GQ Quarterly Subscription Box Review #GQQ03

i cancelled right after getting this box, and this was my first quarterly box! i am so furious; for me/us, it was a truly disappointing and horrible box.

i finally managed to convince the fiance to try a subscription box because it’s been great for me, and now this box of crap landed as his first box.

the book is horrible, and ridiculous – i can’t even beg people to take it for free. the candle is fine, but dont like the scent. the teeth thing is like, what? so essentially i paid USD100 for the facewash, a smelly candle, and a chocolate. to top it off, i paid usd30 for international shipping. argh.

Totally off topic but can you PLEASE sign up for Travel Noire from
quarterly????

I actually really like all the items in this box, but it does seem like there isn’t any point in buying this from Quarterly when you could buy each item separately for the same price. I think that subscription boxes have to offer at least some savings, or a special not regularly available product, to justify themselves. That being said, I will be on the lookout to see if anyone is selling items from their GQ boxes.

Looking at the recent changes and their promise that the box value would at least equal the cost, I don’t think they are achieving what they hoped to achieve. I almost see them becoming more of a technology niche subscription box and dropping alot of the other curators. I was pleased with both Rosario Dawson’s and Arianna Huffington’s last boxes, and have kept Nina Garcia’s for now, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see those boxes go soon. They really need to announce some good changes or they will be gone soon.

Have to agree that Quarterly is pretty stinky lately. SPOILER … Just received my Book Riot box today and it was horrible. A mass-market apocalyptic paperback, a notebook, a book on talking to loved ones about dying, and a flask. I ran, not walked, to my computer to cancel. Worst $50 I ever spent 🙁

Not really sure whats going on at le chateau quarterly lately. The
company is not offering enough incentive for a sign up in a subscription with price point of items contained in thebox. Also, my opinion is that GQQ02 had more night date in it. I would be more impressed with a guy serving something in the chesse board and using the awesome coasters included in their second box than discovering that horrible book in a coffee table.

I cancelled after receiving this box. It was a total let down, especially for $100!

I just received the Food52 Quarterly box and its a huge disappointment. For $50 I received a covered water bottle, a small box of marshmallows and a jar a chocolate to make hot cocoa. Estimated value of $25 would be a stretch….. Cancelled!

I understand Liz’s point about the candle. The box was sent to her to review so it’s a win-win situation for her. It’s not what I had pictured in my mind. I, too, wonder if the book is appealing for a date night. I’m not the audience for the box so maybe the target audience has a different view.

This is the same reason why I feel uncomfortable getting $100 boxes from quarterly. I don’t like the values. Swapping can be irritating to with low value boxes. Knowing that the value of the box is almost full price, and someone seeing the value of an item in the box thinking it means the same as the value of an item in their box, even though their box had 50% higher value.

I canceled Fathom for this reason. I hope I did not make a mistake in canceling yet it was $100 risk I did not want to take, if the box value was $100 or a little more.

After reading this and considering the recent changes in Quarterly terms/prices, I am done with Quarterly.

I bet I am not alone.

Wow, I would have been very disappointed if I had ordered this box.. And yo think I almost did. The only date night item Is the candle. And that photobook for a guys coffee table for a date night is a joke.. Not to mention its surfers. Was that really selected by GQ?

OMG! If I spent $100 on this box, I’d be very angry. Liz, you didn’t want to buy that candle before because of the price point, but you just did! Considering the actual cost of the book, the box contents ostensibly equal what you paid, so you really did pay full price. If you don’t care for any of the other products, then you paid MORE than $45 for that candle, since you got no value or use from other things. For example, do guys really care about coffee table books, especially ones which mainly feature pictures of half-naked guys?!? For that matter, do guys really want candles?

I canceled this one at the last minute. Glad I did. Candle is awesome but not 100.00 awesome.