their extras. Would work out better for people to not buy from people who are selling these items for ridiculous prices on Ebay especially as MAC tend to re-release these items at some point in a different collection anyway!

Keep a check on the release dates and make sure you can be at a counter or buy online on the day of release - I learnt that after Heatherette came out

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

i agree totally with your point. I get very angery over this issue. however the sad thing is, is that i bet it's pople that go on beauty sites like this are the ones doing it because how could the average Jo possibly know just how popular an item will be?

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

I think a limit is a good idea, but I think it should be 2 rather than one as I love buying back ups of things that I think I will really like.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

We see it here on these boards alone, you know who some of them are. This post will not change much. Not buying equals the reseller with 6565 backups unsold, therefore they have lost money because they had the intention they would get that money back and more. If they can't sell, they'll be tighter for money and might rethink doing it, or at least buy less. Your money holds power, but your word less so. It's unfortunate but at least you know there are nice members who are willing to do CPs.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

free market.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

I was at the Nordstrom MAC counter like 30 minutes after the store opened on Venomous Villains launch day to make sure to get what I wanted. It's ridiculous that it has come to that, but I wanted the items.

I agree with not buying from resellers that jack up the price. I remember when people were selling Lavender Whip lipstick for $56 Hell to the no! I refuse to feed the profiteers.

While writing this post, I went to Ebay and looked up the MAC VV items. Someone is selling both MES as a set for $80.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

CP= custom purchase. Some collections don't make it outside US and Canada, so girls from Europe request that those who have access to the collection make a purchase for them. This can be arranged in the colour collection thread, a separate thread or by private message. Sometimes a product will sell out and someone is willing to do a CP for them.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

This is why I never buy MAC from eBay. People are such money grubbers because they know people want these and they know they're going to tempt them to buy it. It's just not right. I never pay more than retail price for a LE item from sellers, especially not more than twice the retail price! People are ridiculous.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

this kind of reminds me of the urban decay naked palette. I loved it, I wanted to buy it at the retail price of forty dollars, i just missed it. And now you have people selling it on Ebay for a hundred and fifty dollars, even some above that. : /
I may have to buy it at eighty dollars now on Ebay (because I want it so bad), which is almost twice the price.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

It doesn matter where you're from. You can still ask for a CP, it's just that it's mostly common with european members because they don't get all of the collections.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

Don't, it's not LE, just popular right now. It will come back into stock... you just may have to wait a while.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

And the Alice in Wonderland palette, that was going for insane prices on ebay

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

It's a nice palette but its not worth 80$. Check out the thread on the mac dupes for it, if I couldn't get my hands on it I would rather spend the money at mac then on ebay which is always a bit hit or miss.

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

Or MAC could do what they do here in Australia to avoid this problem... Just charge eBay prices at their counters! $35 for a lipstick anyone? Or $41 for one in LE packaging? We don't have problems here with collections selling out fast

Re: M.A.C i'm Confused and hurt

I understand how you're feeling. When Venomous Villains came out, I looked at the colors and I wasn't impressed. However, heard it was sold out the first day. I go to my nearest mall just to pick up some things, the mall has a nordstorm, macys, mac store, bloomingdales, and lords and taylors. This is a really really big mall. They still have all the collection in each of their mac counters! How is this sold out! I know it's sold out at the mac website. I'm just like some of you guys and will refuse to buy from ebay for ridiculous prices. I will only buy for retail price or cheaper. I rather wait for it to get to the CCO. I especially learned this when the beach collection was sold out everywhere I went and now all the sold out items are at my CCO. This really frustrates me! I asked the sales girl why all these sold out items on the counters and websites is showing up there. I really don't understand this! Be patience! Buy at retail price or CCO prices. Don't let those ebayers take advantage of us!

To be honest, I doubt MAC would put a limit on how much a person can buy. All they would really care about is that they make money off the products they are selling (and they are).

It's because of people who resell that MAC does put limits on purchases; I believe it's 3 of any specific item/color?

I hate how some eBay seller's will list an easy to find MAC shadow or lipstick for a high price, I don't know why people still buy them when they can order from MAC for less and with a free shipping code. And I do agree that the on'es who are buying LE stuff to resell are people getting info from sites like this, they know what their doing.  If no one payed the crazy prices they wouldn't be able to do it though.

exactly. which is why i never pay a crazy price!

I know how you feel.  I went through the same hissy fit with Marine Life.  I caved and bought it at slightly inflated ebay prices (but not too bad, because I refuse to encourage profiteers too much!)  I had the same thing happen with Stereo Rose, but I never caved and paid for the inflated price.  My life went on and I am living happily without knowing how wonderful it is.  I have hopes that someday the hype will deflate a little bit and I can buy one for a price that isn't too jacked up.  Or I will settle and get one a little used but at a reasonable price.

IF you are willing to wait a little bit, the excitement over this VV collection will be over after the next 2 or 3 collections come out and you can buy the stuff when people tire of it and resell it.  Unfortunately that means waiting, but you will be able to buy it, possibly slightly used but also possibly not used, at a reasonable price.

 

If you are just wanting a particular color, I recommend going to the dupes thread or google search for dupe of whatever it is you would like.  Tons of bloggers and other makeup hounds are on the hunt for dupes of the most popular stuff and you can look just as good for less--probably

Unfortunately some of us live in countries where that crazy, inflated price is still cheaper than the local retail price! Also not all countries have a local MAC website - so if you don't live near a counter than you sometimes don't have any other option but to purchase from a 3rd party.

 

*cough New Zealand cough*

 

but i agree about the ebay hawkers, it is silly, but there are always people out there that will take advantage of a popular product (this happens with tickets events all the time in NZ)
 

After reading all of the above posts I am lucky I have so many MAC counters and stores in my immediate area.

 

There are also a slew of cco's around so if I miss something in the store then 6 out of 10 times I will find it at a cco.

 

I refuse to pay inflated prices as well and had to laugh when I saw what evilbayers  were charging for ML and Stereo Rose.

 

I want Metal Rock msf but I sure as heck am not going to pay $150.00 for something that originally cost $23 or $24 dollars.

 

I will just bide my time and wait for MAC to re-release it.

 

I think it's a crime that people buy 10 and 15 of a product and then re-sell it on evilbay at heavily marked up prices.  It is so unfair to regular folks who may not know about the demand and can't get it because some chump wants to make a profit.

 

 Yeah, we all know about capitalism and all but I also blame MAC for not producing enough product.

 

Come on, really, think how many Stereo Rose msfs were made as opposed to Petticoat, By Candlelight and Comfort.

 

Comfort is still available on the MAC USA website while the other 3 are sold out.  I bet more Petticoat, BC and Comfort were produced as opposed to SR. There were tons of those shades left over at my local counters after the SR frenzy.  Petticoat was the next to sell out and then BC.

 

Supply and demand anyone?

As long as there are people who are willing to pay ridiculous prices, there will be seller who will sell HTF items for $$$. Simple as that.

 

I know that *I* would never buy anything at much higher price than the retail price. I just refuse to do that, I refuse to encourage such business.

I agree on a 2, maybe even 3 limit depending on the type of item.  I think it perfectly reasonable to by 2 backups (total of 3) of a lip product, especially if you are a MA.  But 2 backups of a blush might be a tad unnecessary, but then again maybe some people are very heavy-handed with blush, who knows.  I think it's terrible that people will buy out stock and inflate prices on ebay.  I've even seen Wet N Wild palettes at 100% mark ups on ebay.  Really?!?!?!  On the flip side, I think it is great that so many people offer to do CP's for others for hard to find/out of stock items.  It's also ridiculous that we, now knowing how fast items sell out now (literally minutes after they are released online) have to either be at our computers ready to go at the stroke of midnight or at the MAC counter or store when the mall opens.  

 

And in regards to the UD Naked Palette.  The shit is permanent people!  Why on earth are people trying to hawk it for $95+ on ebay, and why are people buying it!  Sure I want the palette.  Sure it's been out of stock practically since the day it was released.  But a factory somewhere is making more of them and I will eventually get my hands on it, for $44 + tax, thank you very much. 

Edited by Twinkle_Twinkle - 11/18/10 at 11:15pm