Free Makeup / Cosmetics on Jan 20th, 2009 - Did You Get Yours?

Nikki, Yahoo! Contributor Network
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So, did you get your free cosmetics? Surely you heard about the class action lawsuit where retailers such as Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue were ordered to give away $175 million worth of free cosmetics products to consumers. If you don't know all the details, go to http://www.cosmeticssettlement.com and check it out.

Supposedly, the cosmetic giveaway is going to continue for a few more days, or while supplies last. Odds are though, if you didn't go today, the supplies of free cosmetics are gone. Actually, after seeing the crowds in the area where I live, I suspect the supplies probably ran out around 2:00 pm on the 20th!

I was right in the middle of the throng of women getting my freebies. The first store I went to was Macy's and I got there right as the doors opened at 10 am. I was the second person to walk up to the giveaway area. All I had to do was print and sign my name on a piece of paper and pick which product I wanted. The lady in front of me asked if we could get more than one product and was told no, but that we could go to each participating store and receive one product. So that's all I needed to hear!

I live in an area with a mall which has a Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Dillard's, and Nordstrom's ... so I hit all of them. I did ask at each store if consumers were allowed to go to different stores and was told yes - but we could only go through the line once and only get one product per store.

After leaving the first store, my next stop was Dillard's and the line was long this time. There were probably 20 people ahead of me but the line moved quickly. The lines at Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom were long moved a bit slower than the lines at Macy's and Dillard's. It did seem that Macy's and Dillard's were a little more organized and prepared than Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. By the time I got to the counter area at the last two stores, some supplies of certain products were already depleted. Bummer!

After my last stop, I traced a path back to my car and passed back through each store to see how things were going. It was around 1:00 by this time, the lines at every store were very long. Crowds of women were actually running towards to cosmetic counters and some were even shoving and trying to cut in line. I was glad I got an early start, otherwise I would not have participated in the "feeding frenzy".

Gee whiz! What some folks won't do for free stuff, huh?!

So did you participate in the giveaway? What was your experience?

Published by Nikki

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Free Makeup / Cosmetics on Jan 20th, 2009 - Did You Get Yours?

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