Depotted Shadows and B2M at MAC Rice Village Store

[KikiB]

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Originally Posted by ebonyannette The lady at my MAC store just told me this I thought she was lying! ha ha! That does suck for MAC I guess they dont care as much about the environment anymore, it seems like they are trying to discourage you from using B2M. I been using MAC for years and barely made a dent in my favorite shadows! I havent came to the end of a blush or eyeshadow. This makes me so mad, its like they shouldnt have started and gotten people used to it. Why cant they accept the plastic AND the metal pans. If you think about it if you depot and bring back the plastic it will be a while before you get to the bottom of a metal pan.

Well depotting is almost like cheating the system-the intention is to bring back 6 finished or empty products and get a new one-not to buy 823572395 shadows, take them out of the pots, and return the pots to get free guys. While I can understand about keeping it nice and neat by having your shadows in the palettes, you can just buy a palette and then Pro Pans. The point isn't to buy the pot form and then pop the pan out and into a palette-it's to return it when it is done.

 

[meanjeanster]

MAC in Hawaii at Ala Moana didn't take my depotted shadows either. Pissed me off. I don't know about the other MAC in the other mall but yeah...it's not like I got those shadows for free. The girl was like Oh we don't accept B2M for depotted shadows, u want me to throw them away? And i told her no it's ok i'll keep them.

UGH. Stingy

 

[glamdoll]

I dont think its being stingy at all. It makes sense, specially because we do B2M pro pans.

When you finish an item, you are allowed to return 6 empty packages, in their entirety (sp?), for that you get a free item. You cant return half the package and expect the free item.

Dude, it could be worse, it could be like all the other brands that dont give you anything for any amount of packages, at leas the program, exist. It has nothing to do with being stingy or not caring about the enviroment.

In my opinion I thought it was common sense that you return it complete.

 

[meanjeanster]

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Originally Posted by glamdoll I dont think its being stingy at all. It makes sense, specially because we do B2M pro pans. When you finish an item, you are allowed to return 6 empty packages, in their entirety (sp?), for that you get a free item. You cant return half the package and expect the free item. Dude, it could be worse, it could be like all the other brands that dont give you anything for any amount of packages, at leas the program, exist. It has nothing to do with being stingy or not caring about the enviroment. In my opinion I thought it was common sense that you return it complete.

i can't deny you have a point but when I go to that store and drop literally 200 or more every other week and sometimes more frequently for work, you'd think they wouldn't be so tight with me concerning B2M. It's fine, I don't have hurt feelings but I'll just go there to sample makeup and buy my Mac Cosmetics from MacPro.com!

 

[Jemma28]

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Originally Posted by KikiB Well depotting is almost like cheating the system-the intention is to bring back 6 finished or empty products and get a new one-not to buy 823572395 shadows, take them out of the pots, and return the pots to get free guys. While I can understand about keeping it nice and neat by having your shadows in the palettes, you can just buy a palette and then Pro Pans. The point isn't to buy the pot form and then pop the pan out and into a palette-it's to return it when it is done.

I can understand your point but what about when the new collections come out? Those aren't offered in the pro pan form (are they?) and I dont want 12 little eye shadow containers all over my counter top. I'd rather put them into a pallet.

 

[bellezzadolce]

This was one of the topics in a recent conference call for my region, (southeast) and we were told that items should be in the same condition as it was purchased (sorry no depotted items), and that we can only do 24 pieces (4 items) per customer per day.

You guys have to also keep in mind that the Artists don't make the rules, we just follow directions given to us from our managers and trainers.

 

[zabbazooey]

I know they have empty eyeshadow pans at ecrater.com that fit exactly into MAC pots...and they are only $3.75 for 6 I think

 

[rbella]

Today I went to the Rice Village store and they told me that they could accept the actual metal pans (they sell them there) once they are empty, but not a depotted pot. That just seems like a huge waste. So, I can bring a tiny ass metal pan in to B2M, but not an empty pot without a silver insert. Stupid.

 

[doll.face]

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Originally Posted by couturesista I did a B2M on Saturday here in MD, and the M/A marked the bottom of my free shadows and said they are doing that so those pots could not be returned for the B2M program. I don't know if that's new to you guys, but its new to me! So for now on I'll get all my B2M e/s in palette forms and just pay for the ones in the pots. I did not have the metal part and they still took them.

Are you sure they meant so you couldn't return them? I'm guessing the marked the sticker. If they did, you could always take it off.

 

[doll.face]

I did B2M at a Macys counter here in Brooklyn and had no problem. Same with the store at Montague. They don't mark my items at Montague (I hope I'm spelling that right, haha) but they did at Macys.

 

[babyyygirleee]

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This has prolly been answered but i cannot find it.

Once, i get an item from "b2m" can i exchange it for another product if i suddenly change my mind?

 

[lsperry]

Re: Question

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Originally Posted by babyyygirleee This has prolly been answered but i cannot find it. Once, i get an item from "b2m" can i exchange it for another product if i suddenly change my mind?

The MA where I B2M told me no, I could not exchange for something else since it's a freebie. E.g., can I exchange it for an es? No.

 

[lara]

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Originally Posted by KikiB Well depotting is almost like cheating the system-the intention is to bring back 6 finished or empty products and get a new one-not to buy 823572395 shadows, take them out of the pots, and return the pots to get free guys. While I can understand about keeping it nice and neat by having your shadows in the palettes, you can just buy a palette and then Pro Pans. The point isn't to buy the pot form and then pop the pan out and into a palette-it's to return it when it is done.

How can it be cheating the system when the end result is the same? The only difference is that in one scenario there's anywhere from a month to a decade between purchase and B2M; the other time period is just greatly reduced.

 

[airplane_girl]

^^^ I agree
some of us don't have a choice but to buy e/s in pots because the le are only available that way. or for those who don't have fs stores to buy e/s in the pan.

 

[joshari]

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Originally Posted by clwkerric I know I live in the Tampa Bay, FL area and nowhere around here will take back depotted eyeshadows... only with the metal pan. I've been looking for cheap makeup at random places but I haven't found the right size where I can fit the metal pan in a depotted MAC E/S Container... everything is either a hair too big or a hair too small Booooo!!

You can always order the metal pans seperately from places like Coastal Scents and Stars Makeup Haven. I just ordered 50 pans from Stars Makeup Haven and with shipping to Canada and the exchange rate, I paid $27.00 so it wasn't bad at all.

 

[anita22]

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Originally Posted by lara How can it be cheating the system when the end result is the same? The only difference is that in one scenario there's anywhere from a month to a decade between purchase and B2M; the other time period is just greatly reduced.

You've answered your own question - time is the key factor. I'm not an accountant or anything, but I think from the financial perspective of a company there is a big difference between giving away a free item now and giving it away in 10 years time, in the form of an opportunity cost (since they could invest the cost of goods elsewhere for a return). Multiply that cost by however many thousands of B2M freebies are given out every day around the globe to those who are B2M'ing "early", and that's a lot of cash.

However this doesn't change my opinion that people should still be allowed to depot and return