Sephora Friends and Family
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I got the same line of crap from my local sephora today. First off, since when do they refer to themselves as "cast members"? Gag, give me a break!
Two of them looked at me like I was an alien, then admitted they have a stack of cards at home. Another SA was clueless but seemed more honest, then the last SA I spoke with said if they have any extra and I am local I can tell them where I work and they will come and bring me a card. WTF? What is wrong with you?
I am 8 months pregnant and dont have time to play games, go in multiple times, and deal with morons.
Each employee gets 10 cards to give out to whomever they want (we haven't even given these out at my store to employees yet). I wish we got a bigger discount as an employee but we only get 20% off of most items as it is. Just get asked to get put on their email list and they will send you a special generated code at when the promotion starts to get the 20% off online. We have asked several other store managers on whether or not the 20% will be extended to our vib's but nobody really knows until corporate sends out the weekly communications on Thursday. Other than that, all there is to do is wait. 
viba424 said:
Oh my god I can't stop laughing I just loved your post! You poor thing im so sorry!!! I went through the same exact thing less the 'we will bring a card to work' thing and yes "WTF?!"
Lol@"i don't have time to deal with morons" love it!!!!
Well I am done with Sephora. Too many games and bad business. I'd rather buy direct from the little guy.
not to sound like a complete brat--only a little but
I've over 1500 pts and I've already redeemed 3 500 pts within this last year, plus a few 100 pts..
I don't mind buying when it's not the F&F season or the VIB but I usually buy more heavily then...if they are doing this this way I don't really have an incentive to buy exclusively at sephora cos I always prefer shopping at nordstroms and I just found a beauty store near my office and I'm trying to be chummy with that business owner to get some side business so...
bye bye sephora!
I've over 1500 pts and I've already redeemed 3 500 pts within this last year, plus a few 100 pts..
I don't mind buying when it's not the F&F season or the VIB but I usually buy more heavily then...if they are doing this this way I don't really have an incentive to buy exclusively at sephora cos I always prefer shopping at nordstroms and I just found a beauty store near my office and I'm trying to be chummy with that business owner to get some side business so...
bye bye sephora!
I got a 20% ulta coupon in the mail for next week. I know where I'm going instead if we aren't able to do friends and family.
I think they should realize everyone that participates in F&F would spend a bunch of money at Sephora. Not sure why they are suggesting to people that make a special effort to come in and ask for information that they need to 'be a special friend of a cast member'. They are a business, it would be good for their bottom line to have a big blow out sale and just be forthcoming about it.
the associates at the sephora I go to are not nice at all! So i guess I won't be on a friends and family list from them
That is what I hate about Ulta's 20% coupon - it excludes so much stuff it's like, "what's the point?"
I don't understand why Sephora would change the way they do F&F. The standard 'thing' to do with F&F sales is to give a code for todo el mundo to use. When has a F&F for any retailer truly been for friends & families of employees only? Retailers announce their F&F & the code is posted everywhere, on blogs, forums, via email etc.
Is this all speculation & hear-say from Sephora SAs who are always so varied in their answers? I never ever get emails from Sephora for some reason so I rely on TPF for info on their sales. Every year, there seems to be questions regarding how Sephora will offer the sale.
Is this all speculation & hear-say from Sephora SAs who are always so varied in their answers? I never ever get emails from Sephora for some reason so I rely on TPF for info on their sales. Every year, there seems to be questions regarding how Sephora will offer the sale.