CAUSEBOX Subscription Box Review – Spring 2015 #CAUSEBOX02

I’m having problems forwarding the email to Liz. There are 2 spoilers for the summer box. Both are from Parker Clay. One is a hand-crafted leather headband and the second spoiler is a leather wrap bracelet. Both are made in Ethiopia.

Also the mystery t-shirt bag is on sale $10.00 off.

I can’t believe that I am writing this. I will purchase the Causebox 03 if it has a good spoiler(s). I read “People Over Profit” by Dale Partridge, founder of Sevenly which came in my May Faithbox. It got me excited about Sevenly and Causebox again.

I think you can always tell how “good” a box is if people want to swap you for it. I’ve it up for swap and no takers

I really liked the first causebox and just about stalked the mailman waiting for the second one which was shipped almost a month after the automatic charge on my card. I was so disappointed. The necklace didn’t bother me as it did others but I live in an area where bullets remind me of hunting not crime. The bracelet was just sad. I will cancel my quarterly subscription but I’m not above subscribing again if I like the next box spoilers 😉

This is my first box and will definitely be my last. I put everything for swap besides the towel.

If I never see a bullet necklace or metallic tattoos again it won’t hurt me at all. I have 2 of each, the necklaces being my least favorite, love the message but not the design chosen to represent it ! On the fence for canceling.

I too cancelled after receiving this box, but I may resign up if they have some good spoilers for the next box. I must admit that some of the items from this box are growing on me. First, the bracelet. I agree it is way overpriced but it is really cute. I wore it with a turquoise top and it looked great. The towel was much thinner than I expected and not really absorbent but it is lightweight and will be good as something to take for a picnic or a light throw. I love the journal even if the quote is wrong and the cling is actually my favorite piece. I put it on the bathroom mirror and it does start my day off right. Still not into the bullet necklace though

Wow you guys- this is the best conversation ever! I’ve had mixed feelings about that necklace in my swap stash for a long time! It won’t trade, and really… do I want to even pass it along? Lots of opinions, but really what is a bullet and what does it do? Bullets= death. Right- or maybe a few clay pigeons/target practice? (& hey, don’t ‘shoot’ the messenger.)
Inflated values- I love when a reviewer gives us the REAL value! SO subversive! 🙂 Were we taught by media that it’s okay to overcharge– it’s just branding, perceived values, fair market etc…. “They” must be right. Hmmm.
Nana- the companies that donate a small percentage to a charity so they can say “look at all the good I’m doing” by selling us more expensive items is… tiresome. I used to work in marketing- and these techniques are used so often- I end up focusing on the success or failure of the marketing plan!
All that said, I still love my sub boxes! If the items looks good- and I feel like the items are of value to my needs- I *try* to ignore the marketing and just get what I like & have a fun.

Canceled ; looks like they just threw together whatever was available and is especially sad to see this lack of curation for a box to benifit charity 🙁

Guns/bullets themselves don’t offend me personally but it’s a risky choice and I’m not sure it makes sense for a charity to be that inherently divisive. Also I think it’s a really bad idea (especially for the smaller boxes) to duplicate items from recent version of the most popular lifestyle boxes (the towel and the necklace). I guess they might not have known based on timing but it seems like they should have. I feel like as a niche box they could come up with something a little less mainstream (something we don’t see in PopSugar or FFF). That is what would make the price tag worth it.

A string bracelet fror $35 is unbelievably overpriced. Even the $25 version is overpriced in my opinion.

This box was almost as disappointing as the Mission Cute– I received both of them this week and the overinflated prices are really starting to get on my nerves. Causebox, being a quarterly, has 3 months to try and get it “right.” I’ve been to Honduras (a very poor country) and there is no way anyone there would ever try and sell this bracelet for $35… I think that these 2 subs are on their way out with me…

How subscription boxes work when your name is Hilary:
Step 1: you see an awesome box that you are not subscribed to….you sign up immediately for the next shipment!
Step 2: the next shipment will be nowhere near as good as the other.
Step 3: Hilary cries….but repeats this cycle 637 times.

I received my box today. I opened it, looked at the items which did not look any better than the spoiler email, and put the box to the side. I usually take everything out and put the items away. I’m disappointed in the box.

I understand that people will have different reactions to the necklace. This is my reaction based on what is going on in my life and the little corner of the world I live in. I’m a mom to a teenage boy. What am I going to do with a bullet necklace??? Teens gathering in areas are unwelcomed in many places where I live because of random shootings even though I live in a decent area. My son cannot even go to the mall with his friends because it is not allowed by the mall. This is the fancy mall (Liz) not the mall that had the shooting. There is no way I would wear that necklace. I wish they selected something less controversial. Seeing that necklace ruined the box for me. I didn’t fully understand it when people were discussing it on the FFF box until now.

I don’t even know what to think about the necklace based on the price discrepancy Liz listed. I’ll be using the towel and the notebook. I’m going to see if anyone I know wants the remaining items. I doubt anyone will want the necklace because most people I know will equate it to school shootings. My older son has gone through a school lockdown when he was in elementary school. Do you know how terrifying that is to a child? Rant over.

I was so excited for this box because I loved everything in the the first one, but this was a big letdown. I actually groaned out loud when I pulled out the Half United necklace. I’ll echo others’ sentiments here that I want nothing to do with anything gun-related and fail to see how that representation ties into their otherwise noble mission. Everything else seemed to have inflated values and the overall curation feels very “we need to fill a box, what do we have too much of?” Whereas the first box seemed thoughtfully pulled together. If half of the of the price of the box was going to charity, I might forgive it. But since it’s only $7, I’m going to have to cancel and donate elsewhere on my own.

I just don’t understand the bullet thing with Half United. I like the concept of the charity but don’t see how the bullet ties in. The only thing I can see is it opening a conversation about the charity with someone who asks you why you are wearing a bullet????

They sell “bullet” necklaces and keychains, etc. at gun/hunting shows/stores all the time. So, if I saw someone wearing a bullet I would assume they had gotten one at a store/show along those lines.

Regarding “[m]aybe we’ll see a bracelet from Half United in a future subscription box!”, the Half United “The Honeybee” bracelet was featured in The Zoe Report http://thezoereport.com/shop-charitable-jewelry/ in November 2013 but that might be a stretch…

I’m definitely cancelling after this box. I wasn’t thrilled with the first one, but I’m less thrilled with the second. :/

I cut the necklace and made a keychain for my husband. He loved it.

I cancelled upon seeing the bullet necklace. Very personal choice but I abhor guns and everything to do with them. And as just mentioned given the amount on the swap site not everyone seems to like them

Also in their website they very clearly state that all their products are full size and no samples. That statement now appears false

I think the prices are grossly inflated. Even if money is taken from the bracelet directly for charity there is no way the pricing is remotely fair

I was tempted about this box until I saw the towel spoiler. The company that sells them also sells those Mexican blankets that you can get all over the southwest for $4, for over $40, so I knew that the towel would be terribly overpriced as well. It seems that everything else in the box is was well. So I’ve taken this box out of my “want” list.

I also don’t like the concept of buying products at a premium so that the company can donate money to charity and get a tax deduction. I much rather donate directly to the organizations I care about.

This box is a disappointment compared with the first one, which seemed more thoughtfully curated. My favorite thing is actually the cling. I put it in my bathroom and swapped for another for the guest bathroom. I was SO disappointed to see that Half United necklace again. I still have the two I got from my FFF boxes lying around unworn. The gummies have gelatin in them, so I had to toss them. I got the same samples in my Pijonbox this month, and those got tossed, as well.

Just seeing the bullet necklace in this box makes me want to cancel. There are over 200 of these necklaces from the FFF box up for swap. Getting it swapped will be highly unlikely and I don’t like the idea of crafting with it. If the bullet was melted with maybe some rhinestones added to it and look less like a bullet I would like it a lot better. The towel is okay, the note book is fine, the bracelet is overpriced. Very disapointed in this box. If this box was monthly I would cancel immediately, yet since it is quarterly, I’ll give it one more season before I cancel. The first box was so much better.