Birchbox October 2012

[quene8106]

Originally Posted by marybbryant /img/forum/go_quote.gif

No wonder the post office is broke.  Must be a lot of wasted fuel when your package is sent a couple hundred miles out of the way!

yes! i can only complain but so much because the shipping and tracking information is much better than the shippinggate of last month...

 

[Canny Charlene]

Originally Posted by quene8106 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i'm so annoyed at the fact that my box went from mid-nj to upstate ny to all the way down in durham, but i'm in VA. has anyone figured out the logic behind this weird shipping process?

Lol..I've been wondering the same thing!  I'm also in Va and each month (this is only my 4th box) it skips VA to go to NC then back to Richmond area.  That stretches the time by at least 2 days.

I know there's a large mail sorting place in Richmond as well lol.

 

[quene8106]

Originally Posted by Canny Charlene /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Lol..I've been wondering the same thing!  I'm also in Va and each month (this is only my 4th box) it skips VA to go to NC then back to Richmond area.  That stretches the time by at least 2 days.

I know there's a large mail sorting place in Richmond as well lol.

For some reason, I think that the sorting place is in Sandston b/c that location always showed up on my tracking when I lived in Richmond. I'm about 75 minutes away from you in c-ville /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[marybbryant]

Originally Posted by iugirl13 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I hope I get it in my box. My hair is so weird, I have frizz at the top, and my hair does this thing where it waves and curls.

That sounds a lot like my hair.  Originally I was concerned that oil would make my hair greasy, but it doesnt.  It absorbs in nicely.  I generally put it in my hair when its damp, and then blow dry it. Then I put a little more in once its dry, if it needs it.  I experimented a little when I first started using it until I found what worked best for my hair.  I do adjust the amount I use when my hair is dry depending on how my behaves on any given day.

I have tried other hair oils and none of them come close to the Orofluido for me.  The other one I tried recently was the Ojon Repairative oil, which just left my hair looking greasy and dirty. 

If you dont get it in your box, they sell the bigger bottle in the Birchbox store for 29.00.  Its what I purchased, and that bottle will last me a year.  I saw smaller bottles that are about half the size for half the price on Amazon.

 

[Mandy Kane]

Even though it is Columbus Day, the Milwaukee post office was kind enough to send my box to my Sheboygan post office.  I should get my box tomorrow!!!  Sans spoilers too...hmmmm should be exciting!

thought id say hi! I'm in Kiel! I'll be getting my box tomorrow to!

 

[kawaiisquawks]

Originally Posted by quene8106 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i'm so annoyed at the fact that my box went from mid-nj to upstate ny to all the way down in durham, but i'm in VA. has anyone figured out the logic behind this weird shipping process?

I once had a package that went from some city in Florida to Houston, where I am, in a relatively short time, but then once it reached Houston it just vanished and then resurfaced in SEATTLE! I guess they just overlooked it and put it on the wrong truck. Another package I had paid extra for 3 day shipping on arrived in Houston, then went off to Dallas, and stayed there for a WEEK before coming back. I was furious over that one since I'd actually paid extra for it to arrive at a normal pace.

 

[lexic]

Originally Posted by casey anne /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Even though it is Columbus Day, the Milwaukee post office was kind enough to send my box to my Sheboygan post office.  I should get my box tomorrow!!!  Sans spoilers too...hmmmm should be exciting!

I'm in Sheboygan too. My tracking number isn't active yet though. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[prachisrk]

Blah I keep checking and nothing changes. One has tracking # but no info and the other doesn't even have a tracking #. 

 

[Coocabarra]

Originally Posted by quene8106 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i got a 9 month code last month and used it with my points to get stuff from the store

Thank you! I have a couple of carts full of stuff between both of my accounts, but I was waiting for a code to get everything

 

[Canny Charlene]

Originally Posted by quene8106 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


For some reason, I think that the sorting place is in Sandston b/c that location always showed up on my tracking when I lived in Richmond. I'm about 75 minutes away from you in c-ville /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Yup..Sandston is the city lol..when is yours scheduled to arrive?  Mine is the 11th..I'm actually an hr east of Richmond..I opted for the Goop box /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[quene8106]

Originally Posted by Canny Charlene /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Yup..Sandston is the city lol..when is yours scheduled to arrive?  Mine is the 11th..I'm actually an hr east of Richmond..I opted for the Goop box /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

My box is scheduled to arrive on the 11th with a weight of .5700.  I opted in for the goop box too /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />. Yay for Virginia /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Coocabarra]

My weight is .7440 for my Goop box, and is due on the 12th this week. No update yet on my other account that I opted out of

 

[quene8106]

Originally Posted by norther /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I once had a package that went from some city in Florida to Houston, where I am, in a relatively short time, but then once it reached Houston it just vanished and then resurfaced in SEATTLE! I guess they just overlooked it and put it on the wrong truck. Another package I had paid extra for 3 day shipping on arrived in Houston, then went off to Dallas, and stayed there for a WEEK before coming back. I was furious over that one since I'd actually paid extra for it to arrive at a normal pace.

oh wow. That sucks.  Were you reimbursed for the extra three day shipping?

 

[mellee]

Originally Posted by kaitlynd /img/forum/go_quote.gif

This will be my second box.  My first one last month was a welcome box, at least I think it was given that there were several samples that I've seen that have been repeats (Boscia BB cream, Viva La Juicy), but I really loved it regardless.   I opted in for a goop box this month! Have a tracking number, but no shipping info!  I would love some Essie or Lip Gloss which seems to be the general consensus /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> 

Also what is the "pink thing" that has been in the earliest goop boxes?

Nope - there are lots of repeats in the boxes.  You shouldn't get the same item twice, unless they can justify by saying it's a different color or something like that, but items repeat many boxes and many months in a row. 

A Welcome box, on the other hand, actually has the word -Wecome- in the link of the page that shows your items, and is pretty lame from what I hear.  I think they're only sent if you get a gift subscription (which is really awful of BB to do) rather than if you just join.  I guess their thought process isn't that the sender thought enough of the service to give it as a gift so they should send something really great, but that the recipient can't decide to just cancel, so they might as well get rid of some leftover crap that people would complain about if they actually paid for it.

 

[kawaiisquawks]

Originally Posted by quene8106 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


oh wow. That sucks.  Were you reimbursed for the extra three day shipping?

Unfortunately not. The worst part was that it turned out I didn't even need that textbook so I had to pay to ship it back too. Well played, life, well played.

 

[bwgraham]

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

I saw that Birchbox is sampling the Orofluido Elixor again this month.  That stuff is amazing!  I haven't had a bad hair day since I started using it. 


i know this is one repeat i would LOVE to get /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[marybbryant]

Originally Posted by bwgraham /img/forum/go_quote.gif


i know this is one repeat i would LOVE to get /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I got it in one of my boxes one month, and then was thrilled to see it in the box from my other account a couple of months later.  Orofluido translates to "liquid gold", and it really is! 

 

[marybbryant]

Originally Posted by mellee /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Nope - there are lots of repeats in the boxes.  You shouldn't get the same item twice, unless they can justify by saying it's a different color or something like that, but items repeat many boxes and many months in a row. 

A Welcome box, on the other hand, actually has the word -Wecome- in the link of the page that shows your items, and is pretty lame from what I hear.  I think they're only sent if you get a gift subscription (which is really awful of BB to do) rather than if you just join.  I guess their thought process isn't that the sender thought enough of the service to give it as a gift so they should send something really great, but that the recipient can't decide to just cancel, so they might as well get rid of some leftover crap that people would complain about if they actually paid for it.

I'm hoping that they will repeat the Skin, An Apothocary soy body butter again soon.  I would really like that one. 

I know a lot of people complain when Birchbox repeats samples, but to be honest I really dont see what difference it makes since they wont send the same item to the same person twice. It doesnt make the sample any less desirable just because someone else recieved it in thier Birchbox 2 months before I did.  It's still a new sample for me.

 

[amidea]

Originally Posted by MKCurio /img/forum/go_quote.gif

oooooh my shipping info just updated and it weights .7560 it's a Goop box, I think i'll get it tomorrow.  this is early for me. I usually don't get my shipping info till around the 10th and the box around the 13th.

mine just updated too - goop box weighing in at .7580.  i'm keeping my fingers crossed for the essie, particularly master plan and whimsical.  if anyone gets those and wants to trade them please let me know /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  

 

[meaganola]

Originally Posted by marybbryant /img/forum/go_quote.gif

No wonder the post office is broke.  Must be a lot of wasted fuel when your package is sent a couple hundred miles out of the way!

It's not necessarily the post office.  I regularly get packages that are delivered to me by the USPS but are delivered *almost* to me by FedEx Smartpost.  Those packages go to a distribution hub about ten miles from me -- and then go to a USPS facility in another state three hours and 150 miles away before they come back to my city for final sorting and delivery.