Sample Sales are Suzy's Best Friend
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Suzy knows it's never to early to start shopping for the holidays or just to stock up on the 30+ birthday gifts she needs throughout the year. So when she happened upon these new "flash" sample sale sites boy was she psyched.
Basically, you get an email when a sale begins and have anywhere from 48 - 72 hours to purchase your faves before someone else snatches them up, online. No getting in a car and wasting gas and yanking that great bag out of someone else's hands because you MUST have it. Online sample sales are civilized and well worth the computer time. We have found a few of the newest and best to share, most of whcih are consistently 40-70% OFF retail pricing and totally legit. Now all of these are invite only, but Suzy is a member of all and can invite her galpals. So just click on the links below to register at any or all (our suggestion) and start getting that credit card ready....
The founder of the online sample sale
GILT GROUPE has high end fashion at deep deep discounts. With everything from apparel to travel accessories. This is the site for you if you regularly purchase anything that can be seen on 5th avenue, or are a fashion diva. Brands like Marc Jacobs and Caroline Herrera.
HAUTE LOOK is a bit of everything. Men's, Women's and Kid's apparel and accessories, home furnishings, skin care, jewelry and more. Easy to navigate and great deals.
Two kid specific sites have popped up in the past few months as well that are fabulous.
TOTSY has everything from Ed Hardy kids to Liz Lange Maternity, while BTRENDIE has clothes, toys, contests, kids art and more.
All of them are worth looking into as long as you don't mind several emails a week alerting you of the newest sales. Suzy recently purchased some great Euro toys from He Pa and missed out on some fabu tie dye from Kids Ink. Gotta jump faster next time!
Basically, you get an email when a sale begins and have anywhere from 48 - 72 hours to purchase your faves before someone else snatches them up, online. No getting in a car and wasting gas and yanking that great bag out of someone else's hands because you MUST have it. Online sample sales are civilized and well worth the computer time. We have found a few of the newest and best to share, most of whcih are consistently 40-70% OFF retail pricing and totally legit. Now all of these are invite only, but Suzy is a member of all and can invite her galpals. So just click on the links below to register at any or all (our suggestion) and start getting that credit card ready....
The founder of the online sample sale
GILT GROUPE has high end fashion at deep deep discounts. With everything from apparel to travel accessories. This is the site for you if you regularly purchase anything that can be seen on 5th avenue, or are a fashion diva. Brands like Marc Jacobs and Caroline Herrera.
HAUTE LOOK is a bit of everything. Men's, Women's and Kid's apparel and accessories, home furnishings, skin care, jewelry and more. Easy to navigate and great deals.
Two kid specific sites have popped up in the past few months as well that are fabulous.
TOTSY has everything from Ed Hardy kids to Liz Lange Maternity, while BTRENDIE has clothes, toys, contests, kids art and more.
All of them are worth looking into as long as you don't mind several emails a week alerting you of the newest sales. Suzy recently purchased some great Euro toys from He Pa and missed out on some fabu tie dye from Kids Ink. Gotta jump faster next time!
