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MSA + Kloverbox Beach House Box Shipping Update #2

Liz Cadman
ByLiz CadmanJun 23, 2015 | 428 comments

Limited Edition Box from MSA + Kloverbox

Sorry for not getting an update up sooner - Kelly's number one priority has been getting boxes packed and shipped.
To sum up without giving away specifics that could spoil the box, we've had several very frustrating set backs throughout the shipping process that have delayed timelines. (We'll share the full details after if you're interested). This means the boxes shipped out a little more staggered than we planned, and the remainder of packages will ship out today.
We also had an issue with some units being damaged in shipping, so a few customers will receive their box as soon as we receive the replacement items this week. (We've just emailed those affected with details and our way of making it up to you).
We're so sorry about this delay. We planned to give ourselves a good buffer window on shipment, and this has been one of those "everything that can go wrong will go wrong" situations. Many lessons have been learned, and we hope that you enjoy the box when you receive it.
Let me know if you have any questions.Β And so sorry again.
Liz Cadman
Liz Cadman
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!

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428 comments

Blessedmommi

Hi everyone!

So I have a few comments about this box, lots of praise and a hint of criticism.

First off let me just say that I Love Liz’s taste and will buy any box she is ever involved with. I loved the smell of the body scrub, the pillow is cute and arrived just in time for my trip and the tote was lovely, my sister has claimed it as her own she uses it everyday!! my little ones love the pillow for naps πŸ™‚

I was hoping for more home items but I really enjoyed the items I got. The hand soap was given to my dad, we go through a lot of it so it’s always nice to have -the scent is crisp and fresh, it isn’t one we currently have either,so that a win. I love tatcha products,I do wish the product wasn’t such a small sample but I will eventually use it.
The sunscreen I haven’t tried yet but again it will eventually get used πŸ™‚

Now to my small criticisms:

my box was lost in transit, I never received tracking information – all my emails went unanswered for about a week. When I did get a response it was days after the box arrived and the email claimed that my box arrived 3 days earlier than the actual delivery date.

I also emailed with a small concern as the straps on my tote arrived defective -the threads were completely unraveling, it’s been almost 3 weeks and no one has even responded to the email.

the customer serivce associated with kloverbox is seriously subpar. I also thought the presentation of the box was lacking. There’s was no packing material or tissue paper, items literally arrived tossed in the box, luckily nothing was breakable– my soap leaked a bit but not enough to cause any real damage.

However it’s The lack of communication and no tracking number that have really ruined the overall experience for me.

I’m so thankful that it arrived the night before my trip so I was able to take the pillow and tote with me, but the fact that kloverbox believed my box arrived 3 days earlier is worrisome because had they related that information to me earlier I would have thought my box stolen, which has happened in the past.

Unless Liz is associated with Kloverbox and does another Colab I doubt I will ever order from them again. I expect a company to respond to their customers and Kloverbox has continually ignored me. That alone turns me off.

Overall I loved the box, I think Liz did a great job, and while everything wasn’t perfect I’m still happy I was able to experience another mystery surprise designed by Liz! I really hope you continue to create boxes Liz because I will def continue to buy them!!

Thank you again! .

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Blessedmommi

Oops sorry typo… That should read “Relayed” not related… Ugh autocorrect πŸ™

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Hawk21

FYI,for those who love beach boxes, check out the Adrift Gift beach boxes. They’re $40 per month with a subscription and each month you can see what will be included and you can skip if you don’t want it. I saw this box mentioned on hellosubscription, and I like the July box Adrift is offering. Hand towel, candle, matches, sunglasses, and soap.

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Corrine

Thank you for sharing this site I ordered one just now just the kind of beach box I was hoping for πŸ˜‰ yeah

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chris

Liz, Will you be reviewing this box soon?

I think my favorite items so far have turned out to be the scrub (which is almost gone), the bag (which is gorgeous!), and the pillow (which I was able to swap for 2 more of) because my kids each wanted their own. πŸ™‚ Love it!

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Liz Cadman

Yes -I should have an unboxing post up soon. πŸ™‚ Love that scrub too!

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Chantel

Did I miss the unboxing post? I can’t seem to find it.

Betty

Liz I just want to say I loved the box, can’t wait for you to do another one !

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Liz Cadman

πŸ™‚ Thanks!

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jill

Has anyone with a late box received the credit yet?

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Victoria

No, I have received nothing, nor was I ever told I would get anything…..I received my box on 7/2 and if it weren’t for Liz, don’t know if I would have it or not….communication with Kloverbox was almost non-existant.

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M

I had the same issues with shipping being late & no one ever contacted me to make it up or give me the $10 discount or whatever ppl got. Also my sunscreen was damaged & Kloverbox never responded about a replacement. I honestly wonder how much of this whole thing was due to Kloverbox & Liz is being professional & not pointing the finger. The box itself didn’t seem to fit the description of home & lifestyle, as well as beauty, since 3 of 6 items were beauty ones. Like other ppl have said, I was hoping for a beachy scented candle or decor items, not more sun screen & tote bags, both of which seem to get sent out way too frequently in sub boxes. Also hand soap isn’t an exciting item to get. The pillow was cute but tiny & didn’t fit my decor & I wasn’t about to redecorate or buy more stuff just to ‘go’ with that. The tiny moisturizer was frustrating as well- I could never afford the full size product, so even if I like it, what’s the point? Overall, just really disappointed in this whole process and frustrated that it was not addressed in an article or anything on this site, after all the negative feedback. Also frustrated with Kloverbox never getting back to me or offering to amend for the shipping delay & damaged product. Never purchasing anything from them again after this experience.

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hallie

Agreed. This box was horrible. It should have been accurately described as a beauty beach box with a couple of lifestyle bonuses. I am appalled that Liz and/or Kloverbox haven’t publicly adressed all of their upset customers.

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Liz Cadman

I’m so sorry about your experience. I’m emailing you now.

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KC

Liz – any help for Laura, YHaak and myself? The issues have been lingering much too long now. We really need to address this…PLEASE. Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Liz Cadman

Hi – so sorry. I’m emailing you again. Kelly told me that boxes should have arrived today, but if anyone else’s hasn’t arrived yet please email me and I will take care of it today.

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lisad

Wow, the lack of responses and service with this Kloverbox box is troubling to say the least. I would have loved to try them out with a subscription, not so much anymore.

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YHaak

Yikes, I guess I won’t hold my breath waiting for a response either. I emailed due to receiving a damaged open box missing the Tatcha and the pump for the soap had no stem. It’s hard to understand a company surviving without customer service. Even a return email to say that questions and issues were taking time to work through would make a customer feel better.

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KC

I’m not sure I’ll get a response, but I thought I try again. I still have not received my box. I’ve been trying to get a tracking number about two weeks ago. No response, until Liz contacted me.

Once Kelly responded, she said it was delivered. I have no box and checked with my postal and my building for the box.

I proceed to ask her since she is the shipper, can she call the USPS to help locate it or at least help me file a claim. Nothing for a week after multiple emails.

Finally she writes back and says she can’t help me and to file a claim myself. I don’t have a tracking number, invoice, dates, etc. If I could, I would.

I’m have been patiently waiting, but I’m getting no help.

At this point, I might have to call my cc company to help resolve it? Which I don’t want to do. I would still like to have this box.

Anyone else with this issue?

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Laura

I’m in a similar situation. I emailed them twice last week to no respose. I know that Liz has tried to email Kloverbox twice this week with me in on it, but I’ve still not received a response from her efforts either. Unfortunately I’m considering the same option. If I can’t get a tracking number or even just a response, I will be forced to contact my credit card company. I’ve never done it before, but I feel like we’ve given more than a reasonable amount of time to at least get some information. I’m extremely disappointed in this entire situation.

One good thing that has come of it is that Kloverbox was going to be my next sub. Thankfully I know now to stay far away since service is clearly not a priority whatsoever.

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KC

I’m sorry you’re going through with a similar situation. I’m just floored on the lack of response.

I did believe that Kloverbox had a great product/service offered, but with the debacle of this box – I’m just so disappointed.

I’m not sure what the credit card company can do, but it’s a shot.

Good luck!

Julie

Does anyone know how to contact Kloverbox’s customer service? My box arrived with some kind of gritty goop in it… Possibly spilled out scrub that turned brown for whatever reason? Mine was in tact, but it was all over my products. I tried e-mailing the address that the order confirmation came from and tried using the Contact us form on their website to no avail.

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Liz Cadman

So sorry about that – please try [email protected]. If you don’t hear back soon let me know.

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Dina

I do not have a box or tracking number. I leave for vacation tomorrow and I was looking forward to enjoying the scrub in the outside shower, and the sunscreen. The tote would be awesome too. Although I am disappointed I did not get to enjoy the “surprise”, I would still like the box.
Is there anyway to track it? If it is lost or was never sent is it possible to get a refund?

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Liz Cadman

I’m SO sorry. I just emailed you and Kelly from Kloverbox to get a status update.

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Victoria

I still haven’t heard anything from Kelly about my box.

Marian

Still no box or tracking number for me. I just don’t know if the box is actually coming. I’ve emailed Kloverbox twice with no response

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Liz Cadman

I just sent an email to you and CCd Kloverbox. I’m so sorry about this.

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Wendy K

I have just finally had a chance to open my box. It has been sitting on my desk for close to a week but I have been travelling and finally have time to sit down and enjoy opening my box. I had seen the spoilers and was excited to get home and check it out.

I love the curation. It is a great box for me. This was the first time I had spent $100 on a box & it was a win.

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Victoria

I don’t know if anyone is still reading this thread, but I never got my box and I want a refund. Yeah, I understand the whole “No Refunds”
just because you weren’t happy with what was in the box…but when you pay $100 and get nothing, that’s another story.

I think I’m done.

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Laura

Still no box or even a tracking number. I emailed both Kloverbox and Liz last week and haven’t gotten a response from either. Just some basic communication would be helpful. It’s frustrating to have already had the box spoiled for me while trying to find out what is going on, but it’s even more frustrating to still be completely in the dark about this still. I understand uncontrollable issues came up. A delay wouldn’t be an issue as long as I had some idea what is going on. Can I please find out where my box is or just get a refund so my money is no longer tied up with this mess?

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Liz Cadman

Hi Laura,

So sorry – just responded to your email.

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Vctoria

So just how long am I supposed to wait for my box? Should I just ask for a refund at this point?

I ordered this as birthday present for myself and thought I would get it in plenty of time–My birthday is tomorrow. The label was created June 18th.

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Liz Cadman

Hi Victoria,

I’m so sorry. I’m sending you an email and connecting you with Kloverbox to try to figure out what happened. I’ll make this right.

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Corrine

Hi Liz and all my fellow no box loners πŸ˜‰ I just received a notice from USPS stating my beach house box is in Lynnwood WA and out for delivery today yeah it did state that it was held for a delay though so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that all will be intact when I open it πŸ˜‰ I’ll keep you posted πŸ˜‰ so excited it is finally going to be arriving though OPEN OPEN OPEN

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Corrine

i just opened my box YEAH IT ARRIVED it was beat up and partially opened ;( but all was in there and surprisingly nothing broke AT ALL not even the seal on the air tight item!! I already used two of the items and I love the T and F item!! Thank you Liz and Kelly it was well worth the wait!!! Tah tah for now πŸ˜‰

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Keri S.

If anyone didn’t get the $20 off card and wants to use it, I will happily give you my code. As stated below, the sale is better than the card. But, if you want to use it and compare it against the sale prices, l won’t mind. If you respond to this post with your email, I’ll email the code ASAP.

Corrine, since you haven’t received your box, I think you should get first dibs. Otherwise, anyone is welcome to it.

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Corrine

Thank you very much πŸ˜‰ but you are right the sale is better so I went with that I appreciate the offer though!! I really just would love my box to show up crossing my fingers for tomorrow πŸ˜‰

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Corrine

is anyone else still waiting for their box?? I’m just worried I might be the only loner left ;( thank you

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victoria

You are not alone. I haven’t received my box either.

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TH

Not sure if anyone is still reading these comments, but to anyone who already got her box, were your products sealed? I finally got my box, but it arrived kind of beat up. I wouldn’t normally care, but my sunscreen box was open, the foil seal on my scrub was open, and both my soap and Tatcha didn’t have any type of seal. I’m kind of concerned about using products that aren’t sealed since it seems somewhat unsanitary. Just want to know if it was the same for everyone or if I should be concerned that someone was messing around with mine πŸ™

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YHaak

I received my box Saturday. It was damaged and partially open. My sunscreen box was open, the soap pump had no stem – it appears broken off and there was no Tatcha in my box πŸ™ the seal to the scrub is only partially intact. I was disappointed in the shipping but was ok, but receiving the box open and damaged was very disheartening. I have emailed Kloverbox and Liz. I expect to wait a bit before a response as I know this did not go as planned. That said, I really like the items I did receive :/

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TH

Oh no, so it wasn’t just me then! I’m sorry to hear about your box! I wonder if it was not packaged well or maybe some strict places had to open boxes because they had to check what was in it? Lol I’m not even sure that’s allowed, but it did seem very strange that both our boxes came similarly “damaged.” It looked like what happens to luggage that has to be checked at the airport – mine seemed like someone had checked every item by opening it πŸ™ I don’t hate the products, but to get such a package is certainly disappointing, esp. at the higher price point.

CJ

Only the scrub had a foil seal. None of the other items came with tamper proof seals.

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CJ

I received my box yesterday and I am very pleased with it. I received the tote bag in the Antler (taupe) color. I know some people are upset about the bag being available for much cheaper now that its on sale than it was at original price but I’m not upset because the quality (although a nice, pretty tote) never warranted the $110 price tag anyway. The sale price is more fitting in my opinion considering it’s not a designer bag and it’s not real leather accents. lt’s larger than I would use for everyday use but still a good bag for travel. I’m planning to “break it in” on my 4th of July trip home to my parents! I like that it’s a durable canvas. I’m lucky that the color of the throw pillow matches the aqua color of my comforter set perfectly so it’s serving as another accent pillow on my bed. The scrub smells wonderful and I’m happy the sunscreen is a spray (which I prefer) unlike the other sunscreens I’ve received in other beauty boxes. I’m also happy to get to try another product from Tatcha. I received the rice powder enzyme sample in another box and have been using it sparingly since this brand is so expensive and a luxury I would not splurge on for a full size. The hand soap is needed but I’m not overly excited about the “sea salt” scent. However, I totally get why they selected it. I will be using everything in this box and the value is well over the cost so it was worth it for me. I hope the extreme negativity from some doesn’t discourage Kloverbox from offering special edition boxes for the rest of us in the future.

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Jennifer

Well, I guess I am in the minority, but I LOVE this box!!! I trust Liz’s curation, and was so excited to see she was partnering up to curate a box. Any time I see Liz partner with a company to do a box, I will be first in line. Her taste is amazing. I love every item in my box, and will use everything (sitting here looking at my pillow now that matches the blanket that came in a previous box!). Liz, great job! I now curating a box is hard work, but I can honestly say I love this box MORE than my Oui Please 1.3 box!! And MUCH better communication!

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Angelica

Liz,

For some reason my box came with no paperwork. Just the card. The card said I was to receive a $20 gift card to Thursday Friday which I wanted to use but there was no card in the box. This gift card is set to expire on June 30th. I’ve emailed kloverbox and have yet to hear back. I hope you can help me before it expires. This has been a difficult situation and honestly I don’t know what to think or feel about it. I think right now I just need to try to resolve the kinks and let it settle. The pillow is comfy! It is helping me recoop from just getting out of the hospital.

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lz

The card is useless. The 80% deal is much better (the gift card cannot be combined with coupon).

In fact, I ordered some nice stuff using the current 80% deal, and they included a $25 gift card. I can email you both if you are interested, assuming I haven’t recycled them.

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Kim

If you want the card I am happy to email you the code just email me miss the card I’m happy to email you the code just email me at mskimmers at yahoo.com

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Janet

There’s a sale going on (80% off!) that will give a lot more money off the items than the gift card.

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Cindy

I could not find a way to use the ‘sale code’ and the discount. How did you do that?

chris

You are welcome to just have my card if you want it since I won’t be using it. If you are on the swap site, just look for my name under the card in the Kloverbox section.

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Victoria

I haven’t even gotten my box yet and there’s a coupon that is going to expire on June 30th??

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Corrine

Still no box here in Washington ;( and still no idea where it might be now I’m getting frustrated!! I hope there will still be some left for private purchase cuz I really don’t want to miss out on this one! If anyone has any info plz let me know thank you Corrine

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Heather

Just got my box, Love It! Thanks and great job!

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