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Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:18 am  |
Is it ok to buy skincare products from ebay?
How do u if it's real? Thanks!
the skinceuticals products is so much cheaper on ebay.. just wondering how much is the original price of the retinol 0.5% in US? I saw one selling on ebay at 30AUD.. which is 20AUD less than strawberry net..
Any ideas? Thanks.. |
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:53 am |
| I've heard some people say it was well worth it but others say the products were old when they received them. I am sure there are some reputable places that someone can suggest. Good luck! |
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:18 pm |
| I buy products from ebay all the time, but I try to buy from people with lots of positive feedback, and I always ask about expiration dates, etc. and return policies. |
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:52 pm |
yeah.. i only buy from people with more than 99% +ve feedback..
However, checking the expiry date is rather difficult because most manufacturer have no expiry date for skin care products.. I've never really seen any written on the box.. |
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Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:57 pm |
| bethany wrote: |
| I buy products from ebay all the time, but I try to buy from people with lots of positive feedback, and I always ask about expiration dates, etc. and return policies. |
Same here. I've had no probs with products I've purchased when doing this. |
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:57 am |
| marci65 wrote: |
| bethany wrote: |
| I buy products from ebay all the time, but I try to buy from people with lots of positive feedback, and I always ask about expiration dates, etc. and return policies. |
Same here. I've had no probs with products I've purchased when doing this. |
Me too. Just purchase from a reputable seller. |
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:49 am |
| i always stick to the powersellers when buying certain skincare off ebay |
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:20 am |
| I'm another who buys from ebay. I just make sure to check the feedback, and read the comments too. Shipping costs also help determine who I buy from. |
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:50 pm |
| Hmm.. just wondering if anyone buy from prettyskin4less? they have a ebay account as well.. and they seems to stock the whole range of skinceuticals,dermalogica, cellex-C, eminence.. |
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Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:12 pm |
I spent quite a bit of money on ebay, but I found it was extremely important to find a good, reliable seller. I once got a product which did not have a box and the bottle looked really dirty. Another extreme example is that one of my sellers just never cancelled his/her ebay seller account after I received the product.
However, there are good sellers there and I met one, but you need to be very careful. I would buy something not related to health, food and skincare on ebay. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:11 am |
[quote="alimwj"]yeah.. i only buy from people with more than 99% +ve feedback..
However, checking the expiry date is rather difficult because most manufacturer have no expiry date for skin care products.. I've never really seen any written on the box..[/quote]
Agree with you, reputation of a seller is very important, this is the only data that reflect the quality of the skin care (coz we don't know how to distinguish the product real or not) |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:12 am |
| Ebay is a great place to be confused by a range of old formulations and often old stock. You do find the occasional legitimate retailer, but often that means not very discounted prices. Also from an ethical point of view, there are a lot of people who work in distribution/store employment that are somehow siphoning full size and sample size products for their own profit. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:56 am |
especially for expensive products there are often incredible good offers on ebay... but its also a fact, that those top end products do have their fakes on the market, where everything looks same: package, colour..
every product has a batch number, which even might tell the production date...
one could check with the manufacturer if the batch number would be an authentic one..
but... even this can be faked...  |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:49 pm |
| I buy skincare off of Ebay all the time. I check their feedback first,(don't buy under 99.4%) then if there's no expiration date listed, I e-mail the seller. If they don't e-mail me back with the date, I don't buy. I've only had one bad experience in five years. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:46 pm |
| How did u guys check the expiry date? I realise most of my skincare products did not have an expiry date. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:33 pm |
| I buy skin care products quite often from ebay and so far have not had any problems. Like the others, I always check the feedback of the seller before I buy. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:09 pm |
| i buy products of ebay all the time you need to make sure they are new and not been used as samples, but its a cheap way of buying products but you still need to shp around!!!! ebay isnt always cheaper....eds is cheaper than ebay with their pevonia products... |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:31 pm |
| alimwj wrote: |
| How did u guys check the expiry date? I realise most of my skincare products did not have an expiry date. |
best before date
- the product has a batch number,
- the manufacturer keeps records when the batch was produced,
- also the products have a shelf-time, specified by the manufacturer..
e.g. batch# 12345 --> produced on 2008-01 --> shelf time is 30 month --> expiry date of the product: 2010-06
...except for pharmaceutical products, i have never seen an expiry date or the shelf-time on cosmetics...
so without help from the company i wouldnt know either how to find out the expiry date...
a jar-symbol + number (month) on the package
when the number next to the symbol says e.g. "6", and the bottle is opened on 2008-02 then it should be finished by 2008-08.. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:07 pm |
So which more trustworthy ebay seller would
you recommend for a wide range of cosmetics? I'm going broke from EDS LOL. But I'll always remain a returning customer. :] I just need a cheaper source at the moment. |
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:48 pm |
| Ye watch the expiry dates of products when buying from ebay. |
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