Comments on: PSA: STOP BUYING SEPHORA BY OPI METRO CHIC ON EBAY!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:19:53 +0000

Hi Im jenny From Singapore, Jus pass by wanna check wif u, do ur colours ship international? I wanna Buy ZOYA colours, but they don ship international, and i wanna check wif u, how much u selling 1 bottle in USD? Hope to hear from u soon, email mi… I likes zoya n opi alots…

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:58:21 +0000

Hi,

Great post. I am applauding you!! :)

By: Justine

Justine — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:07:44 +0000

metro chic is limited edition? since when? I just bought it on sephora’s and got it in canada.

By: may

may — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:42:27 +0000

For those who live outside the U.S., you may want to look into a parcel forwarding service. They will ship anything anywhere in the world and it does not cost too much. I used to use Shipito when I was studying abroad and couldn’t live without Sephora. It’s worth a look.

By: D

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:44:01 +0000

I think Metro Chic is part of their permanent collection. It’s not listed as limited edition…let’s hope.

By: pretear

pretear — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:29:05 +0000

Tammi – that’s cool of you.

Fifrildi – Aw. : (

Monique – Yea, it definitely does.

Mayra – Can you order straight from Sephora? It’s no longer out of stock on their site.

By: mayra

mayra — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:27:38 +0000

hi thanks for taking strong position. I’m in Switzerland an want MC badly, can you recommend a polish community where I could ask for someone to send it to me – maybe in exchange for something hard to get in the US?

By: Monique

Monique — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:03:55 +0000

i picked it up today at sephora…they had plenty :) i think it really depends on the area you live in… great post!

By: fifrildi

fifrildi — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:37:52 +0000

I have been looking at MUA for a few weeks every now and then, and think that my wallet will suffer too much if I ever become a member… :o) But thanx for the tip!

By: Tammi

Tammi — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:21:15 +0000

I know Metro Chick was sold out in all the sephora’s around me. But with one phone call, they told me when the next shipment came in and when to call. Next thing I knew I had two polishes, one for me and my sister.

I think when it comes to ebay. I think all the responsibilites are on the shopper. Be wise. Do your research and see what other options are out there.

I should join the MUA board. I have no problems helping out of the country nail polish addicts.

By: pretear

pretear — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:51:39 +0000

Liz – I don’t disagree with you but I’m going to reserve the right to call the person who is selling any nail polish for $55 a scum bag regardless of the economic system in place in my country. And the only thing I intended with this post is to inform people that unlike colors like Zulu that are no longer available making ebay the only option – Metro Chic is *still* available for normal retail price. The majority of auctions don’t start at a low price. Every htf polish I’ve ever bought on ebay were Buy Now auctions with high prices. Have you noticed that generally, especially with OPI, there will be 13 auctions for the same “htf” color all with a 12+ buy now options. I don’t think you can call it market pressure demand when someone just says, screw it, I’ll the pay the ridiculous price even though I don’t want too because I really want this color. I guarantee that in a true auction those polishes would go for much much much less. I totally agree that it’s different when an auction starts low and ends high. With Zulu (where low start, high end is usually the case), I told people that I think the price is totally ridiculous and we should ask NARS to start making it again in order to avoid having to pay the ridiculous price. Here I’m just telling people, regardless of starting price, don’t get ripped off because you have other options. In both cases I don’t think I’m saying anything so ridiculous as to warrant the responses I’ve gotten from the select few scalpers that read my site. Ultimately, people can do whatever they want in their auctions but then that also means I can say whatever I want about their auctions.

Glynis – This is exactly what I’m talking about – the “sold out” everywhere hype is non-sense.

By: Glynis

Glynis — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:30:09 +0000

Visited the Sephora beside Kodak Theater in Hollywood last week and was surprised to see “Metro Chic” in stock there. I excitedly grabbed my bottle, just chatting away at the lady at the register about how this nail polish is so hard to find… etc etc. She simply looked at me, wondering what was the big deal about, saying they’ve always had it in stock. You guys may want to check that location out if you’re in the LA area.

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:57:51 +0000

Just an opinion, of course:

We can agree, if a seller starts an auction @$55, that’s bad. Very bad.

But, if a seller starts an auction @99 cents or another reasonable price, then the market drives it up, that’s economics.

If people weren’t willing to pay $50, $70, $80 for a nail polish that retails for $9, this wouldn’t happen in the first place.

But if people are willing to do that, that’s their hard-earned money to spend in whatever way they choose. More power to the seller, oh, and as for the buyer? No one wants to be told how to spend their money.

Gas prices are high because of global supply and demand. The fair comparison w/ gas price gouging – you go to the gas station & the price is already ridiculous. It’s not like, you go to the gas station, the price is a dollar a gallon, and someone comes along saying they want it more than you do and are willing to pay more, so you end up SOL.

By: pretear

pretear — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:25:03 +0000

Martha, bottles of rare wine and one of a kind paintings, at least to me, are different than bottles of mass produced nail polish that have yet to be discontinued. I’m not really sure why me telling people, hey, you don’t have to go to ebay for this particular polish makes you guys so angry. Is it because people tend to get more defensive when they know they are doing something wrong and someone calls them out on their bullshit?

KL – Exactly. Ugh. That happens where I live all the time. One time our gas spiked up $1.50 because of a rumor. But, hey, just throw the word capitalism at it and every thing is okay!

By: KL

KL — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:56:24 +0000

I absolutely agree, I just hope people contemplating such an eBay purchase are reading. People need to know it is not LE, not discontinued and is available for retail price purchase. On one hand, I often feel that if people are silly enough to pay $55 for a polish they could easily obtain for $9…then that’s their stupidity. At the same time, I can’t imagine taking advantage of people, and that’s simply what the ebay gauging is. I guess I just assume everyone has the same morals as me. Next time a hurricane hits and gas prices jump to $8/gallon at some sleezy gas station, I guess I should just smile and praise capitalism, lol.