Price Increase?

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by Stephie Baby Does anyone know if the prices, for the LE collections, are going to change?? Some of the prices have already been released. GAH!! I guess I'll just have to deal with it.

they will. if shadow prices go up, then all shadow prices will go up, including those in LE collection. shadows will prolly go up $.50, along with lipsticks and lipgloss, and liners. powders and foundations will prolly go up $1. this is what they went up the last time prices increased.

 

[AudreyNicole]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 they will. if shadow prices go up, then all shadow prices will go up, including those in LE collection. shadows will prolly go up $.50, along with lipsticks and lipgloss, and liners. powders and foundations will prolly go up $1. this is what they went up the last time prices increased.

I have been thinking about this, and even it the prices go up $.50 or more, it's not going to effect the amount of MAC I buy. I mean, even if I buy 10 things, the price would only be about $5.00 more than I am paying now. Not enough to deter me from the makeup that I love. MAC is definately not as expensive as most other department store brands (i.e. Bobbi Brown is $19 for e/s and $23 I think for blush. Chanel and NARS are more). The price of everything is going up from gas, to milk, to a cup of coffee. If it costs more to have MAC shipped from it's suppliers to stores, than it is only logical that they would have to increase a bit. Not a big deal to me, just my 2 cents.

 

[GreekChick]

I examined the papers the company faxed us.
Most of the products are going to be .50$ more expensive, but not all. But one thing is for sure, prices are definetly going up.

 

[Ruffage]

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Originally Posted by damsel me too, but i'd rather have no increase at all. why would they increase prices with the economy in the state it is? but then again if you love mac is 50 cents gonna stop you. probably not.

Why no, I guess not.





So sorry for the bad joke, ladies. Just gotta get it out of my system.

 

[nursie]

i dont like price increases, who wants to pay more for anything? but, before i got a mac counter close to me two years ago (10 minutes away!), i bought estee lauder lancome clinique. those products are higher priced than what i buy at mac, so i'll keep on buying. but moreso than the increase of mac items, the increase in my weekly grocery bill, gas costs, and having two teenagers that already want and need everything under the sun plus one that will be DRIVING soon (a teen added on my car insurance, helloooo poor house)....those costs i think will be limiting what i buy over next year. i really wait until i see things i really want rather than buying whole collections just to have them (which i used to do with estee lauder!)

and i'm a state employee, cost of living increase was 1% this year

 

[CantAffordMAC]

My MA said he hadn't heard anything was going up, except that mascaras were going up by $1. But I guess if other MA's have confirmed it, then thats whats going to happen.

 

[Labonte]

Is this in the US only?

 

[rocking chick]

Singapore too.. starting from July.

 

[Susanne]

Here in Germany the prices have already been increased during the last two years.
For example a lipglass and an eyeshadow were 14 € (US $ 21.80) each in 2006, today we have to pay 15.50 € (US $ 24.20) each.

Please don't increase the prices here one more time!! Who should pay for it??

 

[MAC_Whore]

EL raises MAC prices in $.50 to $1 increments on select items, twice per year. That has been the policy.

Notice the use of the word "select", meaning that it is not an across the board increase. Considering today's economy and makeup being a non-essential item (yes, I know....some of you are shocked by that statement

), I will venture to guess that the increase will not include any highly visible items, i.e. lipglass, shadows, lipsticks. MAC will most likely be more hush, hush about it and slap those increases on things like liners, blushes and skincare. That's my theory.

As a MAC consumer, I am currently spending near $70.00 to fill up my gas-swilling Rover (but I love Angus-That's his name, btw), I am guessing that MAC takes that into consideration. Then again, Who knows, with shipping costs increasing, they might be hurting. We shall see.


I could be wrong, but that's my two cents. Hey, two cents...now that's an increase I can support!

 

[noahlowryfan]

so is every item MAC sells will go up? I'm hoping to pick up foundation before the prices go up. yeah i should have gotten it when MAC has the 15% off sale but I was contemplating if I should get it or not. Now I regret not getting it when the 15% off sale was on. Hopefully, MAC will have the sale again.

 

[lalunia]

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Originally Posted by GlamYOURUs Hey at least we have our CCOs and sale threads on specktra. =)

Do the CCO prices go up as well during the price increases?

 

[II3rinII]

the memo that was emailed to us last month listed everything that was being increased, but i cant remember everything, i do know it was a 2 pager so there were alot of items. studio tech was on there as well as mascara, i think studio fix too. pretty much everything either went up $0.50 or $1, no more than that. sorry ladies.

 

[MAC_Whore]

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Originally Posted by lalunia Do the CCO prices go up as well during the price increases?

Ultimately it does, as an increase in the original product will affect the price that MAC gives to CCOs when CCOs acquire the product, so CCOs will have to up prices as well. The increase probably won't trickle down to CCOs until later.

 

[xxManBeaterxx]

Hey ladies its July 1,2008 and the eye shadows, eye lashes, mascara, foundation, rose to .50 or even 1.00 more

Pigments, brushes, lipsticks, lipglosses, slimshines, blushes are all the normal plrice...

Overall I think I can deal with this... Before EVERYTHING on mac increased, lipsticks were like 12.00 and pigments were like 16.00 back in the days... So maybe the prices will rise next year.. but were safe this year ^_^

Quick question B2M controversy... If the eyeshadows are now worth more than the lipsticks and lipglosses.... How is this going to work out? No more B2M for eyeshadows? ...

 

[xxManBeaterxx]

Ah now I just read Mac livejournals post and heard there will be another increase in 6 months on the stuff that didnt rise like lipsticks and lipglosses, maybe blushes and pigments too....

 

[f!erce]

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Originally Posted by panther27 Oh well.This really sucks but it won't stop me from buying my MAC!!

I totally agree. I wont stop buying groceries and I wont stop buying MAC. I get nourishment from both of them! LOL

 

[VDUB*BELLA]

I am still not understanding why MAC keeps increasing Canadian prices when the Canadian dollar is pretty much on par with the US $$ and most of their stuff is practically made in my backyard (just outside of Toronto)

 

[AudreyNicole]

The blushes did go up too. They are $18 now. I'm sure the pro pan e/s and blushes will have gone up $.50 too.

 

[xxManBeaterxx]

Whoa it was 17.50 this morning T_T...

Dam i had an order in my cart, i should of bought it yesterday now i have to spend 10 extra bucks lol @.@ there goes my lunch money