ONE OF THE GROUPE??

The secret is out and I am going to share it with you.  I have wasted many mornings sitting over my computer, waiting for the clock to turn 9:00 am, signaling the opening of the morning’s GILT GROUPE live shopping auction.  Fingers poised over the keyboard, I would rush through the site, credit card in card, perusing the morning’s selection of designer goods on sale only to once again miss out on the best items.  I would feel bewildered at how quickly all of the best items would already claim “sold out” when the live auction had just opened two minutes prior.  Did I suck at shopping on line, was my computer slow, why was I not having success with Gilt Groupe.  Ready to shop “attack” and uncover the ins and outs of Gilt Groupe,  I would experiment by starting from the bottom up or top down.  Yet, each time, most of the “in demand” items would no longer be available.  This failure on my part to achieve at auction speed shopping frustrated me greatly. It almost drove me to shop for designer items at full price.  Don’t worry honey, it ALMOST drove me to Barney’s.   Instead, I took it upon myself to figure out how to successfully navigate Gilt Groupe and Haute Couture so that I may be one of the successful shoppers who figured out how to beat the system.  Ultimately, I never figured out how to master Gilt Groupe because there is NO strategy.  It is not a first come, first serve basis as we know it.  Instead, I learned that the best Gilt Groupe shoppers are allowed to enter the site to shop the night prior.  Simply put, it would not have mattered which direction I had started scrolling the items, I never would get first shot on those items unless I spent enought money on the site from them to notice me and give me preferred treatment.  At least, I solved the mystery and no longer feel the “on your marks, get set, and go” pressure of shopping on live shopping sites.  Rather, I sip my coffee and enjoy the victory of winning any item on the site and most all of the items (even the forgotten ones) are TERRIFIC.