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Quote: Originally Posted by LinaMingo /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Mine fFINALLY got scanned again. Now it's at elizabethport nj
Same here. And I live in Florida, so it's going in the complete wrong direction. I guess the packages have to make it to some sort of Newgistics shipping hub before the USPS can get them. It seems like a complete waste of time and money sending the packages all over the place, though.

 
Mine was sitting in Mt Juliet, TN since April 4th, but then moved to Elizabethport, NJ on April 12th. No update since then, but it's the weekend. I'm really hoping I get it this week. I still haven't seen any photos of the box (#32) opened. I'm excited to see what color polish and the sizes of the samples. ^_^ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Quote: Originally Posted by MissJessicaMary /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Mine was sitting in Mt Juliet, TN since April 4th, but then moved to Elizabethport, NJ on April 12th. No update since then, but it's the weekend. I'm really hoping I get it this week. I still haven't seen any photos of the box (#32) opened. I'm excited to see what color polish and the sizes of the samples. ^_^ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

That's my box on my third account. I'm dying to see the polish color! So far, I've got 2 different colors coming in my other boxes so I'm really hoping for no dupes at all. 
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I just got an email from birchbox saying they gave me the wrong shipping info.  The original email said it was being shipped via UPSMI but the new one says newgistics.  The tracking number was the same in both though, and I just used usps to track it anyway.  It was also already delivered so it doesn't help too much.

 
I agree with the posts about the shipping--it's crazy! My box was in Tennessee then they shipped it up to Pennsylvania...but I'm in south Florida -.-

On the bright side, maybe they'll offer some extra points? Since it's been 9 days since I got my shipping email and the box is still listed under Pre-Shipping on USPS.

**EDIT: So someone on the previous page posted a link to newgistics so I put my tracking # there and my box is in Georgia!  In my shipping email  they             said it was being sent via UPS, but the tracking only worked for USPS and that still says the box is in PA.

 
just tried the CC in gold struck. this is the exact color and finish ive been searching for...but this cc is SO goopy and weird. is it just me?

 
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I just got the Ooops email from BB. I don't think I have ever gotten my box(es) this late before. They are usually the first one I get. Looks like maybe next week. Urgggg.

 
First, as far as shipping goes, all companies have their own hub that all packages are routed to.  For the longest time, ALL FedEx packages went to Memphis until they opened up a West Coast hub.  It really is usually more efficient because it doesn't have to sit in several smaller places and hope it can move to the next smaller place if there is room.  So usually, if there's one place everyone's parcel went to, it's likely the hub.

That said - what is up this month?  My link shows nothing.  It has the parcel shipping UPS and the tracking on Newgistics is currently unavailable so I went to USPS which shows it left NJ 2 days ago.  I'm in Florida so maybe it's still en route.  ETA: Though I still can't understand why it took a week to go from TN to NJ... (scan to scan)

Like someone else who mentioned Ipsy, shipping is a problem for me with beauty products, especially in Florida.  My Ipsy box sat for a week an hour from Tampa, in Orlando, and it took an email to get them to call the facility and move it out.  By then, some of my products had separated because it sat in an apparently hot warehouse for all that time, plus the shipping time to deliver to me which in the end totaled around 20 days.  Luckily, a quick swish resolved this but other products I won't be so lucky.  Last month, it only sat in Orlando for 1 day so... we'll see what happens this month I suppose.

If Birchbox doesn't get this together, I will not renew.  I was ticked off already that I got no notification that I was due for an annual renewal and of course, their site never shows when they will charge for this (as it should, especially for annual subscribers - every other sub type service has "next billing date" and it's not exactly impossible to code).  I am about 2 weeks in and I can cancel within 30 days of the charge.  With this shipping fiasco, I'm not so sure.

I'm beginning to wonder if the whole sub thing is even worth it.  Wantable taking the nosedive they did and shipping crap dropshipped from China, FFF sending out products you could find for half their stated price and Ipsy and Birchbox shipping issues are really taking their toll on my annoyances.

 
My box also did the TN to NJ thing and updated on the 12th. I live in California. What the crap. This is kinda bogus.

 
Quote: Originally Posted by queenofperil /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  My box also did the TN to NJ thing and updated on the 12th. I live in California. What the crap. This is kinda bogus.
Same here. Someone mentioned that maybe they forgot to update the origination point from NJ to TN, so they got moved to NJ because that's where the label says it should have been.

I'm actually going through something similar myself. I printed out a shipping label, but I had put the wrong address to send it to, so I just crossed it out and wrote in the correct one. In the past month it's bounced back and forth from Nashville (where I want it to go) and Phoenix (which was the address entered) 5x. I've been trying to get someone to actually respond and help, and you would think that maybe someone would notice (at least from a cost perspective-- does USPS really want to keep flying this piece of mail around?), but so far nothing.

 
Quote: Originally Posted by MissJessicaMary /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Mine was sitting in Mt Juliet, TN since April 4th, but then moved to Elizabethport, NJ on April 12th. No update since then, but it's the weekend. I'm really hoping I get it this week. I still haven't seen any photos of the box (#32) opened. I'm excited to see what color polish and the sizes of the samples. ^_^ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />


Quote: Originally Posted by MissTrix /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
That's my box on my third account. I'm dying to see the polish color! So far, I've got 2 different colors coming in my other boxes so I'm really hoping for no dupes at all. 
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I got Box 32 yesterday - the polish is the blue one, and the liner is silver. (And the KIND bar is maple pumpkin seeds with sea salt.)

 
Quote: Originally Posted by queenofperil /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  My box also did the TN to NJ thing and updated on the 12th. I live in California. What the crap. This is kinda bogus.
I live in California too.  My box was "born" on the 5th, and I received it on the 12th.  It went from TN, to NJ, then Indiana, then from there it goes to Cali and gets delivered that day or the next usually.  My shipping notice said it'd be delivered between the 15th-22nd, and was sent Newgistics.

The longest stretch last month and this month with Newgistics has been between Fishers, IN to Cali.

Did your box ship on the 12th?  Or did the tracking just update on the 12th?

 
Forgive me, I'm relatively new to BB...how do you know what your box number is? I've yet to see my box on Instagram.

 
Quote: Originally Posted by usofjessamerica /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  just tried the CC in gold struck. this is the exact color and finish ive been searching for...but this cc is SO goopy and weird. is it just me?
I got the off pearly white color in my box, and it is not goopy.  I was ticked I got cc polish at first, because I always get goopy bottles, but was surprised at how nice this went on, even over my current nail polish I had on (baby pink from Formula X).

Maybe it is just the gold color?  I remember reading somebody else thought it was pretty but you had to be careful putting it on.  Is yours just thick/goopy, or the stringy/sticky/goopy kind?

 
Quote: Originally Posted by MissTrix /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  This makes no sense...





Go home, Newgistics, you're drunk!
Holy cow! 

I cant imagine how much fuel Newgistics wastes driving packages over half the country. 

 
Quote: Originally Posted by normajean2008 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by usofjessamerica /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  just tried the CC in gold struck. this is the exact color and finish ive been searching for...but this cc is SO goopy and weird. is it just me?
I got the off pearly white color in my box, and it is not goopy.  I was ticked I got cc polish at first, because I always get goopy bottles, but was surprised at how nice this went on, even over my current nail polish I had on (baby pink from Formula X).

Maybe it is just the gold color?  I remember reading somebody else thought it was pretty but you had to be careful putting it on.  Is yours just thick/goopy, or the stringy/sticky/goopy kind?


I actually had trouble with my pearl white one. I got so frustrated I took it right off. Maybe I need to try again when I'm not exhausted.

 
Quote: Originally Posted by Allison H /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Forgive me, I'm relatively new to BB...how do you know what your box number is? I've yet to see my box on Instagram.
From our forum-made FAQ that goes on the first page of each month's Birchbox thread now:

Quote:   Q: How do I know what number box I’m getting?

A: Log into your account, click on BOX at the top of the screen then scroll down and it will show your products for that month - but it won't tell you which box it is. To find out exactly what box you're getting scroll down further to the box history and you'll see your current box as well as any past boxes. If you hover your mouse over the current month’s box, a link should pop up, with your box number at the end of the URL. If you click on it picture, you’ll be taken to that box page, and the box number will show at the end of the URL in your address box.
The URL will look a little something like this: https://www.birchbox.com/shop/birchbox-1/april-2014/april-2014-bb9 

 
~~Date        Time              Description                                                                                                    Location

4/4/2014    01:38 AM    Your package has been prepared, and it's got your name written all over it.   Mount Juliet, TN 37122

This was 10 days ago!  It says my "package has been prepared".  It doesn't say shipped.  Is it sitting in Birchboxes warehouse or has it been picked up and is on a truck somewhere? 

I have no idea what the temperature is in TN this time of year, but I imagine its warm. My eye pencil had better not be melted -- ha!

 

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