Beauty chat - freebies/gifts with purchase/offers THREAD ELEVEN

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This is the thread where we are all bright orange from Vitamin C overload. Luckily we have a truck load of Bronze Primer to cover it up. 😂

Last thread was probably another speed run record. Let's hope there's no March Madness. We're in need of a break.😳

As always anyone welcome to join and contribute. Although you shouldn't if you know what's good for you. 😉

I agree, Liberty CS are always very good and on this occasion they are sending a replacement.

I had it listed for £22 and sold for £18 so not much cheaper than most of them are listed for (on Vinted that is)

Thanks @HolaLolla - I have been keeping an eye on prices myself - the VP does seem to be holding its price after advent season!

I am also using the purple SDJ one now, it's lovely. Again I got a small size on Vinted to see if liked the smell

They have definitely slowed down their posting speed.

I wondered if they were printing labels as soon as they make a sale but can’t post until their stock is replenished?

My son in law works for a financial fraud team & he told me to be very vague if using nicknames on Vinted parcels. He said that the ‘good’ ones get targeted more often and it’s better not to use them at all.

It hadn’t occurred to me (don’t use nicknames) but he said low value nicknames are better, if you have to use them. Things like mousetraps etc.

What do you mean by nicknames?

I suppose "the mousetrap purveyor" or "Bob369" rather than "the diamond pixie"

Can you cancel the order without getting negative feedback? X

@BlueLimesI found the AB serum
did nothing for me either, I’ve not liked any of the products of theirs I’ve tried including the rich cream which my skin reacted to. I’ve got the retinol eye from the Liberty AC which I’m
debating selling. On that note though, I have had some real issues with Vinted both as a buyer and seller and have had to get my cc involved this time.
I received a passive aggressive note from Vinted suggesting I withdraw my claim or they may ban me. I’m taking the decision out of their hands and moving to eBay! There are so many fakes and so many scams and when there is an issue they are really unhelpful. It’s just not worth it!

Yes, if you say it’s agreed with the buyer.
I do usually message the buyer before cancelling.

@HolaLolla i had exactly the same thing happen to me on eBay with a Byredo candle fully sealed in cellophane I bought is originally as a present but ended up giving something else so sold it fully sealed on eBay. The seller said there was a Dunelm cheap candle in the box . I had to refund and still have the Dunhelm candle somewhere in the house taunting me 😀
To date I still don’t know when the candle was switched before I bought it or by the seller and like you the seller had great reviews
As a result I am always wary of selling fully sealed items now in case it happens again

Yes and I love it. Just the first two weeks of use made a big difference to my skin brightness and evenness. I'm eight weeks in now (I use it five nights a week) and still really happy. I have the neck/chest mask too as my neck is much worse than my face.

On the Evri app you can nickname a parcel. I’ve attached a photo, it’s bottom right of the screen.

My sil said people write things like Harrods, or Perfume and it could attract interest.

I think for Evri I’d be nicknaming ‘Will I ever get delivered?’ Or ‘Fingers crossed, I don’t get lost!’

I don’t use Vinted to buy or sell as DSis lost hundreds of pounds of high value items due to scam buyers claiming the products were fake/faulty. Vinted sided with the buyers, (of course), and she didn’t even get the goods back. Well, she did get one beautiful Coach bag back, but it had been deliberately damaged by the buyer, (who had obviously changed her mind about it and wanted to force a refund).

At least with eBay you can speak to a real person when there are problems- no chance with Vinted!

“Get your mitts off my Vinted bits!” maybe?

My CB perfume has arrived. I was a bit disappointed with it for £40, (which is ridiculous as I knew exactly what was in it 🙈) I think I was comparing it unfavourably with the spectacular CB fragrance GWP before Xmas.

However, I am very pleased with it for the price I paid: £19 with credit and code plus I paid with TCB money, so ‘free’ really!

Hold onto your hats, but I had an experimental sniff at the cap of the Discoteque perfume of doom and, dare I say it, thought it might smell quite nice! I shall sniff again later…

Oh, I like the rhyme @SheilaFentiman !

Ohh dear, and here was me thinking ebay would be better than Vinted. We need to create a new selling platform 😂 my buyer said I could have equally removed the perfume and sealed the box again, apparently thats what people do when placing fake perfume in the original boxes🤦🏻‍♀️

Surely there are enough of us on here we can all only buy from each other by now 😆

Hi looking at ordering the shower gel from clarins that was recommended, is there any other products you would recommend please, is the body fit cream any good? They have an offer on for free gifts

I haven't smelled that one yet, just Juice and Kayali PG as I was most excited to try these (haven't smelled either before) and I liked both... uh-oh!

Just coming back to the SNK birthday gift that we talked about on the previous thread: I emailed SNK to complain that my code wasn’t working - surely they can’t be out of stock of the March gift already!

Anyway, they apologised, said yes it’s out of stock everywhere, and gave me a £5 account credit to compensate.

(Obviously I will continue to try to use the code online/in-store over the next couple of weeks )

Hi, I have been lurking for quite some time now so I thought it’s would be good to come out of the shadows and say hello. I love a good freebie even if my bank balance doesn’t. I made a pledge this year to only buy beauty products if there is a freebie, thinking this would limit my beauty purchases but with the help of this thread I’m not sure that is the case.

I love the body cream too. Or the oil? Think it might be called tonic. Candle very nice - even my teen DS comments when I burn it.