Angry Customers Launch Hostile Takeover of SSENSE's Instagram Comments – Gawker

Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesI’m a simple woman in that I always need something to look forward to in order to avoid thinking about all the things currently happening. One thing I regularly look forward around this time of year? Luxury fashion retailer SSENSE’s holiday sale, in which deep discounts are given to clothing that’s not even out of season. For weeks leading up to this event, I spend large parts of my day curating a wishlist of things I don’t need, but will make me feel cool.SSENSE is known not only for its taste-making editorial presence, but also for its suspiciously fast shipping rates. There have been times when I’ve ordered things and they’ve arrived at my door within 36 hours. It is generally a well-oiled machine. That is, until the holidays roll around and shit completely hits the fan.And so, in addition to the SSENSE holiday sale, I now also look forward to another seemingly inevitable holiday tradition: scrolling through the SSENSE Instagram account and reading people yell at them about how they are not receiving their items in a lightning-fast manner.Things seems to have gotten even worse this year. All of posts from the last week or so on
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