I frequently window shop secondhand polish sites like Mercari and ISO pages and maybe I’m in too deep, but I wanted to rant here.
I constantly see RIDICULOUS listings for certain polishes. Owners of Mooncat’s Dearly Departed lineup are among the worst offenders. The prices I posted are actually middling in the pack. The other day a woman posted a DD listing asking for $235!!! “Shipping included” like no fucking shit!! If I’m paying that much it better do my laundry and prepare my taxes!!! What makes it worse is that I know some poor chump is going to pay up sooner or later.
I’m writing this for myself as much as for anyone else, because I too fall victim to the fomo marketing which unfortunately characterizes the indie polish community. It behooves me to remember that a good bottle from a good indie brand rarely costs more than $15 USD + shipping. No bottle of polish is worth much more than that. Not even those ridiculous designer brands have the gall to price too far beyond. And not to mention out of the hundreds of brands and thousands of different formulas, there’s bound to be a dupe for what I’m looking for somewhere.
Please don’t be the suckah who pays eye-watering prices. Unless you’re Elon musk or Bezos in which case hats off to you, the world would be a far better place if overpriced polish was what you spent your money and time on.
Flairing this as humor/fluff because if you pay these prices you are a 🤡
by tooziepoozie
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resellers are crazy but what’s crazier is that people do buy from them…glossier recently had a limited edition zippo lighter that sold out immediately, someone listed it for almost $300…and someone bought it 💀