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Department Stores Giving Away Makeup
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 22, 2009
Modified Jan 22, 2009
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Ladies, drag queens, and anyone else who likes to cake on the make-up, it's time to cash in on someone else's settlement. The NY Post is reporting that department stores are handing out big-name brand cosmetics to anyone willing to stand in line, as part of a price-gouging class-action suit that has finally been settled. They suggest hitting up Bergdorf's and Saks for a speedier transaction, though Macy's and Bloomingdale's will also be taking part (Lord & Taylor has already run out of product). The giveaway runs through next Monday, and "customers are only supposed to get one item, but there's an honor system. People have gotten seconds and even thirds." In fact, the Post reporter scored over $300 worth of makeup after visiting five stores. One woman the paper talked to also hit up all the shops, saying she probably spent close to $7,000 on makeup between 1994 and 2003—the years the stores violated antitrust laws by fixing prices.
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Jen Carlson
Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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