All of us have grown with the mindset that the more we pay for something, the better the quality. We tend to look past the fact that we should never judge a product by its price tag...I too belonged here not so long ago until I forced myself to become more broad minded about price and quality. I cannot deny that makeup brands like Mac, Inglot, Bobbi Brown and others have some really good products out there however, I cannot condone the prices attached to their products. I have learnt the hard way, that we certainly are not paying exorbitant prices for their quality only, as I have recently come across many product brands that are not as well advertised or are not sitting in designer decorated aisles, that match or even exceeds the quality of these overrated and overpriced brands. What we are really doing is footing their bills of advertising, staff salaries that are designated to particular makeup houses, fancy makeup lighting blah, blah, blah....
To put my money where my mouth is, I have come across something which I felt I had to share with you. Whilst surfing the internet recently, I was directed to Mac's online store and noticed that Mac did not have their own brand of eyelash adhesive but instead sold a brand called 'DUO'. I then remembered that Inglot also sold the same adhesive for their eyelashes.
Wait....It gets more interesting....Mac resales the DUO eyelash adhesive for....wait for this...a whopping R290 for a 14gr tube. The very same product is sold by Inglot for R149. Now that is a difference of R145.....you can get up from the floor now...there's more to read lol. You could actually buy 2 of the very same product at Inglot than at Mac!!!! and, and, and...the quantity is the same. WHAT THE HECK!!!!
The Proof is always in the Pudding....
Does the product perhaps turn to gold once it's reached the hands of Mac.??? Am I missing something here??? Are we ALL missing something here?? I know what I have been missing...my marbles!
Now if that does not blatantly spell out 'daylight robbery' and set off alarm bells, then I definitely am an idiot.
There's nothing much left to decide...NOT justifiable at all...total rip off. Create your brand so that it becomes affordable to all...and do not use superior quality as the reason to overcharge the very people that are helping you survive....
Have you come across any proof of overcharged products??? Share them with us....
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