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Violet Bleu said:
These are so lovely and look beautiful on you! How long did it take for everything to come in?
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I placed the order for both items together in early July, and both arrived at the boutique late December. I only picked it up yesterday as I was away. I actually think it would have gone faster if it weren’t for Europe being shut down for summer holiday/COVID.
 
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chiaoapple said:
Here it is, ten and five motif hammered white gold....! I am so happy to see it turn out exactly as beautiful as I thought it would be. My pictures are prob not doing it justice. :heart::heart:
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Everything looks stunning on you! Congrats. I especially love the bracelet stack.
Would you mind sharing how much over the price of the YG bracelet the WG was, since it was a SO and white gold. You can just DM me the price for it if you’d prefer. Thank you!
 
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marbella8 said:
Everything looks stunning on you! Congrats. I especially love the bracelet stack.
Would you mind sharing how much over the price of the YG bracelet the WG was, since it was a SO and white gold. You can just DM me the price for it if you’d prefer. Thank you!
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Thanks and happy to share! The only caveat is that I am comparing current YG costs (ie post price increase) vs my SO cost (which was ordered pre price increase). It comes out to 34% extra. I think this makes sense with what we understand to be the “standard” charge of 30% on top, as VCA seems to price their WG ~6% higher than the same YG pieces, and taking into account the money I “saved” by ordering before price increase.
Hope this is helpful!
 
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chiaoapple said:
Thanks and happy to share! The only caveat is that I am comparing current YG costs (ie post price increase) vs my SO cost (which was ordered pre price increase). It comes out to 34% extra. I think this makes sense with what we understand to be the “standard” charge of 30% on top, as VCA seems to price their WG ~6% higher than the same YG pieces, and taking into account the money I “saved” by ordering before price increase.
Hope this is helpful!
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Thank you, it does help. You did all the hard work for me, as I was going to figure out the pre-increase price, the WG extra. Enjoy, your arm stack is very special!
 
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Wanted to share a quick update! 2 members kindly reached out to me with SA referrals. I'm so grateful to them, and to everyone who responded to my original post :flowers:

My SO got approved :yahoo: It'll take about 6 months. The SA will ship it to my house. I was asked to pay 50% as a deposit.

I feel so lucky that I was able to order exactly what I wanted for my first VCA creation :blush:

mocktail said:
I'm new to VCA and haven't bought anything yet. Would it be a waste of time to call the NYC store and ask about getting an SO for a 5 motif bracelet in hammered white gold? Meaning, as a brand new customer would they consider the request, or is it an automatic denial?

Also, I've read that SOs have a 30-40% markup. Since WG is more expensive than YG and PG, should I expect the WG bracelet to cost about 50% more than the YG/RG?

I've seen that sometimes people pay 30% upfront and the rest at pickup, and others pay 100% upfront. As a new customer, I'm sure I'd be asked to pay 100% upfront and I'd be fine with that.

One more question: can SOs be shipped to your house, or only to a store? There isn't a store near me.

Thanks for any advice you can share!
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