Do MAC MA's REALLY hate it when we return things?

liv

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Originally Posted by VioletB
I don't work for MAC, I work for Lauder.. but the policy is the same no matter what line it is.. But yeah. No shame whatsoever! Unbelievable.

Was the nail polish on a different (newer) receipt, or can you return/exchange past the 180 days with the box?
 

marielle78

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I have returned foundation, MSF natural, concealer, and an eye shadow. I don't care who doesn't like it, I will not keep products that don't look good on me just just to help some snooty MA sales record.
 

erine1881

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Originally Posted by liv
Was the nail polish on a different (newer) receipt, or can you return/exchange past the 180 days with the box?

if you have the receipt and/or the box and it's past 180 days, you're SOL. we put stickers on the boxes now that act as a receipt incase you loose your receipt.

plus, if an item is LE and you know when it was released, if it's been past 180 days you can refuse to return it.
 

erine1881

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Originally Posted by VioletB
I don't work for MAC, I work for Lauder.. but the policy is the same no matter what line it is.. But yeah. No shame whatsoever! Unbelievable.

i know you work for lauder. i was just saying that if she had done something like that at mac, and for some unknown reason they decided to ignore the 180 days policy, we wouldn't have returned it cause she used so much of it already. i guess i worded my sentence wrong.

i had a lady bring back pro eye makeup remover and scrub mask without a receipt (this was a LONG time ago). the makeup remover was ok to return, but the scrub mask was almost empty! she said she had a reaction to them. i told her i couldn't return it cause it was almost empty, but that she could use it for b2m. you shouldda seen the look on her face
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user79

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I def do miss the return policy in Switzerland. I spend quite a bit of money on expensive makeup brands, and I don't abuse the return policy but sometimes things just do not work on me. Like I bought Emerald Green pigment and I liked it in the store when the MA applied it on me, but when I worked with it it just didn't look as I wanted it to so I brought i back. I don't feel guilty about that, that's what the return policy is for.
 

iiifugaziii

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Originally Posted by marielle78
I have returned foundation, MSF natural, concealer, and an eye shadow. I don't care who doesn't like it, I will not keep products that don't look good on me just just to help some snooty MA sales record.


it's okay to return a product. or many. if you don't love it, by all means.
we understand returns are going to happen, and that's part of the retail world. that's why there's return policies. We're just talking about certain aspects of returns that can be frustrating. (especially when you work in retail and that's what you do everyday!)

all MA's aren't snooty.....

we have to care about our sales records, or we get in trouble.
 

marielle78

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Originally Posted by iiifugaziii
it's okay to return a product. or many. if you don't love it, by all means.
we understand returns are going to happen, and that's part of the retail world. that's why there's return policies. We're just talking about certain aspects of returns that can be frustrating. (especially when you work in retail and that's what you do everyday!)

all MA's aren't snooty.....

we have to care about our sales records, or we get in trouble.


I don't think (and certainly didn't say) that all MA's are snooty.
 

VioletB

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Originally Posted by liv
Was the nail polish on a different (newer) receipt, or can you return/exchange past the 180 days with the box?

She had the box for the polish.. It was past the 180 day return policy, but we just exchanged it for her to try and make nice.
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(See! We really are nice!!
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Oh yeah.. she said she wanted to return to polish because she didn't realize it was $18.00. Hello? You didn't realize after more than six months what you spent on a nail polish? LOL


P.S. This is the whole retail world in general. It's not just the cosmetics world that gets these types of things.. it's everyone. If this forum was just about retail sales in general, it would be the same thing. I honestly don't care about returning things unless it's having something to do with company policy. The way I figure it, it's not my product, it's not my money, and why not make people happy. The frustrating part is just when people abuse the return policy... which happens all too many times. All these stories are just good for a laugh.. and nobody should take them personally.
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liv

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Quote:
Originally Posted by VioletB
She had the box for the polish.. It was past the 180 day return policy, but we just exchanged it for her to try and make nice.
smiles.gif
(See! We really are nice!!
smiles.gif
)

Oh yeah.. she said she wanted to return to polish because she didn't realize it was $18.00. Hello? You didn't realize after more than six months what you spent on a nail polish? LOL


P.S. This is the whole retail world in general. It's not just the cosmetics world that gets these types of things.. it's everyone. If this forum was just about retail sales in general, it would be the same thing. I honestly don't care about returning things unless it's having something to do with company policy. The way I figure it, it's not my product, it's not my money, and why not make people happy. The frustrating part is just when people abuse the return policy... which happens all too many times. All these stories are just good for a laugh.. and nobody should take them personally.
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Oh, I see. Yeah, lady, what a pathetic excuse. Just say you didn't like it and never used it! It's always the abusers of policies that spoil the privilege for others. It's good for business to have a return policy (like you said, companies want to make you happy and keep you coming back!), but man, some people have no shame.
 

miss_emc

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i really dont like doing returns, the whole thing is just so negative, and the process takes so much time in my department store. it seems like i always get the people who want to return when the counter is extremely busy and there are about 10 other people waiting to be served. its just a bit of a downer for me, i dont like doing it. it also depends on the attitude of the customer, if they are nice then i feel more positive, if they have attitude then i get a bit defensive...
 

nadiya

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Yikes, I've returned things before because I had no idea that they got thrown out every time. I kind of presumed they'd get reshelved because I returned them on the same day to the same MUA and they were still unopened. That said I did worry that there was no way of knowing if I'd used them or not so I guess they have no choice but to chuck everything.
 

as_cute_as_pie

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returned a eyeshadow once as i already had it (birthday present) and she seemed to make a big deal of opening it the box, then the shadow and lifitin it up to see if it had been used
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didn't know that they accepted returns that had been used thought it would be the same as any store as in.. once you wear shoes outside you can't return them etc
 

erine1881

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when someone returns something, i open the box, check to see how much has been used, and make sure its the right item. so many times have people put an item in the wrong box, or try to put a half used foundation or lipstick back in the box and try to return it, hoping that we wouldn't noticed. oh yeah, if it's returned, i look it over.

i had one lady one time recycle 6 lipsticks, and want to return a lipstick. she handed me her 6, and i threw them in the b2m bin. as she reaches for the lipstick she wants to return, she realized she accidentally gave it to me as one of the 6 recycles. as i dig around for it (eww!), i had to open them cause she only knew it by color. i find one and open it, and it was the right one. except it had melted everywhere inside and it was all misshaped. i told her we couldn't return it cause of the condition it was in, and she told me to give it back to her and she would recycle it later. i was like, "why not just recycle it now, seeing as how its all melted?" uh, yeah, she was gonna try and return it to someone else another time. not gonna happen! she's the same lady that always returns used things, including trying to return a large eyeshadow without a box less than a year ago. first off, we changed from ayres to macys, so the scu would no longer be in the system since we don't carry those anymore. and second, mac stopped making them like 5 years or so ago!

it's this kinda shit that pisses us off!
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lara

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Originally Posted by miss_emc
i really dont like doing returns, the whole thing is just so negative, and the process takes so much time in my department store.

God, you're telling me. Especially for people who don't have the receipt and then refuse to give you their drivers licence so you can fill out the 'no receipt ID required' part of the Myer returns slip.
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Kalico

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Maybe she wanted to use it towards her next B2M?

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Originally Posted by erine1881
when someone returns something, i open the box, check to see how much has been used, and make sure its the right item. so many times have people put an item in the wrong box, or try to put a half used foundation or lipstick back in the box and try to return it, hoping that we wouldn't noticed. oh yeah, if it's returned, i look it over.

i had one lady one time recycle 6 lipsticks, and want to return a lipstick. she handed me her 6, and i threw them in the b2m bin. as she reaches for the lipstick she wants to return, she realized she accidentally gave it to me as one of the 6 recycles. as i dig around for it (eww!), i had to open them cause she only knew it by color. i find one and open it, and it was the right one. except it had melted everywhere inside and it was all misshaped. i told her we couldn't return it cause of the condition it was in, and she told me to give it back to her and she would recycle it later. i was like, "why not just recycle it now, seeing as how its all melted?" uh, yeah, she was gonna try and return it to someone else another time. not gonna happen! she's the same lady that always returns used things, including trying to return a large eyeshadow without a box less than a year ago. first off, we changed from ayres to macys, so the scu would no longer be in the system since we don't carry those anymore. and second, mac stopped making them like 5 years or so ago!

it's this kinda shit that pisses us off!
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Kalico

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I don't find returns particularly negative. Customers seem happy to get their $$ back.

Quote:
Originally Posted by miss_emc
i really dont like doing returns, the whole thing is just so negative, and the process takes so much time in my department store. it seems like i always get the people who want to return when the counter is extremely busy and there are about 10 other people waiting to be served. its just a bit of a downer for me, i dont like doing it. it also depends on the attitude of the customer, if they are nice then i feel more positive, if they have attitude then i get a bit defensive...
 

shazzy99

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I've only ever returned a Lipgloss to Estee Lauder (within a few days of buying it). I loved the colour, but the smell was just too strong and gave me a massive headache. I am sensitive to really strong perfume smells. I didn't know it smelled that much, as the testers were probably out for ages and they had no smell at all.

I felt bad at the time, even though I knew I would never be able to use it. I just hate seeing makeup go to waste.
 

calbear

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Originally Posted by lara
God, you're telling me. Especially for people who don't have the receipt and then refuse to give you their drivers licence so you can fill out the 'no receipt ID required' part of the Myer returns slip.
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Or my favorite is when the system won't give them their money back immediately, perhaps due to excessive returns or some other tomfoolery - the refund has to be sent to them in the mail. Ohhhh the drama
 

ms.marymac

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I don't find returns particularly negative. Customers seem happy to get their $$ back.

Hmm, She probably means when someone comes in really angry or defensive.

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Or my favorite is when the system won't give them their money back immediately, perhaps due to excessive returns or some other tomfoolery - the refund has to be sent to them in the mail. Ohhhh the drama

Hooooo, boy.
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