Van Cleef - VCA price increase thread *please include location*
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I’m based in Thailand. My SA told me today that their new policy is that even if I pay deposit before price increase, if the item is not available by the time price increase takes effect, I will have to pay the new price whenever my item arrives. (I placed a 30% deposit for mop earrings and SA said there are long lines ahead of me, no guarantee I’ll get it before price increase, whenever that may be). What a crazy policy, I can’t even lock in the price and it’s not my fault they don’t have an item for me to purchase.. ugh
I wonder if that’s an option.. I’ll text my SA and find out. She made it sound like she didn’t even want to take my deposit since there were long lines of people with deposits ahead of me and her clients are getting frustrated with the long wait time.
My SA texted me last week that if I paid in full I would lock in the price. I’m in the US
Is the price increase certain for your country? If you do a deposit or pay in full it seems you get items relatively quickly notwithstanding what they say about wait times. I think sas are just trying to temper expectations. I ordered an item in December with a deposit and received it recently when I’d been told it could take 6-8 months.
I hope so. I already lent to them for free. Had they asked for a higher price I would ask for a refund and stop shopping there. There is a line for business decency.
I’m curious about this article. It says 3% increase for Turkey, but I thought their Istanbul boutique, formerly in Swissotel, was closed. Also a 3% increase for Turkey would have been amazing given the exchange rate and inflation there (if you know the country you know what I mean and will also understand why I can’t get more specific). These kinds of things do happen with imported goods — I used to get amazing deals on bags due to currency fluctuations and weird pricing decisions by European brands, but I’m positive the Istanbul VCA boutique is closed, so I don’t know what that means for the credibility of the rest of the article.
********’s articles is sometimes not that accurate. But I do read them for guidance. I just trust my SAs when it comes to these things.
I suspect this is more a currency correction than a traditional price increase.
I didn’t realize the boutique closed, was it permanent?
my parents and I were just talking about possibly going next summer… (depending on what happens etc)
Totally OT, but Turkey is by far the best place I have ever gone for vacation. I would go again in an instant just to have another meal there, the food is transcendent!
I think it is permanent but am not sure. Sadly a currency adjustment would require much more than a %3 increase. (As a Turkish citizen I don’t feel comfortable saying much more given laws against commenting on the economy online, but it would definitely need double digits. It sounds like maybe you are Turkish too so you probably already know)
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For sure! Next time you are there, it is also a great place for luxury shopping depending what is going on w the exchange rates and how quickly stores adjust you can get great deals. Also, not VCA, but a very reputable local department store Beymen that sells a lot of luxury European brands also sometimes puts things that never go on sale elsewhere on sale! Finally, for shoes, I am size 41 which is bigger than any other Turkish woman I know so I could always find shoes in stock that are sold out in parts of Europe or the US where my feet are not considered freakishly big. So many reasons to visit!
