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Originally Posted by goldspice
wait....whats all the hype about?...the cost price of manufacturing any makeup items is in the range of pennies!...plastic containers r no more then 25 cents each to manufacture..and the eyeshadows alone are even cheaper to concoct! Why do u think almost all designer makeup have a full refund/exchange policy implemented. Reason is because they are losing next to nothing in the first place...your essentially paying for the label which is just a HYPE tht the consumer world buys into. I am in the business of makeup..and believe me..these high end companies WANT u to beleive tht there products r more then there REALLY worth. Personally..there's no point in reporting anyone, if anything the high end companies r abusing the sheep mentality tht the consumers buy into.
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You being in the business of makeup, should know the cost of not just natural resources, the labor, also the relation of supply and demand.
While a products total cost for manufacturing could be well under a dollar, what about the labor? do you think people volunteer to make it, obviously someone is getting paid, the marketing, distributing, the managers, just employees all around are being paid with the money of the item sold, the resources cost money too. Its not like they get free material to make it.
The reason they have a good return policy is because they want customers to return for repeat business. You cannot say they aren't losing anything because they are, that eyeshadow that was return cost to make and its money they no longer have to pay for more production, though you may think "oh whats an eyeshadow or lipgloss" the numbers add up. I wish the US had policies like in other countries and not return makeup if it was used unless you had a bad reaction, people here just abuse it.
They dont sell you the hype, you can tell the difference from a MAC, MUFE, NARS eyeshadow than that of covergirl, or other drugstore brands. Just like you can tell the difference in durability and quality in a designer like COACH purse, than a target purse. Hype is always great for business, but usually that is very customer created too.
I am not attacking you or anyone, but I do want it to be known that in general ANY business does lose money. Just because you know the manufacturing cost is low for a single item you have to step back and look at the bigger picture.
Trust me in this receding economy, every penny counts.
So this girl having a Pro card, when she in fact is not a pro does affect, not just the company but the consumer. Prices will keep going up even more because of people like her that cheat the system. I know there is alot of talk about karma getting back to her, but what about OUR karma? for knowing something wrong is being done and just being by standers. I am not saying "OMG go rat her out" but if you speak of karma look at it both ways.
Sadly there are a lot of people who do this.
