Reminder – Check Your Email for Birchbox Sample Selection!

I know this is the wrong place to post this, but can someone explain the point system to me or direct me to a page that explains it. I can’t seem to find anything on the BB site.

Hi. Can someone help me. I am sub to Birchbox and I just gave myself the Mother’s Day 3 month sub. I received an email saying to create my account and when I try I get this:
Oops! Looks like you’re trying to redeem a gift you purchased. Gifts can only be redeemed by your recipient in a separate account.
What can I do???? Thanks

I was excited about the peel but it was already sold out when I got the email. Hoping I’ll be pleasantly surprised with this box. I went with the curated MadMen box last month so I’m due for some surprises.

I always get my email so late, I just got mine. I REALLY wanted the sea salt spray and it’s out of stock 🙁 This sucks.

I am so glad I didn’t have a problem this time like I did for April’s. It seems like I always get an email for my upgraded account first, then my other 2 come in. I used the April link for one and it worked so I could make sure I got the curated box. Also I noticed on my upgraded account I was offered the curated box this month in my choices. I wonder if they changed it or if it was a mistake? I didn’t choose it on that account just in case.

Still no email for my sample choice.. Same last month; had to call them and they confirmed my choice via email, only to send me something else. You would think they would fix the situation by not repeating the incident but no, same thing this month.. Been a subscriber for a year and have both subscriptions.. Considering cashing in my points and canceling both..

I’ve just tried choosing sample by using April Sample Choice’s email. It worked! I got confirmation email already 🙂

I don’t like the picks all that much this month so I’m just going with “BB surprise.”

Last month I received my worst box in three years (except for the Jane Iredale PYS which I like). I got peppermint body wipes, body butter in a scent I already tried and didn’t like, and a shampoo and conditioner from a brand I can’t use. If even one item had been better I would have been fine with it but I’ve never gotten a box where I was only going to use one item. Crazy. But in three years at least most of my boxes have been good. 🙂

I got the email at 3:41pm and didn’t pick a sample until 4:30 – nothing was sold out yet 🙂

Ok so I love BB I have 4 boxes coming every month… I think the point system is great… its the main reason I sub. However I try to get my dad to love the Mens box, I order it every now and then for him, and he thinks its a waste of 20 bucks, the samples are soo tiny and the lifestyle item is always off no matter how many times we tweak his profile.

I ordered Aprils box because he wanted the tommy boxers. but we missed the window to pick the sample. two weeks later we got a email to pick the sample for Mays box, We cancelled mays box as the lifestyle items didnt’t appeal to him at all. When I cancelled the sub, they cancelled the april box I ordered too. I had to spend 40 mins on the phone with CS to ensure his box would still ship.
they told me that when I cancelled the subscription for may it cancelled my April box too, since it hadn’t finished processing yet.
I found that reasoning to be ridicuouls, since you have to cancel by the 15th of the month to avoid being charged for the next month as they charge you a month in advance for the MENS box. I finally got them to agree to send us the box I paid for.

We just got the box: He wanted the tommy boxers, but he got two pairs of socks, which he won’t wear because he’s not a fan of the style. Every time we get him a box he ends up with these “happy socks” anyways the mens box only lets us review 4 items not 5 so we don’t even get the $5 credit in points. I called today to ask about it and they said the mens box is different than the women’s, sometimes the mens box will only have 3 or 4 items to review. Which is ridiculous, because if your paying more for a box, you should at least get the same points back. Needless to say I think we will skip the Mens BB sub from now on and possibly try the Luxury Barber box – this sub is $5 more a month but you receive over 10 samples and 1 full size product every month.
If BB Man was more like the women’s sub I think we would continue with it, but with the lifestyle item being a flop for him every time its just a waste of money, and since I no longer get a $5 credit for the box its just not finically worth it.

Im going with the sea salt spray this time.

Ever since they started the sample choice, I’ve always picked something, even if none of the choices appeal much to me. The only thing I’m interested in this month is the face peel and I already have a few of them.

This time I’m not making a pick, dangit! Here’s hoping I get a good box!

Question~ If we don’t pick one of the sample choices and let ourselves be surprised, are we likely to get one of the sample choices anyway or something completely different based on our profile?

Going for the sea salt spray this month – I’ve tried the other 3 sample choices in prior boxes. The curated one would be interesting if the make up product was something other than a mascara. I also already own the full sized version of the sunscreen – but it’s a great product!

I never get the email until after all the good stuff is gone. I wish they would send the emails out all at once – seriously – why am I at the bottom of the list? I even order full size products from them. #irritating.

I got the email, but I’m not interested in any of the sample choices or the curated box this month. I love Juara, I wish I could pick that but don’t want the rest of the items in the curated box lol. First month I’m letting Birchbox pick for me, crossing my fingers. I’ve heard that if you let BB pick for you, you get great boxes.

I have two subscriptions. For one, I am going to choose the sea salt spray and for the other, I want the chemical peel. I received it in my box last month and it was absolutely amazing!

I haven’t received the email yet, but I’m not super excited for any of the sample choices, anyway. I might try for the sea salt mist, but I’m worried it will dry my hair out.

I just received the peel in my box last month, and haven’t had a chance to try it yet. The other two samples don’t really appeal to me.

Unfortunately, I’m not interested in the curated box, either. Last month’s Birchbox wasn’t so great for me, but the two before that were perfect, so I’m hoping for another good one.

I think I’m going with the guest editor box – hopefully there will still be plenty since I won’t get to choose until tomorrow.

I just signed up my 77 yr-old mom for Birchbox as a surprise – she was at my house when my April box arrived and she thought it was so fun! She won’t actually use many of the products (she gets her hair done at the salon every other week so most hair products are out), but I figure that I can sign one of us up for the guest editor box each month so we always get different things and then we can swap with each other.

I think she’s going to be excited to get “good” mail (not bills, junk ads, etc.) for a change. She doesn’t even have a computer so she never even shops online or gets any fun packages.

I haven’t gotten the email, so I can’t choose yet, correct?

I think I will try for the sea salt mist.

This is only my 2nd month. I’m not sure what to do. The curated box is the one with the yellow pattern, right?

None of the choices excite me at all. I was thinking of going for the curated box this month since they usually have a better value, but I don’t like anything in this box. The sample choices are nothing I need, but If I have to pick I guess I’ll go with the Macadamia oil. I was going to not pick anything and leave the whole box a surprise, but lately Birchbox hasn’t been paying attention to my profile at all and the last few boxes have been a total bust for me. Too bad I have an annual sub and can’ skip a month.