Fair Treasure Subscription Box Review – July 2014

Just a warning to anyone thinking about subscribing to this box- their customer service is awful.
I sent an email requesting to cancel, and ended up having to send seven emails, post on their fb page, and send a message on Facebook over the course of three weeks before I got a response. I was also charged again during that period. When they finally responded they did refund the charge, but this month again I was charged. I had to file a dispute with my bank and cancel that card to get the charges to stop.
I’m all for supporting artisans in foreign countries who wish to better themselves. I have a degree in non profit organizations, two in the arts, and I’ve worked for non profits here and abroad. There’s other places you can spend your money to receive fair trade items. Ten Thousand villages is a great non profit, and most of the items from this subscription are actually sourced from there.
Just know what you’re getting into before you subscribe with fair treasure.

I love the Fair Trade subscription box. I received a black clutch and the colors in my scarf are turquoise and yellow. I especially like reading about where the products come from and the story of the artisans. I know people are hesitant to try a “could be anything” box, but I have always found a good home for items I couldn’t personally use. It also makes me feel good by helping to create a market for these hand-crafted items.

Until a few days ago, I could read the entire post in my email…Now it just gives me a paragraph and then a link to the website for the whole article….What changed? I much preferred reading it from my email and not having to click a link to a website (which is banned at work, so I can’t even see it anyway.)

That scarf is amazing and I like that clutch, I may have to hope that someone posts that scarf in swaps, might get me to try it out for the first time, haha!

Please, please, please go back to full view on RSS feeds!!! I use a blog reader to keep up with your posts daily, and I SO look forward to them! However, I just don’t have time to click over from the blog reader to read full blog posts. If you don’t have your full post on the reader, I won’t get to see it! Please don’t make me go find another subscription review blog to read instead – I’d rather read yours! PRETTY PLEASE bring back the full view for RSS feeds!!!!