The Posh Pod discussion
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Wow, this turned into quite an interesting debacle. This was going to be the first subscription service I would've considered signing up for, so I'm extremely happy I read this thread first. This whole subscription thing in general just doesn't seem to be worth the effort or hassle for what you get. I'm clearly better off just going to the store and buying things I actually want.
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I love this site and you guys for saving people from possible scams. Also, from what I remember from con law...you're not doing anything wrong.
Silver,
The site and customer service is horrible! Please spell-check.
K Thanx
Silver,
The site and customer service is horrible! Please spell-check.
K Thanx
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Aw I hope something else interesting happens, this was such a good read!
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Is it bad that I feel the same way? I really want her to make an account and tell us one more time how not posting pictures of actual chanel products helps to stop counterfeiting!
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This is a very interesting read all of you make excellent points about the legitimacy of this business and I think its fantastic that your all doing your research before buying from them. I'm interested to see how this turns out.
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I found these videos threw their website when you click on Posh Pod in print it takes you to this page with one video if you click on the video it then takes you to MetaCafe are these the videos they took down from Youtube?
http://www.metacafe.com/channels/PoshPod/
http://www.metacafe.com/channels/PoshPod/
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yup that is them! they'll be gone soon!
I know I decided not to join and the other member here who DID sign up was refunded her money by "Silver" (or another staff member). As I've stated before and I'll continue to state, this company is odd. I've questioned MyGlam in the past and instead of being told to shut up I was invited to visit MyGlam's offices and warehouse. The best thing "Silver" can do is to be open and NOT delete posts, images or sections of her website. Be open and honest instead of being... well weird (my opinion).
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Agreed. When things start disappearing, it just looks like you have something to hide. If we are wrong, prove it!
I did get the cease and desist email however I'm not going to stop talking about them. That's what sharing is about. I can express my concerns about this company because they are legitimate concerns. When I had concerns about MyGlam what happened then? MyGlam opened up their offices and warehouses to not only myself but other beauty bloggers. The only one ruining her reputation is herself by deleting Facebook entries, images and youtube videos. She wants to claim that I was harassing her via email however I've never contacted her via email. She wants to claim that I've cost her money by causing people to cancel their accounts - I've never done that either and the only person whom I know of that DID get a refund didn't request the refund. She's even gone so far as to contact Blogger (Blogspot) yet I have NOT written a thing about her company on my blog. I've mentioned her two or three times on my Facebook wall and that's it.
She even stated in the C&D that "...including that of personal information regarding illness of the founder & statements sighting criminal intent by the company and their employees." That information was posted publicly by one of their staff members (or by Gina herself) on their Facebook wall! I didn't go out and seek that information.
If I were in Gina's shoes I wouldn't be upsetting potential customers - especially bloggers since bloggers and vloggers can quickly spread information on their experience (see the complaints made by vloggers about GoGo Girlfriend or MyGlam on Youtube) - and instead would work with us to show us that the products being sent are legitimate and not counterfeits. Look at what MyGlam did, when people were complaining they had a Beauty Blogger day and invited several of us to their offices to check out their offices and warehouse. They opened their door to us. Beauty Army and Birchbox also have had beauty bloggers visit them. I believe The Look Bag also had bloggers invited to see their products as well. In all those instances these companies worked with beauty bloggers because they know that beauty bloggers have the power to promote a company.
Let's look at GoGo Girlfriend here... how many of you were members who had major problems with them? How many of you filed complaints with the BBB and your state attorney general's office? How many of you quit the service due to bad experiences and didn't get any products despite their site claiming you'll get a monthly box? This is the SAME company that stated the same thing as Posh Pod - "you're paying for membership not products". As I've stated companies that make that claim raise red flags for me. Is Posh Pod a scam? I don't know but everything Gina/Silver has done makes me question exactly what are they doing? Now this cease and desist for having those questions? She even, as pointed out by others, attempted to send one to Sephora but had the email to Sephora listed as Saphora. How are we responsible for what a staff member of Sephora stated on the Sephora website? Sephora is a multi-million dollar company!
Like I've stated before, it's odd... the way about she's doing things is odd. You would think she would work with us instead of against us when it comes to answering concerns about her company.
She even stated in the C&D that "...including that of personal information regarding illness of the founder & statements sighting criminal intent by the company and their employees." That information was posted publicly by one of their staff members (or by Gina herself) on their Facebook wall! I didn't go out and seek that information.
If I were in Gina's shoes I wouldn't be upsetting potential customers - especially bloggers since bloggers and vloggers can quickly spread information on their experience (see the complaints made by vloggers about GoGo Girlfriend or MyGlam on Youtube) - and instead would work with us to show us that the products being sent are legitimate and not counterfeits. Look at what MyGlam did, when people were complaining they had a Beauty Blogger day and invited several of us to their offices to check out their offices and warehouse. They opened their door to us. Beauty Army and Birchbox also have had beauty bloggers visit them. I believe The Look Bag also had bloggers invited to see their products as well. In all those instances these companies worked with beauty bloggers because they know that beauty bloggers have the power to promote a company.
Let's look at GoGo Girlfriend here... how many of you were members who had major problems with them? How many of you filed complaints with the BBB and your state attorney general's office? How many of you quit the service due to bad experiences and didn't get any products despite their site claiming you'll get a monthly box? This is the SAME company that stated the same thing as Posh Pod - "you're paying for membership not products". As I've stated companies that make that claim raise red flags for me. Is Posh Pod a scam? I don't know but everything Gina/Silver has done makes me question exactly what are they doing? Now this cease and desist for having those questions? She even, as pointed out by others, attempted to send one to Sephora but had the email to Sephora listed as Saphora. How are we responsible for what a staff member of Sephora stated on the Sephora website? Sephora is a multi-million dollar company!
Like I've stated before, it's odd... the way about she's doing things is odd. You would think she would work with us instead of against us when it comes to answering concerns about her company.
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Videos (or should I say "video's"?) are still up on metacafe if anyone is interested!!
http://www.metacafe.com/channels/PoshPod/
The videos are hidden as far as I can tell. Like I've stated before... it's just odd.
The videos are hidden as far as I can tell. Like I've stated before... it's just odd.
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Click on the submitted tab and they come up
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click on the "submitted" tab. they are there.
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Great minds think alike and within seconds of each other
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> lol
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They are not on the channel tab but on the second tab. Took me a few minutes to find it, too.
And by the way, I haven't read the entire "cease and desist order" other than the snippets posted by you and Vanessa, BUT just the fact that the writer spelled "citing" as "sighting" tells me a lot about the legitimacy of the email /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> (plus, a real lawyer wouldn't say "citing"- that implies actual criminal acts; a real lawyer would use the word "alleged". Wording is very important to legal professionals).
And by the way, I haven't read the entire "cease and desist order" other than the snippets posted by you and Vanessa, BUT just the fact that the writer spelled "citing" as "sighting" tells me a lot about the legitimacy of the email
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> (plus, a real lawyer wouldn't say "citing"- that implies actual criminal acts; a real lawyer would use the word "alleged". Wording is very important to legal professionals).
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LOLOLOL. Murf was here. This thread is entertaining. Interested to see what happens.
