MAC FAQ: Annual Price Increases

[martygreene]

Yes, MAC prices go up from time to time. Here's why-

MAC is an Estee Lauder subsidary. This means they follow the guidelines for Estee Lauder and it's associated brands. EL raises prices on assorted products $0.50 every July 1st, and once in the winter (although that date is dynamic, not the same every year) generally for items not effected by the July price increase.

It happens every year. It is not directly effected by packaging changes, the market, returns, etc. as this is basically a method of pro-rating what the production cost increase will be over a certain time and spreading it out. It's also to prevent major class-action lawsuits as we had a few years ago in regard to price fixing.

If this practice is something that upsets you, contact MAC and inform them of your displeasure. The only way this will change is for MAC to return to being an independant company, and no longer an EL subsidiary.

 

[Beautiful1]

Yes I Understand But How Would That Happen. Only If The Original Creators Are Willing To Buy It Back. Then Maybe The Foundation Formulas Can Go Back To The Original. I Am An African American And When They Were An Independant Company Their Foundations Rocked Hard But Now With ESL They Are A Complete Mess

 

[blueyedlady87]

That is so frustrating. I love MAC, but I hate that EL is its parent company. MAC is such a huge brand, it needs to go indepedent. Ggggrrr. They are making a huge profit already, why raise prices?? So what if production costs increase slightly, they still turn a huge profit. (Cant wait to get my PPID card!!) And if I remember correctly, haven't eyeshadows been $13.50 forever??

 

[bAbY_cHiCkEn01]

It sort of is it's own company though, look at what they've achieved with Viva Glam and the AIDS fund, they have their own training things, they have the PPID, they have basically everything they could ask for. Very few brands have that if they're owned by someone higher up. But this is just my opinion, if you don't like it then that's okay.

Melz

 

[madameb]

Estee Lauder purchasing MAC has not at all compramised the companies intergrity, it has allowed MAC to expand globally.

 

[allan_willb]

Quote:

Originally Posted by madameb Estee Lauder purchasing MAC has not at all compramised the companies intergrity, it has allowed MAC to expand globally.

yes yes yes remember girls, mac was this small make up line UNTILL EL bought it...

 

[LuvBeMac]

the price is forever increase??never decrease???

 

[GimpyPoop]

Yo,
Yep always increase! I remember Stila had a mass decrease in price once upon a time, but MAC has always been increasing.
Sigh!
LN

 

[sarahbeth564]

This doesn't make much sense to me. Doesn't this mean that by next winter eyeshadows would be $14.50? I don't think its quite right.

 

[Ambonee]

Is this everywhere (by that I mean in ALL countries not just the US)?

 

[M.A.C*Attack]

wat do i do

now im having a debate with my hubby and need help...lol
if its true about the prices going up my hubby says i shouldnt get the lure collection(which i already have on res.) and just buy a bunch of stuff i need and not just a collection i want .....

What would u do??? ... to Lure or not to ???????....lol

does mac compitition? , due to the increasing prices i Might have to switch it up ....

 

[Lalli]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ambonee Is this everywhere (by that I mean in ALL countries not just the US)?

yeh over here in the UK they went up but it was like the Khol pencils went from £10.50 to £11 so a 50p rise. and e/s went from like £9 to £10 a whole pound grr

 

[tinkerbelle]

Poop, That sucks. I guess I need to buy the ones I want before July 1st

 

[ninabruja]

do they honestly need to do this to survive as a company?

i found an old magazine the other day which showed lipglass (the colored, kind, not clear) as being $12. :/

 

[misslilith]

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Originally Posted by Ambonee Is this everywhere (by that I mean in ALL countries not just the US)?

In germany we have that too! Our prices are higher than in the us anyway (14€ for an e/s).

 

[ELEMNOP]

Man... the price increases aren't very fun. I can't afford to have a deeper hole in my wallet! haha.

 

[kimmy]

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Originally Posted by ninabruja do they honestly need to do this to survive as a company?

they don't have to, but good business practices say that the higher profit you yeild, the more successful your business will be.

i don't like the price increases either, but think about it...you will get raises at your place of work periodically throughout the year (generally) so you're not really spending more money on the product since you'll also be making more. you're spending the same percentage on the product as you did before...that's inflation.

 

[Fairybelle]

Oh well, such is life. I know that non-cosmetic brands such as Louis Vuitton also do a price increase ever so often. Though unlike cosmetics, LV NEVER ever goes on sale. Fortunately for MAC/EL fanatics, there's always the CCO.

 

[GalleyGirl]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cookie_monsta2504 It sort of is it's own company though, look at what they've achieved with Viva Glam and the AIDS fund, they have their own training things, they have the PPID, they have basically everything they could ask for. Melz

Someone mentioned on a makeup artist blog though that the Viva Glam campaign was well in place before EL bought MAC, as well as the rest of its charities, and to do away with them would have been a PR nightmare for EL...plus its not costing EL anything really to keep them in place. I thought that was a pretty valid point.

 

[AllThatGlitters]

Does anyone know the current prices of the following products:'

Pro PalleteX4 eyeshadow
Pro Pallete eyeshadow refill
Empty Container .25 ounce (Looks just like the pigment container)

I want to create a budget for my next order, but don't know the updated prices. The macpro website doesn't like prices on those items. If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it a ton!