MAC Online, At Counter, or Store??

[AppleDiva]

I get MAC items from all outlets except for Pro Store. The nearest PRO store is in Canada and the dollar is weak, therefore I am not planning a road trip to Toronto!

 

[elektra513]

All of the above.

Store: For things I can't get at the counter (palettes, pans, etc) or if I want to be left alone to my own shopping devices, lol! And also for events, and new collections, just because there's more room to explore at the store and not get hassled.

Counter: If I want help and opinions from a MA (like color-matching, etc). The girls at Macy's are so nice

Online: If I have a list of back ups (foundation, gloss, etc) and I can get free shipping.

I need to check out the CCO in my area. I always forget a/b it when I feel the haulage itch

I feel so fortunate to have all of these options to feed my addiction lol!

 

[SmileyfacedPen]

I buy all of mine online. There is a single MAC counter in my entire province, and it's about two and a half hours away. I think I'm pretty good at picking colors that will look good on me, because I've never had to return anything.

 

[christineeee_]

i usually buy online, but lately i've been stopping by my local MAC counter. i don't like going to a freestanding MAC store because the MA there are not helpful at all.

 

[jolener]

i got to counters cause thats my only option where i live, and plus i dont' have a credit card

 

[Winterwhite]

Online: back-ups of things I know already, and LE-stuff that I examined enough beforehand thanks to all the helpful swatches and information in this forum

and some blogs; because the counter/store is not exactly near, and I often am just not able to go there exactly at the release date of collections, and later on lots of it is already sold out.

Store/Counter: for foundation and powders, and for general lipstick-swatching of permanent colours - whenever I have time and I am near it, which is just a few times / year.

 

[SquirrelQueen]

I buy almost everything online because I live four hours from the nearest MAC freestanding store or counter. Sometimes it makes me a little crazy because I'd love to see things in person before buying---and the MAs at the closest store are sweet and helpful.

My first MAC purchases were at the counter at Marshall Field's (which is now Macy's but used to be Dayton's.) Then I discovered the MAC freestanding store at the Mall of America. I used to live only about an hour and a half from the MOA, so it wasn't too much a hassle to go there if I really needed to check out the products in person.

Now we live just too far away and I only get to go to the freestanding store at the Mall or in uptown Minneapolis if we're spending time in the Twin Cities. However, we pass a CCO when we go to the Cities, so most of the time we make a stop there as well.

 

[lara]

Stores. Mostly because I use my pro card, and also because it's a lot more personal to hang out in the store rather than a counter.

 

[aaj83]

I would like to go to a counter more often..but sigh...the closest one to me is an hour away...so that is not an option all the time..sooo..i have to order online sometimes..

 

[ChloeisCrazy]

I prefer to buy online usually since my closets counter is an hour or so away

 

[purrtykitty]

I'd love to buy at a store, but all I have is a counter here. I prefer to check things out (colors, textures, etc...) before I buy, so I head to the counter first. I do a fair amount of buying online, too, especially for refills of things or if something is so LE that I must have it before I can get to a store.

 

[mindlessgapgirl]

Normally I go to the closest counter to check out what I want (or judge by swatches on here) ...and then I order with my pro card online. BUT sometimes i hate spending $7.50 on shipping, so I drive all the way out to the closest store...45 mins away...and then kick myself later for spending at least that in gas

haha

 

[user79]

I only have the option of buying at a counter. We don't have an online store in Switzerland, nor do we have freestanding stores. I wish we had a pro store in Switzerland.

 

[ginger9]

I am lucky in that there's a Pro store on my way back home from work. I mostly go there to check stuff out before I buy. For permanent line e/s I mostly go for the pan. Sometimes LE stuff gets sold out at the store or there's a big line up so I just go to the counter which is in the same Mall as the Pro store.

 

[Miss_M]

I only have the option of buying MAC at the counter at my local dept. store. I can also order from the German Douglas site, but I like to see everything in person before I buy. If my counter is out I can always go online and check if the site still has the item(s) in stock

 

[MAC_Whore]

I use all 3. It just depends on where I am and what my schedule is.

 

[vintage]

makeup

 

[tigerli17]

I really wish I felt comfortable in my MAC store coz I'm only 5 minutes away from the one in Carnaby Street when I'm at work but I find I get ignored a lot. Probably because A. look too young to spend a lotta money and B. I'm wearing a trivium hoodie and barely any make up. Just been in there today and spent 20 minutes lost in a sea of foundations and just got totally avoided. I only want to know what my colour is, the NC15 or the NW15. Need new foundation desperately! The Fafi is out tomorrow though so they're damn well going to take notice THEN when they see I can bloody spend with the best of them

Normally though I just buy online till I feel a bit more welcome at my store...

 

[xjoycex]

I prefer going to the pro store or the reg store over counter. I recently bought from mac online & nordstrom's (online) a few LE eyeshadows that are already sold out from the stores out here

 

[ShauntyXD]

Pro store all the way! I luv seeing EVERYTHING right in front of me. i go crazy, my arms are usually covered in hundreds of swatches by the end.