This can't be true

[MAC_addict_77]

I heard on MUA that MAC Pro is now/or will in the near future allow people who do not have a card to purchase items not only over the phone but on their website too.
Could this be?

 

[sigwing]

I don't see why it's a big deal, actually. I've ordered palettes over the phone & she was telling me I should just get the refills instead of depotting & they've never once asked if I have any kind of membership in something.

I mean, it's just makeup....is there something I'm missing, or some valuable thing that should only be available to Platinum Card holders or something? I'm just wondering. All the stuff is generally re-sold on ebay by people anyway, and it's a shame that the buyers are having to pay markup to people who can get things & turn around with a $12 item & sell it for $25 or something like that. Maybe MAC finds that distasteful.

Other than the palettes, I haven't seen much that interests me over & above the regular website. I spend enough there, I don't need more! *lol* Well, unless I decide for some reason I need to invest in an airbrush machine!

 

[PrettyKitty]

Hum... I'll get fired for this, but MAC seems to slowly remove all the MAC Pro members's benefits. Soon, we will be like everybody else, but with a discount. I liked the fact that we had a website for us, events for us, ect.

 

[amandamakeup]

I think its a shame cause alot of us are paying to have this card..its 45 bucks canadian.. To say we get a discount is one thing,, but other than that, I was told that you would get samples and things like that...I've had the card for 2 years and never got anything like that. The only other thing I've used my mac pro discount on, is for the rebate they give you for Makeup Artist Magazine. Even then, its like 20% off.
Its too bad because the Mac Pro program could have been something great!
I still love them though!

 

[PrettyKitty]

Hey Amanda! You're in Montreal and you work for MAC, right? Which store? I live in Granby, maybe I'll see you someday.

 

[aziajs]

I think it's great. Cuz I think it's great to be able to purchase the makeup online. I think that's how they should have done it anyway. And people with the card can use their discount and sign in and get the info and stuff from the site and people without it can just shop and pay retail. It would be like walking into a pro store or calling.

 

[MAC_addict_77]

sigwing, I was not trying to sound like I was annoyed by it. I would prefer it since I don't have a membership but it surprised me so I was just making sure that it was not some made up story.

 

[amandamakeup]

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Originally Posted by PrettyKitty Hey Amanda! You're in Montreal and you work for MAC, right? Which store? I live in Granby, maybe I'll see you someday.

Yep In Montreal, For now Im still on call for Mac..so its never for sure when I am working,, but I cover the 3 stores.. Pro on st.laurent. the bay downtown, and ogilvy.
Are you @ mac??
It would be awesome to see you someday! Ill try to post when I know for sure where I will be!

 

[PrettyKitty]

Amanda; No I doesn't work for MAC! It would be fun to see you someday, but I go in Montreal 2-3 X each year. The rest of the time, I call at the Pro Store for my order. Maybe I'll talk to you by phone.

Let me know if you'll work for a Culturebloom event! (By the way, do you know if we will have an event on Feb. 13th, like Vancouver and others places in USA?)

 

[amandamakeup]

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Originally Posted by PrettyKitty Amanda; No I doesn't work for MAC! It would be fun to see you someday, but I go in Montreal 2-3 X each year. The rest of the time, I call at the Pro Store for my order. Maybe I'll talk to you by phone. Let me know if you'll work for a Culturebloom event! (By the way, do you know if we will have an event on Feb. 13th, like Vancouver and others places in USA?)

I really dont know! havent heard anything.. Ive been looking on the mac pro sight and dont see anything either.
Theres not too many things in montreal anymore.. not like it used to be!

 

[PrettyKitty]

Awwww that totally s*cks. I was at the pro store for the preview night, for Naturally Eccentric. I was hoping to go at the Preview Night for Culturebloom, but no, for this collection they doesn't have the event for pro members! Why oh why everything is different now..

 

[sigwing]

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Originally Posted by MAC_addict_77 sigwing, I was not trying to sound like I was annoyed by it. I would prefer it since I don't have a membership but it surprised me so I was just making sure that it was not some made up story.

Oh no, I probably did sound rude & didn't mean to! I just mean that after all, it is just cosmetics, and I'm sure the company is aware of all of it being sold or swapped or whatnot all over the internet or ebay, so they're not going to fight that. I can understand that professionals would actually get special rates or something, but at least we wouldn't be faced with needing a palette which is $12 and having to pay someone on ebay $25 plus s/h and junk like that. And obviously like the airbrushing stuff as an example, someone like me would have no idea what I'd need it for or have any desire to get that kind of thing.

I don't think it's fair that a professional would have to spend $45 to get a pro card, either. It's already exclusive to professionals to begin with, so unless they're getting a helluva a deal for paying that membership fee, it seems a little steep if they don't see benefits to it.

 

[LivinginPink]

You have always been able to call the 1-800 number and order "pro" stuff.

 

[lovejam]

That'd be pretty awesome, since I'd be able to order pallettes and stuff online. It'd be even better if they'd make the pro stuff available at counters, just so I could pop over to Macy's and pick up an empty quad if I happen to need one. That way, I wouldn't have to wait for shipping and blah.

 

[MeganGMcD]

I think it is a smart move for MAC. Since a.) you could order over the phone and b.) the "exclusivity" of it made for mad ebaying this could raise their sales and decrease the " grey market" for them!

 

[fireatwill]

I think im a little confused. So your saying that you heard that soon "normal" people will be able to buy from the pro store - without having to be pro?

 

[Turbokittykat]

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Originally Posted by fireatwill I think im a little confused. So your saying that you heard that soon "normal" people will be able to buy from the pro store - without having to be pro?

No, it is already the case that anybody can buy from Pro stores. Pro card holders get a discount and those without pay full retail price, that's all.

This thread is about a rumour that soon anyone will be able to order from the Pro website www.macpro.com. Currently only Pro card holders can do that. Those that don't have a Pro card currently have to go to a Pro store or order by telephone in order to buy Pro products.

 

[sigwing]

Turbo, I knew we could order off the phone, but thought stores & website were off-limits. Which made no sense really because it was still accessible by phone.

But at least you'd still get a discount, & I think there should probably be more perks than that, but I guess these days a discount is great no matter what.