The Posh Pod discussion

[Playedinloops]

Originally Posted by ladygrey /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Thank you! I think it turned out really nicely. I'm surprised you could find anything that's not related to cats, since it seems like that's the majority of what gets posted on my fb hahaaa. 

hahhahaha I'm a cat lover too. I try not to post too much on my fb because I spend so much time playing stupid games, I clog up people's fb feeds enough. BUT CAT PICTURES WILL BE POSTED EVENTUALLY.

 

[ladygrey]

Yay! I like posting pictures of cats and cute baby animals. Seriously, it might be an addiction. 

Originally Posted by Playedinloops /img/forum/go_quote.gif



hahhahaha I'm a cat lover too. I try not to post too much on my fb because I spend so much time playing stupid games, I clog up people's fb feeds enough. BUT CAT PICTURES WILL BE POSTED EVENTUALLY.

 

[DonnaJ]

Originally Posted by Angelaelle /img/forum/go_quote.gif

eBay has the ID Verified program for sellers where a seller pays $5 and Equifax cross-checks the seller's contact info against various databases. It only confirms identity only, not the provenance of the products they're selling.

I don't like to comment on people's writing skills because not everyone has the same education/economic advantages as I have had, but Silver is not doing herself any favors with her painful writing. Silver I'm sure Fargo has a community college. Before buying anymore skeevy cosmetics lots from eBay take that money and sign up for a business writing class.

I'm glad you said that. My mom has a 9th grade education because her father died when she was young and she had to quit school to help my grandmother with the younger kids etc. It's only because she has always loved reading that her spelling and grammar are probably close to college level anyway. But there are sometimes circumstances that mean that people can't get the education that many of us take for granted. With this Silver person though, c'mon...spell check at least! Almost any time you type anything on a computer you'll see those red underlines if you're getting it wrong. Take that hint, lady!

 

[makeupgooroo8]

I cancelled and already got my money back for the next pod. What a mess!

 

[zadidoll]

That's good she's refunding and not pulling the GoGo Girlfriend crap of "you're paying for membership not product" crap. Which reminds me...

I was thinking GGG wants to pull that crap with members but even Costco will refund MEMBERSHIP fees. You pay $100 a year to Costco and of course you pay for the products you buy from there BUT if at any point in time you're not happy you can cancel your membership and be refunded 100%.

 

[Playedinloops]

Originally Posted by DonnaJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif



I'm glad you said that. My mom has a 9th grade education because her father died when she was young and she had to quit school to help my grandmother with the younger kids etc. It's only because she has always loved reading that her spelling and grammar are probably close to college level anyway. But there are sometimes circumstances that mean that people can't get the education that many of us take for granted. With this Silver person though, c'mon...spell check at least! Almost any time you type anything on a computer you'll see those red underlines if you're getting it wrong. Take that hint, lady!

For what it's worth, I think most of Silver's misspellings are typos and laziness, at least that is what it looks like to me. T instead of R, S instead of D, too lazy to hit shift on the first letter of a sentence. 

 

[Elara]

I wish I had found you guys before I subscribed to the Posh Pod.  I did cancel and am being given a refund as well.  Are you guys using any of the samples or do you recommend throwing everything out?  Thanks for such a great thread with amazing info!  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[GirlyEnthusiast]

Originally Posted by meaganola /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I look at it this way:  If you don't care enough to spell things correctly and use proper grammar, how can I trust that you will use any sort of care in your business dealings?  Answer:  I can't.  Also:  There is only one place appropriate for "thru."  It involves the word "drive," an intercom, and the phrase "Would you like fries with that?"  Yes, I judge on the use of language.  I work with someone who honestly believes that the word "frustrated" is actually "flustrated."  That word does not mean what you think it means.

(And my "wait, *what*?" radar went off when I saw the pictures she was using when I first saw the site even before she was taking signups.  One part bad photography -- see the above re: business practices -- and one part pictures of *Sephora* samples because I did not believe for one second that Sephora would deal with *any* subscription service regardless of how legitimate or established they were.)

Hahahaha. Love that.

 

[DonnaJ]

Originally Posted by Playedinloops /img/forum/go_quote.gif



For what it's worth, I think most of Silver's misspellings are typos and laziness, at least that is what it looks like to me. T instead of R, S instead of D, too lazy to hit shift on the first letter of a sentence. 

Too lazy to use a spell checker! So yeah definitely and I didn't read through everything after that comment, until after I commented. I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable or anything, but I do want to remind people not to necessarily judge by education. Someone can be very wise and illiterate at the same time, also, disabilities. Some of the brightest people have dyslexia or other learning disabilities. This one is not entirely stupid, she's very sly if you ask me.

 

[nelliebelle1197]

It's just not done professionally, and that is where the strong reaction arises, I believe. When you are presenting an image, you should understand what that image means and understand the trappings that go with it

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Yep.  If she said "Tell me some things you like and I'll dig up some crap you may be interested in and send it your way", I wouldn't have a problem.  But Posh?  No.

 

[nelliebelle1197]

That's hilarious!

Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Yep.  If she said "Tell me some things you like and I'll dig up some crap you may be interested in and send it your way", I wouldn't have a problem.  But Posh?  No.

 

[Elara]

I have a question for the ladies that got a pod. Are you using anything from it or just throwing it all out?

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Originally Posted by Elara /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I have a question for the ladies that got a pod. Are you using anything from it or just throwing it all out?

I didn't get a pod, but I personally would use the items as long as they looked and smelled okay and not old.

 

[Elara]

Quote: Originally Posted by Elara /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I have a question for the ladies that got a pod. Are you using anything from it or just throwing it all out?


I didn't get a pod, but I personally would use the items as long as they looked and smelled okay and not old.

Thanks! I tried the L.A. Colors eyeshadow in Golden without a primer on my lids and had a reaction to it and was unsure if I should try anything else but, I guess I will try some of the other things. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[calexxia]

Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Yep.  If she said "Tell me some things you like and I'll dig up some crap you may be interested in and send it your way", I wouldn't have a problem.  But Posh?  No.

Like Woot's "Bag O'Crap"!

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Originally Posted by Elara /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Quote: Originally Posted by Elara /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I have a question for the ladies that got a pod. Are you using anything from it or just throwing it all out?
I didn't get a pod, but I personally would use the items as long as they looked and smelled okay and not old.


Thanks! I tried the L.A. Colors eyeshadow in Golden without a primer on my lids and had a reaction to it and was unsure if I should try anything else but, I guess I will try some of the other things.

Could just be because it was a cheap product to begin with, ya know?  But with many cosmetics, even if they are "old" they're not necessarily unsafe, the coloration and texture just goes off.  I'd be more concerned with things that seem like they could be counterfeit.  The pods I've seen SO FAR do seem to have legit products, just those from seasons past (the bare minerals shadows).  We do know she had pictures of the fake Chanel, but of the pods posted so far, none of the products seem obviously fake. Small sample sized products are probably legit - I don't imagine many counterfeiters would waste their time faking samples.

 

[zadidoll]

Gina/Silver is now making false claims against me to which Sheryl (Superfreaky1RU) stated that according to Gina/Silver I had emailed Posh Pod for a free box. Never happened. My only communication with Gina/Silver was on Facebook - which was later deleted. I did post what I wrote on page 1 so here's what I had wrote on the Posh Pod wall.

A member of Makeuptalk.com posted her email from you and one of the lines that has many of us concerned (since many of us dealt with GoGo Girlfriend) is, "your payment is for the membership not the products".

As I mentioned many of us have dealt with GGG which also claimed you're paying for memberships not products so since November 2011 many subscribers stopped getting boxes, couldn't get refunds and now the company has shut down their Facebook, not answering emails and in many cased have stated to customers they're resume sending boxes out "next week" but never do. The company is now under investigation by several state Attorney Generals for fraud and members who cancelled and either were/are still being are being charged are contacting banks/credit card companies for refunds and in many cases are immediately refunded by the bank/credit card because of all the complaints.

My point is this, the second you get a customer who is unhappy and you tell them "your payment is for the membership not the products" you're going to find complaints lodged against you not with the Better Business Bureau (who can't do anything to companies) but rather with your state Attorney General, the subscriber's ATG and the FCC all of whom CAN do something.

I would suggest to reconsider telling customers they're paying for membership and not products.

And their reply:

• The Posh Pod Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions. Being a member of Posh Pod is all about the Pods, reviewing of products and being able to receive quality high-end product & giving! Some history on Posh Pod's founders may help to explain why Posh Pod came to be. The owner of Posh Pod is a cancer patient. During her battle the first time around she realized how important it was to use high quality products to avoid additional drying, or burning of the skin & hair worse then it already was from the chemotherapy & radiation treatments. With the chemicals and medications making nails brittle and weak and of coarse finding accessories such as false eyelashes and scarfs that would assist with the additional hair loss and sores that happen during these very invasive treatments. She began by searching and locating things that would help herself and then started to assist others within her group of support. Now, it is a passion and we have born from this Posh Pod. Everyone will now benefit from these products no matter what they are in need of. Regardless the charity aspect of this is still in effect and is needed on a much larger scale. My point is that the Pod is the membership in reality. In the situation you have laid out here, "GGG" has stopped providing the membership benefits. That is like paying country club dues without a country club! This would be upsetting to say the least and warrant investigation. Posh Pod follows a strict and set time frame each month for shipment of products that will not change. If indeed a situation were to occur were an error was made in shipment or inventory the membership fee for that month would be refunded unless some other satisfactory compensation was agreed upon personally with the member. The purpose of my post is not to argue with our policy or your suggestion, as I understand and think both have valid considerations. Rather, this post is to assure those that view this page that unlike many sample box subscriptions you may have tried or seen in the past our purpose is to serve the members of the Posh Pod. To provide a quality line from high end product to consumer no matter what the income bracket is. It is not to sell full size product of the designer's. It is not to advertise or pump up any particular line of product. We are here for one reason and one reason only, for the members. Thank you for your wonderful post "Zadidoll" and thank you to those that took the time to read both of these very important posts. The new blog on Posh Pod will soon show a full story on Posh Pod including the new 501C3 that is following in it's footsteps. It is wonderful to be able to provide a unique service to an industry that has taken a bit of a beating it seems. We may have a home made touch, but that speaks of our heart in this also and I can assure you what is in our Pods is all "POSH"!
  

Here's the link to it but again the post has since been deleted. https://www.facebook.com/PoshPod/posts/261259443961241?ref=notif&notif_t=feed_comment

Sheryl is so mislead by Gina/Silver but here at the facts that can be verified.

1. Posh Pod had an image of a Chanel palette that was counterfeit. The applicators in the image did not have the Chanel logo embossed on the handles as it is embossed on other Chanel palettes. The palette itself was not the same as other Chanel palettes in how it looked.
2. Posh Pod had images from Glossybox in her gallery and claimed that the items in those boxes were what she was sending out.
3. Posh Pod had written on their site they're working with brands implying she has a working relationship with companies like Chanel and Victoria Secret - when those companies were asked, basically the reply was they don't work with other companies such as beauty box subscriptions. Chanel has forwarded the image from Posh Pod's FB to their legal department as far as I know.
4. Posh Pod has claimed that designers do not want images of their products online in fear of those items counterfeit.
5. Posh Pod has sent out an email to at least a half dozen (or more) containing the personal information of at least two members.
6. Posh Pod's EBay account has been discovered, the comments left for Posh Pod on her profile shows that numerous items from the April Pod were bought on EBay and not obtained from the company as Gina/Silver has claimed on Facebook. http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=foxymommas1&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true

I could go on and on. Suffice it to say I'm annoyed that Sheryl has passed on a false claim from Gina/Silver without asking.

Bottom line is this. Posh Pod is not worth $30 since the products are off EBay. I would suggest Glossybox, Birchbox, Beauty Army or Beauty Fix.

 

[Elara]

 Could just be because it was a cheap product to begin with, ya know?  But with many cosmetics, even if they are "old" they're not necessarily unsafe, the coloration and texture just goes off.  I'd be more concerned with things that seem like they could be counterfeit.  The pods I've seen SO FAR do seem to have legit products, just those from seasons past (the bare minerals shadows).  We do know she had pictures of the fake Chanel, but of the pods posted so far, none of the products seem obviously fake. Small sample sized products are probably legit - I don't imagine many counterfeiters would waste their time faking samples.

I didn't think of it that way. Thank you! I really appreciate your advice. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Playedinloops]

It sounds like she is trying to make it sound like we are jealous of her? lol. Lurkers are one thing but lurkers who proceed to talk about it in vlogs freak me out a little...

I still can't believe people think that bag is real victoria's secret.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VICTORIAS-SECRET-SPEEDY-MAKE-UP-FLORAL-STRIPE-CASE-BAG-/140597416209#ht_2180wt_905