**Buying from Fashionphile** shopping experiences/questions
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Pooh. So you didn't get the subscription discount. Bummer. Well you never know, maybe you'll get it anyway. They may have stopped giving it as well all together
Probably….Do they do a lot of markdowns?Bummer, well maybe they stopped giving those out.
They mark down bags every 30 days, from the date of the listing, starting at 5 percent. The only issue I have with that is that the bags start off high. They seem to have sales more often then not now, so a sale on top of a markdown is usually when I buy but also I have found better pricing elsewhere. Lately it seems like FP has been listing items more fairly, but no all brands. Basically you just have to know what you want first ahead of time and have done your research already on pricing to know if something is a great deal or not, vs just buying because it is "marked down". That is how I discovered that other companies are usually lower so I have been shopping with them. Right now FP is have a promotion. Imo, It just brought most bags to where the price should have started off at it the first place. Lol
So I’m new to buying from Fashionphile and I am following some items. I’m confused as an item that was available now says “coming soon” . Is it on hold or they know it’s coming to sell?
I think that it means that a potential buyer has requested that the item be transferred to a place where more photos can be taken so they can decide if they want to buy it. It should either be purchased or available again for sale shortly.
Yeah it’s usually on hold for a customer waiting to get more info/pictures or if there’s an error on the listing and they are double checking it. Sometimes though I see things ‘coming soon’ for weeks, I’m not sure what that is about lol. If you call they can also usually tell you what’s going on with the status
Does that mean they are wanting to see it in person? Or can I request that if I am buying online? I didn’t even know I could request more pics. so much to learn about Fashionphile!
Yeah it’s usually with the personal shopping department. If you see an item on the website, you can call them and they will send you additional photos and information about the condition of the bag. From my experience, they will place an item on hold if it’s at another location that is closed, like if you are calling at 3PM PST, but the item you are interested in is at their NYC headquarters.
I’ve either abused this privilege or they have gotten more strict about it lol, I have been denied a few holds lately. As a new customer I don’t see them saying no unless you constantly request items to be held but never buy anything.
This means an item was probably returned to a retail location waiting to be transferred back to warehouse to be inventoried for shipping to a new buyer.