meaganola
Uh Huh Her
Quote: Originally Posted by Kelly Silva /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Did no one join to basically get to pick out some nail polish colors each month at a discounted price? Because that's why I joined and all these other "incentives" they're getting rid of were never a priority to me, it was always the getting to pick out a few nail polishes each month (sometimes more than a few!) There are so many deals and coupons to take advantage of, to get every color you could want at a highly discounted price. Yeah they're getting rid of some cool incentives, but I think they have something else up their sleeve planned. It may even be something we like more. I'm a firm believer in showing how satisfied you are with something with money, and if you aren't happy, then you shouldn't give them your money anymore.
I joined to get fresh, new, interesting colors each month -- with an emphasis on "interesting." I've been skipping a lot lately because they have been churning out the same thing over and over, and a ton of creams (the finish is part of how interesting something is to me, and foils, metallics, shimmers, glitters, and holos are interesting. Creams are not) month after month. Some of the "new" colors even seem to be dupes of prior months' colors with new names. The discounts aren't really a draw for me. I have *epic* problems picking things out, which is why I like subs that send collections of mystery items out: I don't have to decide, and a package of potentially awesome things will arrive in my mailbox each month. While I love Starlooks Starbox, I'm having a horrible time picking out $35 worth of stuff to get with a promotional code I think I have coming my way in this month's box, and I have something like $50 in points and gift cards with Birchbox for similar reasons. If I want cheap (price-wise, not quality-wise) nail polish, I'll go get a bunch of essence (I love that brand). I don't do that because decisions are hard.
And if they have "something else up their sleeve planned," they need to roll that out *at the same time* they take the incentives away. A simultaneous discontinuation and launch makes it feel like they're *replacing* the old incentive, not just taking it away and *maybe* making it worth sticking around at some undefined future date. Right now, it feels like having benefits and perks cut at work: Once a company starts chipping away at, say, your paid time off allowances or your health benefits, they never, *ever* replace it with something better. They just move on to chipping away at something else, like taking away free coffee and turning off the hot water in the restrooms (yes, this actually happened at my former company. I happened to work in the group that had made the decision, so I immediately went to the manager and asked why it had been done. I was told it was a cost-cutting measure and that they were not actually required by law to have hot water in the bathrooms or breakrooms, so the decision had been made to turn it off. I said that women especially need hot water to wash our hands. We got hot water back the next day. There are many reasons why this is my *former* company, but this is actually a major one because I recognized it as a sign of things to come).
Did no one join to basically get to pick out some nail polish colors each month at a discounted price? Because that's why I joined and all these other "incentives" they're getting rid of were never a priority to me, it was always the getting to pick out a few nail polishes each month (sometimes more than a few!) There are so many deals and coupons to take advantage of, to get every color you could want at a highly discounted price. Yeah they're getting rid of some cool incentives, but I think they have something else up their sleeve planned. It may even be something we like more. I'm a firm believer in showing how satisfied you are with something with money, and if you aren't happy, then you shouldn't give them your money anymore.
I joined to get fresh, new, interesting colors each month -- with an emphasis on "interesting." I've been skipping a lot lately because they have been churning out the same thing over and over, and a ton of creams (the finish is part of how interesting something is to me, and foils, metallics, shimmers, glitters, and holos are interesting. Creams are not) month after month. Some of the "new" colors even seem to be dupes of prior months' colors with new names. The discounts aren't really a draw for me. I have *epic* problems picking things out, which is why I like subs that send collections of mystery items out: I don't have to decide, and a package of potentially awesome things will arrive in my mailbox each month. While I love Starlooks Starbox, I'm having a horrible time picking out $35 worth of stuff to get with a promotional code I think I have coming my way in this month's box, and I have something like $50 in points and gift cards with Birchbox for similar reasons. If I want cheap (price-wise, not quality-wise) nail polish, I'll go get a bunch of essence (I love that brand). I don't do that because decisions are hard.
And if they have "something else up their sleeve planned," they need to roll that out *at the same time* they take the incentives away. A simultaneous discontinuation and launch makes it feel like they're *replacing* the old incentive, not just taking it away and *maybe* making it worth sticking around at some undefined future date. Right now, it feels like having benefits and perks cut at work: Once a company starts chipping away at, say, your paid time off allowances or your health benefits, they never, *ever* replace it with something better. They just move on to chipping away at something else, like taking away free coffee and turning off the hot water in the restrooms (yes, this actually happened at my former company. I happened to work in the group that had made the decision, so I immediately went to the manager and asked why it had been done. I was told it was a cost-cutting measure and that they were not actually required by law to have hot water in the bathrooms or breakrooms, so the decision had been made to turn it off. I said that women especially need hot water to wash our hands. We got hot water back the next day. There are many reasons why this is my *former* company, but this is actually a major one because I recognized it as a sign of things to come).
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