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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[a very well written article, however you forgot to talk about beyondtherack.com<br>Anyway i appreciate how you broke down each website and gave its pros and cons... membership only shopping is a high pressure experience... its funny how just the the right price on an item can make online shoppers so stressed out]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fame Appeal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 5th 2010 8:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[and the special code to enter the website is??????]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spootie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 12:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[please invite me to beyond the rack<br>yhx]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[paige]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 1:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could you send me an invite for Beyond the Rack?<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vanessa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 2:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could you send me an invite for beyond the rack?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 3:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could you send me an invite to the beyondtherack.com.<br><br>Thanks,]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vanessa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 3:29PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[they should have included www.Avanessi.com , its a great site also for high end designer jewelry ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krazieracer009]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 6:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[invite me?????]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[theresaeroberts]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 6:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Could I also be invited? What info do you need? Thanks,<br>Debbie]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie2970]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ruelala...<a href="http://www.ruelala.com/invite/sray006" rel="nofollow">http://www.ruelala.com/invite/sray006</a><br><br>Ideeli...<a href="http://www.ideeli.com/invite/firecat001" rel="nofollow">http://www.ideeli.com/invite/firecat001</a><br><br>Gilt...<a href="http://www.gilt.com/invite/sray529" rel="nofollow">http://www.gilt.com/invite/sray529</a><br><br>Hautelook...<a href="http://www.hautelook.com/invite/680586" rel="nofollow">http://www.hautelook.com/invite/680586</a><br><br>I'm a long time fan of Ruelala, their shipping speed has gotten much better over the last year.  Ideeli has awesome deals and cute stuff the other sites don't usually have (like Pure & Simple), but their ship time is awful!  Gilt and Hautelook are great as well, although a lot of the stuff on Gilt is out of my price range!  =)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[firecat001]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 9th 2010 5:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree with all of these comments. However, there is another site that is pretty good also.  Myshape.com not only has pretty good deals but you fill in your size measurements (pretty detailed) & style preferences & it assigns you a shape. It will then offer styles that would be flattering on your shape. They will also just pick your size to send since designers are all so different in sizing if you want.  It's nice to have an opinion - like shopping with a friend that goes back to get you different sizes while you're in the drressing room.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 7:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[I am new to this, how can I get invited?<br>Thanks,]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Terry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Terry,<br>Just sign in to the web-sites. Hope it helps.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bunny]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 10:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love exclusivity, grad style, "haute couteur", and hauteur!  However, the idea of being able to see ONLY a limited amount of goods, and be able to reserve them, (online!  without being able to actually see or handle them?), and--- for a limited number of hours, only, strikes me as being very similar to the "One Day Only" sales at far, far less prestigious brick and mortar department stores!  (And even here, one can actually feel the merchandise and see what it ACTUALLY looks like!)   Prestige and status are wonderful -- but this method of "Invite Only" web-shopping has no prestige and absolutely no status as far as I'm concerned.  Anything that limits one's shopping time and choice, can never be called prestigious to me!  Maybe to REALLY make these clothes and other merchandise prestigious, the former habit of coutouriers -- that of sending a DOLL, dressed in a miniature outfit -- should be revived.  (These dolls could also become collector's items.)  But "Invite Only" is only for a limited shopping time....not the leisurely shopping usually enjoyed by the elite!  (PS: Please remember to call those who buy from you, CUSTOMERS, and never "consumers" -- which word betokens little piggies eating at a trough!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexandra_Covington]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:11AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love Gilt, I have been a member since I saw it on ABC a few years ago when it was by invitation only. Now  that it is open to anybody by just signing up, I find that items in high demand sell out a lot faster. I still love the site tough, they have the best quality. In days when they have Burberry on sale you can barely get on. They have high end items unlike some of these other sites which are peddling brands I have never even heard about. All my dresses I have purchased for special occassions in recent years I have purchased from Gilt such as a dress for my 30th birthday party. I am attending three wedding this summer and I already have the dresses, all purchased from Gilt. I love this site!  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaysimone1]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just looked at One King's Lane.  Not too impressive.  Majority of items are sold out.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lissa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[please invite me thanks]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dawnienurse2]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[Please,  Invite me!<br>Thank you]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ehaile]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 9:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[You don't need an invitation. Just register. ( it ain't all that, btw). ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[*-*]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 10:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2010/03/23/invite-only-shopping-explained-whats-good-from-gilt-groupe-to/</guid><description><![CDATA[I purchased a watch from RueLaLa and was immediately bombarded with spam about "luxe watches".  Know that if you buy something from RueLaLa, your email address will be given out to spammers!  It's been months and I'm still getting them.  Needles to say, I don't intend to buy anything else from RueLaLa.  Buyer beware!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[berkshire mems]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 8th 2010 10:27AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
