MAC Flat Iron Bldg Store and MAC Soho today
Hello guys!
I forgot my old password since it has been awhile since I posted here so I created a new account.
I want to share my experience today here in Manhattan.
I went to MAC Pro on 22nd St. last Monday and their Stereo Rose and By Candlelight were sold out. I was told that it was goin to come out today, Thursday.
I called Mac store on FlatIron Bldg, also on 22nd St. yesterday and inquired if I could reserve some items but I was told NO.
I went this morning around 945 am this morning and I was the first customer in the MAC store. I asked for Stereo Rose and By Candlelight MSF right away and the girl at the counter and she went to the cabinet and came back handing me 2 By Candlelight MSFs and the annoying news that Stereo Rose MSF was sold out. I kept my cool and asked, "How can it be sold out when it is just being released today? And I am the first customer here." She explained to me that most likely MACPro requested for those Stereo Rose MSFs and the stocks they received were prolly sent to MACPro which is just on the other block. She was kind enough to call MACPro but of course I already knew what they were going to say and true enough, it was sold out as well.
I right away called the MAC Store in SOHO and inquired if the store was already open. Fortunately, the MAC store in SOHO is still close as it opens at 11am. I asked if they have Stereo Rose from the In The Groove collection and I was told yes. I explained to the girl on the phone that I am at the MAC Store in the Flat Iron Bldg and they are sold out of Stereo Rose even before it came out today. I said that I was going to head over there before they open and thankfully before hanging up, I nicely asked the girl if she could hold Stereo Rose MSF for me and she was kind enough to say yes and she took my name and my order of 3 Stereo Rose MSF.
After paying for the By Candlelight MSFs and Jazzed lipstick, I took the subway to Soho. Since it was just 1025am, I walked around and did some shopping around the area. I passed by the MAC Soho and there was no point standing outside because they had construction outside the store, literally on the sidewalk outside MAC Soho. I came back around 1055 and there was one girl ahead of me who went to open the door but since door was closed, she walked down the ramp. I walked towards the door around 1058am and lined up and I was the first one to get in when the store opened sharply at 11am.
I went to the counter and looked for Soojin, gave her my name and there it was... my 3 Stereo Rose MSF. The woman after me also had reserved 1 Stereo Rose MSF and she wanted some more but she was told they had nothing left already. The other woman, the 3rd person in the store, received the terrible news that Stereo Rose MSF.
Had I been late 1 second or had I forgotten not to request to hold some items for me, I would not have had my hands on these elusive Stereo Rose MSFs! Geez!!! Come on! I was telling Soojin that I found it strange that MAC on FlatIron Bldg sold out before it was released. I paid for my Stereo Rose MSFs, got another Jazzed l/s, thanked her sincerely and left the store.
Next time MAC comes up with limited items, I am going to line up at the MACPro which gets items a week before the product launch dates. I have a better chance of getting these limited items there.
xoxo,
-Karen
I knew the chance was slim to none, but I just have to say it sucks when you run out of options. This is the first thing I've been interested in getting since the holiday collection. I admit Marine Life was pretty, but it just didn't interest me. I guess I had this delusion that more people would have been happy with Marine Life and would pass on Stereo Rose.
