Popular Posts
- Sephora in Hong Kong
- bare-bottom babies in china
- magic, magic, magic
- it's a fake, fake world
- (no) swiffers in china
- selling deodorants to strong women
- Buttocks Bras in Korea
- as promised: carved wooden penises in Thailand
- UCLA in Asia
- shopping in seoul: part 1
- "the hunger games" in china (???)
- *real* shopping in shenzhen
- cute culture in asia
- Hongdae area in Korea
-
Recent Posts
Tags
addiction advertising Amazon.com awesome awesomeness bathroom Beauty branding china clothes confused consumer behavior counterfeit cultural differences culture custom-made customer service dress Fashion fat food Gap hong kong J.Crew jewelry Korea korean law marketing market research movie obsession on-line shopping paralysis by awesomeness restaurants selling Seoul sephora shenzhen shoes shopping Thailand toilets trademark wtfCategories
- advertising (17)
- comparison shopping (15)
- Customer Service (2)
- ethics (2)
- fakey makey (10)
- gifts (2)
- HAPPY DAY! (1)
- Hong Kong (10)
- lesson of the day (8)
- Life in China (61)
- life is a mystery (13)
- love/hate relationship (6)
- new thing i bought (that i shouldn't have bought) (4)
- new thing i bought (that is awesome) (3)
- obsession (9)
- OH HAPPY DAY! (4)
- pet peeves (12)
- regrets (2)
- rest in peace (2)
- something awesome (23)
- something new i noticed (53)
- something new we tried (23)
- Uncategorized (28)
- WTF (24)
- YOU SUCK! (14)
Monthly Archives: June 2011
ebay update
i tried a 3-day auction on ebay with one of my J.Crew dresses and it closed last night for $21.50. i gotta tell ya, ebay is like crack — more so when you’re a seller than when you’re a buyer. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged auctions, catalog, crack, ebay, J.Crew, photos, selling
Leave a comment
obsession: North Face Isabella Backpack
help me, i am obsessed with this backpack. i must have it. i don’t think i’ve ever fallen in love with a backpack before, and yet here i am, unable to get this purpley thing out of my mind. it … Continue reading
Posted in obsession
Tagged backpack, bags, guilty, Isabella, minimalist, North Face, obsession, sale, school
3 Comments
how to spoil your customers (and not in a good way)
Gap and Banana Republic seem to have sales just about every other day. and i don’t mean, like, “20% off clearance items”-kind of sale that most retailers hold on a regular basis. i mean, like, MAJOR “40% off of everything“-kind … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Lancome & Rent the Runway
I’ve been a member of Rent the Runway for a few months now. I’ve never rented any dresses, partly because I haven’t seen anything I liked but mostly because I would rather BUY a dress for $200 and have it … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged accessories, are of expertise, Beauty, core competency, Fashion, jewelry, Lancome, rent digital strategy, Rent the Runway, sephora, social media
Leave a comment
rage against: Piperlime
i have very little tolerance for poor customer service — mostly because i don’t think it’s very hard to provide good customer service. i feel that businesses rarely lose customers over something major and catastrophic — like an e-coli outbreak … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Athleta, Banana Republic, boycott, conditional, credit card, customer service, exchanges, Gap, Lululemon, marketing, mine, Nestle, Old Navy, piperlime, rage, returns, rewards, service guarantee, service marketing, shoes, Welch's
Leave a comment
too good to be true
experience has taught me that when a deal looks too good to be true, it usually is. i’m also a believer of such adages/cliches as “better safe than sorry,” “there’s no free lunch,” blah blah blah. anyway, i’m in the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
shopping pre-china : to do or not to do
ok, so for those of you who are unfamiliar, i am headed to china for a year with The Husband because TH got a one-year fellowship in Shenzhen. it’s exciting, it’s a chance of a lifetime, blah blah, blah. anyway, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged china, clothes, custom-made, fat, fellowship, priorities, shenzhen, shopping, skinny
Leave a comment
find it on ebay
i decided to go with ebay. i listed 8 items so far — 2 were listed last night, and 6 go live tonight. i look at this and am filled with pride. oh, my sweet darlings, go out into the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged coupons, ebay, hoarding, jcrew, sale, selling, shopping
Leave a comment