Cosmetics Settlement

[GPWA Teresa]

To my fellow USA GPWA members-

I went to a few local stores tonight and picked up some of these free products.

Just want to let you know! Pick up some for the ladies in your life!

http://www.cosmeticssettlement.com/

As part of a class action settlement, $175 million worth of free cosmetics products will be distributed to members of the class (see below to determine whether you are a member of the class) for a maximum of seven days, while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis, beginning on January 20, 2009. No rainchecks will be issued. The products will be distributed at stores owned by the Retailer Defendants (see list immediately below).
The stores owned by the Retailer Defendants that will be participating in the settlement product distribution are the following:

• Bergdorf Goodman
• Bergner’s
• Bloomingdale’s
• Boston Store
• Carson Pirie Scott
• Dillard’s
• Gottschalks
• Herberger’s
• Macy’s
• Neiman Marcus
• Nordstrom
• Parisian
• Saks Fifth Avenue
• Younkers

A class member will be eligible to receive, while supplies last, a maximum of ONE free cosmetics product from one of the Manufacturer Defendants from which he or she purchased Department Store Cosmetics¹ during the class period, May 29, 1994 through July 16, 2003, from the list of products below. If a class member has only purchased products, during the class period, from one of the Manufacturer Defendants listed below, then that class member is only entitled to receive a free product from that Manufacturer Defendant. If a class member has purchased products, during the class period, from multiple Manufacturer Defendants, then that class member must choose the ONE free product he or she wishes to claim from one of those Manufacturer Defendants. Again, these products are only available while supplies last, and no rainchecks will be issued. If your store has run out of settlement products from the Manufacturer Defendant(s) from which you have previously purchased Department Store Cosmetics during the class period, then you may claim a product (again, while supplies last) from another Manufacturer Defendant.
The following is a list of the Manufacturer Defendants and their products that will be distributed, while supplies last, through the stores listed above:

• Boucheron (USA) Ltd.:
  
  Femme Eau de Toilette (1 ounce/30 ml)
• Chanel, Inc.:
  
  Coco Mademoiselle body lotion (3.4 fluid oz)
• Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.:
  
  
  J’Adore Eau de Parfum (15 ml)
• Clarins U.S.A., Inc. (customers will have a choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last):
  
  
  Clarins Energizing Morning Cream (30 ml) OR
  
  Clarins Beauty Flash Bomb (30 ml)
• Conopco, Inc. (distributed by Coty, Inc. on behalf of Conopco, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of three products, while supplies last):
  
  Calvin Klein Euphoria Bath and Shower Crème (6.7 oz)
  
  OR
  
  Vera Wang Princess Body Polish (5 oz)
  
  OR
  
  Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker Shower Gel (6.7 oz)
• The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (customers will have a choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last):
  
  Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair (15 ml/0.5 oz)
  
  OR
  
  Clinique Moisture Surge (30 ml/1 oz)
• Guerlain, Inc.:
  
  My Insolence Eau de Toilette (15 ml)
• L’Oréal USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cosmair, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of eight products, while supplies last):
  
  Lancôme UV Expert 20
  
  OR
  
  Lancôme Cils Design Pro Mascara
  
  OR
  
  Lancôme Fatale Mascara
  
  OR
  
  Lancôme Courbe Virtuose Mascara
  
  OR
  
  Lancôme Primordial Skin Defense
  
  OR
  
  Ralph Lauren Romance Shower Gel (6.7 oz.)
  
  OR
  
  Giorgio Armani ACM Shower Gel (6.7 oz)
  
  OR
  
  Lancôme Hypnôse Shower Gel
• Parfums Givenchy, Inc.:
  
  Very Irresistible Givenchy Eau de Toilette (15 ml)

These are the only products that will be distributed, while supplies last, as part of the settlement product distribution. Not all products are available in all stores; rather, stores will be distributing products from the participating brands that the particular store ordinarily sells.

<hr style="color: black;"> <sup style="font-size: 0.7em;">1</sup>Department Store Cosmetics are products which are the full range of high-end, “prestige” or specialty beauty and cosmetic products and product lines, including color products (such as foundation, eye shadow and lipstick), treatments (such as skin creams and moisturizers) and fragrances, and which are sold primarily through department or specialty stores. Cosmetics and fragrance products sold through mass distribution channels, such as drug stores and warehouse outlets, are not Department Store Cosmetics. <hr color="black"> To Determine Whether You Are a Member of the Class, Please Read the Following:

You are a member of the class if you are currently a resident of the United States who purchased Department Store Cosmetics in the United States during the class period, which products were made, distributed and/or sold by the Manufacturer Defendants or Retailer Defendants listed below. You are not a member of the class, even though you bought the covered products during the relevant time period, if you fall into one or more of the following categories: all employees, officers, directors or agents (including attorneys) of any defendant, as well as any judge, justice or judicial officer presiding over this matter, and each such person’s immediate family.
The following is a list of the Manufacturer Defendants and the brands sold by the Manufacturer Defendants during the class period as well as the Retailer Defendants and the stores they owned during the class period. Not all brands and retailers listed below will be distributing products as part of the settlement product distribution. The only stores that will be participating and products that will be distributed, while supplies last, as part of the settlement product distribution are listed ABOVE.
Manufacturer Defendants and brands sold by the Manufacturer Defendants:
Boucheron (USA) Ltd.: Boucheron, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix, Paul Smith, Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier
Chanel, Inc.: Chanel Colour, Precision Skincare, Chanel No. 1 Collection, Chanel Le Corps Actif, Allure, Chanel No. 5, Chanel No. 19, Chanel No. 22, Coco, Coco Mademoiselle, Chance, Allure for Men, Platinum Egoiste, Cristalle, Egoiste, Pour Monsieur, Technique Pour Homme, Anateus Pour Homme
Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.: Christian Dior Perfumes
Clarins U.S.A., Inc.: Clarins, Thierry Mugler, Azzaro Paris
Conopco, Inc.: Calvin Klein, Obsession, Eternity, Escape, CK One, CK Be, Calvin Klein Color, Contradiction, Truth Calvin Klein, Calvin, Crave, Latitude Longitude, BCBGirls, Vera Wang, Chloe, Narcisse, Karl Lagerfeld, Lagerfeld Classic, Lagerfeld Man, Lagerfeld Woman, Lagerfeld Jako, KL, Photo, Sun Moon Stars, Cerruti (or Nino Cerruti), Cerruti 1881, Cerruti Image, Cerruti 1881 Amber, Valentino, Very Valentino, Valentino Gold, Vendetta, Elizabeth Arden, 5th Avenue, Blue Grass, Red Door, Sunflowers, True Love, Elizabeth Taylor Black Pearls, Elizabeth Taylor Passion, White Diamonds, Jean Louis Scherrer, Indian Nights/Nuits Indiennes, Visible Difference, Ceramides, Millennium
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique Laboratories, Inc., Prescriptives, Origins Natural Resources, M.A.C., La Mer, Bobby Brown Cosmetics, Tommy Hilfiger Toiletries, Donna Karan Cosmetics, Aveda, Stila Cosmetics, Jo Malone, Kate Spade Beauty, Laboratoires Darphin, Michael Kors Fragrances
Guerlain, Inc.: Guerlain
L’Oréal USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cosmair, Inc.): Biotherm, Helena Rubenstein, Kiehl’s Since 1851, Lancôme, Shu Uemura, the Designer Fragrances, including Cacharelle, Giorgio Armani, Guy Laroche, Paloma Picasso, and Ralph Lauren
Parfums Givenchy, Inc.: Parfums Givenchy
Retailer Defendants and stores owned by the Retailer Defendants:
Dillard’s, Inc.: Dillard’s, Maison Blanche, Gayfers, J.B. White, Castner Knott, Bacons, McAlpin’s, Lion, Root’s, The Jones Store Company, Joslins, Hennessy’s, de Lendrecie’s, Glass Block
Federated Department Stores, Inc.: Macy’s East, Jordan Marsh, Macy’s West, Bullock’s, Rich’s, Lazarus, Goldsmith’s, Burdines, Bloomingdale’s, The Bon Marche, Stern’s, Broadway, Emporium, Weinstock’s, Abraham & Strauss
Gottschalks Inc.: Gottschalks, Gottschalks Inc., Harris-Gottschalks
The May Department Stores Company: Filene’s, Kaufmann’s, Lord & Taylor, Hecht’s, Strawbridge’s, Famous-Barr, The Jones Store, Foley’s, Robinsons-May, Meier & Frank
The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.: Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus Direct, Neiman Marcus Online
Nordstrom, Inc.: Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Façonnable
Saks Incorporated: Saks Fifth Avenue, Parisian, Proffitt’s, McRae’s, Younkers, Herberger’s, Carson Pirie Scott, Bergner’s, Boston Store
Target Corporation: Hudson’s, Dayton’s, Marshall Field’s and Target

[mojo]

Oh wow! What did they do to deserve this Teresa?

None of those store are around me. Drats!

[GPWA Teresa]

Price fixing-

"The result of an unlawful agreement between manufacturers or dealers to set and maintain specified prices on typically competing products". - answers.com

Basically- pricing a product above the market value so that both the maker and seller profit. Screwing the buyer. For 9 years.

[Doolally]

Pity I don't live in the US. It's the Wife's birthday next week!!

[GPWA Teresa]

Happy to send some intense therapy facial moisturizer. lol.

[Doolally]

I'd feel safer not telling her that!! lol

[Renee]

Oh wow you lucky things!

Teresa, dont suppose you'd mind grabbing a couple of perfumes and sending them over?

Not fussed on what they are.. the perfume i wear religiously is Dior Pure Poison (white bottle) so anything similar to that is something id like..

Actually, the shower gels and body lotions would be something id like more..
Oh dear.. i wish i lived there for just one day...

Nothing is as good as free ****.

[thisisvegasliane]

Are we starting a shopping list?

[GPWA Teresa]

Oh wow you lucky things!

Teresa, dont suppose you'd mind grabbing a couple of perfumes and sending them over?

Not fussed on what they are.. the perfume i wear religiously is Dior Pure Poison (white bottle) so anything similar to that is something id like..

Actually, the shower gels and body lotions would be something id like more..
Oh dear.. i wish i lived there for just one day...

Nothing is as good as free ****.

Haha, they only had clinique thirst quench facial mouisturizer, which i grabbed 3 of. at various stores. happy to give you one of those? Don't know how much is left, but i'll make one more sweep tonight see if there is anything good

[Renee]

Oh you are a top bloke Teresa! LOL

Hit me up on msn so we can sort it

Thanks lots!