Dårlige nyheter fra Transdesign/Bad news

Fikk akkurat denne mailen fra Transdesign, dette betyr at det fra nå av vil koste oss dyrt å bestille fra TD. Jeg har nok gjort min siste bestilling derfra, fikk heldigvis bestilt hele Shrek-kolleksjonen før dette ble gyldig fra i dag. Dette er så trist. :(

Bad news for us internationals that have used Transdesign, no more flat-rate box.

Hi,

Sorry, your order #257682 has been cancelled.

We don’t ship hazardous item(s) by US Postal Office, non-hazardous items is
OK.

Hazardous item(s) can be shipped by UPS and UPS Only.
Ship by UPS: Shipping + $40 for hazardous item(s).
OR
You can search/find a forwarding shipping company in the United States (US)
that offer less expensive on shipping.

Hazardous items such as nail polishes, alcohol, acetone, primer, thinner,
top coat, base coat, etc.

Thank you,
Trans D, Inc.

 

81 Responses

  1. Det virker som jeg og har varit heldig. Två small flat rate Box fra i lördags.
    Eg håper TD vill pröve at finne en annan shipper. 40 usd er jo drittmye!

    • Min bestilling med Shrek gikk gjennom i går, så dette måtte gjelde fra i dag. Ja, aldri i verden om shipping + $40 er aktuellt.

  2. Fikk samme mail jeg. Heldigvis rakk jeg å bestille hele den Shrek-kolleksjonen, den nye Essie i turkis og Poshe TC. Så virkelig dumt dette her. Utrolig!

    Fra nå av handler jeg bare på Ebay. Litt dyrere men billigere frakt. Det er også mulig å bestille fra beverlybeaute.com, men prisene er mye høyere, selv om frakten er billig.

    Jeg er så skuffa! :(

  3. Jag är så arg och ledsen! Fan! Jag tänker inte betala 150 SEK för en flaska OPI i Sverige, aldrig i livet! :(

      • Ikke et så bra alternativ siden Kicks og de få andre steder som selger OPI har som regel veldig kejdelige farger (rød, rosa, sheers, osv). Ikke noe spesielt for oss neglelakkelskere. :(

        • Vi får påvirke OPI Norge til å ta inn mer spennede kolleksjoner, søren jeg kan betale 160 kr for noen lakker om jeg må. Så desperat er jeg. :(

  4. Nej men nej!! Så kan det ju inte göra!
    Är det här det nya sättet att tvinga oss stackars internationella kunder att köpa lacken till överpris i vårt eget land?
    Jäkla piss säger jag!!!!!!

    • Jeg tror TD har fått kniven på strupen, og jeg blir ikke overrasket om det er noen av de store neglelakkselskapene som har tipset posten i US.

  5. Herrejemini. Jeg la inn en bestilling som gikk gjennom for en ukes tid siden. Dette er virkelig ikke godt nytt, spesielt ikke for oss i Norge. Igjen blir vi en utpost i sivilisasjonen når det kommer til neglelakk.

    TD har hittil vært den beste og mest pålitelige nettbutikken.

    *banner*
    (høyt og lenge)

    • Ja, dette er bare sørgelig. Jeg har vært skikkelig trist siden den mailen. Ting blir endel mer komplisert nå, og dyrere.

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  7. Thanks for sharing this sad, sad news.
    I’m from Italy and that Flat Rate Box deal was a godsend.
    I guess we’ll have to find another e-tailer with reasonable shipping.
    Do you have any in mind?
    <3

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  9. That sucks! I placed an order on TD last friday, they shipped it on sunday and there were no problems at all.
    I suppose this is a very recent, bad news.
    Obviously I won’t place an order on TD anymore, unless they’ll review their policy.

  10. I live in Greece,
    and this was exactly what we did not need here!!!!
    Its a shame, living in 2010 and they are insulting the brains of all online buyers.
    Its only just to get their hands deeper in our pockets-
    USPS and UPS are using the same planes to get their mail to Europe!!!!!!!!!
    Every other comment is just a lie.
    Nothing about the handling is different or better for the client-just the opposite, UPS is always 2 weeks later than every other USPS-Service-bcs. has only a few destinations in Europe.
    Its a real bad sad joke!!!!

    Sorry, but I feel really insulted!

    • @Rita – I’m not defending Trans Design but I don’t imagine this was a change they wanted to make. From the comments here there are only going to lose business out of this.

      Unfortunately most national Postal Services specify nail polish as a hazardous/dangerous material that shouldn’t be shipped. Of course we all know that people send polish through the mail all the time, but Trans Design is a business, they may have run into issues with the USPO.

      Also surely the switch to UPS isn’t going to make money for TD, but for UPS.

      As I said I’m not trying to defend TD, this change is a big shame for all non-US nail polish lovers who want to order unavailable polish from the US or just don’t want to pay European prices.

      • NONONO-SORRY, I ment of course UPS….. and all these forewarding organisations!!!!!
        they are flying firearms and worst much cheaper all over the world, and nailpolish is dangerous to them and has to be shippen much more expensive!!! Thats insulting me.

        The Seller and the buyer is biting the dust !!!-of course!
        sorry again for that misunderstanding

        Every online shop is effected-very bad!

      • Cali, I agree with you when you say that this isn’t a change that TD wanted to make. I don’t think they want to loose the european market.
        But I don’t like at all the sentence where they say: “You can search/find a forwarding shipping company in the United States”.
        Me? Do I have to search another shipping company? I think that they should find an alternative, it’s so much easier than for us, international customers that don’t live in the US!
        Anyway I was thinking about FedEx International Economy, a shipping method used for several months by Cherry Culture. Five or six months ago I ordered 10 polishes and shipping costs were around 21$.
        Do you know this shipping method better than me? Could it be an alternative?
        Have a great day!

        • By forwarding services i believe they mean something like this – http://www.myus.com/ – where you get a post box or something in the us, and they forward it to your real address. I have not tried any of these, only heard about them, and cannot say anything about how well it works, but it could be an option for us poor european nail polish addicts.

    • Takk for tipset, Malin, men der koster altså en OPI 3 ganger så mye som hos Transdesign og man får omtrent bare to lakker under 200kr grensa. Min siste bestilling hos TD inneholdt hele Shrek kolleksjonen + en Essie og det kom under på under 200 kr.

  11. Hva med denne nettbutikken? http://nailetc.com/index.html
    Noen som har erfaringer med den? Prisene er litt høyere enn transdesign, men shippingprisene ligger på omtrent samme nivå…

    Shipping outside United States/ International:
    1 bottle of nail polish = $4.99
    up to 3 = $ 9.99
    up to 6 = $14.99
    up to 10 = $19.99
    up to 12 = $23.99
    up to 24 = $34.99
    up to 30 = $40.99
    up to 40 = $43.99
    up to 80 = $64.99

      • Moreover, UPS shipping costs for 9 polishes are around 120-130$. It’s a crazy price even if you combine and share orders with friends. :(

        ps. Karianne, I have to thank you. Thanks to your blog I’ve just discovered a great resource for Nfu-Oh polishes! I used to order them from framenails.fr, but they cost 8€ (plus VAT) per bottle. Even the shipping costs are quite expensive (17€ for 9-10 bottles), considering that they ship from France and I live in Italy. Thanks again, and sorry for my school english! ;)

        • Oh, I’m happy that you got some good news out of visiting me! And your school english is more than good enough for me. ;)

  12. nå ble jeg ordentlig lei meg, og sint !!! skulle bestille for en uke siden men hadde problemer med passord. Dumt!!!

  13. Åh nei! Jeg bestilte Shrek-kolleksjonen den dagen den ble lansert, men så hadde jeg klart å oppgi feil expiry-dato på kortet mitt, så den ble ikke processed, og de har ikke behandlet den noe mer etter jeg gav dem den korrekte informasjonen Jeg regner med at jeg må avlyse hele orderen nå.. Dette er kjempeleit. Jeg håper jeg kan overtale venner i USA til å motta og videresende for meg, men allikevel er det utrolig kjedelig.

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  15. This is awful!

    I’m a nail polish addict who lives in the Philippines and I’ve relied a lot on Transdesign to get my coveted bottles too :(

    I was able to place one last order last week (Shrek Forever After). I’m going to miss that site.

    I’m linking to this blog entry on my blog, hope that’s okay.

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  17. Sigh. Really bad news :(

    But oh well – it was bound to happen, sooner or later. What TD was doing was technically illegal. Post office regulations explicitly state that polishes should be declared. With the volume of international orders that TD is doing, it was only a matter of time.

    Not happy about it since salon brand nail polish variety and stock basically sucks in my side of the world but hey – I’m thankful it’s almost at par with US retail price (unlike the exorbitant prices in Europe/SG).

  18. OMG! I wrote an email to 8ty8beauty (I wanted more details on shipping costs ’cause I’ve never placed an order there) and they replied that they stopped taking overseas orders temporarily (for 2 weeks) as they are trying to finish all existing orders.
    I’m sad! :(

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  20. Jeg vil si at jeg følger med her, men jeg leser innleggene dine via rss-feed, så får ikke med meg twitring og kommentarer. Etter litt leting ser jeg nå at dette blir nevnt blant kommentarene 21. juli.

    Hvor lenge siden er det egentlig “forbudet” ble opphevet? Jeg har ikke shoppet lakker på evigheter, så jeg ble superglad da jeg helt tilfeldigvis ble tipset om dette i dag..

  21. Det var i juli og grunnen til at jeg ikke har skrevet om det i eget innlegg er at jeg er redd for at om de får for mye press/pågang at de stenger for flat-rate og international shipping igjen. De fleste store bloggerne her i europa vet om det men har valgt å informere om det via twitter og kommentarer nettopp pga. dette.

    Dette er helt klart supert!

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