GlossyBox - June 2012

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[whigrose]

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

I have a theory that I believe is employed by Glossybox and most of the newer start up subscription services  or less popular sub boxes. OBVIOUSLY, this most likely does NOT include Birchbox, so there is no need to take up for BB. They are great, I have 3 subscription., Rainbows, sunshine and bluebirds reign over our Birchboxes. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 I thave decided that apparently, MOST sub boxes are charging  at least a month ahead to finance the coming month's box. ( I KNOW THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, No need to list them).

Glossybox is by far not the only one doing this. I have 3 subscriptions right now which are kind of " indie" and I have paid 2 whole months' worth of payments, each at the first of the month, and still have no products from the sponsors. They are not cheap boxes either. Sigh.

Also, I contacted a nice little company which makes handmade soaps and candles, and usually offers a monthly box, to inquire about the July box, and they said they didn't offer one in July because " We didn't get enough NEW subscribers last month to be able to offer a July box". Did their regular subscribers die, move to Bora Bora, or what? I don't think so!! The NEW subscriptions which have a full 30-45 days after payment(s)  to " SKATE" before any merchandise is mailed are the cash cows, so to speak. They are paying, but the companies are not obligated in most cases to send them a thing in return until the company is ready to do so, using whatever loophole they have to use. 

 Considering that the boxes for the anonymous little company mentioned are  ALWAYS sold out when I remember to go buy one for the month and I have to write and ask if any are left,  this candid statement from a subscription box owner also tells me that the projected NEW revenue is very important to the companies selling the boxes..

JMO, but the messed up payment/ shipping schedules are almost like people who used to " kite" checks..

Laura

You know, I have had the same concern--especially with Kara's Way, which I signed up for last month, paid my money, but don't expect to receive anything until late this month or maybe even next month.  So even though I haven't received a box, I kind of already regret signing up with them.  I've very nervous about it.

However, I can't agree about the Birchbox comment.  I hate them with a passion, lol!  To each his own, I suppose...

 

[whigrose]

Originally Posted by JessP /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I feel the same way! Don't even get me started on the spelling/grammar/typo issues in the GlossyMag. Heavens to Betsy lol..

So did you catch when someone posted a contest Glossybox is doing and they mentioned having a "competion???"  LMAO! 

 

[whigrose]

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

Maybe they had it on the wrong mail truck. That happened to my husband not to long ago with something he ordered. He checked and it said out for delivery but didn't come with the mail. Then later that evening, a different truck showed up with it. We saw the mail man coming up the sidewalk so we asked him what happened and he said it must have accidentally ended up on his truck because we are way off of his route, LOL!

Thanks for the explanation.  I couldn't figure it out at all!  I thought if the mail came, the mail came for the day and that was it, lol!

 

[whigrose]

Originally Posted by Kittygirl4 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


This happened to me last week with something else that I ordered.  The package wasn't in my mailbox after the mail was delivered on Friday afternoon.  The next morning I just happened to check my tracking and it showed that it was delivered the previous day so I went to look in the mailbox (early before the mailman did his rounds for the day) and the package was there.  I assumed maybe a neighbor had received my package and slipped it in my mailbox. 

That could be the case too.  My husband actually had to run something across the street that we got yesterday.  Maybe we could hold a mail swap block party. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[whigrose]

Originally Posted by Denise Moya /img/forum/go_quote.gif
This exact situation has happened to me quite a few times. I am the last stop for my mail carrier and he has missed packages and then went back to the post and then drive all the way back. If it fits in my box he will leave it, if not, he will put in on the chair in my porch.

Well, it did supposedly "arrive" according to the tracking info about 45 minutes after the mail ran, so maybe he did have to come back.  It was a first for me, though.

 

[bloo]

Mine still hasn't updated since the 29th. According to the tracking it's still in NJ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[princess2010]

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

Mine still hasn't updated since the 29th. According to the tracking it's still in NJ /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />


Mine hasn't updated since the 30th. I'm hoping tomorrow it will be very close and finally update!

 

[JessP]

So did you catch when someone posted a contest Glossybox is doing and they mentioned having a "competion???"  LMAO!  :--

Ha! Oh dear.. Too funny lol.

 

[tulippop]

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

Ha! Oh dear.. Too funny lol.

That whole mag has mistakes in it.  It's like they're too lazy to click on the spell check.  Also love the "Your order # ######## got processed; we have uodated the status to

Payment Success" in every email. 

 

[JessP]

I know, right?! They should at least proofread each other's (since we've heard there are only two CS staffers) work before sending out correspondence. Although, the errors are kind of fun to spot lol.

 

[Katie-Gaslight]

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


Interesting... hadn't realized that. Thanks! Still, fragrances are not my thing. I just wish if it were intended to be such a tiny sample, they'd have found a more suitable vial for it. I still can't help looking at it and feeling like I got gipped because the sample is half-empty. (But, I suppose I consider myself lucky since I seem to be one of the few for whom nothing seems to have leaked.)

Yeah, no.. totally get what you're saying. I guess one could argue about this because it technically was only like a gratitude thing (like the blush brush last month) but yeah.. still. Could have been at least 3/4 full lol

 

[MyriadVoices]

Originally Posted by glamourdolleyes /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I received the ahava and didn't have any issues.

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

So it seems - so far- those of us who got the AHAVA got faulty bottles. I've posted on AHAVA's wall as well and suggest you guys do the same.

I also received the Ahava and not a thing in my box was leaky in the least. My only disappointment was that the Eyeshadow Ice was black, as that is not a wearable color for me. Guess I can't really complain about that, though; it's just nice to get a full-sized shadow! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[MyriadVoices]

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



Decant circles for Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab perfume oil.  I got firmly sucked into their fanbase, and it's the only way I can try everything they release!  Most of it doesn't work for me, but I like to at least sniff everything.  Their big holiday collections -- Halloween, Yule, and Lupercalia -- have been having around fifty different scents the past couple of years, and at twenty bucks a bottle, my decant circle orders can be massive, although the one I'm running right now only has three different scents in it (they tend to release stuff monthly, so it seems like I'm always running circles of varying sizes nowadays).  

Cool! Thanks for replying! You're neato.

 

[Beautyboxgal]

Originally Posted by DiorAdora /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Who liked the eyeshadow? I got the color dumb plum I don't like it! What are your thoughts? I don't like how it applys to the eye! It's pretty when on the hand but I don't like it on my eyes at all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jOZH-1XCQQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I received the dumb plum eyeshadow, too.  I figured it was not my color, but tried it on just in case.  I liked the staying power, and it didn't crease once it dried.  But, it is really pigmented and dries fast, so you have to blend it quickly before it sets.  As I suspected, it isn't my color.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

...whoops. Wrong thread. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

At any rate, I got the eyeshadow in Go Black and while I'd never wear it as an eyeshadow, I took someone's advice and tried it as a base and I liked it. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Beautyboxgal]

I am very disappointed that the vBeauté Lite Up, Buying Time & Eye Never tiny sample tubes are almost empty.  They are like the Caudalie tiny tubes in the June Sample Society box.  How can I sample products with so little to try?  So, they are fairly worthless.

I liked the Ahava body wash the best, although some of it spilled.  Made the box smell great!  Too bad that wasn't the fragrance of the perfume.  The other items were o.k.

So, this month's Glossybox was o.k. but not as good as last month.  Kind of disappointing!  I will stick with them for another month, unless they can't get their billing department under control.

 

[kellyrd]

I agree, the vBeaute was a major diaapointment. Not even enough moisturizer or serum for 1 application on my entire face. Definately not travel sized. Aside from the Ahava, this box was a total bust for me and totally not worth the cost of the box. If next month isn't fabulous then I am done.

 

[Jess Bailey]

my GB is out for delivery so we'll see if everything is coated in AHAVA when i get home tonight...

 

[bloo]

My shipping finally updated and it reached my local post office this morning at 6 something. Hopefully it made the deadline to be delivered today. Normally if my stuff makes it there before 8am it will be delivered that same day, but with it taking 8 days just to go from NJ to VT I'm not getting my hopes up.