Ladies,
I thought I'd share with you my Gucci Outlet experience on Black Friday. I went to the Cabazon outlet in CA. I arrived at 8pm, one hour ahead of the 9pm opening. The line was already 200 people deep! Not thinking it would take too long, I got in line. Through the window, the promotional bags that were on sale were on full display $99 each! Yes, $99 each. They are the signature printed shoppers...I am assuming "made for outlet" but still, a good deal, in black and in brown. So...worth the wait I figured. As did everyone else ahead of me.
Hour by hour, passed. The store let the initial 30 people in, then it was a slow trickle of 6-7 people every 20-30 minutes....the cashiers were really slow, and really only 4 cash registers.
There were people cutting in line, and some really upset women almost having fist fights to get the "cutters" out of line. After 5 hours, we finally got in! Yes 5 hours!
Once inside, shelves were restocked, so lots of bags. But most were "made for outlet", with only a few nice bags that were still not cheap. In fact, the prices other than the $99 promotional bag, were exactly the same as they are on a regular outlet day. A few select shoes 50% off, but large sizes only, and some very old worn out clothes (previous returns I think) at 50% off. All other accessories, clothes, bags no additional discount.
So the promotional bags were gone when I arrived from the shelf. There was a line forming on one end of the store, and I figured must be line to get the bag. It was. A brave SA male, he would go to the back room, and come back with a big shopping bag full of these bags....nearly getting clawed and jumped by frantic shoppers. Limit was 4 per person. Some old lady tried to tackle a bag out of my hand. I ended up with 2.
We also got a nice gucci canvas overnight bag for $460. So then I got in line...it took another hour to pay!!!
I didn't leave that store until 6am. It was the only store I could go to. Every other store had huge lines as well.
Never again! Promotional bag was not worth nearly getting trampled by crazed women and men ...it was obviously a made for outlet bag, but I figured it was still cheap and I waited all this time mind as well.
My advice to Gucci outlet...please consider more cashiers, a better system to get people in and out quick, and more sale prices to make it worth our wild.
My advice to Purseblog forum...avoid Black Friday at the Gucci Outlet.
I thought I'd share with you my Gucci Outlet experience on Black Friday. I went to the Cabazon outlet in CA. I arrived at 8pm, one hour ahead of the 9pm opening. The line was already 200 people deep! Not thinking it would take too long, I got in line. Through the window, the promotional bags that were on sale were on full display $99 each! Yes, $99 each. They are the signature printed shoppers...I am assuming "made for outlet" but still, a good deal, in black and in brown. So...worth the wait I figured. As did everyone else ahead of me.
Hour by hour, passed. The store let the initial 30 people in, then it was a slow trickle of 6-7 people every 20-30 minutes....the cashiers were really slow, and really only 4 cash registers.
There were people cutting in line, and some really upset women almost having fist fights to get the "cutters" out of line. After 5 hours, we finally got in! Yes 5 hours!
Once inside, shelves were restocked, so lots of bags. But most were "made for outlet", with only a few nice bags that were still not cheap. In fact, the prices other than the $99 promotional bag, were exactly the same as they are on a regular outlet day. A few select shoes 50% off, but large sizes only, and some very old worn out clothes (previous returns I think) at 50% off. All other accessories, clothes, bags no additional discount.
So the promotional bags were gone when I arrived from the shelf. There was a line forming on one end of the store, and I figured must be line to get the bag. It was. A brave SA male, he would go to the back room, and come back with a big shopping bag full of these bags....nearly getting clawed and jumped by frantic shoppers. Limit was 4 per person. Some old lady tried to tackle a bag out of my hand. I ended up with 2.
We also got a nice gucci canvas overnight bag for $460. So then I got in line...it took another hour to pay!!!
I didn't leave that store until 6am. It was the only store I could go to. Every other store had huge lines as well.
Never again! Promotional bag was not worth nearly getting trampled by crazed women and men ...it was obviously a made for outlet bag, but I figured it was still cheap and I waited all this time mind as well.
My advice to Gucci outlet...please consider more cashiers, a better system to get people in and out quick, and more sale prices to make it worth our wild.
My advice to Purseblog forum...avoid Black Friday at the Gucci Outlet.
