sparkle25
Well-Known Member
So there is this vendor from Trinidad that supposedly has a leave in that works amazing for 4c hair. I have yet to see a bad review. So we contacted her and asked for the price of the product. She said it would be $25 American for an 8oz leave in.
I did some research and looked around even found a vendor selling the product for 35 dollars in eastern carribean currency. That's is around $14 USA. All the other ladies that live in that part of the world say that is the price of her product.
I replied and asked if the price had changed. After all, if the product keeps my hair moisturized to where the ends don't break off ( breakage is my problem. Hair grows SUPER fast but I can never stop the breakage), then it's worth $25 to me. This is the answer she gave me
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Hi *******, no you're not being charged more. What happened is that since I have my products in a nationwide beauty retailer, one of the conditions is that I can't sell for less than they're selling the products for it I can be sued. So my retail price now matches theirs. So sorry for the confusion!
Regards"
I thought product developers could sell their products for whatever prices they want. I have never heard of this. Im not trying to be cheap its just that I have traveled to a lot of countries such as Jamaica, Nigeria, Trinidad and they seem to think Americans are rich, so they try to over charge in my experience. Especially in the Caribbean. One lady was trying to change me $100 for a pair of wooden earrings and i immediately laughed and started to walk away. She lowered her price to $5 but as I was insulted I never looked back. I was so overwhelmed with people trying to hustle me in Jamaica, it was if there was a hustling parade going on.
Even my holy grail leave in ( qhemet biologics burdock root butter cream) is $6 cheaper than the price this woman is charging me. It's just the burdock root cream is too greasy. Greasy hair is a pet peeve of mine, so it doesn't get enough moisture and breaks. Greasy things just sit on my anyways.
I don't want to put this woman on blast in case she is being honest. I have been around here for almost 10 years so I have seen this community bring down many a vendors, which is not malicious it's just that word spreads like wildfire in these communities and well....so I don't wish to do that if she's honest. It's just $25 for a leave in s expensive even by American standards.
What do you ladies think?
I did some research and looked around even found a vendor selling the product for 35 dollars in eastern carribean currency. That's is around $14 USA. All the other ladies that live in that part of the world say that is the price of her product.
I replied and asked if the price had changed. After all, if the product keeps my hair moisturized to where the ends don't break off ( breakage is my problem. Hair grows SUPER fast but I can never stop the breakage), then it's worth $25 to me. This is the answer she gave me
"
Hi *******, no you're not being charged more. What happened is that since I have my products in a nationwide beauty retailer, one of the conditions is that I can't sell for less than they're selling the products for it I can be sued. So my retail price now matches theirs. So sorry for the confusion!
Regards"
I thought product developers could sell their products for whatever prices they want. I have never heard of this. Im not trying to be cheap its just that I have traveled to a lot of countries such as Jamaica, Nigeria, Trinidad and they seem to think Americans are rich, so they try to over charge in my experience. Especially in the Caribbean. One lady was trying to change me $100 for a pair of wooden earrings and i immediately laughed and started to walk away. She lowered her price to $5 but as I was insulted I never looked back. I was so overwhelmed with people trying to hustle me in Jamaica, it was if there was a hustling parade going on.
Even my holy grail leave in ( qhemet biologics burdock root butter cream) is $6 cheaper than the price this woman is charging me. It's just the burdock root cream is too greasy. Greasy hair is a pet peeve of mine, so it doesn't get enough moisture and breaks. Greasy things just sit on my anyways.
I don't want to put this woman on blast in case she is being honest. I have been around here for almost 10 years so I have seen this community bring down many a vendors, which is not malicious it's just that word spreads like wildfire in these communities and well....so I don't wish to do that if she's honest. It's just $25 for a leave in s expensive even by American standards.
What do you ladies think?
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