AU Colour Story Release Dates
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boudoirblonde
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Yes we are. It's being released on Oct 19th and it's Myer exclusive
Originally Posted by labelslut
Does anyone know if Australia will be receiving Dsquared2 collection? Thanks! |
Yes we are. It's being released on Oct 19th and it's Myer exclusive
iheartmakeup
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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.
| 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.
rockin26
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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?
My Myer counter told me DSquared was a pro store only release and was out now?
elle25
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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?
| 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
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^^ It's called profit
boudoirblonde
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I thought $72-$85ish was reasonable. But $100 its too much!
boudoirblonde
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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!!
| 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
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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
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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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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
| 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
spectrolite
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^$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
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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
