Perhaps they will do a colored center stone instead of a diamond? Their colored frivole options have had rubies and emeralds.
2022 Holiday Pendant
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I find it off putting too. And if it’s the case, they should have a global system to track purchases and not just based on country specific spend.
It’s every year for sale on the website, but last year it was just impossible to order it from it, only in a few countries
Many brands hv been using covid as an excuse to raise price and/or limit distribution….I guess this excuse can’t be used this year when Europe has completely opened up, so now they need to come up with new excuse…. My personal view now is if I get it I get it, if not I will just leave it….instead of chasing the brands’ tail trying to establish “sth” lol I hv a life outside lux shopping lol
On a separate note, I found that now we match out what the SA said from different countries there is different “stories”, “rumors”…. I won’t take sales associate words too seriously, it’s never no stock, they just deliberately play the hard to get game like H/ you are not big spender enough to get a particular item, indeed very tiring and bothersome, if it comes, I want to buy it, I pay for it……..
Thanks for letting me post this long winded post, just getting very annoyed re all these sales strategies from different brands lol
On a separate note, I found that now we match out what the SA said from different countries there is different “stories”, “rumors”…. I won’t take sales associate words too seriously, it’s never no stock, they just deliberately play the hard to get game like H/ you are not big spender enough to get a particular item, indeed very tiring and bothersome, if it comes, I want to buy it, I pay for it……..
Thanks for letting me post this long winded post, just getting very annoyed re all these sales strategies from different brands lol
That would be beautiful! I don’t like the guilloche design but will open my wallet for a hammered in YG any day.
No matter how much I love VCA jewellery, I am also getting quite sick of the "limited" and "rare" games.
These days it feels like everything is limited on purpose. I remember when one could come to the boutique and choose a shade for the earrings by picking between a few pairs.
Right now when I express my interest in the holiday pendant, the SA makes a cheeky face and says something like "we will see how many we will receive". I was told they did not have turquoise or lapis pieces at all for the new perlee collection but then I found out by accident that they were available, just put aside for selected clients in advance. Only one SA had a bit of decency to sell me that lapis pendant and somehow it is a privilege to spend money. I have been rethinking my life choices recently and that kind of attitude is definitely not something I want to support.
These days it feels like everything is limited on purpose. I remember when one could come to the boutique and choose a shade for the earrings by picking between a few pairs.
Right now when I express my interest in the holiday pendant, the SA makes a cheeky face and says something like "we will see how many we will receive". I was told they did not have turquoise or lapis pieces at all for the new perlee collection but then I found out by accident that they were available, just put aside for selected clients in advance. Only one SA had a bit of decency to sell me that lapis pendant and somehow it is a privilege to spend money. I have been rethinking my life choices recently and that kind of attitude is definitely not something I want to support.
I’ve never been interested in the HP and probably won’t start now. I gave mixed feelings on the H model. I do think it makes sense to “reward” loyal clients, but they do that with extras and treats anyway. Perhaps some people care if they get Hot Thing X before others. I sure don’t. It rubs me the wrong way to have something like HP that is limited but is also in a way entry level reserved for customers who spend at a certain level. I mean lol just send it to customers at a certain level if it’s their taste. Certain HJ or special orders or other pieces I assume they just make less of then it doesnt bother me. If they’re actually scarce, then it makes sense to offer to loyal clients. If it’s an artificial scarcity or a pressure to make you buy something then strong dislike.
Yes totally agree, it’s easier for bag to be “not selective” eg a gold color mini Constance hv no difference technically for you to choose from two or more, but when it comes to gemstone like carnelian, tiger eyes, mop, malachite each with different patterns, depth of color, color tone, to be told you cannot choose and there is only one in stock, take it or leave it kind of attitude by the SA kinda leave a bad taste to my mouth. Also for last year rhodnite, they varied very different stone from stone but according to many of our experience here many customers were just offer one and were told only one available …. Really? For close to USD 4K they are hinting you to take a shade you don’t like just becuz it is manipulatively to be scarce…..very speechless
Sorry if the above discussion hv been a bit off topic, hopefully the sales of HP this year would be better organised….
If it's true that VCA will be making the holiday pendant available only to select clients with a pre-spend qualification, they will be alienating a lot of customers, myself included. I own quite a few VCA pieces, but I really don't see myself adding much more in the future aside from the occasional holiday pendant. They say that the intent is to curb resellers, but we know that is anything but the truth. Resellers are some of the most loyal and important customers out there seeing as they have huge "spends" and are given first dibs on limited pieces (just to turn around and sell those limited pieces on the secondary market). VCA knows this. We all know this. Assuming this information is true, VCA will just be playing games like a lot of the luxury brands these days. I personally don't "get" it. I understand limited production in 2020-2021, of course, but keeping it intentionally limited is a different story.
Isn’t this basically what they did last year? I remember a lot of people on here were unable to get the pendant. By the time it grew on me and I wanted it, it was long gone.
Totally agree. There's only (for most people) 10 fingers, 2 wrists, and 1 neck that we have and don't want to be constantly switching between pieces. I'm just out of college and been to 5th Ave Cartier and have had a great experience. I was able to get the "entry level" ($1,000 - $2,500) pieces with no hesitation from my SA. Like I've walked in jeans and a t-shirt and never felt alienated at the boutique. I'll likely buy my Love bracelet in the coming year and other pieces in the years to come.
At VCA, I've yet to buy my first piece. It annoys me that there are so little pieces in white gold especially with men getting more and more into jewelry & fashion in general. I'm not the most liberal person you'll meet but the yellow/ rose gold pieces don't suit my skin tone and am surprised that VCA hasn't done more pieces in WG for diversity (being sarcastic).
The only thing I want a white gold sweet alhambra in mother of pearl and another in onyx. Why is it so hard to have widely available entry-level pieces in all three gold tones...
I know right. You can see my post above about my hesitation with VCA.
I've even been to Hermes (Greenwich, CT boutique) and the SAs have been lovely. I was just buying small things like their fashion jewelry.
This has never been discussed but are their stones even of value monetary wise? Like I know and understand that there is artisanship, craftsmanship, and history and brand etc... behind VCA hence the high price but does malachite, carnellian, MOP, and onyx have any actual monetary value? And the amount of gold is miniscule.
Like I've bought pieces from a Berlin jeweler on Etsy with lapis, onyx, MOP, and malachite (though silver pieces) to see how I felt wearing stones before buying VCA, but they were never that expensive. Even if my pendants were made of 18K gold, I don't think the price would be very high...
Last year people were saying the HP looked like spam and then pretty soon after the launch they started to want it and it was waaay too late! I think this year more people will block out the criticism to secure their piece instead of listening to it and then realizing later it’s a gorgeous piece!
The materials used for many stones at VCA aren’t expensive at all. I went into a shop recently and rhodonite, which was last year’s HP material, was $7 a stone. Lol. The markup is HUGE for the brand and design.