topic Re: Nordstrom Price Matching in Beauty

Nordstrom Price Matching

RinaRina — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:20:00 GMT

I wish you could just type "price matching" in their search bar and find ALL the products they're price matching.

Re: Nordstrom Price Matching

RinaRina — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:33:25 GMT

Well, they're not matching Costco's price for the Sisley Global cream ($490 vs. $250).

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evelomaddict — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 04:35:22 GMT

On 10/19/2014 rina33 said:
Well, they're not matching Costco's price for the Sisley Global cream ($490 vs. $250).

they won't match club pricing.

Re: Nordstrom Price Matching

spot555 — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:18:37 GMT

Nordstrom has always price-matched. And they should never have to match a big box store (I think that's obvious). If you find a like item at a regular retail store & tell them, they will check it out & give you the lesser price.

Most people don't know this either....

Macy's used to price-match Nordstrom when they were having one of their big sales (like the Anniversary sale). If you saw an identical item for less at Nordstrom, Macy's would price-match. I don't know if they still do that- I rarely shop at Macy's anymore.

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millieshops — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:28:39 GMT

I was a Nordstrom shoppers for some time prior to the Internet and it was quite a long time before I learned, more or less accidentally, that Nordstrom then would price match anything a competitor in the same mall was selling. Same mall, same item (brand, color, sizing, etc.)

Much of the time when I shop Nordstrom, it's for their own brands of clothing, so price match doesn't often make a difference to me, but I have used that matching successfully. Haven't used it recently, so I don't know how it's working today.

I understand why they don't match club prices and I'd wonder why they'd ever match Amazon's because those companies are known in the trade for their forceful buying practices.

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Marbellaspain — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:28:53 GMT

On 10/20/2014 goldenretriever said:
Nordstrom has always price-matched. And they should never have to match a big box store (I think that's obvious). If you find a like item at a regular retail store & tell them, they will check it out & give you the lesser price.

Most people don't know this either....

Macy's used to price-match Nordstrom when they were having one of their big sales (like the Anniversary sale). If you saw an identical item for less at Nordstrom, Macy's would price-match. I don't know if they still do that- I rarely shop at Macy's anymore.

I agree, they should not have to match warehouse club pricing or the like.

Currently, Nordstrom is matching Macy's friends & family 10% off on cosmetic products/brands that Macy's carries. Sisley is not one of them, as one would expect. It's quite easy to do a search of interested items and it shows if it's Price Matched.

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Vamp — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:50:29 GMT

Many stores price match but they rarely advertise that they do. It can't hurt to ask!

One thing that I have learned (in addition to them not matching club prices) is it has to be the same exact item, meaning same size, same color, etc. Sometimes Store A puts an item on sale because they only have size 2 left, so they mark down the remaining inventory. Let's say you wear a size 10, and you want that item, but Store A doesn't have your size. You go to Store B, which has plenty of inventory, including your size, but they haven't marked anything down yet. Store B probably won't match Store A's price unless you buy the size 2. Same goes for same item, different color.

I'm not saying it always works this way, but I have ran into that before, so just be forewarned that it could happen.

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RainyDayGal — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:52:38 GMT

I didn't know they would price match beauty items. I did get them to price match a Dooney bag for me a few years back. It saved me quite a bit.

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Vamp — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:57:36 GMT

On 10/20/2014 RedConvertibleGirl said:
I didn't know they would price match beauty items. I did get them to price match a Dooney bag for me a few years back. It saved me quite a bit.

Yay, you!

Not only do they price beauty items, but if you have any Nordy Notes, you can use them on anything in the store, including sale items, beauty products, etc. Nothing is off-limits. It's just like cash.

Re: Nordstrom Price Matching

kiss_p — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:22:52 GMT

On 10/19/2014 rina33 said:
I wish you could just type "price matching" in their search bar and find ALL the products they're price matching.

If you put "beauty sale" in the search box on Nordstrom.com, it brings back over 2500 items (which are probably all the beauty ones that they are price matching).

Re: Nordstrom Price Matching

millieshops — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:32:24 GMT

On 10/20/2014 Vamp said:
Many stores price match but they rarely advertise that they do. It can't hurt to ask!

One thing that I have learned (in addition to them not matching club prices) is it has to be the same exact item, meaning same size, same color, etc. Sometimes Store A puts an item on sale because they only have size 2 left, so they mark down the remaining inventory. Let's say you wear a size 10, and you want that item, but Store A doesn't have your size. You go to Store B, which has plenty of inventory, including your size, but they haven't marked anything down yet. Store B probably won't match Store A's price unless you buy the size 2. Same goes for same item, different color.

I'm not saying it always works this way, but I have ran into that before, so just be forewarned that it could happen.

Vamp - You and I have had the same experience. They honor ads, but some sales associates I've worked with have called other stores to get those exact matches. In some of the more expensive departments, someone must be assigned to shop the competitors. Seems as if they know exactly what's on sale - size color, etc. Unfortunately, for some of those departments, companies don't sell the exact items to two different chains in the same malls, but when they do, the savings can be large.

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PENNE — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 00:03:54 GMT

I wonder if they are competing with Lord & Taylor, they are having friends & family now, offering 10% off cosmetics. Nordstrom is offering same on certain brands. 10% is not much, but still tempting.

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turtle52 — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:26:58 GMT

On 10/20/2014 PENNE said:
I wonder if they are competing with Lord & Taylor, they are having friends & family now, offering 10% off cosmetics. Nordstrom is offering same on certain brands. 10% is not much, but still tempting.

This is exactly why they have having 10% off. They do this every time that L&T has a F&F sale.

Re: Nordstrom Price Matching

shoekitty — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 02:31:40 GMT

On 10/20/2014 MarbellaSpain said:
On 10/20/2014 goldenretriever said:
Nordstrom has always price-matched. And they should never have to match a big box store (I think that's obvious). If you find a like item at a regular retail store & tell them, they will check it out & give you the lesser price.

Most people don't know this either....

Macy's used to price-match Nordstrom when they were having one of their big sales (like the Anniversary sale). If you saw an identical item for less at Nordstrom, Macy's would price-match. I don't know if they still do that- I rarely shop at Macy's anymore.

I agree, they should not have to match warehouse club pricing or the like.

Currently, Nordstrom is matching Macy's friends & family 10% off on cosmetic products/brands that Macy's carries. Sisley is not one of them, as one would expect. It's quite easy to do a search of interested items and it shows if it's Price Matched.

Just to let you know Costco.com sells Sisley! The Sisleya Anti aging global which is 490 at Nordies and elsewhere is 280 at Costc0. Costco online sells about 9 Sisley products and they are half price. So if you use those items, it is a bargain. They are all first rate, they just make about 80 dollars profit instead of the usual keystone method!

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makeup addict — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 02:36:40 GMT

My Clarins foundation was listed as price matched. Got it From Nordies and free shipping! Nice!