ZoeyGirl, that's so disappointing with your top. I'm glad you got it, and that being 3-4 months later wasn't a problem. Bummer about your cardigans this year!
Phoebe, Cardiff girl, it sure does seem that quantities are limited. The thing that gets me is that there was no attempt to restock returns. .
Helena, thank you. It really was disappointing! I was hoping that at least these basic t-shirts would get through.
Jenni, to be honest I was never very close to Nordstrom; YLF has been instrumental. And it's actually a good thing, since fall lags so late in Texas it's very hard to figure out fall needs. But I think my NAS interest will return to being fairly marginal. I put a lot of effort in for very little.
Sal and Greyscale, I agree, something should be tweaked or they need to just be up front about it. If they have set aside only certain stock, AND are not re-stocking even returns, maybe the quantities are off. And they need to just say that quantities are limited.
Debbie, I get you. I can be philosophical about it when it seems that it's honestly sold out. It's harder when they're transparent enough to show that that wasn't the case.
BrieN, I completely understand the companies making sales decisions. However, it's advertised as a sale, which consumers assume to mean for all stock. They wait for things to come back in. When it's obvious that things were held back but not announced that way - plus the tiers preventing all but the highest-spending people from participating - it doesn't generate good feeling.
N, I have heard of theoutnet but haven't tried it. I will look into it. I tried a similar shipping arrangement with ASOS one year and found it a great deal.
Bijou, you hit the nail on the head. I'm still going to keep these items in my wishlist and hope they'll go on sale - from previous experience that's very likely - but the experience has left me feeling cranky!