A Box of __________ Shipped to Your House Each Month

What can we look forward to appearing in our mailbox each month? Or perhaps on that bench where all the smokers sit.

A bomb? That seems illegal.

http://i.imgur.com/swg6CEA.jpg

Currently? Cupcakes.

Its a bit much tbh but it was a bday present.

Or razor blades.

http://i.imgur.com/YJXquji.jpg

Cupcakes? Where's your vlog at? Want to see some unboxing.

I hear all sorts of 10/10 reviews for that dollar shave club. Still seems like a convoluted way to solve a simple problem.

Jeez that's a lot of candy for one month.

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blood

Hmmmmm. A box of mayonnaise.

http://i.imgur.com/G9cv0O0.png

bees

More sharp and pointy objects

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Trying to find a subscription that sends you a new empty box each month.

rip

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--CHP-9Z-j--/785275719518146449.png

Haha, are you kidding me.

Hate it when my aunt signs me up for stuff.

http://i.imgur.com/VlDrJ3rl.jpg

http://collecting.wdfiles.com/local--files/image:antique-cigar-boxes/antique-cigar-box_400.jpg

world not ready http://valleywag.gawker.com/the-laundry-quarters-startup-is-dead-1596481798

is the shaving one really just some mach 3 cartridges in a box?

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What your bacon-tastic package includes:

• 2 different packages (about a pound each) of our very own gourmet bacon delivered to your door each month for either of the 3, 6, or 12 month prepaid memberships you have selected. "Auto-Renew" customers will receive 2 packages each month automatically, forever, or until you decide to cancel. But really, let's be honest here. Who would want to cancel?

• A fun and stylish black t-shirt that says, "Bacon is Meat Candy™". Because we know you love to wear clothes almost as much as you love bacon. Just tell us what size you would like at the checkout, and then you can roll around town in bacon style.

• Pure Joy.

:(

had to happen

Adam, they have different monthly plans. You get to choose the one you feel right for your shaving needs.

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Dollar Shaving Club members need not apply.

I liked the thinking on this: "Hmmm, what else arrives monthly?"

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No go apparently. HANKS FOR VISITNG, WE'RE DONE FOR NOW. 3 and 6 month users will receive a pro-rated refund.

Hanks really fucked up

^ Reminder that I'm out of laudnry quarters and it's snowraining outside

No blood, but it is a box of Michigan delivered monthly.

http://i.imgur.com/t9rvrEO.jpg

http://www.frankieandalbert.com/

^ Literally get trash shipped to your house each month

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I got my dad the bagel of the month club for his birthday. He loves it.

The Mantry.

The Mannery - Canned vegetables each month
The Frying Man - Monthly kitchenware
Manana - Especially phallic bananas (next day shipping always!)

ok i've hit a wall. had no idea there were so many boxes.

and I know when to stop when I come across one where I'm all, "Hey, that's not such a bad –"

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i hate the verb "source" so much

vomiting @ "Mantry"

I was ok with this trend until my work replaced my monthly wage with a box of roots

it'd be one thing if they were even edible

Ten dollars a month gets you

http://i.imgur.com/9wpHfOtl.jpg

two cards.

Every one of these sites has the "How It Works" link.

1. Subscribe
2. Get shit sent to you in a box.

http://subscriptionmaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/box-of-dread-3.jpg

get an expensive box of leftover horror movie promo swag delivered right to your door each month

(have been tempted)

http://i.imgur.com/lamoIkZ.png

http://www.boxofdread.com/ xp

how 'bout a box of dreads

http://www.florenz.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/funny-brad-pitt-seven-box-scene.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nKzzTh1l.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3RQwrsR5i4

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D34thdr0ne was ahead of his game.

xp lol

Thread title: a box of underscores?

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"e-juice"

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3 golf balls, 3 tees, a scorecard and a brief writeup of that month's featured course for $15.50, hot diggity

Dildo of the Month!!!
This is exactly what it sounds like! buying today's deal will entiltle you to one adult toy of our choosing every month for the next 12 months. This deal will start shipping in January 2014 and will conclude in December 2014. If you would like your dildos advanced (all 12 at one time) please email as your order number, name of purchaser, and name of recipient. This is a great gift for yourself or someone you care about. If there is a person in your life that is sick of getting magazines, cigars, wine, or a fruit of the month subscription. Try this. The gift of orgasm is there anything better?

https://i.imgur.com/JlN6pMk.png

I scrolled through this whole thread and the MANTRY is like the one I'd be most likely to use

A couple of years ago my wife got me a Bespoke sub. Currently enrolled in a sock of the month club courtesy her. Foot Cardigan?

Dude from Florida chooses the mantry over the baitbox, frankly I'm shocked xp

dildo_route.png sums up internet

Monthly box of ... music.

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Gotta be a monthly box of DVDs still out there somewhere.

Michigan checks in again:

http://i.imgur.com/LJGtrBQl.jpg

With our ammo club you will have the option of choosing either monthly or quarterly shipments of 9mm 115 grain round nose.

Skip to the head of the line

FREE ammo storage case

FREE delivery to your door

Each Shipment is billed at $78.99

In your first shipment you will receive a 100 round ammo storage box for getting your rounds back and forth to the range....

You will be billed 7 days before your order ships.... Then the Ammo Fairy will put your name and address on a box of delectable ammo and it will be off and in the mail heading to you....

The best thing about having an ammo subscription is that you are at the head of line every time! Subscriptions are filled before every other order we have! With the way that ammo is going lately it is an economical way to keep a steady supply of ammo coming, even at the peak of demand we are producing thousands of rounds every single day, so why not put yourself at the head of that line and get yourself an ammo subscription!

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Sports Crate is a relatively new subscription box all about sports, which I knew was perfect for my husband... My husband is really the sports fan (although I like hockey), so I used his preferences when we signed up. He kind of laughed at me because I put down both the Patriots and Dolphins, as he used to like the Dolphins, but he liked them when Marino played. So I'm a little out of the loop. He's basically a stereotypical hardcore Boston fan so I guess I should update his favorites (although he didn't have a problem with anything he received).

Inside the box was a Dolphins beer cozy, which will definitely go on a soda this summer (we aren't big drinkers). The inside flap of the box also had a Dolphins player sticker (I have no idea about football, to be honest) as well.

came close to starting this thread so many times.

thank u pp

shopping for hatchets is such a drag who has the time, i get hatchets delivered to my door

http://i.imgur.com/QXZm5t9.jpg

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Loot Crate, for when getting down to your local nerdy shit store is just too much of a burden

http://www.lootcrate.com/assets/1%20month.jpg

thread of the year

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would you look at this old shite:

http://www.myirelandbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_9483.jpg

i want quarters sent to me every month i need quarters

Contents of December's Atheist Box

http://atheistbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/decemberbox.jpg

The items included were:

A long-sleeve t-shirt with an icon of Bill Nye and the words “Do you even science?”
The book, Why There is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God
Evolve Fish Keychain
Sin-O-Mints
$5 Cash and a Challenge: Use the money to pay-it-forward, do #GoodWithoutGod, and share your story with the Atheist Box community.

http://www.bugoutbox.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/bugoutbox3.jpg

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/products/38/images/633/composition_touched_up__13582.1405441339.702.702.jpg?c=2

Graze

http://i.imgur.com/aKCDJKv.jpg

Snacks so hard to come by in the outside world.

Box of goat testicles, sent to you quarterly:

http://i.imgur.com/GAhlqoF.jpg

What i'd love at the moment is exotic fabric. Good thread and new patterns.
Possibly plus a new book on sewing/tailoring.

Not sure how long this will last though.
But am right in the middle of cutting out a load of stuff while I have the table clear. Just about to do some floral jeans.
& maybe a jacket after that.

Other months I might say something about African psychedelic cds or maybe some more of the Western stuff.
Or band history books.
Or to combine the 2 photobooks of styles from the late 60s and costume images from other times that could be made into things taht look like they could come from then.

is this the stuff that's marketed to men on facebook or something?
we get yogurt, baby junk, clothes, and yoga pants

guessing every single ad in esquire is for a man box

"i have a whole collection of flasks" -- real men

http://i.imgur.com/YVlUFp1.jpg

Go into any 7/11 and pick out one product - soda, candy, razor blades, key ring, phone case, shoe polish... find the one that doesn't have a box of the month and profit.

chef boyardee of the month

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Phew!

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^ a box of car waxes every month. after about a year you'd surely have more wax than car? you'd double the size of the thing

We're laughing now at the hoarders who keep boxes of Civil War chess sets and Time-Life comps of 80s gospel music, but just wait 35 years when a man from the city nails a condemned sign to a suburban door, only to see boxes of toothbrushes stacked all around the front porch.

Pharrell Williams Quarterly Box
$50.00

Best known for his work with the Neptunes and N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams is a creative force, using music, fashion and design to express his distinctive style. The theme of his mailings is curiosity. Shipping is free to the US, $20 to Canada, and $30 Worldwide.

For $50, you get

http://i.imgur.com/kSdADiG.jpg

is there a five hour energy of the month

The Mantry.

The Mannery - Canned vegetables each month
The Frying Man - Monthly kitchenware
Manana - Especially phallic bananas (next day shipping always!)

― pplains, Saturday, January 24, 2015 4:15 PM (6 hours ago)

lol

I think this is definitely the year of the box per month
i have a call with loot crate on tuesday to do a potential charity drive. they seem nice?

We're in, like, the New Golden Age of Mail Order.

Butts

BURNBOX

http://i.imgur.com/NJ9O2fm.jpg

DUDE

I haven't smoked a lot of weed lately, but that's a pretty nice haul for 20 bucks.

Better than that Pharrell box at least.

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What is Queal?
Queal is a mixture that satisfies 100% of your nutritional needs (in accordance with the EMU-EU guidelines). It is a powder that turns into a shake when you add a little oil (provided) and some water. Then you just shake it and you will have your meal within 1 minute.

http://secret80sfilmclub.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/order-button-04-monthly.jpg

You have hit upon probably the most exciting development in the history of the subscription box service…

this is the SECRET 80s FILM CLUB.

Do you spend hours browsing through your film collection deciding what to watch?

Do you wish you had more ‘classic’ films in your collection?

Do you wake up every day wishing it was still the 80s?

Do you want more adventure in your life?

WE CAN HELP! JOIN OUR CLUB

https://www.divebarshirtclub.com/

http://vinylmeplease.com/

Each month you’ll receive an album on vinyl delivered straight to your door — albums that aren’t just good, but essential for any record collection. The kind of album that will grow old with you. You’ll also receive a custom cocktail pairing (recipe) and an album-inspired piece of art from one of our favorite artists.

Some of the past "Record(s) of The Month" include Diarrhea Planet, Jaguerra, The War On Drugs, and R.L. Burnside.

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Today I whiled away 10 minutes at Ely train station flicking through a number of publications each claiming to be "Britain's best-selling carp fishing magazine" so I'm particularly happy that the community of men holding fish have their own monthly box to subscribe to.

http://www.mysterycomicshop.com/
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT
MYSTERY COMIC SHOP
"Wow this is cool"
"Got these for my sons' birthday"
"Im a comic collector and I love this kind of stuff!"

Presumably an endless supply of the sort of pointless crap that fills so many "used" boxes in the backs of so many poorly-merchandised comic shops.

http://www.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pijon-box.jpg

Recipients say:

"You guys totally get me and my lifestyle."

"I just got my first box and I was totally in love!"

"The best part is that it’s not ‘just a snack box’ or ‘just a beauty box’ but combines all aspects that would benefit a college student"

Somehow I just knew this would exist: http://www.mouth.com/products/pickles-every-month

Six-Word Reviews™ of this product
These are reviews written by our customers. Why six words? It's a wordy world, but six is all you need to give your best take. Check them out. Write your own. Nancy says it is fun.

From Tracey in Columbus
"Pick a peck for pregnant pals!"

From cmk in the nyc
"a year of pickles? too short!"

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I did Graze once, it was pretty good.

there was a site that would send dogshit to people you didn't like (or to yourself if you like dogshit)

this does make me wonder about a site that would send anonymous boxes to people you whom you do not dislike enough to send dogshit or bacon but do not like enough to send cartier watches

perhaps just empty boxes full of bubblewrap with small boxes inside containing bubblewrap

http://shipyourenemiesglitter.com

something something record of the month, and all i got was this diarrhea planet

Goddammit, I've got to start logging out of Facebook every time.

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saw an ad for this while in a doctor's office waiting room:

https://www.hellofresh.com/

wanted to tear the TV off the wall. what is wrong with people?

The Frying Man - Monthly kitchenware

This one seems bizarre to me. Surely there's only so many pots and pans one needs - or do they send you a 24pc cutlery set, one stick at a time?

http://www.girlmeetsbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/image45-600x600.jpg

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Date in a Crate @TheDateInACrate · Jan 24
$10 for a card. $30 for flowers. $60 for dinner. OR $40 for V-Day she will never forget! http://Www.Dateinacrate.com #BringBackTheRomance #Love

These things are like the Facebook Macros of the Business World.

#marleyinaboxmonthly

TBH, aside from weekly fruit/grocery crates this whole concept seems odd to me, I didnt realise it was such A Thing for crappy random shit.

Clockwork Couture Steampunk Box

You get tea, and a t! Plus, 3-5 more items per box!

March's theme is F*ck Yeah Octopus!

(CONFIDENTIAL TO FORMER ILXOR: Still love you, bro.)

http://i.imgur.com/Q5vhqUw.gif

TBH, aside from weekly fruit/grocery crates this whole concept seems odd to me, I didnt realise it was such A Thing for crappy random shit.

this thread has been an education for me, as i too had no idea of this being a thing.

"______ of the month clubs" have been around since pre-internet times but something def shifted in th elast few years

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STEPHEN
FOUNDER

Stephen launched Pact as a way to combine his two biggest passions; coffee and entrepreneurship. His ambition in life is to make an espresso that impresses Rob Dunne.
Brew method: a La Pavoni to make passable flat white on weekends, and a cafetiere all week.

WILL
COFFEE

Will is passionate about coffee, his expertise is without question. He sources and orders our coffee, does the proper tasting and ropes our community in whenever he can. He’s also a barista champ and a lover of dad-jokes.
Brew method: He finds it hard to choose but his go-to on a Monday morning would be an Aeropress.

CUSTOMER CHAMPIONS
ANNA, BRENDAN, RUTH, CALLUM, SAM

Anyone who has ever called, emailed or tweeted Pact will have crossed paths with our marvellous community team. They cover everything customer services-related, as well as running our Welcome Waggon (we like to call up new customers to make sure everything is as good as it possibly can be). They are no nonsense, down to earth customer champions, so do get in touch if you need a hand with anything.
Brew method: V60 or Aeropress depending on which way the wind is blowing.

MATT
OPERATIONS MANAGER

Matt is right on the Pact front line. He manages our grinding and packing room, using 80s power ballads to whip our team of packers into a well-motivated frenzy and generally keeping everything in order.
Brew method: Stovetop, like a boss.

RICHARD
GROWTH

Richard finds new customers to introduce Pact, so if you would like to help us promote our tremendous coffees, he'd love to hear from you. Richard’s favourite mug has a mustache on it.
Brew method: V60 all the way

ED
PR

Ed liaises with various media moguls, crack reporters and coffee-loving bloggers to help share the story of Pact. If you'd like to write about Pact, pop him an email on e✧@pactcof✧✧✧.c✧✧, or alternatively take a look at our Press Room.
Brew method: Pre-Pact it was a cafetiere, now Ed's a V60 convert.

JUNTA
ONLINE MARKETING

Junta spreads the word via social media about what we do here at Pact. He also spends a lot of time rolling around in spreadsheets, wrestling with data.
Brew method: a cafetiere with a tea cosy to keep it warm.

TONY
TECHNOLOGY

At Pact, Tony bridges the gap between product and technology. Outside Pact, he does triathlons, marathons and stuff. He’s kind of a big deal and his apartment smells of rich mahogany.
Brew method: a Syphon, where every cup feels like the result of a school science experiment.

CHRISTIAAN
PRODUCT

Christiaan is passionate about making the Pact experience the best it can be, so he uses customer feedback to ensure we’re always improving. He particularly enjoys keeping the rest of the team on their toes and playing Quidditch.
Brew method: a v60 and some boy wizardry to create the perfect cup every time.

ANNELIESE
DESIGN

Anneliese’s main job here is making sure everything we do looks good. She’s a stylish and vivacious design type, who sprinkles her magic dust on everything from our website to our Chaff Creations. Ms Monroe is her hero.
Brew method: Cafetiere, though she’s in the market for something new...

JOSIE
COMMUNICATIONS

Most of the stuff we write about on our blog and website is put together by Josie. She’s also responsible for some of our sillier Pinterest boards and eating 20% of London’s pesto.
Brew method: French press, beret optional but preferred.

something about ordering coffee in the mail seems a bit ridiculous, even more so if they grind it first

reads better is you assume their names are "Stephen Founder", "Tony Technology", "Christiaan Product"...

junta online marketing is a growth area in south america

They should break up those "box-opening" youtube videos so that the first half is watching the person open the box and look at things for the first time, and the second half is a day or two later.

What the hell?: http://www.turntablekitchen.com/pairings-box/

$25 a month for a record, some caraway seeds, and a spotify playlist?

pact are p good imo /:

things i have been guilty of, from least to most justifiable:

joggbox (energy gels and protein-addled flapjacks and shit; i don't even know why i did this)
hellofresh (does your groceries for you. boring-ass bland food; new starter offer only)
graze ('healthy' snack boxes. deeply addictive; multiple new starter offers by changing the position of the dot in my gmail account)
beer52 (unremarkable collection of 'craft' beers plus some actually nice seeming spirits, maybe; terrible customer service; just got a second box because the 'unsubscribe' link is broken)
envelope (total rip off of below by founders of above; they keep offering me free/reduced shit though so ???)
pact (better than any coffee i have bought in person for a comparable price. really annoying post-innocent smoothie aesthetic though yes; still use this, on occasion)

the weeaboo box seems like the saddest one, i think

graze ('healthy' snack boxes. deeply addictive; multiple new starter offers by changing the position of the dot in my gmail account)

lol thx for the tip

I liked the idea of buying someone/being bought a cocktail-of-the-month kit for Christmas until I realised that each month's delivery of 2 miniatures and a tiny bottle of mixer or bitters cost as much as buying a full-sized bottle of semi-decent brand name spirits every month

most of these pics look pretty terrible but I do still kind of like the concept, remembering that joy as a kid of getting post and not knowing what it was or being excited about receiving some plastic crap that cost 6 cereal packets and £1.95 p&p. but I'm not sure that joy actually exists as an adult - at least not for more than two months in a row, or when not subsidised by your parents' cereal expenditure

We use Pact and also Has Bean for regular coffee, it's worth it to have reliably excellent coffee without having to remember to pick it up. Overall, I've liked the Has Bean coffee more than I have the Pact; what Pact has which I think is really good is the easy ability to put your subscription on pause if you want.

Buying a subscription to this lot: http://cocoarunners.com/ (fancy chocolate) was one of the most successful birthday gifts I've ever given my wife, with the advantage that it's another little birthday gift once a month. Plus it's cut down my overall chocolate consumption because it makes me less inclined to grab a Double Decker or whatever when I'm out and about.

hoping this is an april fool's joke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMacTuHPWFI

According to USA Today:
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lol ty

*Pushes the Charmin button* -- "And now, the waiting game."

*flips page to Rolling Stone Q&A section*

I can't wait to get some dash buttons.

Get drunk at a party, order the hosts 723 boxes of Nappy San while having a piss

omfg how .... is this...

http://www.coolercanmonthly.com

The only koozie subscription service on the planet.

The only severed chicken head subscription service on the planet.

the e-juice one seems kinda cool? #fuckmyliiiiiiiiiife

how about a service where every month i send u a box of spiders

how much would you pay for this

maybe like 7.99 but all this shit seems to start at ~$20

I'm imagining a #spdr service where they promise to mail you three exotic tarantulas every month (and send back the ones you don't want) but when you open the package there's nothing inside but three dried-up daddy long-legs and a flyer that says 'KEEP 'EM'

Weiner tittie totally inaccurate, btw.

http://i.imgur.com/rsGN3CS.png

"hey man it's really cool that you're a fan of goliath birdeaters and mexican firelegs so I sent you this house spider I found in my bathroom" (xpost)

WTF is a koozie, is that what some americans call stubby holders.

What Americans call them stubby holders, the ones who live in Weiner?

what the british call knippy bluppers

south africans call them wildebeest condoms

http://www.catladybox.com/

You may receive jewelry like necklaces, bracelets, rings or earrings. You might receive a shirt or a scarf or a meowvalous pair of socks. You might be some cattastic items to decorate your home, some purrfect pieces to hang on your wall or even a thing or two to deck out your kitchen. Maybe it's your new favorite coffee mug or your next best wine glass. Maybe it's office accessories! Maybe it's a book! Maybe... maybe it's something we haven't even thought of yet!

Maybe... maybe it's anti-psychotic meds!

"Maybe it's office accessories" in the cat lady box is really slaying me for some reason

lol

Maybe it's a bag, in collaboration with Bag Lady Bag!

http://www.leparcel.com/

period subscription box for women

http://boxes.mysubscriptionaddiction.com/box/unclutterer-quarterly-box

The Unclutterer looks like you might just get a box of boxes, but guaranteed to be aesthetically pleasing

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BATTLBOX PRO PLUS
*** Includes KNIFE OF THE MONTH *** This box is for the elite. The collector. The big spender. The ones that truly appreciate the beauty of a sharp edge. The guy who has everything….EXCEPT a kickass monthly knife subscription! We will hand select one knife to be featured every month and include it in your monthly Battlebox. So you get everything you would expect to see in the Battlbox Pro box, AND a sweet blade to rip open next month’s Battlbox arrival with. We already have brands such as Kershaw, Spyderco, Columbia River Knife, 5.11, Gerber, Leatherman, Schrade, SOG…the list goes on! Go ahead. We dare you. ***FREE_SHIPPING***

http://oklahomashirtcompany.com/collections/shirt-of-the-month

A New Shirt, Every Month. Our favorite thing, Oklahoma flavored shirts, mailed to you the first week of each month for only $10 bucks.

What in the heck are these things?
Flexi postcards are postcards with grooves stamped into them, that can be played on a turntable! The playable side is a full color image curated by that month’s musician.

How many subscriptions are available?
475! Once they’re gone they’re gone so subscribe early!

Sounds cool but how’s the sound quality?
It’s exactly what you’d expect from playing a cardboard postcard on your turntable. It’s gritty but playable. There is a download code printed on every card so you can have a higher quality version of each song in your library.

oklahoma flavored

lol le parcel

there are at least TEN we will send you tampons in the mail for $15 services!!!

haha, all including chocolate i'm guessing

no, le parcel looks like the classiest one, though one is like tampons + we donate $5 to some charity

Entrepreneurs Box
$25.00

The items in these boxes are designed to make your life as an entrepreneur more productive, strategic, and virile. Every month you will receive: Essential Books, Luxury Apparel, Accessories and Productivity Hacks.

Feedback: Ireland Escada
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HelloFlo: Helloflo delivers just what a woman needs when she needs it. Get tampons, back up protection like pads and pantiliners, and fun and tasty treats as a pick-me-up. “It’s like Santa for your Vagina!” Cost: $14-18/month.

plethora of period box unboxing on youtube

I don't think I'm going to find anything else tonight that tops "It's like Santa for your Vagina!"

lol

plethora of period box unboxing on youtube

― drash, Sunday, June 7, 2015 5:12 AM (48 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol dammit I was just looking for period unboxing vids in another tab before I scrolled and saw this. Unboxing vids in general are so weird!

seeing this next to Tinder thread makes me wonder what some companies will charge for monthly firewood delivery

Im currently trying to teach myself how to build one of these sites

A box of website designs

those doggie lawn dog models upthread look very much like skymall catalogue dogs, they have the exact same dimly enthusiastic about a new pet product facial expression.

prismatic slab of dog-ready lawn is also a total skymall closure refugee product.

if it had a mahogany finish and a hole it could double as a miniature executive indoor putting green.

http://i459.photobucket.com/albums/qq313/doctorcasino/skymall-interiordogrestroom.jpg

tbf i might actually subscribe to "a box of leftover mystery skymall items shipped to your house every month"

careful, you might end up with a six-foot-tall concrete eagle or something

http://youdidwhatwithyourweiner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Subscription-Box-table-4.jpg

I thought I'd be very pleasantly impressed with the Pawalla Mini too, but since it's inappropriate for small dogs, I'm only slightly pretty impressed. Keep trying, guys!

https://www.potbox.com/

i like the idea of a teas of the month club if the tea was from all over the world but i think most of the tea ones i have seen are just one company that sends you their different teas.

this one looks cool though. 20 bucks a month.

http://www.teasparrow.com/teas/

http://thehairpin.com/2015/07/artisanal-murder-boxes-for-men-only/

Does Blue Apron count as this? I like Blue Apron

beef jerky, tea, and licorice from around the world. i think i could get with that. my father in law brought back some antelope jerky/biltong from south africa that was quite memorable.

https://cheeseposties.com/

*forthright disgust*

whoa that is ......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr8x1F1XhAc

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/business/with-subscription-snacks-entrepreneurs-think-inside-the-box.html

Wait, so cheese posties is a paper sack with a recipe card?

garbage pail kids for a new generation

This isn't exactly the right thread, but I don't know if there's another thread for examples of startup culture doing overpriced wheel-reinvents:

https://floyddetroit.com/products/the-floyd-platform-bed?utm_source=facebook+&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=bed-target

$435 for three pieces of pressboard and some braces/brackets. A new apex.

At least the money's going to Detroit.

I mean hey, they deliver it to your house.

It's designed for urban living. That's gotta be worth at least $300 by itself.

My wife got me a Caffe Vita coffee subscription. It's only one 12oz bag per month, but since I only brew at home on weekends, it should cover a decent chunk of the month. If I was going to get a tea one I'd be tempted to try the Teabox subscription. I had a sampler pack of their teas once, and they were all pretty good.

https://cheeseposties.com/

*forthright disgust*

― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, September 23, 2015 10:12 AM (3 months ago)

Why are you taking a break? I need my Cheese!

It's that time of year when a lot of people are away, there is an unholy amount of turkey to get through and Royal Mail have a quadrillion parcels to deliver causing a ton of disruptions. To avoid posties getting lost/missed/stolen by elves/going stale we're taking the opportunity to re-coup and allow our Cheese umpa lumpas time to re-fuel and get obscenely fat/drunk (as if they need an excuse).

lol if you buy legs they come with a carrying case and the company gives you yelp results for local places to get surfaces to complete your table with

lol I know!

TBH I think a leg kit would be a cool idea if it was like $50 tops and not the price of an actual nice coffee table.

this is the dumbest fuckin thing https://floyddetroit.com/products/the-floyd-shelf?taxon_id=2

the only person who would buy that is someone that has never seen the interior of a hardware store in their life

Yeah I was just about to post that - it's literally $85 for two brackets.

aaaaaahahahahaha what

It's literally the fucking emperor's new motherfucking shelf

maybe for an extra $15 they will throw in a carrying case for that one too

I'm admittedly sort of amused/intrigued by what kind of lifestyle would involve portable table legs, like just showing up places and making insta-tables out of doors or whatever. Junkyard picnicker?

Similarly, why you would need a bed that is extra-easy to move (although not like so easy that you don't still have to carry three presumably moderately heavy pieces of pressboard).

the fuck

oh for fucks sake

in that case I have a $75 lefthanded screwdriver that you might be interested in

i mean that is legit stupider than the thing on the vinyl scams thread where they slapped some carefully-sourced MDF together and wanted hundreds of dollars for this super-elite turntable stand

There is probably an edge case where hauling around brackets and legs from dorm to studio to group home to etc etc is more practical than moving whole pieces of furniture - but I don't know if that edge case merits a premium on hardware

edge case also sleeps on a futon

that's where he edges

but these brackets still have to screw into a wall, right? so what's the big portability angle that they're pushing? that you can clamp in a fence paling?

I think I might have actually gotten somebody interested in bombfell.com

presumably the corner case is tombot's edge case + the sort of disposable income that buys $36 bookends

idk part of me is like, if this works for them, more power to them. another part is distressed that it seemed like the more rational decision to market The Products Of America's Depressed Manufacturing And Steelworks Industry as $$$ status objects and not cheap-ass things for less markup, more volume

otoh i think that amounts to 'why don't they market saving the working classes to the lower middle classes. why is it just the upper middle classes get to feel good about these things.'

Man this thing is dumb as hell and obv. way too expensive but tbh I do think about movability a lot when I look at furniture because I move way too often, so I guess their target market is "people who are running from something but SPOILER you can't run from yourself."

A Box of Escape Yourself Shipped to Your House Each Month

Something tells me this thread will get stranger as the year drones on

god help me i signed up for home chef

The smile emoticon prior to the bullet points in that Floydshelf pitch.

I just feel like the "I move every year" demographic is not the "$435 bedframe plz" demographic. I mean I'm a stable professional family man and we still sleep on a simple captains bedframe we got for around $75 off craigslist. And that shit has DRAWERS motherfucker, technology these Floyd folk are still decades away from developing.

You could move a lot and get a new shitty coffee table (with the actual table table) from the nearest op-shop or w/e each time before you'd hit $179.

The clamping furniture is a solid idea, if you could buy it for 1/5th the price at Lowe's and pick out some wood to stain while you're there.

tbh, people moving yearly or bi-yearly should be encouraged to not try to keep up w/ western norms while doing that. Fuck it, get a couple of real Japanese futons, some tatami mats and just live on the floor.

Yeah I'm actually surprised I couldn't easily find (through google) a similar, cheaper version. Shouldn't be much more expensive than any other set of metal table legs. Someone will probably get on that soon.

Also with all the effort of finding a piece of wood to use you could probably just as easily find a trash-pickable coffee table.

well you could go to your neighborhood hardware store, but watch out, they might try to upsell you on brackets and clamps, made redundant by your astute long-term investments from the Floyd people.

okay the Floyd website is hilarious

they're very nice-looking overpriced clamps

http://slurmed.com/fanart/paul/321_clamps.gif

L-R: Floyd, customers

god help me i signed up for home chef

― qualx, Sunday, January 10, 2016 8:57 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

everyone is supposed to be shaming me for this

my first box comes in a week i can't wait

looks expensive but tasty, please report back

I had a co-worker who did Blue Apron. Single, 30s, lived alone. Every day or couple of days he'd bring in the sad, snapwared leftovers from the prior night's wasabi sea bass or whatever it was.

mmmm wasabi sea bass

been curious about this but don't live/work in fidi:
http://ny.eater.com/2015/4/28/8506595/maple-food-delivery-nyc-david-chang

Basically it's gourmet seamless with no middleman, or I guess really just a fancy but reasonably priced all-delivery restaurant. I had an idea sort of like this once, thinking that you could probably do really good delivery at reasonable prices if you could keep costs down by only having a kitchen and not a storefront (you would probably get a big break on real estate by not needing a visible storefront property or space for tables). I figured internet makes that possible in a way it wasn't before. But I am not David Chang or a person with money to invest in a restaurant.

grim irony that a just-in-time service like that only works in an area that's also dense enough that it could provide a take-out meal of similar quality within a short walk

Maybe. Not sure you could get something quite that (presumably) good for $12/lunch or $15/dinner in a lot of places in Manhattan (most of which, granted, don't yet have Maple either). There is a place by my midtown office that does sort of an upscale version of deli/steam table, good organic ingredients, etc., and you can get a pretty good dinner there for around $12-15.

Probably will succeed because of David Chang's name attached.

god help me i signed up for home chef

― qualx, Sunday, January 10, 2016 8:57 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a high school friend founded this company. I get Blue Apron, though, because home chef does not deliver to the west coast. it's a great way to force yourself to cook new things. The recipes are also generally solid from these services because so many people are forced to follow them.

looks expensive but tasty, please report back

― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, January 15, 2016 11:06 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not as cheap as actual groceries but cheaper than eating out/delivery, which we're trying to stop doing constantly. and it's healthier, you actually feel guilted into picking the healthier options when you're planning individual meals out a week ahead.

looked into all of them (plated/blue apron/hello fresh etc) and home chef seemed like the best. it's the cheapest and you actually get to choose from a bunch of recipes. it seems like blue apron doesn't even let you pick, they just send you food based on some vague preferences? not spending $12/meal if i can't even pick out food i might like.

hello fresh was the same price as home chef but half as many choices and the food didn't look that good. plated looked great but expensive.

Blue Apron has 3 meat and 3 vegetarian meals to choose from each week. You can choose 3 out of the 6 but some permutations aren't allowed.

ah, the faq says "Once you have set your dietary preferences we will send you three recipes that match your preferences." still. their recipes do look good though

You have to actually cook all these right? Too much work.

You have to cook, but that's good if you haven't cooked a variety of things at this point and enjoy cooking. It is convenient to not plan a meal and shop for groceries, as well.

xp yeah, they automatically choose 3 meals based on your preferences. But they let you change the menu afterward. We didn't realize this until a few weeks into using it. We skip about half of the weeks because the limited meal selection doesn't always appeal to us.

we're in a future where cooking is considered "fun" in the face of office work

Something something labor something something Marxist

food pro tips

and sprout hacks

I want a box of personal chefs delivered to me.

http://getvinebox.com/

3 10-CL test tubes of wine for $35/month, plus shipping.

what am i supposed to do with exactly three glasses of wine?

Have some "Incredible times with friends and family" obviously.

it's so amazingly not shareable, like the person it was made for is literally the lonely guy from sideways

100 ml is a pretty small pour too.

wow it is, less than 4 oz. and not even close to a gov't-defined glass of wine

JUST BUY A GODDAMN BOTTLE OF WINE

sorry. but really now...

thing is that winery memberships, where they'll send you whole bottles, already exist

Gonna be real mad when you have your half glass of boutique European wine and find out it's your favorite ever and can't get more.

I was looking up natural/organic/biodynamic wines and found this sub box - https://dryfarmwines.com/
$157/mo for six bottles of red wine that I'm willing to bet retail for $12-15

stuff you can't get easily i can see. but wine or beer or whatever? silly.

like, european cookie club! i could be down for that. stuff i'm not gonna find on my own.

https://candygerman.com/

yeah, now you're talking.

As a guy who lives over there and eats too much candy, I say these boxes are well curated.

Candy German is for candy lovers - like us and like you! As native Germans, we don’t take our homeland’s candy for granted. Germany turns out some of the finest confections in the world, but unfortunately, they can be quite hard to find outside of German borders.

Now you’ve got a friend on the inside. Let us bring you the authentic candies once reserved for Germans only. Your sweet tooth will thank you.

"native" "borders" "germans only" "homeland"

uh oh...

WOLLT IHR DAS TOTALE SÜßIGKEITSABO??????

http://i.imgur.com/eRUgCsG.png

wow 30 euros a month is expensive. i was doing bocandy for a while and it cost half of that for what looks like bigger boxes. but that's based in america.

also wtf germany

http://www.hitschler.de/sites/default/files/796-hitschies-kaubonbon-165g.png

They will conquer your taste buds, then march down your throat and occupy your stomach!

http://i.imgur.com/RKuB4MZ.png

i carve my own frontier straws thank you very much.

outdoor knots!

3 10-CL test tubes of wine for $35/month, plus shipping.

― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Friday, February 5, 2016 9:54 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is basically the cost of actually going to the bar of a nice restaurant and ordering some good wines by the glass, minus the atmosphere, service and remote chance of getting laid.

I was looking up natural/organic/biodynamic wines and found this sub box - https://dryfarmwines.com/
$157/mo for six bottles of red wine that I'm willing to bet retail for $12-15

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, February 6, 2016 1:58 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

If the wines in their instagram feed are representative, my googling suggests you are correct!

So tell me more about bocandy

man, german candy really sucks

it was fun just prohibitively expensive (says the fuckhead paying $60 a week for homechef) and i think i signed up during a bit of a sugar high

it's not all candy, he usually throws in a savory snack or a packaged pastry-type thing (not as big as a hostess). it's actually a pretty diverse selection and not all just kit kats from japan (though japan, western europe and scandinavia still dominate the boxes). lots of uh 'eclectic flavors, i still have a couple boxes worth of stuff lying around because they look kinda gross and i'm squeamish but i'll get to them someday. he includes a printout with a paragraph about every item in every box. a random one i just picked up lists:

Daim double (sweden), a toffee bar
Balkan Kakao Cake Bar (Bulgaria) which is this, and apparently it only exists on the internet in reviews of this particular bocandy box
Cheesecake Kit Kat (Japan) lol whoops
Cactus Lakerol ("make in Slovakia but imported from Sweden"), cactus licorice
Orion Mini Cola (Japan) he did this one several times because they're delicious, little coke-flavored sugar candy pellets
TOMY El Clasico (Mexico) annoying little caramels
and he filled the rest with little leftovers from other months

it's always a pretty packed box. also i had trouble cancelling my subscription because the website wouldn't recognize my account but he (blake) took care of it ASAP and was very nice in email.

i was just looking at that site! man it seems weird that someone is making a living opening up bags of milkita and parcelling them out at four per subsciber

xp to myself speaking of being a fuckhead i'm going to do this: if you're interested in trying homechef you can use my referral link https://www.homechef.com/invite/zMmNxsX5M6aE and get half off the first week! you can also find coupon codes for half off the first week everywhere, but if you want to be awesome to me you can use that link too. tho imo the menus for the weeks of the 22nd and 29th look preferable to next week's.

we're liking it so far, some very good food and easy cooking. only problem is each recipe instructing us to rinse the fish and chicken. delegitimizes the whole thing a bit.

xp to thomp uh sure i guess but i don't really feel like buying a bag of milkita just to try it out, and he gets plenty of candies that take more effort than an amazon order. it's a good assortment and a very good amount of product for cheaper than most everything itt. doesn't really belong next to the big box o' knives and frontier straws

no i mean sure, good on him

there are so many millions of cheap weird are-you-wholesale-or-are-you-retail candy stores around here that it's kinda surplus but if those things are less available or more marked up then, well, sure

otoh i think the frontier straw may be a legit product, though admittedly not one i need shipped as a surprise. i suspect if ever i need a frontier straw it's going to be on a trip involving some quite protracted planning.

It's weird how so many of these businesses (all of them?) have a business plan that consists of "we can definitely charge a gigantic markup and make tons of profit merely by putting different stuff together in a fancy box'" -- as though the gift basket industry metastasized. It's like people think that just because now there is this thing called the internet and new businesses are called "startups" that old bad business ideas with limited appeal suddenly have limitless potential. I'm sure no one will notice that they are paying 200% of retail for some snacks because we "curated" them.

I can't imagine any of these companies lasting very long.

i would hope most people understand that they're paying mainly for a service

most of these boxes are fucking stupid and drain disposable income for ridiculous combinations of luxuries people have no use for, but it's pretty reasonable for a cheap box of little shit you generally intend to use. i'd gladly pay a 200% markup for candy worth $7.50 if someone else were to find them, organize them and ship them out to me with paragraphs explaining each one. or i wouldn't, because i cancelled, but it was still a better alternative than doing all that myself. and paying much more anyway because it's not like i have access to small amounts of bulgarian food products. you have to be sort of intransigent to treat all of these services like they're just fleecing people.

and i like surprises, sue me

qualx otm

You may have sold me on this

https://frinkiac.com/img/S05E05/793291.jpg

otm

man, german candy really sucks

― carly rae jetson (thomp), Thursday, February 11, 2016 4:44 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Wronger words were never posted.

Feelin' smug that I out-Trayced Trayce.

A Box of __________ Shipped to Your House Each Month

pplains rn

http://britfa.gs/b/src/144283371594.png

Dammit I dont know how I missed that.

https://twitter.com/michaeljhudson/status/713494984402604034

http://spongeclub.com/

lol

http://spongeclub.com/faqs/

You can write a message which can be particularly useful if it’s a gift or for a client/tenant (ex. from your loving mother, from your neighborhood realtor 555-555-5555) however we will screen messages for profanity or inappropriate language because cursing in your message is bullshit.

Even sponges get cute nowadays.

Jeez.

I saw an offer for a company that would ship you home air filters - no shipping cost and the price was actually less than what they sell 'em for at Home Depot.

Hell, that's not so bad, I thought. I went through the process, adding in how many I would need, what weird sizes they are, etc.

Got to the end and they were all "Great! Just hit confirm and we'll start sending you filters every two months!" and I was all ok, so there's the catch, slow down cowboys.

https://mysteryexperiences.cratejoy.com/

literally "A Box of __________ Shipped to Your House Each Month"

"How do I pay?!!! No really, where can I get one?!! Take my money!" - Jane C. from Massachusetts.

crtl+f "mystery" replace with "disappointment" - solved

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61xwsu7QyOQ

lol, this is the one I desperately wanted as a kid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkqgH9ji0oY

ah shit, now i wanna go find those on ebay

https://mysteryexperiences.cratejoy.com/

― gr8080, Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:09 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/DgQAV6U.jpg

i had safari cards!!! those were great

not sure what pplains has there, but it reminds me of a "hot dog cooker" that was in my grandparents basement when I was a kid that was apparently a school project my dad made as a youth

it was a board with two metal pieces sticking up (it looked like two segments of a metal clotheshanger) and an electrical cord that looked like it was stolen from a lamp. each of the wires connected to one of the metal pieces. don't even think it had a switch, you just put the hot dog on the clotheshanger and plug it into the wall to electrocute your hot dog

there must have been a much lower creativity/safety threshold in the 1960s

This is like the second reference to a household hot dog cooker I've heard you make in the past 24 hours.

The pic's a model of one of the Unabomer bombs. Could cook a whole pack of hot dogs at once.

can't speak for mh but if my dad was the unabomber this is NOT the way i would've wanted to find out

xp true, but my reaction to convenience store rollers is "this is an excellent idea"

I'm thinking the direct electrocution method might not work on taquitos and I'm not going to try

guys, safari cards tho
http://www.atlaspicturecards.com/safari_cards.html

http://i1.wp.com/www.retroist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/safari-cards.jpg

there's gotta be a torrent of those things scanned in somewhere right?

Not exactly a monthly subscription but...MAN CRATES.

did anyone actually get safari cards? I thought they were a mythical thing that were advertised (and I think I had some free sample ones they sent in a promo) but I never heard of anyone having a full set

there might have been a really beat up set of them in one of my elementary school classrooms

i never had a full set but they gave away packs of ten at my local grocery store and rotated it every week for a year or so. I got about sixty of em?
I used to make my own, lol.

i found an incomplete but big set on ebay for $300, no way

pplains I dont know what this says abt me but I knew exactly what that pic was :/

holy shit i had some of those i think

I used to get the US history version of those cards. There were some disturbing cards like a holocaust one and a KKK one that freaked me out as a kid.

I got "aircraft of the world" for a while as a kid which was not even a little bit relevant to any of my other interests but I sure loved staring at them.

Somewhere between Safari Cards, Sweet Pickles, and Zoobooks is basically my Platonic ideal for how information should be quantized and rendered consumable. When a friend and I were toiling away on this Chinese architecture guidebook project a couple years ago, one way we kept ourselves on target with the format/design we wanted was to go "well, but would that ruin the Zoobooks effect we're going for?" In fact I think we were mainly talking about Safari Cards the whole time but had forgotten the name.

Was there some kind of a sportscar/aircraft subscription series? I suddenly have this vague memory of getting sportscar and aircraft cards in the mail for a little while.

doc casino, i feel like you and me need to start a company or make an app or something

can a design nerd let me know what the font on safari cards is? it fills me with calm.

Looks like some version of Clarendon (condensed/bold)

thanks, i really do like this typeface!
http://www.fontscape.com/pictures/bitstream/Clarendon.gif

https://shop.keyboard.io/products/a-box-of-crap-from-shenzhen

Dog toys!
https://www.barkbox.com/ - and if your dog destroys those, there's https://bullymake.com/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/Screen%20Shot%202016-12-15%20at%2010.46.01%20AM_zps8digqy9j.png

they sent him some ice and a star?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/guilty-white-liberals-are-purchasing-racial-indulgences.html

In the second half, McMorris-Santoro sits with Safety Pin Box subscriber Barat Ellman, a Park Slope rabbi and Jewish studies professor, as she opens her first delivery. Among other things, the box contains a request that Ellman give higher tips to black people and explains that the month’s theme is combating white supremacy through “radical compassion.” Some of the other content is about media habits — “This week, I take a look at the media I consume on a regular basis and evaluate it for bias and worthiness,” Ellman reads aloud from one of the included slips of paper. She also offers some revealing details about why she subscribed. “It embarrasses me, honestly, that I just don’t have a world where I encounter, naturally, people of color,” she explains. McMorris-Santoro asks her how she’s hoping she’ll feel after she’s received all 12 boxes from her yearlong subscription. “I’d like to think — ‘Wow, I will be so incredibly sensitized,’” she replies. “That’s probably unrealistic.”

sorry if this was already mentioned but MAN CRATES.

BOOZE-INFUSED JERKYGRAM

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/products/115/images/2931/bif-beef-jerky-plus-alcohol-equals-perfect-mens-gifts__31012.1479320363.702.702.jpg?c=2

http://www.mancrates.com/

We say 'no' to ugly neckties, cologne samplers and executive trinkets. We don't save wrapping paper, we don't do ribbons.
We ship bragworthy gifts for guys. Gifts that you can't wait to arrive because you know the recipient will love opening them.

Gifts that people gather round at the office, people following the sounds of wood being torn from wood by the included, laser-engraved crowbar.

We are Man Crates, and we deliver awesome gifts for men.

they are hiring by the way, bay area people. health, dental, and vision!

http://www.mancrates.com/jobs

What sort of real man needs a crowbar to open a cardboard box?

"Wood being torn from wood"

was just about to quote that

the gasping sounds of pleasure as men tear wood from wood

There's nothing convenient about a sturdy, wooden Man Crate sealed firmly with ill-intentions. This crate will frustrate even the most patient of men to the brink of defeat. If he can break the crate before the crate breaks him, his heroism will be displayed, and his reward earned.

http://cdn2.bigcommerce.com/server3800/5b8ee/product_images/uploaded_images/mbc-mc-2016-2-11-about-us-2000px-9621.jpg?t=1458000310

is this thing like... a box that's difficult to open, but with "manly" items inside?

that's not a box... THIS is a box

It's not a box! It's a CRATE.

https://baconofthemonthclub.co.uk/?utm_source=facebook%20-%20CPC%20conversion&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=BOTM%20Fountain%20-%20Gourmet&utm_term=Gourmet&utm_content=baconlovers2

Might be peak ____ box of the month.

I was wrong.

https://cheeseposties.com/

oh my god

lol

lj beat you to it almost 2 years ago:

https://cheeseposties.com/

*forthright disgust*

― twunty fifteen (imago), Wednesday, September 23, 2015 7:12 AM (one year ago)

I am shamed

what is even more shameful is that cheeseposties.com still exists

trump is selling lootboxes now pic.twitter.com/GwNTTZLHB7

— gabagool: the movie (@jimpjorps) May 29, 2017

end of times shit for sure

'exclusive and vintage' = we got a warehouse full of election merch we gotta shift

This one actually seems like a worthy thing (science kits for children).

https://www.kiwico.com/?utm_source=Facebook-fb&utm_medium=SMM&utm_content=Mechanical+Bird+Square+-+April+2018&utm_term=Prospecting%3A+Conversionst&utm_campaign=FANS+-+Friends+of+Kiwi+Co+%26+Tinker+Crate

pretty sure my nieces get these, or at least a brand very close to it. i visited recently and they were playing w their different crafts crates. the younger one had a set that was felt butterfly wings she could decorate and wear like a cape, the older one had a curious makeshift tv setup that was a trio of RGB led lights and a semi-transparent screen you could drawn on w erasable marker that when all set up produced a cool reversed lofi projected image. she immediately started creating her own tv Naruto adventures =) def cool rainy day stuff for modern kids.

I’ve done this for my daughter and my nephew and they have both loved it. Highly recommend the Kiwi Crates. Very fun and great for a rainy day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSGDTE2UkRM

Build a calorie wall at the border.

"look at these little crackers" lol yeah we see ya

barrfff

https://postimg.cc/7fDy0V9B

https://i.postimg.cc/qM6MfD3d/Screen_Shot_2018-09-24_at_8.57.43_PM.png

Every month?!

https://alphabetbands.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/whats-in-the-box.jpg

We missed out on the subscription meat package they’ve been pushing over at Gizmodo & co. It’s some meat, plus two pounds of ground beef! Be the meat chef!

What if a Serial Killer delivered a package to your doorstep each month?

@ Hunt A Killer, we provide the answer to that question...

We send out monthly packages, and each one builds upon the other. Over time, you collect the evidence, build your theories and, if you can, solve the mystery before the fictional killer strikes again....

oh lol was the last revive also. just popped up in my FB feed and it's still a total wtf to me

i opted in here; they've been sold out since before last april. Get in and we can start a bean club thread!

https://www.ranchogordo.com/products/the-rancho-gordo-bean-club
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/the-hunt-for-mexicos-heirloom-beans

do you eat beans? would you like to see a new movie starring george wendt? do you eat beans with george wendt? would you like to see george wendt in a bean-eating movie?

god that's a deep cut

lol, a revival is due out this year i think.

https://i.imgur.com/TgyVJP5.jpg

"Oh, shit. Were you ever able to get the Hubbards to check our mail while we're out here?"

heh, my first thought too

https://i.imgur.com/1hcNYTR.png

fwiw I decided to do a trial of both stitch fix and trunk club bc I'm sick of clothes shopping both in store and online. Will report back.

Should be a service that orders all such boxes on your behalf, sends most shit back, and sends you the best of.

maybe could also add a pouch of clean urine to the "best of" box for your cocaine habit

7 shallow boxes of cat litter sent every monday. Each box would be biodegradable and embedded with Zanzibar gem seeds. You'd take yesterday's litter box to work to throw away in one of several hundred pots placed in the office, therby planting another beautiful zanzibar gem for the office.

I don't really foresee sticking with them as I don't need that much clothing. It's more like maybe an alternative approach to trying to get the 1-2 sweaters 2 pairs of pants and 2 shirts I could use this fall without just looking at the same three sites/brands again.

ok just saw my trunk club preview and already kinda thinking about dropping it. I guess it's just a bunch of full price stuff from nordstrom? The stuff they picked is fine but def on the pricey side -- I've never paid over like $80 for twill pants and they're suggesting pairs that cost $145 and $190. A lot of this stuff will also probably be available marked down in the winter sale in two months anyway, so I may just pass. Also they were going to include a pair of those dumbass Cole Haan spaceman dress shoes.

yeah, i think the trick there is you need a nordstrom's credit card. they waive the stylist fee but still charge you $190 for the pants.

I always wondered who actually subscribes to those “we pick out clothes for you” boxes ... it’s like the opposite of me

I feel like there's such a tiny chance they'd fit right! Every month would be an exercise to trooping to the post office to return 80% of it and hoping what got sent back was actually the right size.

Signed up for Birchbox earlier in the year and have been pleased with it. Wanted to get an overview of the grooming products out there, so sampler-sized products fit the bill. A handful have had excessive cologne or chemical (like Ajax) smells that I dislike, i.e. one clay deodorant that domintated my nose during the day, so they get tossed ASAP. Some repetition over the months, getting the same Jack Black or Kiehl's product twice, but not annoying.

Have found some good stuff that I've gone on to buy the full size products, like Ursa Major face wipes, Kiehl's Facial Fuel (cleanser), Proraso shaving cream, and Marvis toothpaste. The Marvis toothpastes are especially nice, Italian, and better textured than the US Crest/Colgate gels I normally buy. Actually feel my teeth squeak while brushing. Licorice, ginger mint, jasmine, etc - all not overpowering in taste. Bought the variety mid-size pack of 6, like them all, and will be deciding which full-size to follow up with, once those run out.

The Bespoke Post box looks interesting, but haven't subbed there.

I have the marvis karakum flavor (supposed to be orange juice and cardamom) and I wished it was more cardamom-y.

That sounds interesting! Amazon only showed the six kinds in that variety pack.

Toothpaste flavours in other countries are interesting. France has a lot of those weird savoury toothpastes. Makes you feel vaguely as if you're brushing your teeth with a twig from the kitchen garden.

I always wondered who actually subscribes to those “we pick out clothes for you” boxes ... it’s like the opposite of me

― sarahell, Tuesday, October 8, 2019 10:22 PM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink

I feel like there's such a tiny chance they'd fit right! Every month would be an exercise to trooping to the post office to return 80% of it and hoping what got sent back was actually the right size.

― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:03 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

I mean, I kind of thought the same thing, I just figure it's worth a try because I just don't really have other good tenable clothing strategies right now and want to change things up. At worst maybe I discover a couple of new brands and then just order them independently in the future.

I mean it's basically long work hours + two small kids + I don't really work or live near any of the stores I like + at least these services take some of your measurements into account (although they really should be more precise and really have you measure yourself) rather than the total crapshoot that is general online shopping when you are trying new brands out.

And at least the returns (which I assume you are right will be like 80%) are simplified by having a bunch of items all go back into a single ready-to-ship box.

over the last couple weeks i have been auditioning trousermakers so that i can find one brand/cut/size that works for me and buy 10 pairs and just be done with my lower half for a couple years.

j press, jomers, spiers + mackay, lands end, j crew -- all returned. the surprising winner? everlane heavyweight athletic cut chinos. naturally they have been discontinued.

whoops this isn't the dudes fashion thread

ISN'T IT THOUGH

simplified by having a bunch of items all go back into a single ready-to-ship box.

okay, so you have time and energy limitations re shopping, but you are totally down to deal with packing shit in a box and taking it to the post office once a month? At least one of the women's sites that do these box things actually list the brands they select from, so at one point when I felt like changing it up, I just looked at that list and went to the sites for brands that looked interesting, rather than sign up for some box service. But then, I am kinda picky when it comes to clothes and actually like choosing my own clothes.

once every 2-3 months imo, and the post office is next to my job. And you really have virtually no "packing" to do, you just stuff it back into the same box with the preprinted label included.

I'm picky about clothes too. We will see.

based on anecdotal evidence these services are more popular with women than men, who are not only typically pickier about clothes but tend to have more complex fit considerations.

more complex fit considerations

lol -- this phrase needs to be worked into biology/sex ed discourse

i'm a man and i (like to) think i have very complex - and subtle! - fit considerations. by which i guess i mean "it's my size" = a 20% chance i'm going to like the way it fits.

Dadbod is happening to me and I’m sorta fighting it but also I’m not about to plug in some numbers to some black box robot and just hope the pants they pick for me include enough room for my modernized equipment

After so many years of never having to use the fitting rooms, I now have to use them for everything - I feel like a lady

oh come on, you've gotta see the CUT. how it HANGS. it's all important! ish.

I’m at the age where I’m going to spend the next few years missing the last few years, when I could just order clothes from a few places online with high confidence that they’d be comfortable and look good right away

Dadbod is happening to me and I’m sorta fighting it but

one of the "joys" of fighting the weight gain that comes from the slowing of metabolism is when you do well enough to lose enough weight so that the clothes that used to be comfortable and fit well are a bit too big, and you have to assess your risk tolerance about buying smaller sizes or different brands/designs in terms of, "Am I gonna spend a bunch on smaller clothes and then just gain that weight back?" ... Like I am now on the cusp of not having to shop in the fat section, which opens up a whole new realm of options, but ... I am not overly optimistic.

My first stitchfix box sucked and I'm sending all items back. The main issue was quality -- everything was at low price points and felt cheap, like it would degrade a lot after a few washes. I really liked the style and fit of one mock neck sweater but it had that same problem -- material seemed cheap. Sending everything back and giving them one more shot with a note that I'd prefer to spend more for better items. When I filled out the "profile" I don't think it ever asked me how much I would be willing to spend, which is a flaw.

You also don't get to see what's coming in advance. Trunk Club does at least have the price point option, and also it lets you preview what they're sending and nix things you don't want in advance. For example, I have no need for a belt right now, and stitch fix sent me a shitty belt anyway. OTOH I guess it's good to be surprised, e.g. I probably wouldn't have picked out the mock neck sweater but it actually looked really good on me (except for the material problem).

The return is very easy because they enclose a pre-labeled envelope and you just stuff the clothing in and drop it at the post office.

Clothes shopping is so awful as I edge toward 40 I've considered going quasi-Steve Jobs and ordering 15 more of the solid color Uniqlo button-down I like and never wearing anything else.

pants tho maybe?

Climate change = excuse to Porky Pig it 24/7

xp that's exactly it, isn't it? I'm also around the corner from 40. I'm a little bulkier than I used to be -- have packed on muscle but also my gut is bigger. The youthful styles of today are starting to seem unbecoming of my age, yet I'm nowhere near ready to go full Brooks Brothers grandpa.

I would suggest sweater dresses but probably not yr style

sweater dresses + leggings is a graceful look for people of all ages and genders

I just cancelled trunk club. I got 2 sweaters that fit me like a giant sack, one flannel that fit me like a giant sack, a jacket that fit me like a giant sack, a pair of pants that was nice but a little tight (maybe worth letting out the waist but the price was also pretty high), and a really stupid looking pair of shoes. I'm returning everything to a Nordstrom and I realized that it's less of a pain in the ass to just go to the Nordstrom to try stuff on (although there would sort of be a psychic benefit to having someone narrow down the choice for me, if stuff actually fit).

And fwiw that’s exactly what I did this afternoon. And it was a little annoying how many different options there were, many of which were more expensive than I was expecting. But I wound up with four items I was happy with, three of which are Nordstrom’s own brands (I’ve had good experiences with them in the past).

all's twill that ends twill

https://imgur.com/a/KYnXEbV.jpg

http://www.popprbox.com/

Stevie d heads up

These products are not sold for human consumption. The abuse of these items with ED medication can be fatal.

I am going to need someone to explain this to me.

butts

(not the explanation, but what comes to houses in boxes)

i mean, actually "butts" is the right answer on the poppers box too

poppers + ED meds = death? How dat

ah OK blood pressure and bleeding issues. I learned something today!

feeling safer already

In a random batch of advertising I received in the mail today, MANSCAPED.

guys i have an idea. 31 COVID TESTs shipped to your house every month.

Xpost they send pubes in the mail?

Every month a new “I Shaved My Balls For This?” shirt.

A box of FRAUDULENT BALLOTS shipped etc.

sure sign me up I’ll do my part

Ghost Box

was really hoping that there was a service that will every month ship to your house a box that appears empty but is in fact filled with ghosts

think that's amazon

My brain will never not fill in "A Box of ___DICKS___Shipped to Your House Each Month"

A Box of _______ Shipped to a Landfill from Your House Every Month

any parents have experience with these monthly activity boxes? my mom wants to subscribe to one on my behalf.

I send a few to my nieces (age 3 & 5) that have been well-received: Green Kids Crafts, Little Passports, and Highlights Hidden Pictures. The Green Kids one seems to be the favorite so far.

babbies

mine are 9 and 12 so a bit older.. some of these look cool:

https://www.creationcrate.com

the electronics ones in particular look pretty rad

I've done KiwiCo Doodle crates for my daughter, really neat, though you have to accept you're paying an incredible markup on craft supplies

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/02/automatic-renewals-ftc-subscriptions/

Been trying out some amazing new subscription services 😃📦 pic.twitter.com/yJ6vBZPvdO

— Ben Marshall (@notbenmarshall) March 29, 2021

lol

"I spit in a cup and they say 'Yep, you're white.'"

Yeah he's good on Tiktok - he got a gig making little movies for SNL now I think??

lol at a service where they send you a cup to spit in every month to track your whiteness over time

A relative signed my kids up for this Jewish Holiday box thing that (1) never actually arrives in time for the holiday and (2) just isn't that well put together, like trying very hard to be a modern yet child-friendly take on tradition but just not connecting with kids at all. But the worst part is that the startup making these (which turns out to be Israeli) claims to offer these for multiple cultures, but the other culture options are "Chinese" and "Indian" as though those are somehow analogues to "Jewish." A very provincial interpretation of multiculturalism that struck me as peculiarly Israeli.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654200/taco-bell-monthly-subscription

i had taco bell last week for the first time in many years and.... it was kinda gross

A box of boxes and packaging materials. Don’t deny that that would be useful.

xpost one for the poster

"Only 'kinda' gross! We're improving in our key demographics!"

taco bell pass would be great if it wasn't terrible and if you didn't need a phone for it.

I can't help but picture some weird crepey dude with a closet full of uneaten, still-wrapped tacos

doesn't eat them, just takes them home from the store and hoards them

you never know when you might need diarrhea

you'd have to stock up over 3 days to make a meal. Otherwise, you are saving $1.60-$3.00 per meal, and you'd have to eat Taco Bell meals once per week or more to even make your money back.

but they probably give you a special membership card you can show off to your friends*

*Amazon delivery people

I once downloaded the app since they bragged about having some sort of secret menu on there.

It was crazy.

Secret menu. Achievements you could unlock. And then there were the discounts.

I was earning a free taco with each order, but the catch was that the freebie expired in 48 hours. Like hell was I going to go to Taco Bell even once a month, especially not three times a week.

They know what they're doing over there. Someone will show up.

there's a section labeled "challenges" that challenges me to purchase a $2 burrito and get 50% off any $2 burrito on my next order.

do i need to convince the cashier to give me that 50% off on my next $2 burrito order? is that the challenge? i don't want to get anybody into trouble.

mega challenge: do this at the drivethru at 1:30am with the line wrapped around the block

challenge: give us your money

Taco Scrum: give us your money, weekly

JEL!!!!! hello!!

Hi Dere Tracer!!

We might look back on the box of stuff era with nostalgia

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature

AssaaS

Oh wow. You can actually pay money to make your car's engine sound louder.

https://www.bmw.co.uk/en/shop/ls/dp/ISS_Offer_gb

An essentials kit full of food, shelter and love.

"The rise and fall of Birchbox, the once-buzzy startup valued at nearly $500 million that frustrated customers are now saying has vanished"
https://www.businessinsider.com/birchbox-rise-fall-company-history-2023-3

Not surprised, I rarely received my box of birch from them, usually they sent pine, occasionally it would just be a lump of MDF

Have we gone past Peak Box Of Crap? Feel like it ended with lockdowns.

looks like we missed this one (unclear whether still an ongoing concern)

Lunarly Subscription Service
In July 2018, Scotts collaborated with BuzzFeed Inc. to develop a subscription service called Lunarly, which mails crystals, house plants, and other wellness items based on the lunar calendar.[13] The joint effort with BuzzFeed's Product Labs, facilitated by ad agency MullenLowe U.S., is an attempt to make gardening popular among millennial women, thereby opening up avenues for the 150+ year-old company to make inroads with younger consumers.[14] While reviews of the self-care boxes have been mixed,[15] they have repeatedly sold out with over $1 million in incremental sales as of May 2019.[14]

i was on etsy the other day and got recommended a “spell” for £38. free re-cast included though so i figure i can’t lose