I had my first online shopping experience with The Bay (a Canadian Department store) recently and I was very impressed! My only regret is not posting this sooner as the items I bought are sold out :(. I made my purchases before I went on vacation and just didn’t have the time to take decent pictures and get a post up so I apologize!
I didn’t even realize that I could shop online at The Bay (how long has the site been up, anyone know?) when I saw this post from Sharon of The Backseat Stylers. Isn’t her dress just GORGEOUS? I had to have it.
Here’s how it looks on me (unstyled, just thrown on!)
I was VERY happy to learn that with an HBC credit card (HBC stands for Hudson’s Bay Company) shipping is FREE for purchases over $45 from most departments and free ship is available from the beauty deparment for purchases over $29. For those familiar with the points program you also earn HBC points.
Shipping was super fast too. I placed my order on a Thursday morning and it was delivered Friday! I wasn’t home at the time of delivery so I had to pick it up on the Saturday.
After I bought this dress Sharon Tweeted me a few days later letting me know that the dress was on sale! I emailed The Bay Customer service to see if I could get a price adjustment automatically or if I had to bring it back to a store. The next week I received an email telling me that my price adjustment was processed! Excellent customer service!
When I saw that the dress was on sale I noticed a bunch of other pieces were on sale too. So I took advantage and ordered the crochet lace pencil skirt and a pair of pants too.
I’m in the market for a pair of dress pants so I thought I would give the Moon Apparel ones a try. Of course I expected them to be long on me.
So it was quite the successful shopping experience I must say. The Bay online store is really easy to shop. Probably easier than going into a department store as many don’t carry a lot of stock and I can’t search for things by category only by brand. Online it’s easy to do an online search for something like “coats” and all the available coats from every brand will pop up! I also love the minimum order amount for free ship and the return policy (just take return to the nearest Bay location).
On top of that I’m really excited to find Moon Apparel. I have heard of them before but to be honest didn’t pay much attention. After my purchases I did a bit of research and discovered that Moon Apparel is part of the Mimran Group – think Club Monaco and Joe Fresh.
You can bet I’ll be adding more Moon Apparel items to my wardrobe in the future!
Wow Jaime, glad to hear that you’ve had a great experience with Moon Apparel! As I said it was my first time shopping from them so after your comment I’m even more confident I’ll find pieces to love 🙂
I love moon, every time i go to the bay i make it a point to check it out. 😀
Definitely not expected – Cynthia had pretty good luck too!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the comment and thanks for checking my blog out! I’ll check yours out too 🙂
Ha I never even thought to look at the other departments, I was so distracted by the clothes LOL!
I know, so exciting about the online shopping! You will love Moon Apparel stuff!
Thanks so much Elle! I still need to get my pants hemmed though – at the rate I go I won’t wear them til next year 😛
Thanks so much and I appreciate you stopping by 🙂
Thanks SL! I know I’m pretty excited I can shop online there now too. So much easier than actually going to the department stores!
Oh shoot, I didn’t even know it was possible to online shop at The Bay. I’m so excited now, I love The Bay! Yay! You look so great in this dress. Lace is really your thing. It definitely suits your ladylike vibe 🙂
Sweet dress and skirt.
GReat finds!! I will check out the site asap! I am so drooling over your skirt!
Whhaaaaatt online shopping at the Bay?! I didn’t know or even expect that!
I’m going to check out the site this weekend, its true though about the Bay stores, my closest one is like a ghost town!
The dress is gorgeous btw, not expected from the Bay!
I love your outfits and these pictures, you look so good, I especially like that dress, the color and shapes are perfect, also you are really beautiful and those shoes are awesome! Your have an awesome blog by the way and I am a new follower! Hope you will like my blog and follow back!
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The navy lace dress and the skirt are fabulous on you! What great scores! I have ordered some housewares from The Bay’s online store, and you’re right, I was amazed at how fast it shipped. They have online flash sales but the same great return policy still applies to flash sale items, so it is really worth being on their mailing list.
The dress and skirt look stunning on you- I love the intricate detailing! I didn’t know Bay shipped online and I used to work there! 😀
The dress and skirt are so, so pretty!
oh my goodness! I didnt know that about HBC and free shipping…checking out moon apparel its lovely )
Omg I love the skirt on you! Fits you perfectly! It’s so classy!!!
That dress fits you so nicely! And wow that is amazing customer service 🙂
Love the dress and skirt! And those pants look fantastic on you! I didn’t even know you could shop online at the Bay – will totally have to check it out. Thanks for bring that and Moon Apparel to my attention 🙂
Gorgeous skirt, gorgeous dress, gorgeous pants…LOVE everything!
Thanks Sydney! Like I said I wish I posted sooner although the day after I ordered all the smaller sizes were sold out anyway. I hope they bring back similar styles for the next season! I will definitely be purchasing from this line again!
OMG! I love everything that you purchased in this post. My favorite is the lace skirt, very similar to the AT one. The color is so versatile. Couldn’t have asked for a better fit. I am checking out the site now 🙂
Yeah, I know!! The Bay!! Seriously, I was in shock too!
Thank you! <3
Thanks Kelly! What have you picked up recently? I found it so hard to shop department stores before, you couldn’t find what you were looking for and there were too many lines to just “browse”. Online is so much better – shopping from work LOL!
🙁 I know I’m so sorry it’s sold out already! I’m hoping due to its popularity they will bring it back!
Thank you so much SPG – I know, incredible fit, I was soooo happy!
Thanks so much! 🙂
I know, online bay shopping is DANGEROUS!! I think I prefer it as there are more selections online than there are at Bay locations other than downtown.
I know, I was so surprised at how well the dress fit especially in the arm hole area!
LOL – Thanks Cher – totally by fluke – didn’t mean to do that to the photos – I’m too lazy to crop so this is the picture as is! I did move the tripod down so that it’s not at my eye level so this probably helped take away all the extra head space 😛
I don’t think the pants are meant to be high waisted LOL – probably meant for someone with a long torso but they fit high on my natural waist 😉
Thank you Ping!!
Thanks Sharon! Might wear one of them Saturday 😉
what? you got that at the bay?! so pretty. i love the lace!
You look amazing in the that dress. That is so pretty with the lace!
You look amazing in the that dress. That is so pretty with the lace!
You look amazing in the that dress. That is so pretty with the lace!
You look amazing in the that dress. That is so pretty with the lace!
You look amazing in the that dress. That is so pretty with the lace!
That dress looks AMAZING on you! Everytime I look around The Bay these days, I’m always finding great peices which was unheard of for me not too long ago! lol I’ll have to check out their online store sometime 🙂
OMG – the dress and skirt is so gorgeous, the color, the lace, the fit – everything. So sad that it’s sold out though – I have been searching for a lace dress. Oh well, can’t win them all, they look awesome on you, can’t wait to see you style them out for a night out!
Oh wow the lace dress and skirt are SO BEAUTIFUL on you! I’m loving the fit of everything you bought – they look like they were made for you 🙂
Love the dress and the skirt!
I didn’t know you could shop online at The Bay! Well good to know now! And look at you…you TINY little thing!!! 🙂
So glad you found The Bay! Nice selections!
Huge shocker that an xs dress had nice fitting arm holes!!
You look great in that navy color!!
The dress and the skirt are great!
P.S. Good job on cropping the photos to fill the frame. *thumbs up*
Loveee the lacey pieces. Are those pants high waisted?
elaine– i love everything on you. the dress and skirt is really pretty. you look great!
I love your picks Elaine. I’m glad that your customer service with the bay was so positive! The dress and the skirt fit you to a T, and i love the navy color 🙂