Unprofessional, Inappropriate, Disrespectful!!! DATE OF EXPERIENCE: ONGOING FOR THE LAST FOUR-OR-SO YEARS!!!
In the past I always consulted Paula Begunâs Beautypedia-âBest Productsâ information and read about ratings and reasons for an evaluation before buying any skincare products. I even bought her books before her information was available online.
If was the most precious well researched and educational information I have ever seen in the confusing manipulative misleading cosmetic industry that is particularly âgenerousâ with promises and assurances about magic ârejuvenatingâ effects of their respective concoctions!
I have also bought Paulaâs Choice Products since they came onto the market many years ago.
THEN, some 3-or so years ago, THE BEAUTYPEDIA-BEST-PRODUCTS SITE AND THE WELL RESEARCHED RATINGS ABOUT HUNDREDS - THOUSANDS OF COSMETIC PRODUCTS was destroyed by the company who bought Beautypedia, UNILEVER!!!
When I buy Paulaâs Choice Products now from the ânewâ company Unilever online in Germany, they present themselves as (UNINVITED!) âpersonal best friendâ, apparently thinking that this entitles them to address me on the âinformal first-name-basisâ!
They most likely think that this would want me to âconfideâ my skin âsecretsâ & problems to them & that this would make me buy more!
They probably also think it makes them look âhipâ, âyoungâ & âadvancedââŠ
Unfortunately I experienced how uninformed, incompetent, rude and poorly trained staff at Paulaâs Choice Germanyâ are!
It is repulsive and alienating how they try to ingratiate themselves!!
It is cheap, disrespectful, rude, inappropriate unprofessional stubborn manner of addressing very longstanding customers of Paulaâs Choice long before this particular bunch of âadvisersâ and âfriendsâ arrived at Paulaâs Choice!!!
When I point this out to them, they are DEFENSIVE, RUDE, STUBBORN, UNTEACHABLE AND IMMATURE!!!
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ADMITTING TO NOT! ADDRESS THEIR DOCTOR, BANKER, POLICE OFFICER, ACCOUNTANT, TEACHER, STRANGER, NEIGHBOUR LIKE THIS WITHOUT HAVING BEEN INVITED!!!
THE BEAUTYPEDIA-BEST-PRODUCTS SITE HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY UNILEVER, MOST LIKELY BECAUSE MANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS DO NOT STAND UP TO SCIENTIFIC TESTS AND SCRUTINY!!!
I WANT THIS SITE BACK!!!
I AM EVEN PREPARED TO PAY FOR THIS PRECIOUS SITE THAT WAS CREATED BY PAULA BEGUN!!!
In most of the above comments I am referring to Paulaâs Choice Germany, where it is particularly rude to address customers and strangers on an informal âfirst name basis without being invited!! (With exception of VERY informal situations, and even then when the person concerned is happy with this!).
I WANT TO ADD ANOTHER SHOCKER COMING FROM âPAULAâS CHOICE GERMANYâ!
Living in a very sunny country, it is particularly important for me to buy sunscreen with at least SPF50.
When I wanted to order a yearâs supply in July/ August 2024, this was suddenly not available in Germany anymore!!
I enquired via WhatsApp on the âhelpfulâ WhatsApp-Chat, and was told after asking THREE TIMES! that it had been âstopped unfortunatelyâ âupon customer requestâ and âother reasonsâ!! Furthermore I was informed that the anonymous WhatsApp person was glad that she could âhelp meâ!!
I researched, and found out very quickly that PaulaâsChoice sunscreen SPF5S0 had indeed NOT BEEN STOPPED!!!
I informed the âcompetent personâ behind the anonymizing WhatsApp-Screen about this!
Next came âheartbrokenâ ðððEmojis telling me that the sunscreen had been removed from Paulaâs Choice GermanyââŠ
I reminded the âcompetentâ person that I was definitely not in a casual first-name-relationship and wanted to know WHY the SPF50 sunscreen was suddenly not available in Germany anymore!
I was told that the product had been stopped because of âunknown reasonsâ!!!
I wanted to know THE REASON!!
I was told that âsafety of customers was firstâ for Paulaâs Choice Germany, some empty blabla about safety standards and more stupid irrelevant childish emojis!!
STILL NO REASON GIVEN!! NOR AN INDICATION THAT THE âCOMPETENTâ PERSON WOULD PASS ON MY QUESTION TO SOMEBODY MORE COMPETENT!!!
Later I was notified by some more âseniorâ very arrogant condescending ,VâŠ. -without-surnameâ (of course) that Paulaâs Choice Germany wasnât obliged to tell me anyway why the SPF50 sunscreen was not available in Germany anymore, and that at Paulaâs Choice their customers were addressed in any which way they pleased, respectful or not!!!
I wonder whether this âVâŠ. -without-surnameâ addresses strangers, doctors, police officers, teachers etc in such disrespectful manner!
DATE OF EXPERIENCE: AUG 2024 IN GERMANY, (where it is rather disrespectful and rude! to address customers on a first name base in such unwelcome overfamiliar manner, PARTICULARLY WHEN ADVISED THAT THIS WAS UNWELCOME & INAPPROPRIATE!)
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