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Sorry- I missed the postage part! I didn't notice - does the $21 include postage?

I don't watch the videos. Not really my thing. I am therefore a little behind other than looking at the websites. So you really don't think they are much/any better than Birchbox based on what people actually get in the videos?

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Actually, akicowi is correct. The UK glossbox cost £10, plus they charge £2.95 for P&P (postage and packing). So when you convert £12.95 to USD you get $20.50. I do plan to subscribe for at least 3 months because that is how long I give any new sub that I try. However, I'll probably cancel after that because I've watched a lot of glossybox videos on youtube and they just don't seem worth $21. I get really good birchboxes and can't imagine paying twice the price for a glossybox.
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I was/am really looking forward to the US launch of Glossybox...but if they are charging $21 a month I may have to skip it.  I am ok with $10-12, and maybe even $15 if I knew exactly what I am getting and I felt it was worth it.  I don't know.  I just don't think I can bring myself to pay $21 for samples that I may or may not like.  I also asked myself if Birchbox went to $20 a month, like BirchboxMan is, would I continue with it?  I really don't think so, at all.  I think around $10 is my cut off, especially with multiple subscriptions.  

 
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What would keep me subscribed beyond a few months is if we get products not commonly available in the US.

Another box I wish was available in the US is the Glam Box Middle East. They've been a little heavy on the Elizabeth Arden products the last couple months, but there are some interesting products there.
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Yes!  I haven't looked at Glam Box at all, but I was just commenting on another forum that non-American brands in Glossybox would hook me like WHOA even at the $21 price point.  I used to live in Seattle before passports were required for border crossings, and I would go to Canada every other month or so and spend almost my entire $150 allotment (the amount of stuff you can bring back before you have to pay customs fees) on beauty products I couldn't get in my area.  I'm also fond of browsing the beauty products at Asian markets, although I rarely buy any of it since the packaging is usually entirely in Japanese/Korean/Mandarin/etc., so I have no idea what it is or how to use it.  

I have a feeling one of two things is going to happen with Glossybox and their $21 price:  Either they're going to do...  not well since we're accustomed to $10 or $15 boxes (and I have a feeling that the products they will be sending are along the same line as Sample Society, which is a-mocha-and-a-bagel cheaper than Glossybox is going to be), or the $10-15 boxes will start creeping up in price once they realize that we're willing to pay more.  But I'm not sure that I would be willing to pay more for any of the boxes I'm already subscribed to if they tried increasing prices, so this entire concept could collapse if prices started going up.  I might be okay with paying $10 a month for Birchbox, for example, but $15?  Not so much.  

And sure, Glossybox has a points system, but I'm not sure it's as solid as Birchbox's points system based on what I've seen for their other countries.  20 points per review is twice as much as Birchbox, but you have to have 1000 points before you get a free box, so that's fifty reviews, and if you're looking at five items per box, that's ten months.  You can typically get 50 points per box with Birchbox, and 100 points -- two months of reviews -- gets you ten bucks (and there are *always* things in their store that are on my shopping list), so it's kind of like your boxes cost five bucks.  The rewards stack up *much* more quickly with Birchbox than it looks like will be possible with Glossybox.  

Anyway.  For me, it's probably going to boil down to what brands are offered.  If they're the same as Sample Society and/or Birchbox, I won't see the point in getting Glossybox as well.  I would probably be better off setting up radically different Birchbox profiles and getting multiple boxes from them instead.  Same cost, but more toys to play with.

 
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I have a feeling one of two things is going to happen with Glossybox and their $21 price:  Either they're going to do...  not well since we're accustomed to $10 or $15 boxes (and I have a feeling that the products they will be sending are along the same line as Sample Society, which is a-mocha-and-a-bagel cheaper than Glossybox is going to be), or the $10-15 boxes will start creeping up in price once they realize that we're willing to pay more.  But I'm not sure that I would be willing to pay more for any of the boxes I'm already subscribed to if they tried increasing prices, so this entire concept could collapse if prices started going up.  I might be okay with paying $10 a month for Birchbox, for example, but $15?  Not so much.  
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With as many subscription services out there, and that have opened over the years, and prices not being raised I don't think prices will just because Glossybox steps out onto the scene.

I have no problem with spending $21 dollars for a sample box, I'd be more ticked off to spend and waste $21 on one product then receiving and not like 5 or 6 samples, that saves me from making the mistake of buying and not liking a full size product 5 or 6 times. If you bought 5/6 full size product at $21 a pop that would be $105/$126, that samples box just saved you $84/$105. 

 
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With as many subscription services out there, and that have opened over the years, and prices not being raised I don't think prices will just because Glossybox steps out onto the scene.

I have no problem with spending $21 dollars for a sample box, I'd be more ticked off to spend and waste $21 on one product then receiving and not like 5 or 6 samples, that saves me from making the mistake of buying and not liking a full size product 5 or 6 times. If you bought 5/6 full size product at $21 a pop that would be $105/$126, that samples box just saved you $84/$105. 
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That math only works if you wanted to try all 5 things though. 

 
Or if you really want to justify $21 on one box
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Originally Posted by Playedinloops /img/forum/go_quote.gif



That math only works if you wanted to try all 5 things though. 
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I am hoping that it will be worth the price, but have zero qualms about cancelling if it isn't. Worth, of course, is TOTALLY subjective, and I admit that I'm saddened and surprised that I am down to just two subs right now, especially when I expect I will more often than not be skipping Julep Maven. For me, worth is a combination of the following: brands that I'm interested in, but hesitant to try on my own; new brands that I am not yet familiar with; retail value of a box (because if the box costs more than its retail value, it isn't worth it to me); items that I may never have considered, but then fall in love with.

Like a lot of folks, I went a wee bit sample-crazy for a while there. The IDEA, at least, was that looking forward to all my boxes would slake my shopaholism. Instead, though, it wound up creating lemmings that I could not justify feeding--"little luxuries" are great, but if I were to fall insanely in love with too many products that are out of my price range, it would be bad. VERY bad. I've said recently that I almost feel "sampled out", and there is truth in that--right now, there are very few products coming out that seem truly EXCITING to me. So, even though I will be subbing to Glossybox for the "little luxuries" aspect, I'm also taking a long, hard look at WHY I keep accumulating product. No Buy didn't work for me...maybe it's time to purge out the majority of my "stuff" and start only buying those things that truly excite ME again. Lemmy knows, I've got enough of the "basics" by now!

 
I was just watching some more GlossyBox CA and UK videos and it seems like the size of the samples are pretty large...I would call them travel sized.  So hopefully that is why the boxes are a little more expensive.  The boxes themselves are alone a lot larger in size then a BB so more room to ship larger products in :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  Here is to hoping!

 
I'm a bit upset about the price of the box as well.  $21 is just a lot I think for some samples.  However, I've heard such good things about GlossyBox that I think I'll try it out for a couple months and see if its worth it and then if not I'll cancel. 

 
I decided this year to clean out my make-up and skincare, after watching a few too many episodes of Hoarders. Unfortunately, it only made me realize I didn't have enough stuff, and so the spree began. And Birchbox hasn't been helping....
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Originally Posted by calexxia /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I am hoping that it will be worth the price, but have zero qualms about cancelling if it isn't. Worth, of course, is TOTALLY subjective, and I admit that I'm saddened and surprised that I am down to just two subs right now, especially when I expect I will more often than not be skipping Julep Maven. For me, worth is a combination of the following: brands that I'm interested in, but hesitant to try on my own; new brands that I am not yet familiar with; retail value of a box (because if the box costs more than its retail value, it isn't worth it to me); items that I may never have considered, but then fall in love with.

Like a lot of folks, I went a wee bit sample-crazy for a while there. The IDEA, at least, was that looking forward to all my boxes would slake my shopaholism. Instead, though, it wound up creating lemmings that I could not justify feeding--"little luxuries" are great, but if I were to fall insanely in love with too many products that are out of my price range, it would be bad. VERY bad. I've said recently that I almost feel "sampled out", and there is truth in that--right now, there are very few products coming out that seem truly EXCITING to me. So, even though I will be subbing to Glossybox for the "little luxuries" aspect, I'm also taking a long, hard look at WHY I keep accumulating product. No Buy didn't work for me...maybe it's time to purge out the majority of my "stuff" and start only buying those things that truly excite ME again. Lemmy knows, I've got enough of the "basics" by now!
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Originally Posted by BabyMafalda /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I just received an e-mail!! I have won the first US Glossybox!!! So excited!!!!
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OMG, They are still sending out emails?!!!!!!!!!!

 
Yep, and it is still on the website. But if you have already entered, you cannot enter again with the same email. I have about 11 entries in and no box
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Originally Posted by HelloLeilani /img/forum/go_quote.gif



OMG, They are still sending out emails?!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Angie Tacker /img/forum/go_quote.gif


Yep, and it is still on the website. But if you have already entered, you cannot enter again with the same email. I have about 11 entries in and no box
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Ugggh. Gonna have to add more than the four I have in there already it looks like. LOL.

 
I put 7 email addresses in there, so I am all out lol. 
 

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Ugggh. Gonna have to add more than the four I have in there already it looks like. LOL.
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Originally Posted by ladygrey /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I put 7 email addresses in there, so I am all out lol. 
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I just put in hubby's email addy. LMAO! It was all I had left. 
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I just won a glossybox too! I just got the email this afternoon and got the email from my main email account. 

 

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