What is your latest haulage?

[capmorlovesmac]

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Originally Posted by spectrolite ^Me too!! I was so upset. I started ranting and raving to my partner like a mad woman because he was the only one around to take it out on lol!! Poor guy.... Transdesign needs to at least explain themselves you know? Have something on their site that lets customers know why they had to increase prices. Maybe its some new customs laws?? I dunno it's just annoying and from the sounds of it they are going to be losing alot of business from over seas buyers. I found a link to this site in my travels tonight: OPI nail polish treatment avoplex avojuice essie orly china glaze IBD axxium nail gel orly low shipping cheap discount discounter Apparently they do 10 bottles for $19.99.... but the nail polish prices are higher from what I can see. $4.19 for CG How come we are being tortured by these companies?! Why can't get have access to cheap products too?!

I am asking this myself over and over again and it makes me so angry! Essie polishes are over $17 US here OPI polishes are over $21 US which is insane. And brands like China Glaze, Orly, Misa or Color Club aren't available at all.

Companies look all around the world for the cheapest ingredients etc as well so why can't we do the same?

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

This whole fiasco has convinced me further that I need to just move to the USA. Lol. Well the makeup demon inside me wants me to move there.

We don't even get Essie here in Australia but I'm sure that even if we did it would be very expensive as well. OPI retails for about the equivalent of 16.50USD a bottle

I actually got a reply from Transdesign this morning and they said they can't send hazardous material with USPS anymore

I wonder if the same applies to maiandjays on eBay... I asked them to clarify how many bottles we can order under their new shipping rates but they haven't replied yet. I reckon that their story is a load of crap.

 

[vintageroses]

^^ haha yeah the makeup side of me wants to move to the US too! hahahs why am i not surprised

haha it's so unfair how cheap it is there!

sighhs

ohhhh boooo, we need our nail polish fixxx! I hope they reply soon!!!

 

[simplyenchantin]

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Originally Posted by aussiemacluvrrr I actually got a reply from Transdesign this morning and they said they can't send hazardous material with USPS anymore I reckon that their story is a load of crap.

Ask them for the official USPS statement regarding that

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

^^ hahahaha us little lawyer minds think the same.... But I already checked and they are right....its been a rule for a very long time.. same rule applies here in Australia... They have just been flouting it.... Nail polishes are supposedly quite flammable....

Oh and get this.. Just to rub salt in the wound.. They have put the prices up on thier OPI Polishes as well...

 

[simplyenchantin]

Damn!

 

[vintageroses]

oh yikeeeeeeeeees

I hope they get back to you soon on how many polish we can have per shipping! Then we can split it or something!

hehes.

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

^^ Yep I think that will be the only way to do it from now...

 

[vintageroses]

haha we are making the most out of our situation! haha why am i not surprised, it's nail polish we will do anything!

hahas

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

^^ lol

Mini mac haul just arrived.... Delft Paint Pot.... So.... freakin... pretty.....

WHY THE HELL IS MAC DC'ING THIS??????? ARE THEY RETARDED??

ok rant over..

p.s sal ill send your stuff out today..

 

[xLongLashesx]

ta!

I was eyeing Delft too to wear under Birds and Berries. So pretty!

 

[capmorlovesmac]

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Originally Posted by aussiemacluvrrr We don't even get Essie here in Australia but I'm sure that even if we did it would be very expensive as well. OPI retails for about the equivalent of 16.50USD a bottle

Ouch.

Are their distributors just greedy so that everything outside of the US is so much more expensive?
But it never is the same in return. Like Illamasqua. It's a UK based brand but the prices are the same or cheaper in the US.
Or Essence. A german drugstore brand which products are mostly made in the EU so they all have to be shipped to the US which should cost quite some $$$. But are the products because of the higher costs more expensive in the US? No. They are cheaper.. a lot cheaper than here. *rant over*

I hope we get a reply from TD soon because I want to place an order with some China Glaze, Color Club and Misa polishes.

 

[spectrolite]

Today I picked up:

- Dip Down fluid line - for my brows! Gonna give it a go

- Pressed Blot Powder

and I was soooooo close to buying a Tom Ford fragrance today at David Jones but it was $290

I'm so sad that I can't have it lol.. I swear I died and went to fragrance heaven in the Tom Ford section. Honestly his perfumes are the most wonderful I have ever had the pleasure of smelling. I feel incomplete now....

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

^^ Hey Bibi do you want me to ask mum to check how much it is in Hong Kong???? Fragrance is usually waaaaay cheaper over there.... She is coming here on the 20th so I could have it to you that weekend...

Jeanette... I think the issue with the cost of cosmetics is due to 2 reasons.... 1. The US dollar used to be worth so much more than the various european currencies and the australian dollar so the price reflected the currency differences.. however now the euro and the aud are very strong against the us dollar.... but the cosmetic companies havent adjusted their prices... this is probably because the bulk of their profit is derived from their non USA outlets.... this leads me to the second reason.... there is such a saturation of products in the USA they have to keep prices low in order to be competative in the market... thats probably why your german brand is so cheap in the usa.... there isnt the same kind of saturation of products in the non-usa markets, so demand is high and they can get away with charging higher prices...

That makes sense in my head, but I might be talking shit

My dad is a freight forwarder and customs broker so i have spent my whole life listening to him explain why we get so ripped off here compared to the the states.. lol

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

Ohhhh! Some packages arrived from previous hauling madness......

There are only 3 packages left to arrive....

Today I received:
NYX Sand Blush
NYX Terra Cotta Blush
NYX Chocolate Mousse Blush
Coastal Scents Large Synthetic Buffer Brush

 

[spectrolite]

^OMG yes please Carina thank you

!!!!

Im after Tom Ford Black Orchid, and Black Violet

Ideally I get ALL of the fragrances he makes but I'll start with those two hehe.

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

Haha no problem... Ill see what she can do

 

[spectrolite]

^^

 

[aussiemacluvrrr]

Just got this reply from Transdesign....

Hi,

Sorry, we don’t ship hazardous item(s) by US Postal Services.
We can ship by UPS. Shipping (weight) + $40 for hazardous item(s) for most country.
Some countries UPS doesn’t ship.

Thank you,
Van


Still doesnt really clarify their shipping policy does it...


Its going to be a massive pain in the ass, but I'm thinking the only way to order from them now is to use a forwarding service like you girlies use for Sephora.. or if you have someone that does CP's for you.. Order it to their house and then they can forward it on...
I'm still really skeptical about thier reasoning for changing their shipping policy.. If it was the issue with hazardous materials then all other nail polish sellers would be changing their policy as well..... And they dont seem to be...

Some other sites we should look into are:
www.head2toebeauty.com
www.8ty8beauty.com
www.enailsupply.com

 

[vintageroses]

Sighhhs that's super upsetting!

Ohh hun mail forwarding services do not send nail polish & fragrances too! It's considered hazardous!! rahhh we will have to look at other alternative then, bye transdesign. paying $40 just because it's hazardous is insaneeeeee!

On the brighter note, i spend my $20 Myer voucher todayy! I had to go before i came to Uni to camp till 7pm! It made me really happy! My $12 eyeshadow - Prepped for glamor! yayyyys. I wanted to get Benefit's some kind of gorgeous but they were out in my colour

oh wells. I could do some building up of my eyeshadow collection