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#12,196
Toronto24 said:
Wow I would be shocked! Going in this weekend to buy a couple of things so will ask.

Question for my fellow Canadians- have you used the Birks card promotion for 40 equal payments over 40 months with no interest? If so, was there a 20% payment required? (So 20% paid up front then rest gets split over 40 mos)?
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luckylove said:
me too!! I hope this isn't true!!
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nycmamaofone said:
Ummm...I was just in the NYC store and my SA mentioned there will be another (yes, another) price increase by Oct. 31??!! Is this true? I can't imagine they would do two price increases so close to each other [emoji15].
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Posted this on the VCA World wide Prices discussion thread: I heard the news from my SA today but I thought it would only affect Canada, so just to hedge my bets, I put a small (refundable) deposit on a piece I've been coveting. If there's an increase, I'll be
price protected, and if I decide not to buy it, my deposit wil be refunded. It's win-win! [emoji16]
 
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#12,197
Toronto24 said:
Wow I would be shocked! Going in this weekend to buy a couple of things so will ask.

Question for my fellow Canadians- have you used the Birks card promotion for 40 equal payments over 40 months with no interest? If so, was there a 20% payment required? (So 20% paid up front then rest gets split over 40 mos)?
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@Toronto24: While I'm not familiar with the 40 month payment plan, I do know that with the 12 month payment plan I did not pay 20% paid up front, and there were no hidden charges, either so it was truly interest-free.
 
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Natalie j said:
I was just in Hong Kong and Singapore and the SAs told me that they’re sold out. I didn’t see it IRL but apparently it was much more beautiful in person than in pictures.
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I wish the same was true in my city.
Unfortunately the pendant irl was underwhelming and did not resemble the stock photos showing the chatoyant nature of tigers eye.
Just dark brown.
 
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#12,200
HADASSA said:
Hope you heard “PRICE ADJUSTMENT” (downwards) and NOT increase [emoji1374]

Price increase just in time for the holidays? I wonder if it’s to cover the cost of all the unsold/returned LE Pendants???!!!
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tea4two said:
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Posted this on the VCA World wide Prices discussion thread: I heard the news from my SA today but I thought it would only affect Canada, so just to hedge my bets, I put a small (refundable) deposit on a piece I've been coveting. If there's an increase, I'll be
price protected, and if I decide not to buy it, my deposit wil be refunded. It's win-win! [emoji16]
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Honestly part of me thought that she was just saying it to pressure me to buy, but now I'm not so sure...Someone mentioned that the NYC store was empty when they went and the same was true when I was there. Maybe they are desperate for more revenues?? If so I don't know why two price increases would compel people to buy [emoji51].
 
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nycmamaofone said:
Honestly part of me thought that she was just saying it to pressure me to buy, but now I'm not so sure...Someone mentioned that the NYC store was empty when they went and the same was true when I was there. Maybe they are desperate for more revenues?? If so I don't know why two price increases would compel people to buy [emoji51].
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I think it comes down to greed. VCA seems to be trying to stimulate sales by plugging in all these formulae and sales are still struggling. They are behaving like a fledgling company trying to find their footing.

If I have to be coerced into a purchase by an impending price increase, I ought to have my head examined. No one can/will be holding a big stick over my head. The last time I checked, I still have the purchasing power in MY hands [emoji1374]
 
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I don’t want to discredit bad service reviews entirely on this thread. I recently posted a not so great experience at the SCP store, but I recently had a great service at the Las Vegas Crystals location.

I don’t understand why I was treated poorly at SCP. They clearly knew that I owned Cartier. Perhaps since it was my first VCA piece and I wasn’t blowing thousands of dollars meant I was not as an important customer? At the Crystals location they offered water and chocolates with no pressure to buy and allowed me to try on as many pieces as I wanted to because I told them I was new to VCA. I’m now wondering better service is received because I was with my husband. It’s happened before at Cartier, as well. I’m wondering if they just think husbands pay for things. That’s not how it works in my household, though. [emoji4]

Regardless, service seems to vary from store to store. Ultimately I bought another Cartier...and I’m sticking with it. My third Cartier piece is coming my way for Christmas this year. I have had great luck with service from the Saks NYC location.

If VCA does increase their Alhambra pieces again, I guess I won’t be purchasing for a while.
 
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#12,206
Toronto24 said:
Wow I would be shocked! Going in this weekend to buy a couple of things so will ask.

Question for my fellow Canadians- have you used the Birks card promotion for 40 equal payments over 40 months with no interest? If so, was there a 20% payment required? (So 20% paid up front then rest gets split over 40 mos)?
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Hi. They typically ask for deposit only if you want to reserve an item. You can split the remaining amount as long as the balance qualifies for the promo. I think the 40 installments requires 8k minimum... which I'm sure is not an issue with the VCA prices. HTH.
 
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