GlossyBox - June 2012

[TheNittyPretty]

Maybe with all of the CC fraud and claims and such... the glossydots were probably not exactly the first thing on their mind, even though they should've compensated for the multiple charges immidiately in my opinion but at least they are making things right now. I know so many mistakes occured with this launch but hopefully everything will be smooth from here on out

 

[yanelib27]

Great!! So ppl who got charged more than once get 100 points but ppl who got their cc info stolen dont get anything. How awesome is that?! 

 

[TheNittyPretty]

Originally Posted by yanelib27 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Great!! So ppl who got charged more than once get 100 points but ppl who got their cc info stolen dont get anything. How awesome is that?! 

I think it's

 

[TheNittyPretty]

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


Oh, I know the countries never get the same box...I only posted that because I thought it was funny that I had seen the review and not realized it was the UK box and freaked out about it.

OMG... I just realized how rude my comment sounded

. I'm so sorry! I wasn't replying to anyone, but I was basically reassuring myself that all the boxes are different because I saw the UK box after seeing your comment and freaked out too, HA HA HA! My first thought was... I better not be paying $21.00 for that! I don't know which video you saw but the one I saw was NOT GOOD (just IMO) LOL, I'll link it: (I hope it's allowed for me to do so

)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMx2JwfLZxY&feature=g-hist

 

[princess2010]

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

OMG... I just realized how rude my comment sounded

. I'm so sorry! I wasn't replying to anyone, but I was basically reassuring myself that all the boxes are different because I saw the UK box after seeing your comment and freaked out too, HA HA HA! My first thought was... I better not be paying $21.00 for that! I don't know which video you saw but the one I saw was NOT GOOD (just IMO) LOL, I'll link it: (I hope it's allowed for me to do so

)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMx2JwfLZxY&feature=g-hist

I like that box because I'm always game to try new mascara!. I also want to try Dermablend so bad, but don't want to drop the dough on it yet. Are our boxes here yet?!!!! I'm so impatient!

 

[TheNittyPretty]

Originally Posted by princess2010 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


I like that box because I'm always game to try new mascara!. I also want to try Dermablend so bad, but don't want to drop the dough on it yet. Are our boxes here yet?!!!! I'm so impatient!

maybe I'm just picky... it all looked so small for the price

. But the dermablend does seem amazing so I wouldn't mind getting that. Are we at a point in the sub now where there will be different box variations? EEEEEE! I can't wait to get my June box, LOL! I'm so glad my excitement in this sub is back!

 

[lovepink]

Has anybody got a tracking email?  I'm so ready for this box!  I want to see I want to see!

 

[meaganola]

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

maybe I'm just picky... it all looked so small for the price

. But the dermablend does seem amazing so I wouldn't mind getting that. Are we at a point in the sub now where there will be different box variations? EEEEEE! I can't wait to get my June box, LOL! I'm so glad my excitement in this sub is back!

The beauty profiles aren't working yet. They might work for some people, but I still can't fill mine out (I signed up about two hours and fifteen minutes after the signup announcement went out, and it sounds like some people who signed up after that have been able to fill theirs out, but mine is still not working).  They told me that they would make an announcement when it was ready to go.  I'm thinking they are battling other monsters at the moment and will get to this when they get to it.

One thing that is a ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS:  Their Twitter/Facebook/etc. bug (I don't know what those things are called on websites, but that's what I've heard them called on tv shows:  an annoying graphic usually in the lower right-hand corner, typically showing the network or channel you're watching).  I'm trying to look at my individual orders on the My Orders page.  The bug is *right over* the View Order links, and I can't make it go away to get to those links.  Time to send in another complaint about their website.

 

[whigrose]

I just filled out my profile. Of course, that doesn't mean their system won't have glitches and erase it or something. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Anyway, they give 6 different styles to choose from. Let me try to post them from memory: chic, sporty, natural, classic, extravagant, and trendy. I wish they offered some advice regarding what *they* consider these styles to represent. Like, what types of products will I be saying I want with a certain style?

I opted for classic, but was really tempted by extravagant and a little by trendy as well. Anyway, the whole profile thing makes me nervous. I quit Birchbox after only 2 months b/c they gave me a bunch of crap in the 2nd month compared to all other boxes. So if Glossy is pushing to send out custom boxes so quickly, I wonder if it means they are going to send out bad boxes to some customers and save on money right away. If so, I'll just cancel and not look back. Sad. They started out pretty well. I can wait until July to get a box I should get in June. Ok, I'm impatient, but I can wait if I absolutely must. But paying the same $21 as everyone else and getting cheated while others get pampered--that really bugs me bad! And if it bugged me bad enough to cancel my $10 BB, I'll sure cancel my $21 Glossy as well.

 

[Denise Moya]

Here is the link for those of you who can not fill out your beauty profile. Worked wonders for a few of us here /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />http://bit.ly/NPsUxq

 

[meaganola]

Originally Posted by Denise Moya /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Here is the link for those of you who can not fill out your beauty profile. Worked wonders for a few of us here

[=[=https://www.glossybox.com/index.php/beautyprofile/beautyprofile/view/subscription_id/3456/][/]https://www.glossybox.com/index.php/beautyprofile/beautyprofile/view/subscription_id/3456/][/]

Oh, awesome, that works!  Thank you!

 

[whigrose]

Originally Posted by princess2010 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I don't believe any of the subs actually use the beauty profiles. It would be so time consuming.

Why would it be time consuming? I've always assumed it was automated. They just click a button, and then they print out labels for box 1, then box 2, etc. Of course, with all the glitches, even if Glossybox did have an automated system, it would probably fail right away, lol!

Seriously though, it would really bother me if I knew they weren't at least trying to honor profiles. Otherwise, why have us fill them out? And really, as I just said before reading this post, custom boxes tend to disappoint me in the long run. So knowing they weren't even trying to honor the profiles, that would bum me out even more.

 

[Denise Moya]

Oh, awesome, that works!  Thank you!

You're welcome!

 

[CaliMel]

Originally Posted by Denise Moya /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Here is the link for those of you who can not fill out your beauty profile. Worked wonders for a few of us here

http://bit.ly/NPsUxq

OMG thank you so much! I finally was able to fill that thing out and now it has it saved on my profile.

 

[CaliMel]

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

Why would it be time consuming? I've always assumed it was automated. They just click a button, and then they print out labels for box 1, then box 2, etc. Of course, with all the glitches, even if Glossybox did have an automated system, it would probably fail right away, lol!

Seriously though, it would really bother me if I knew they weren't at least trying to honor profiles. Otherwise, why have us fill them out? And really, as I just said before reading this post, custom boxes tend to disappoint me in the long run. So knowing they weren't even trying to honor the profiles, that would bum me out even more.

This.

I imagine it's automated. They would just have to have a computer program. If your profile says this, then you get this product and not that one. If it says this you get this one other, with that exclusion. It's very simple if and or statements, and they would only have to have the program made once, and just input the products into it to give the correct outputs each month. There is absolutely no way they would have a person sitting there reading every profile. That would be utterly ridiculous considering that the whole thing is on a server and that's why they have computer programers and databases, so that people do not have to do that!

 

[calexxia]

I had thought (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that GB-USA said all along that they do NOT plan to customize boxes. If they are sticking with that statement, then profiles are just more marketing info to use as they attempt to obtain products.

 

[Denise Moya]

OMG thank you so much! I finally was able to fill that thing out and now it has it saved on my profile.

Welcome /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[bloo]

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

I had thought (and please correct me if I'm wrong) that GB-USA said all along that they do NOT plan to customize boxes. If they are sticking with that statement, then profiles are just more marketing info to use as they attempt to obtain products.

If you missed my earlier post I posted a conversation I had with them on facebook. They are planning on sending out different boxes.

 

[princess2010]

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

Why would it be time consuming? I've always assumed it was automated. They just click a button, and then they print out labels for box 1, then box 2, etc. Of course, with all the glitches, even if Glossybox did have an automated system, it would probably fail right away, lol!

Seriously though, it would really bother me if I knew they weren't at least trying to honor profiles. Otherwise, why have us fill them out? And really, as I just said before reading this post, custom boxes tend to disappoint me in the long run. So knowing they weren't even trying to honor the profiles, that would bum me out even more.

I don't know but I have 3 subs and not ONE looks at the profile. It's obvious they don't when you receive items that conflict with your profile month after month. I think the profile is so they can get an idea of their demographics like how many customers have frizzy hair, how many love classic looks verses trendy, etc. etc. so they get an idea how to fill the bags.

Just my 2 cents though. I could be wrong.

 

[bloo]

Originally Posted by princess2010 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


I don't know but I have 3 subs and not ONE looks at the profile. It's obvious they don't when you receive items that conflict with your profile month after month. I think the profile is so they can get an idea of their demographics like how many customers have frizzy hair, how many love classic looks verses trendy, etc. etc. so they get an idea how to fill the bags.

Just my 2 cents though. I could be wrong.

Well I think part of it is they can't do a different box for every single person. So like birchbox will have 20 different kinds of boxes for their thousands of subbies. So they might try to match the best one for you. They obviously can't know everything about you with just the few questions they ask, so they prob do the best they can. I know I did get frustrated with birchbox a while back because my profile stated I have oily hair and month after month they gave me dry hair products. I actually canceled then because I was tired of getting them and the same kinds of products all the time because I think the one profile they limit you to will give you the same kinds of products because they are trying to match what you want. So it's a double edged sword for me. I did decide to rejoin because I missed a monthly makeup sub after trying myglam and beautyarmy, neither of which I liked and in the end BIrchbox did better than both of those. I also have to realize that most of the hair products out there are for dry hair. It's really hard to get products just for oily hair.

I do think you have a valid point though. So i think it is a bit of a combination of both our thoughts. I do think the profiles and of course surveys help them and other companies determine what the market is like. So not only are they getting money from our subs, but they are also getting payment in the form of valuable information, which is why I think we get full sized products sometimes and boxes valued at more than we pay.