2022 Holiday Pendant

[sunshineshiney]

Last year was so annoying. I was so annoyed how there was some individuals was able to get so many and sold them. I get if you get two one for you and your daughter, mom, sister I understand, but more than that it is pretty obvious that you are selling.

Totally agree. It's quite sickening to me.

 

[mikimoto007]

Regardless of VCA’s tactics, there’s a brand identity issue with the color. In the wg it’s just so Tiffany that the color almost trumps Alhambra as a brand identifier for new jewelry shoppers anyway. They should’ve done it in yg, or perhaps utilized an actual natural gemstone. I don’t get the hype for this piece at all.

No, I don't regard Tiffany as owning the colour - and from what I've seen, most of them don't look as vibrant as the usual Tiffany blue. To me, this is very clearly a VCA piece, I wouldn't be confused about the brand at all. Cartier is associated with deep red, but I don't have any issues with carnelian.

YG wouldn't have worked with this shade. Normally I like the contrast between a warm metal and a cold colour, but this would have been confusing.

 

[sunshineshiney]

The resellers are able to get multiple pendents this year though… you can see it on other platforms that HPs can still be “sourced” or there are slots for “preorder”. How is that possible if supposedly the pendents are only being sold to names on a list?

I assumed it's because the resellers have clients who agreed to sell their HP to the reseller...?

 

[Mimi520]

I assumed it's because the resellers have clients who agreed to sell their HP to the reseller...?

Probably more than likely.

 

[CHL]

I’ve been asking for the HP since Sep, and my SA now told me that all the HPs are pre-allocated, and I’m not eligible for the purchase.

I’m very far from VIPs, but slowly growing my collection every now and then. Some pave pieces on big anniversary and some cheaper ones for birthday, etc. I already spent 50k+ with VCA, and this is already a huge commitment from my side just for one specific jewelry brand.

I understand I’m not VIPs, and they cannot offer extremely limited pieces to me. However, I haven’t considered HPs as VIP exclusive things before. It has been a joy to wait and discover HPs every years. Every September, I came to this forum and enjoyed all the guesses.

This new tactic actually really disappointed me. Especially because I’ve been waiting for turquoise looking ones for a while. This year, my dreams kinda came true, but excluded me.

I had other wishlist items from VCA, but my heart is broken, and I feel like I’m done with VCA for now. Well, I have other wishlist items from other brands, so I’ll be okay.

Congrats everyone who got the pendant this year though!

 

[WITHLOVELARA]

I’ve been asking for the HP since Sep, and my SA now told me that all the HPs are pre-allocated, and I’m not eligible for the purchase.

I’m very far from VIPs, but slowly growing my collection every now and then. Some pave pieces on big anniversary and some cheaper ones for birthday, etc. I already spent 50k+ with VCA, and this is already a huge commitment from my side just for one specific jewelry brand.

I understand I’m not VIPs, and they cannot offer extremely limited pieces to me. However, I haven’t considered HPs as VIP exclusive things before. It has been a joy to wait and discover HPs every years. Every September, I came to this forum and enjoyed all the guesses.

This new tactic actually really disappointed me. Especially because I’ve been waiting for turquoise looking ones for a while. This year, my dreams kinda came true, but excluded me.

I had other wishlist items from VCA, but my heart is broken, and I feel like I’m done with VCA for now. Well, I have other wishlist items from other brands, so I’ll be okay.

Congrats everyone who got the pendant this year though!

I feel the same way. Not to mention that they disregarded all the customers who purchased from Neiman Marcus, like they never existed. They could have transferred their purchases to a local boutique or something. I know of someone that has spent $270K in the last few years maybe more and she is being treated like she has no purchase history. Well, although at Neiman , it was still Van Cleef and we were still Van Cleef customers and now we are yesterday's news. Really disappointing.

 

[Mimi520]

I’ve been asking for the HP since Sep, and my SA now told me that all the HPs are pre-allocated, and I’m not eligible for the purchase.

I’m very far from VIPs, but slowly growing my collection every now and then. Some pave pieces on big anniversary and some cheaper ones for birthday, etc. I already spent 50k+ with VCA, and this is already a huge commitment from my side just for one specific jewelry brand.

I understand I’m not VIPs, and they cannot offer extremely limited pieces to me. However, I haven’t considered HPs as VIP exclusive things before. It has been a joy to wait and discover HPs every years. Every September, I came to this forum and enjoyed all the guesses.

This new tactic actually really disappointed me. Especially because I’ve been waiting for turquoise looking ones for a while. This year, my dreams kinda came true, but excluded me.

I had other wishlist items from VCA, but my heart is broken, and I feel like I’m done with VCA for now. Well, I have other wishlist items from other brands, so I’ll be okay.

Congrats everyone who got the pendant this year though!

Your SA told you today?

 

[cloee]

Last year was so annoying. I was so annoyed how there was some individuals was able to get so many and sold them. I get if you get two one for you and your daughter, mom, sister I understand, but more than that it is pretty obvious that you are selling.

Me too. Especially since I was on the list early on, was told I would be able to get it and I kept checking with the same SA until I eventually was told there’s none. I did manage to have another SA after, but just bummed coz I really wanted pink. It’s not even a color I can get on their regular line like this year’s where I actually ended up buying the turquoise sweet butterfly.

I do think SAs have a list they go by and perhaps those who didnt get allocated any yet were not part of the names they initially provided? Maybe that’s how they allocate and not necessarily the top spenders who didn’t show any interest. I guess there’s much speculation at this point and each store may have a different approach

 

[junngch]

The resellers are able to get multiple pendents this year though… you can see it on other platforms that HPs can still be “sourced” or there are slots for “preorder”. How is that possible if supposedly the pendents are only being sold to names on a list? Who really made this list? How is it possible that new clients who haven’t bought anything are “making the list”… they don’t have a spend. I’m sorry but what the SAs say about “nominating” only a couple of clients or not having any control over who gets one is just smoke and mirrors. What you see and are being told does not match up across the board. In fact it’s the opposite when you see clients with no real spend get pendents. So much for “no say” in who gets a pendent and so much for the strict “list” supposedly curated by Paris. Like I said it’s a “mean girl” situation for this holiday pendent. VCA may not have intended for it to turn into this but that’s what the SAs ended up turning it into whether they were aware of it or not. Also, I am not speaking about ALL SAs, but they definitely aren’t all playing by the same book based of the huge inconsistencies of who gets a pendent. It is possible for your SA to get you the pendent regardless of spend, we are seeing it… I know some of us think we have these great relationships with our SA but couldn’t be offered on this year because of xyz but without sugar coating it… the SA just didn’t really want to get you one. They “couldn’t” get you once because it went to someone else. Sorry why would I want to spend more with my SA if they didn’t pull through for me?

That's exactly how I feel. With USD getting stronger, it's even more cheaper to buy VCA peices in other countries. I valued the relationship with my SA and did all the purchases in my home store. It turned out my SA cannot even tell me if I will be get this year's HP or not. Understood it's not her decision and therefore I am still patiently waiting for the updates since September. However, it's highly likely I will shop with other boutiques in the future.

 

[CHL]

Your SA told you today?

Kinda yes. She kept saying if I have an approval to sell it to you, I will follow up. I asked what it means today as I thought I’ve waited enough, and she followed up that all pendants are pre allocated now and if she can sell it to me later, she will contact me. Actually she is not my original SA since my SA left the company and I haven’t dealt with her. I’m not sure if she really submitted a request for me or not, but as I don’t have any other SA, I cannot check this.

 

[Mimi520]

Kinda yes. She kept saying if I have an approval to sell it to you, I will follow up. I asked what it means today as I thought I’ve waited enough, and she followed up that all pendants are pre allocated now and if she can sell it to me later, she will contact me. Actually she is not my original SA since my SA left the company and I haven’t dealt with her. I’m not sure if she really submitted a request for me or not, but as I don’t have any other SA, I cannot check this.

This really sucks. Sorry hun that happened to you

 

[missie1]

Touché.
Once someone brings it in for service, cleaning or even authentication, that’s when they will be able to figure it out.

Not to mention sometimes reseller sites post the entire serial number. I think it’s difficult position they are in as clearly everyone can’t get this limited piece. Glad I don’t have interest in HPs.

 

[missie1]

Last year was so annoying. I was so annoyed how there was some individuals was able to get so many and sold them. I get if you get two one for you and your daughter, mom, sister I understand, but more than that it is pretty obvious that you are selling.

I thought I read somewhere that they don’t allow you to purchase more than two of the same identical item under your profile.

 

[cloee]

I thought I read somewhere that they don’t allow you to purchase more than two of the same identical item under your profile.

That’s what I know, even for online. If it’s a limited piece you can only add max of 2 to cart.

 

[sunshineshiney]

Update:

Monday, October 3rd, my SA contacted me to inform me she will be in touch in the upcoming weeks when they "receive more" HPs.

Saturday, October 1st, she reached out and said I am on her "list" (I never mentioned a list before, nor did she) and she will be in touch when she is able to "share more information".
On Saturday I assumed I would have mine soon since she brought up "the list". Now I realize she may have meant "waiting list"?

Anyway, just confirming there are more HPs on the way