2022 Holiday Pendant

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#1,891
Ylesiya said:
I've got my pendant yesterday.
Here are my observations:

- the colour varies from piece to piece. Some are darker, some are lighter
- the surface IS textured
- the real colour is mix between blue and green, phones are unable to capture the true shade
- it looks different in different lighting

Overall I liked it more than last year one. It pops on the skin while rhodonite was blending in, especially with my skin tone. WG and this sorta teal hue work well together.

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While I am happy that I got this pendant (sent for extension and engraving right away as I am not planning to sell it), I am very turned off by these tactics VCA decided to implement. A lot of people are hurt by these policies and I could see that SAs are suffering as well. I had a long chat with my SA explaining I would not be angry or anything like that if I was not offered a pendant as I know this is not for them to decide. Some shared that they have angry clients which are frustrated that they were not offered a HP and obviously this goes down to SAs to have to deal with this somehow.

On the 1st October I already could see them popping on resale websites which is quite disappointing.
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The only pic that made me want to get one! Enjoy in good health ✨ :)
 
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#1,894
Ylesiya said:
I've got my pendant yesterday.
Here are my observations:

- the colour varies from piece to piece. Some are darker, some are lighter
- the surface IS textured
- the real colour is mix between blue and green, phones are unable to capture the true shade
- it looks different in different lighting

Overall I liked it more than last year one. It pops on the skin while rhodonite was blending in, especially with my skin tone. WG and this sorta teal hue work well together.

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While I am happy that I got this pendant (sent for extension and engraving right away as I am not planning to sell it), I am very turned off by these tactics VCA decided to implement. A lot of people are hurt by these policies and I could see that SAs are suffering as well. I had a long chat with my SA explaining I would not be angry or anything like that if I was not offered a pendant as I know this is not for them to decide. Some shared that they have angry clients which are frustrated that they were not offered a HP and obviously this goes down to SAs to have to deal with this somehow.

On the 1st October I already could see them popping on resale websites which is quite disappointing.
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Your HP looks amazing! :love:
 
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junngch said:
I am happy for your friend that she was able to get this year's HP. However, this is exactly the case my SA told me the corporate wouldn't allow it. MY SA told me the main reason they need to get approval from Paris to sell this year's HP to their clients is to prevent resellers getting the HP especially for the people who only purchased HP in their past year. I don't understand why they allow this to happen while other long time loyal customers are still waiting for the approval to go through the process. This kind of inconsistency is really upsetting. I've spent more than $50K this year and only shopped in my home store where I am still waiting for their so called approval from Paris which my SA doesn't know if she will get it or not.
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Wow! Where are you located ?
 
#1,898
My, my!
Haven't been in this forum for almost a year. I have been busy travelling plus got aversion to social media due to Covid lockdowns over-binging. Obviously I have missed on all the drama- for good.
My 5 cents on the HP. - Have to see it because--porcelain... Last year I got a couple of HPs - mom got me one because I was not sure I'll get a pretty HP here but then I ended up sending the one she got me back and keeping the one I got. It is always good to have a back up since I hate drama and can't be bothered.
This year the plan is the same. My mom has already got me one but I don't want her to send it yet because I don't want to pay customs duty and then send it back. I'm going to see if/what I'm offered here. My SA is on ieave atm. If anything is not up to my liking I'm going to get the one my mom has got and see if I like it in person. Keep it or send it back (which is a hassle of course).
 
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shannily said:
My SA told me they have already discovered one client reselling her HP and that person has been blacklisted.
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What does it mean to be blacklisted? They will not sell to that person anything at all or just HPs?
Strictly speaking it's none of the brand's business what the client is going to do with the purchase: there are no such terms in buy\sell contract that you are not allowed to sell an item for which you paid. Also no one told me for example that reselling will have consequences. There are people who genuinely may have a change of heart. I must admit there is this pressure to purchase the item because you are offered the privilege. If I were to decline would I be offered next year? I am sure others are asking themselves the same question.
I understand the brand's desire to fight resellers but the way it was orchestrated this year cannot be respected.
 
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Ylesiya said:
I've got my pendant yesterday.
Here are my observations:

- the colour varies from piece to piece. Some are darker, some are lighter
- the surface IS textured
- the real colour is mix between blue and green, phones are unable to capture the true shade
- it looks different in different lighting

Overall I liked it more than last year one. It pops on the skin while rhodonite was blending in, especially with my skin tone. WG and this sorta teal hue work well together.

View attachment 5622867View attachment 5622868View attachment 5622869

While I am happy that I got this pendant (sent for extension and engraving right away as I am not planning to sell it), I am very turned off by these tactics VCA decided to implement. A lot of people are hurt by these policies and I could see that SAs are suffering as well. I had a long chat with my SA explaining I would not be angry or anything like that if I was not offered a pendant as I know this is not for them to decide. Some shared that they have angry clients which are frustrated that they were not offered a HP and obviously this goes down to SAs to have to deal with this somehow.

On the 1st October I already could see them popping on resale websites which is quite disappointing.
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Congrats, dear! But, my goodness, it is textured! Tell me there were ones without texture, please!
 
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I don’t believe there’s a “Paris list” for approved clients. I think this was what the SAs were told to tell their clients so that they seem like it wasn’t their decision and that they wouldn’t have to deal with complaints to management. It’s very simple… if an SA wants to sell you an HP then they will get it for you. People who have spent less than you are getting the pendent. There are too many factors involved that they can’t truly create a list. If you really believe that it’s based on “spend” then I guess all the flagship locations would be getting the majority of the pendents since those stores are in the wealthiest parts of America and would have clients with extremely high spends whether they are locals or tourists. For example, you can’t explain to “Jane” who shops at the NYC 5th store why she can’t have a pendent because she only spent $15k but then Jane sees her friend Mary from (a small town where most people do not buy vca often) was able to get one from her boutique after only spending $3k this year! Is Paris building separate lists for every boutique across the country? I highly doubt it. Personally I believe Paris sent out a guideline of what type of client should receive it and the managers relayed that info to SAs. SAs then decided on however many clients they wanted to reserve for and they let management know to “approve” it. Whoever made that particular’s SA’s cut for the pendent. Whoever is not getting a straight answer… the SA is waiting for a pendent to be turned down or hoping the boutique gets more pendents delivered that weren’t spoken for.
 
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Ylesiya said:
What does it mean to be blacklisted? They will not sell to that person anything at all or just HPs?
Strictly speaking it's none of the brand's business what the client is going to do with the purchase: there are no such terms in buy\sell contract that you are not allowed to sell an item for which you paid. Also no one told me for example that reselling will have consequences. There are people who genuinely may have a change of heart. I must admit there is this pressure to purchase the item because you are offered the privilege. If I were to decline would I be offered next year? I am sure others are asking themselves the same question.
I understand the brand's desire to fight resellers but the way it was orchestrated this year cannot be respected.
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From what I heard they will not sell the person limited editions (ie future holiday pendants?).
 
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