With so many shipping this month, I had to cancel 1000 places. I was thinking of canceling Rachel's box, but I had a ten dollars coupon when I signed up for it and they just added a $10 credit to my account. How can I not try that box for $30?!
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Have you gotten your Q-Tip box? Can you take a picture? What was in it? I saw the picture on the quarterly website, but I honestly have no idea what I'm looking at and I can't find a single review online! I'm so curious.
I am subscribed to the Rachel Yeoman box and am really curious as to what will be in it! I have a $10 credit in my account now and am tempted to re-sub to the Nina Garcia box but to my surprise, I was just not really pleased with the last box. Most of it went on my trade list. The only thing I really use from that box is the pen.... sigh.
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Have you figured out how to replace the ink in the Nina pen? It was my favorite, but the ink ran out and I can't figure out how to open the pen (I know it shouldn't be difficult but I really can't figure it out)...
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I can't take a picture because I don't know where the stuff is, but basically there was a mixtape, a copy of some handwritten lyrics, and some fake glasses. TOTALLY not worth it. I cancelled immediately.
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Oh wow. Sorry. That really sucks. I would have been disappointed too. Did it at least have a good story or theme to go with it? None of that even sounds like it represents him, except it's definitely "abstract."
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No, not really. I mean, I didn't listen to the mix tape because it's a cassette tape and this is 2014--how am I supposed to play a cassette? The fake glasses were chosen because they were an homage to Run DMC, but a pair of fake glasses is kind of useless. Sunglasses would have been better (I wear glasses so my sunglasses have to be prescription--sunglasses still wouldn't have worked for me, but they would have worked for A LOT more people than fake, clear lensed glasses).
I was really disappointed. I emailed Quarterly about it and they were really nice and seemed to care, though they did say they would give me a $10 credit and never did.
I'd email them again about the credit. It was most likely an oversight and I'm almost 100% sure they will give it to you if you email them back. Too often people just let this stuff go, but if they said they would give it to you it's at best highly unlikely they won't honor that promise if you write and 'remind' them.
A cassette tape REALLY?????? That blows my mind. Who could possibly play it? Unless I guess you have an older car.
A cassette tape REALLY?????? That blows my mind. Who could possibly play it? Unless I guess you have an older car.
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I just emailed the guy I had been talking to about the credit. I normally would be one to just let things go, but y'all are right--I was told I would get one, so a polite email reminder isn't a big deal.
And I totally agree about the cassette tape--I liked the idea of it, because mixtapes were such a big thing back in the day...but it's just that: back in the day! Looking through my deleted junk mail I did see that they sent a link to download the mixtape (I guess they got a lot of negative feedback about sending a cassette) but really, they should have thought of that before.
And I totally agree about the cassette tape--I liked the idea of it, because mixtapes were such a big thing back in the day...but it's just that: back in the day! Looking through my deleted junk mail I did see that they sent a link to download the mixtape (I guess they got a lot of negative feedback about sending a cassette) but really, they should have thought of that before.
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Just subbed for the 1000 places box. Excited for this, love anything and everything Paris and travel in general. Hope it's a win. Anybody have any idea when it'll ship? This is my first Quartely box, so how do things work? Will i get an email when it's billing/shipping?
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I hope they got back to you about this and you got the credit. I'm surprised that it was this bad. I mean, the guy has a lot of connections and it could have been awesome. I'm kind of disappointed in him and quarterly.
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Oh man. I'm really sorry to hear you guys got a lot of useless stuff in that box, like a cassette tape. 
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The only box that looks worth it is the Nina Garcia box. :/
The Bill Nye box looks fantastically curated, though, if you have kids to do the activities with or just like the activities!
But the rest are so... BLARG. Yes, blarg is the only word I have for it. :lol:
/emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />The only box that looks worth it is the Nina Garcia box. :/
The Bill Nye box looks fantastically curated, though, if you have kids to do the activities with or just like the activities!
But the rest are so... BLARG. Yes, blarg is the only word I have for it. :lol:
Book Riot and Coco aren't bad. I think it depends a lot on your taste though. NG is the only one with SUPER VALUE but if you are looking for a surprise in the mail that is well curated and are happy enough to get something that isn't worth too much more than what you paid, I think the outlook isn't as bleak as you think.
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I did get the credit. I was also surprised at how un-awesome it was. Maybe it was just because it was the first box, but who knows.
On a better note, I subscribed to Poketo (I just can't quit Quarterly!) and I got my box and I really liked it.
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A lot of the boxes seem blarg to me too. Maybe not all the time, but I see boxes like the one that only contained a megaphone and it puts me off giving any of them a chance.Oh man. I'm really sorry to hear you guys got a lot of useless stuff in that box, like a cassette tape.
The only box that looks worth it is the Nina Garcia box. :/
The Bill Nye box looks fantastically curated, though, if you have kids to do the activities with or just like the activities!
But the rest are so... BLARG. Yes, blarg is the only word I have for it. :lol:
(Except Nina Garcia, of course...)
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This is the truth! I see some of them and all I can think is that some curators are a little out of touch...
At least Nina Garcia knows we all love a good deal
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I also think Nina has more connections to get good things for us than the other tooThis is the truth! I see some of them and all I can think is that some curators are a little out of touch...
At least Nina Garcia knows we all love a good deal
