Chanel Rouge Noir Absolument - Holiday 2015

[Monsy]

I'm sorry that your living situation is such and that you have issues with USPS.

That said, your experience with USPS isn't what the majority of us experience.

oh i completely understand!

but also usps SUCKS if your package gets lost by their mistake. they are useless. i had package with 4 pairs of ugg boots lost and they had no idea what to do. it showed up two months later in the different country. women who is post office manager and has been there 20+ years didn't know how to file for the lost package.

 

[elegant-one]

They just need to upgrade their shipping, I cant believe how backward Nordstrom is in this regard. Why not do 2 day shipping like NM & Sephora. I love Nord and would order a lot more from them if they had faster shipping.

 

[starletta8]

oh i completely understand!

but also usps SUCKS if your package gets lost by their mistake. they are useless. i had package with 4 pairs of ugg boots lost and they had no idea what to do. it showed up two months later in the different country. women who is post office manager and has been there 20+ years didn't know how to file for the lost package.

They do suck in other ways. Like the registered mail back home that they lost for my mother.

Just FYI- I think you've merely lost the USPS lottery where you are right now. I feel like it's impossible unless you have a single family house in a suburban yet safe area to have 100% success with all of the carriers at once. I never ran into those issues when I was in apartment buildings with key/buzzer entrance (and USPS only allowed in the lobby- they always just left the notices to come get our crap at the post office the next day). Perhaps your carrier is too lazy to fill out the cards? Ugh. I run into more issues now with the "communal" mailbox setup I have now with misdelivered regular mail. Parcels do well around here.

Now if I could get Fedex to get a clue....

 

[Monsy]

They do suck in other ways. Like the registered mail back home that they lost for my mother.

Just FYI- I think you've merely lost the USPS lottery where you are right now. I feel like it's impossible unless you have a single family house in a suburban yet safe area to have 100% success with all of the carriers at once. I never ran into those issues when I was in apartment buildings with key/buzzer entrance (and USPS only allowed in the lobby- they always just left the notices to come get our crap at the post office the next day). Perhaps your carrier is too lazy to fill out the cards? Ugh. I run into more issues now with the "communal" mailbox setup I have now with misdelivered regular mail. Parcels do well around here.

Now if I could get Fedex to get a clue....

yes you nailed it!!

I lived in the huge complex with 5 000 tenants and usps never left anything except in the mailing room where you had to come and sign for it. no issues EVER. now they just dump package in the lobby by the entrance. literally anyone can take it which happened to my dozen times so far. so i am stuck. and that's why i loved ordering from nordies because i wouldn't have to worry if it's ups. now i have to figure out what to do ....

 

[starletta8]

yes you nailed it!!

I lived in the huge complex with 5 000 tenants and usps never left anything except in the mailing room where you had to come and sign for it. no issues EVER. now they just dump package in the lobby by the entrance. literally anyone can take it which happened to my dozen times so far. so i am stuck. and that's why i loved ordering from nordies because i wouldn't have to worry if it's ups. now i have to figure out what to do ....

You could always do the sneaky thing and hold your mail around the dates of when you're expecting a package and go pick it up at the post office with the accumulated mail (minimum 3 days).

 

[Monsy]

I apologize to everyone for taking over this thread with my rant

 

[sungelly87]

Finally heard from my SA at Barneys...they didn't get in the quad either. I told her I refuse to buy the rest of the collection until they get in the quad...lol but good thing about Chanel is you have ample amount of time to hoard all the LE stuff.

 

[Sugar & Spice]

Doris T: Going forward, Nordstrom will use USPS as our delivery service.

Nordstrom is in financial trouble! They've changed shipping service for a cheaper option, I got a notice they sold their credit account to a bank and no longer is a independent creditor. Nothing changed with my credit card, still the same APR etc. so I'll continue to use it and although I prefer UPS shipping I'll manage with USPS but what they better not do is change their return policy. I will certainly decrease my shopping there if that happens.

 

[Medgal07]

Spring looks gorgeous!!! I posted some instagram pics and started a new thread (for the first time ever).


I need to haul Holidays before Spring comes around or I'm gonna be in trouble...

Thanks for doing that. Spring looks promising!

 

[LiliV]

Although everyone else beat me to photos, my holiday and RA collection picks. Now, just the quad....

The polishes all look so good together!

 

[LiliV]

Nordstrom is in financial trouble! They've changed shipping service for a cheaper option, I got a notice they sold their credit account to a bank and no longer is a independent creditor. Nothing changed with my credit card, still the same APR etc. so I'll continue to use it and although I prefer UPS shipping I'll manage with USPS but what they better not do is change their return policy. I will certainly decrease my shopping there if that happens. 

They might cut down on some charges if they stopped shipping samples separately! Lol

 

[starletta8]

I can't even think about Spring until the holiday quad is here. It's the last thing I'm waiting on this season now that I nabbed my MAC goodies this AM.

 

[Sugar & Spice]

They might cut down on some charges if they stopped shipping samples separately! Lol

I was told they quickly ship out samples because they run out so they can't hold them to be shipped with the order if the order is being held up for whatever reason. I mostly opt out of samples because I don't want the excessive shipping.

 

[Icecaramellatte]

well I do mind it a lot. If i Order 500$ scarf and I live in apartment building and they leave the package in the common area that anyone from the building or from the street can steal it and they do not even ring to let me know package has arrived and signature is not required.
yes sell luxury stuff but be a cheap ass

plus with ups if you are my ups member you can request 2 hour delivery window, you can reschedule, reroute etc...

 

[awickedshape]

I was told they quickly ship out samples because they run out so they can't hold them to be shipped with the order if the order is being held up for whatever reason. I mostly opt out of samples because I don't want the excessive shipping.

I do the same.

 

[MACGirl13]

I got the travel brush set. My Nordstrom had several of them. I asked the SA about 18-Rouge Noir polish vs Vamp and she said that Vamp was going to be discontinued after Christmas which is why it is included in this holiday collection. She couldn't confirm if they would be getting the Rouge Noir polish.

 

[sungelly87]

Nordstrom is in financial trouble! They've changed shipping service for a cheaper option, I got a notice they sold their credit account to a bank and no longer is a independent creditor. Nothing changed with my credit card, still the same APR etc. so I'll continue to use it and although I prefer UPS shipping I'll manage with USPS but what they better not do is change their return policy. I will certainly decrease my shopping there if that happens.

I got the same notice for my Credit Card, this is worrying me a little bit. It's my favorite higher end dept store.

 

[mkoparanova]

I want to try the gloss with a lipstick. I'l probably end up getting Rouge Noir lipstick too.


Yes. It all starts to snowball.


I have the opposite problem. It is UPS that leaves my packages in front of my apartment door. Not USPS. On the plus side, it will be easier for me to go pick up packages. On the negative side, the lines are crazy long at my post office.

Hard to say. It did not scream burgundy on the lashes at all. But I know these colors are usually noticeable in sunlight. I didn't check and it was dark when I left this morning.

Thanks! Le volume is my favourite mascara and I just opened a new tube last week, so I'm not going to buy this one if it's not very different from the original.

 

[Sugar & Spice]

I got the same notice for my Credit Card, this is worrying me a little bit. It's my favorite higher end dept store.

I read through everything and it appears we're safe but the change was in the financial interest of Nordstrom. They sold their credit debt to a commercial bank just the same as when a person consolidates their debt in order to stay afloat and not go through bankruptcy in order to clear their debt. The debit card is still under Nordstrom because it doesn't involve credit which further prove Nordstrom is not doing well financially thus the reason for this change.

However they did make a change to how the Notes are used and now they are treated as credit vs money. For example when you earn a $20 note when you use it, it is considered credit so when you return the item you will no longer get your note back but it will be apart of the over all credit back to your card. So say you bought something for $80 and a $20 note made it $60, if you return it you're going to get the entire $80 back on your card vs $60 and a $20 note.

So from now on I'm going to be more conscious on what I spend my notes on and I'm going to start saving them and letting them build up and use them on more expensive items vs just using them on something that really doesn't need it.

 

[Monsy]

So say you bought something for $80 and a $20 note made it $60, if you return it you're going to get the entire $80 back on your card vs $60 and a $20 note.

that's how it was before also
at least in the past year and a half. every time i used note and returned something i never got note back but the full amount back as a credit