Meh you pushed my buttons. How dare I give you a reason to take my money and then happily oblige. Welcome to the haunted month. After a lengthy talk with @PHRoG I have come to the conclusion that there is only one solution. For the month of Halloween and beyond my next request shall be for an Irk plushie, a Mehgic 8 ball complete with meh responses, and a squatty potty to clean my body from the candy corn you’re bound to sell this month. The ball is in your court, once again.
@reclaimercube Yet you’re still a poop, which, unless you completely Borked (ah, a happier time) and didn’t get the month of shipping, means you didn’t order.
@cmafba Yes I agree. Except for 2 kids they all wanted fidget spinners rather than the candy I had (decent, usual Walmart variety pack chocolate candy, 2 pieces per kid).
@cinoclav NO!
NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo NO!
My grandkids have been hooked on this for weeks and I just got it out of my head.
@mike808 Yep, I got a few of the mini tins on Azon, which came to about $3.30 each and are about the amount of a Silly Putty egg. The “Illusion” series is awesome-looking as they change color with reflected light, similar to that painting effect found on certain show cars.
@Kerig3, That brings back memories. I used to do a lot of business with these guys back when they were called JerryCo. It never was the same after Jerry died, though.
The price is great, but I think the shipping costs will kill the deal. Thanks for the link.
No…I bought a bunch from here last year to give out for Halloween. Had no trick or treaters, literally not one! I still have 97% of these! Can not justify buying more. You know, a bulk lot of cat toys would serve me better. I’m sure my three cats would enjoy at least 10% of them
My son still loves these, but they’re getting harder to find locally. It’ll be good to have a giant box of them hiding in the garage to slowly replace lost/broken ones over time.
@ThatsHeadly Fidget Spinners were actually made to help kids with ADD and other disorders concentrate in class and on their school work ect.
Then some bimbat with a million plus subscribers declared them as “cool” so then EVERYBODYhad to have one including every child in my daughters school leading to everybody including my youngest who used it for the correct reason getting banned from having them in class.
@NoImNotNSA I had heard that and researched it, and to quote:
There are claims that a fidget spinner can help calm down people who
have anxiety and other neurological disorders like ADHD and autism.
However, as of May 2017, there is no scientific evidence that they are
effective as a treatment for autism or ADHD.
@ThatsHeadly Well of course it doesn’t help in the Treatment it’s not meant to "Treat" anything it’s supposed to help keep them distracted and like I said concentrate and it does as I mentioned my youngest used to use them in class and they indeed did help her until she couldn’t use them anymore due to them getting banned because everyone and their grandmother had to have one
I have no idea if there will be trick or treaters in my apartment building. Of course, I have already picked up candy “just in case”. (My local drugstore had a variety pack of Haribo mini packs!)
But seriously, if there are trick or treaters, I’d like to be able to offer both candy and non-candy options (in case kids have allergies or what not). And if there aren’t any trick or treaters, I’m sure I can find a place come Christmastime to offload them.
Do the kids even care about fidget spinners anymore?
Pretty sure they were already a worn out fad when something similar was offered last year.
Last year, some of the kids might still have been excited, but this year, I feel like handing these out would make my house less cool than the ones handing out pennies.
@Narwalt I gave out Meh fidget spinners last year and 85% of the kids were super excited about them. The older kids and teenagers seemed the most excited. In the past I’ve given out little toys (similar to fast food kids’ meal toys), pencils with cartoon characters/super heroes or similar things and a lot of the kids make comments about the items being cool. I think after a few houses, they’re just excited to get something different/other than candy.
@therealjrn right here Brother…This deal was vintage MEH and they deserve to know it…but if it makes you feel better, everything in the past 2 months has sucked except for the ruger knives (great deal) and those red flashlights werent that bad…in fact they were great.
I was waiting for these! I live in a small neighborhood (2500 people) on a the wrong side of a two lane highway. The first two years I lived in my house we got ZERO trick-or-treaters. It was very depressing to see all these kids just across the road, trick-or-treating and here I was giving out FULL SIZE CANDY BARS!
Then last year I had some fidget spinners that I bought in bulk from meh to put in stockings for Christmas, I decided to hand some out for Halloween as well. We had one kid show up early in the evening then nothing. About 45 minutes later they started coming in droves! “We heard this was the house with full size candy bars and fidget spinners!”
While I ran out of full size candy bars, I didn’t run out of fidget spinners. Thanks to Meh, I became the “Must Visit” house last year.
Now I have a reputation to uphold. This year it will be full size candy bars, fidget spinners, and WWE minni action figures.
Interestingly, the LED spinners have a microcontroller of some sort in each light. Of the batch I purchased last year, some were even discrete components in SOIC package.
Edit: Well, it might be a microcontroller. Chance is, it’s an ASIC. Depends upon production volume and pricing. Quick-to-market electronics often have inexpensive PICs or Microcontrollers in them.
I live on a super popular Trick-or-Treat block. Last year we had 370 kids. I had 70 fidget spinners from a previous meh thing. So, this year 160 kids get one… more than twice last year’s count, and I’ll still end up disappointing half the little farts that come by.
Halloween handouts vs candy and if any left over they will be X-mas stockings and shoeboxes to ship out for needy. Also my wife works with the special needs kids with all the letters (ADD, etc.), so she will want some, hope their is enough for left for Halloween…
I bet your warehouse people will love you more than last year, since they’re already in a container. That had to be a royal pain to break those boxes apart last time.
I gave away a few at Halloween but the hospital was glad to get the unreasonable number I had left over. So I need more. LED for the win.
/giphy rocky-disrespectful-wheat
Last year we gave out magic tricks that came in small packs like baseball cards, and they were a big hit. Plus: we got to put out the teal pumpkin because our “treats” were “allergen friendly”. Which is a thing that I didn’t know about but does exist.
@sammydog01 Hrm… I think you can give out food too, but the idea is that you have a non-food option so kids with any food allergies know they can stop and there will be something for them. I think they even have a sign you can print up that says something like “choose a treat or a prize” and someone who can’t have the wheat or dairy or whatever would know they can pick the non-food item.
In all honesty? We were starting a new diet last year and wanted to keep sugar out of our house so we were looking for an alternative to candy, and came across the magic tricks (again: the kids LOVED them) and it was only after I’d ordered them that I came across the teal pumpkin thing kind of by accident. Seems like a good thing though, and more and more kids are having the food allergies these days, so if it helps some kids or makes some parents feel better, we felt like why not participate with the pumpkin and all in case there are some families that are super into looking for the teal pumpkins? Especially since we had compliant stuff to give out anyway. ¯\ _(ツ) _/¯
So… I bought the 160 pack then second guessed myself and cancelled. Bought a single pack of the LEDs then tripled guessed myself and cancelled. Came to my better senses and ordered the 160 pack again. Trust your instincts, right?
I gave out fidget spinner last year and they were a big hit. I have some anxiety about the potential choking hazard on the light up ones though if they’re anything like the ones from last year.
If possible, could you please make the Meh button about 10 times as big when Fidget Spinners are the product? The level of Meh I feel for fidget spinners just isn’t expressed with the current sized button. Thank you.
@sammydog01 I kind of did, and the sad thing is I’m not even sure I want these… I actually wanted the next fidget spinner, like flow rings or something, and am afraid these might be played out this year and earn me a dozen eggs on my house.
I’m still on the fence about ordering, but I don’t want to be stuck with 148 fidget spinners after Halloween.
But they are super cheap, so they might be in my future yet tonight.
How mad are you gonna be when tonight’s deal is not a waffle iron but something else off my list?
Oy! Meh is on a roll with me. Or vice versa. And the ear buds from earlier seem nice. And there’s a t-shirt coming soon. And a key organizer doo-dad.
In for 160:
/giphy turbulent-ditsy-cheddar
Does anyone know when these will ship? It’s been a week and mine order still says “Processing”. In the past, it seems that Meh hasn’t taken this long with orders.
@narfcake@therealjrn@Thumperchick If I remember correctly last year you said they would probably arrive by Halloween but this year you implied they would definitely arrive by Halloween. Well, are they coming?
@narfcake@therealjrn They have changed those dates before. It’s a thing. Just like in Gaslight, trying to make us think we’re crazy.
/giphy Gaslight movie
I ordered these on October 1st with the expectation that Meh would ship them. …but they have not. Other than that, this last Meh order has been amazing. That is good since I don’t continue buying from suppliers who don’t ship what is ordered so this is my Meh Swan Song so to speak.
@narfcake I made a comment earlier that got eaten. If those three wheeled cars were front wheel drive, it could of worked. at least they wouldn’t have flipped over if there’s three of them attached together.
The Pogo Camera looks great but hard to order anything else until my Fidget Spinners actually ship. Now in our second week since being ordered and still being “processed”. Free shipping is so much less attractive when nothing is actually shipped.
Today is day ten since ordering the world renowned fidget spinner assortment. Not received, not shipped, not “processed” yet. When Meh refuses to ship a product where does one go for resolution?
@KREE They still have four days to get it to you according to the original sale “Estimated Delivery”. That being said, if you want to escalate this the best place to do so would be here: https://meh.com/support
@KREE Hey KREE, staffer @Dave is going around personally apologizing for the SNAFU. You should expect it anytime soon. Please give meh another chance to disappoint you in ways we can only imagine today.
@sammydog01 Bulk fidget spinner orders are the Achilles heel of the meh.com shipping department. Sell them in August next year, you dweeby litter box sifters!
Also (before they change that too) the write-up promises:
We’re offering them now, because we want to get them to you with plenty of time to spare before the end of the month. That way, you can offer them out to Trick Or Treaters on Halloween.
@RiotDemon
Why not ship shit when it’s supposed to. Or why not have an automated email to purchasers when the estimated date changes? They do order confirmations, newsletters, and forum tag emails, but not the important stuff.
#getgoodkid
Here’s where we’re at: most of these arrived to our warehouse this morning and the rest are expected tonight. We’re planning to start shipping tomorrow and it is our aim to have that complete by end of day Monday. They should arrive in plenty of time for Halloween, still.
As you said, we’re far behind the initial delivery estimate and I should’ve posted an update in here earlier. The details are boring, held up in customs, that sort of thing, but I need to be better at posting updates when we’re going to miss our initial delivery estimate.
(Also fyi, the estimated delivery date on your order page will stay what it was when you ordered: https://meh.com/orders )
@RiotDemon It’s basically been happening since May.
It’s also not their first fulfillment fiasco fuckup. At least last time they were “only three months late” when they were fulfilling orders from November – aka orders intended for the Holiday season – in February.
@RiotDemon The blog post from July said backend issues (from switching e-commerce platforms in April), but that really doesn’t account for them ignoring all the CS aspects for months and months.
Where are my spinners? I want them. You could discern that by the fact that I ordered them over two weeks ago. Estimated delivery dates changing, the term “in process” being deceptively deployed followed by a misleading and mostly false “shipped” status being used before anything was actually shipped from anywhere to anyone.
The question I have to ask is why would you do this to me? Is this just a bit of fun incompetence or are you guys starting some sh*t with me for other reasons? I have been a good and loyal Meh consumer buying all manner of crap I definitely do not need. Now when I buy an item to meet deep emergency needs in my family you take my money but refuse to ship.
@sammydog01 umm, because they used false shipped tags. Actually, I think we both know that status shows shipped when the only thing that has happened is that the shipper was digitally notified that the shipment is inbound. That is what I was referring to.
@KREE I entertain myself by tracking packages. Yes, I should find a hobby. But unless Fedex is in on the scam Meh packages always move the day they are labeled as shipped.
My fidget spinners have arrived. I am pleased. All of my hatred of Meh has dissipated. Not yet back to full on love but I can feel the early inklings of a strong friendship on the way.
My 40 LED spinners arrived today. Unfortunately, there was not a single one where all 3 pods would light up. 9 that have 2 pods which light up. The rest were mostly dead with the occasional 1 or 2 pods that would light up very dimly when pressed and reluctant to shut back off. Took a few pods apart and got 0.5 to 2 volts on the batteries. Should’ve just gotten the non-LED spinners.
My LED spinners arrived today, also. Not one of them will light up all three, and most of them don’t light up at all. This really sucks. They were additions for kiddies for Halloween.
Last year the LED spinners were top notch. They worked. The kids loved them. This year it’s 80 shit broken dead battery spinners and 80 printed spinners. Meh fucked up this one.
Spinners with 3 fully operational lights- 0
Spinners with 3 lights that had any light at all- 2
Spinners with 1 or 2 lights that did anything at all- 20
Spinners that did not light up at all- 18
Hey, they counted right- good for them?
I get that these came in really late but would it have killed you to open a box and check them out?
Any chance of getting a box of non-light up ones in exchange by Halloween? I would even eat the $2 difference.
@sammydog01 Yup. Pretty lame. I splurged for the large pack because I thought the light-up ones would be fun for the kids while out trick-or-treating at night. If the lights don’t work, not so much.
I am a sucker. So far almost half these LED spinners have zero working LEDs, but each package has printed on it that it costs $9.99; I paid $16 each with free shipping.
The old meh would have already had these in the warehouse before selling them. They would have taken product photos in-house, featured them in a silly daily video, and probably indicated in the write-up how crappy the LED ones were. That used to be the norm: instead of talking-up the product sight unseen, the write-up was brutally honest about how crappy the item was.
Same problem here. Tested 5 of the LED fidget spinners and had only 2 arms that lit up out of 15. Total garbage. On the other hand the non-light up fidget spinners are heavier and better quality overall. Disappointed, this will be the last time I order fidget spinners from meh.
I think I may have gotten lucky, 3 fully working led spinners. Probably gonna unwrap them all and hope the kids don’t notice. That or place a big order for cr1220 button batteries. Last year’s definitely had bigger ones.
@martinam Last year there were two types shipped- ones with these smaller batteries that were crappy and ones with the larger batteries that were a lot better. I got a batch of the cr1220 ones last year and a lot of them could be fixed by taking them apart and tweaking the parts. I’m pretty sure this batch just has dead batteries.
I bought the big batch. 80 ‘LED’ spinners. 4 spinners had 3 working inserts. 36 had no working inserts. A total of 68 inserts worked. At 3 inserts per spinner, call it 33 spinners… or call it junk.
Very disappointed.
I ask for replacement or refund from meh.
So sad! We ordered the LED ones as a special treat for the scout pack camp out. There are only three that light up properly. Some work a little but most are totally DOA. On top of that there were even less than 40! How do I get a replacement of 40 that work before the kids go camping on the 26th? or a refund ?
I found replacement batteries on ebay 20 bucks for 200 pcs… they take CR1220 3V… They are fairly easy to replace. Now I just have to hope the batteries get here in time.
Keep an eye on your email for a message from us regarding these fidget spinners.
Yeah. Some of the LED fidget spinners have issues. We’re aware of that. They still spin, they’re still mostly fine, but they just aren’t quite what you wanted. So we’ve got a coupon code for you to help make it better.
The codes are in the email and tied to your account. Please check your spam folders if you don’t see that sometime tonight.
We think it’s a pretty fair solution for this.
Sorry the LEDs didn’t light up your life, but you can keep spinnin’ on anyway.
This is easily the worst purchase I’ve made here. Not only did they come late, but most don’t light up at all. I just got the $5 expired coupon though, so that makes up for 5/14th’s of it.
Just disappointed with how crappy these are, and how they weren’t accurately described as such.
@zachdecker Yea… 18 kinda working for me, 16 partially working, the rest doa. All of them pretty dimly lit.
I was pretty excited to hand these out for Halloween in their ‘sanitary’ packages. Not really keen on having to open them up to frankenstein (eh? ehhhh?) them together.
I got offered a partial refund on my 160 order because “You still ended up with 80 printed Spinners for 15.76.”
80 printed spinners for $15.76 was not the deal I signed up for. I didn’t want 80 printed spinners and nothing else. The point was to get the lighted ones for the trick-or-treaters. I only ordered the 160 deal because it was only $2 more than buying 80 LED and gave me some kind of fallback in case I ran out of lighted ones.
Meh should just take the entire purchase back for a full refund. Terrible experience.
Well somewhat dismayed about the total number of duds… but the 10 makes it better… I’m still psyched about all the eggs I’m going to recieve on 10 31. Haha
My biggest issue… what to do with the rest of the 140 I don’t give out for Halloween?
Wow, a 30% refund for a product that’s maybe 90% not acceptable. Not cool, Meh. And it doesn’t really matter if they still spin, the good part is that they light up and make nifty patterns. It’s not like I can give them out to kids and say, well at least they spin. My trees would be full of toilet paper.
Oh god, I just got the email. I hadn’t even thought to check the batteries.
Any chance y’all could do a quick deal on CR1220 batteries and have them arrive before Halloween?
Edit: I ordered 320 spinners, 160 of which are LED. Assuming two batteries from each are dead, that’s 320 batteries. I’ll round down to 300. On EBay it’s $25.50 for 200, and $15 for 100, or $40 total. Ouch.
@dwasifar Well, I don’t really want to give out junk for Halloween. If I could do it all over I’d spend the money on candy, but I’m basically committed now, haha.
@Hiz You have 160 printed ones to give out at least. Could you report back? I’m curious to see if the kids like them as much as they liked the LED ones last year.
@sammydog01 The kids liked the spinners. I did get quite a few asking if they lit up, and they were definitely disappointed when they found out they didn’t, but most of them didn’t care.
I was surprised how popular the Canadian ones were, though, lol.
@Hiz Good to hear! I found some from last year that didn’t light up- they liked those too. I ran out by 7. And they didn’t even have fun patterns. Even the kids that scoffed at the idea of spinners took them.
I wish I had a box of Canadian ones. I may keep my dark ones and try to find some cheap batteries next year.
Personally, I won’t be happy with anything less than a full refund or 320 CR 1220 Batteries,I bought these just for the LED spinners so now I just feel totally ripped off. shame on MEH…
I’ve had a little success taking the 1 working light from 2 spinners to make a proper working 3rd spinner. Hopefully the kids will appreciate the Halloween themed Frankenstein spinners !
“Some of the LED fidget spinners have issues. We’re aware of that. They still spin, they’re still mostly fine, but they just aren’t quite what you wanted.”
This is like selling you a broken flashlight and saying you can still use it in the daytime.
Same here… 80% dead batteries. Sure, they still spin. but I wouldn’t have invested in a bunch of “Used to light up” spinners. I’d rather have the money back.
Here is what I did with some of my bricked ones last year. I took out all the lights (and then took them out of the boxes so kids didn’t know they were supposed to light up) and the kids at halloween never knew they were supposed to have lights. Yeah you still paid more for, what appears to be, a known and not disclosed significant problem, but at least you can still give them out at halloween that way. I’d still contact meh though and at least ask for a refund for the amount between the light up kind and the non-light up kind.
20 of the ones I received did not light up at all.
13 had only 1 light work (that is generous as many of those are extremely faint).
5 had 2 arms light up.
Only 2 of the ones I received are fully functional.
Hey everyone! We are working through our queue right now so we promise we’ll get to you if you’ve emailed in.
If you’ve run into an issue with your fidget spinner order, please contact us about it via meh.com/support and we will take care of any questions you have.
@riskybryzness But the answer seems to just be “check your email for the coupon we sent”. It’s better than nothing, but not by much. If we had known the actual working LEDs were in the 0% to 10% range, most of us probably wouldn’t have bothered to order.
If i pay for 40 light up spinners that is what i expect to receive. To settle for less is fraud. I’ll be sending copies of the ridiculous responses i received from meh to the Better Business Bureau and the the State Office here in Illinois… I’ve tangled with sheisters before, and the key is patience and persistence.
Lookie what I tripped over in the junk room- 3 flashy spinners that still flash and 11 regular old red spinners from last year. I should be good tomorrow night now.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
40x Printed Spinners
or
40x LED Spinners
or
80x Printed Spinners
80x LED Spinners
Warranty
90 day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, July 22nd - Monday, July 27th
Fidget spinners are the new candy corn.
@The_Tim at least you can eat candy corn
@The_Tim @ThoR294 there’s nothing really stopping you from eating these, I guess
@The_Tim Ha, posted the same thing just after you did.
@ThoR294
Better not tell you now
/8ball Is candy corn edible?
These things are soooooo 2016!
Dear Lord… They’re breeding now.
Meh you pushed my buttons. How dare I give you a reason to take my money and then happily oblige. Welcome to the haunted month. After a lengthy talk with @PHRoG I have come to the conclusion that there is only one solution. For the month of Halloween and beyond my next request shall be for an Irk plushie, a Mehgic 8 ball complete with meh responses, and a squatty potty to clean my body from the candy corn you’re bound to sell this month. The ball is in your court, once again.
@reclaimercube the squatty potty must be meh-branded, so every time you use it you look down and see “meh.” between your feet
@reclaimercube Yet you’re still a poop, which, unless you completely Borked (ah, a happier time) and didn’t get the month of shipping, means you didn’t order.
/giphy poop don’t lie
I hereby confirm @reclaimercube’s resolve for Freaky Month.
snaps fingers
Make it happen, minions!
/giphy all signs point to yes
It’s official, the fad is OVER!
@Kerig3 the fad is NOT over until Meh says the fad is over
@Kerig3 @nolrak it’s not over till the fat Irk sings
Can hardly give these things away
@Stallion not that hard at halloween. They disappear faster than candy.
I gave these out for Halloween last year. The kids LOVED them !!! I hope this works again
@cmafba this year you need to give out Fortnite dances.
@cmafba Yes I agree. Except for 2 kids they all wanted fidget spinners rather than the candy I had (decent, usual Walmart variety pack chocolate candy, 2 pieces per kid).
@cmafba Really. I was a hero at halloween. But what happens if it rains? Got to remember where you put them a year later?
Fidget spinners have officially jumped the shark.
@norman8
/giphy left shark
@norman8 As has this guy!
@norman8 Is that the baby shark, mommy shark, daddy shark, grandma shark, or grandpa shark?
@cinoclav NO!
NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo NO!
My grandkids have been hooked on this for weeks and I just got it out of my head.
@Kerig3 You’re welcome. I’d hate to suffer alone.
These would make for terrible mousepads.
Hmmm… Maybe…
Fidget spinners may become the new bitcoin someday!
@daveinwarsh Nah, Dogecoin will be the new bitcoin. Stock up!
Still have not done anything with the last 50 I bought.
I buy them fo my clinic for the kids who are having a bad day, I’m glad you got some more in, we were getting a bit low.
My new fidgeting solution.
Much, much more satisfying!
@Kerig3 the iridescent glow-in-the-dark one is pretty cool. As is the magnetic one and the temperature changing one. Best get a sampler kit.
/giphy crazy aarons putty sampler
@mike808 Yep, I got a few of the mini tins on Azon, which came to about $3.30 each and are about the amount of a Silly Putty egg. The “Illusion” series is awesome-looking as they change color with reflected light, similar to that painting effect found on certain show cars.
If we had trick or treaters I would be all over this. We don’t so it’s a no go… I used the ones last year for stocking stuffers.
/giphy candy-spinning-corn
@Woody1 This ⬆gif WINS THE INTERNET!
Or 160 basic and LED?
Did you finally sell out of the Bluetooth speaker version?
/giphy Canada
@stinks Robin Sparkles!
Anyone know what type of batteries are in the LED spinners? I could use some cheap CR2032’s!
@Freedom1958 Try here.
I’m lucky enough to live near one of their retail stores.
@Freedom1958 Yeah, expired ones. I got some of the LED models to give out at Halloween last year and about half of them didn’t light up at all.
@ellett @Freedom1958 ypu assume those wer batteries to start with and not just toxic waste pellets.
@Kerig3, That brings back memories. I used to do a lot of business with these guys back when they were called JerryCo. It never was the same after Jerry died, though.
The price is great, but I think the shipping costs will kill the deal. Thanks for the link.
My wife says no to these as we gave them away last Halloween and have to top them this year. Don’t let me down meh
No…I bought a bunch from here last year to give out for Halloween. Had no trick or treaters, literally not one! I still have 97% of these! Can not justify buying more. You know, a bulk lot of cat toys would serve me better. I’m sure my three cats would enjoy at least 10% of them
@savvysapphire
@savvysapphire what happened to the 3%?
@tnhillbillygal I gave a couple to my brother and sister in law. And I opened one so the cats could play with it.
@savvysapphire So a kitty did get one! Yay! That said, I’m sure my kids have a few laying around here somewhere. I should see if my cat is interested…
This seems to be working pretty well the last few days…
WE THE MEH CUSTOMERS DEMAND YOU SELL US MacBookPro 15,1 (A1990)'s AT A VERY LOW COST
is that how it works?
/me is patiently waiting until 11pm tomorrow
@thismyusername Why the hell aren’t you going for the Escalade filled with cash? SMH…
@thismyusername is this model number for a better spinner?
@givemehdeal yes… a considerably more versatile fidget spinner
Did you get the definition of LED from Oxford English Dictionary?
20 minutes in, and no one has said “bath”?
/giphy amazing-risky-home
A big hit for trick or treaters last year, and cheaper than full-sise candy bars…lets see what a year changes.
A dumpload of stale candy corn must be right around the corner!
I m still spinning some from the ones I bought first time you offered and when I was VIP member.
40 should be more than enough for Halloween
/giphy foggy-smiling-ostrich
My son still loves these, but they’re getting harder to find locally. It’ll be good to have a giant box of them hiding in the garage to slowly replace lost/broken ones over time.
Wonder why they didn’t post the price comparison to show how good this deal is.
Meh: 40 LED fidget spinners for $16
The picture says 2 for $15!
So you’re getting $300 worth of fine spinners for a mere $16!
@mike808
order/hoarder/boatloader
I still don’t get the point of these. Can someone explain?
@ThatsHeadly Fidget Spinners were actually made to help kids with ADD and other disorders concentrate in class and on their school work ect.
Then some bimbat with a million plus subscribers declared them as “cool” so then EVERYBODYhad to have one including every child in my daughters school leading to everybody including my youngest who used it for the correct reason getting banned from having them in class.
@NoImNotNSA I had heard that and researched it, and to quote:
http://time.com/money/4774133/fidget-spinners-adhd-anxiety-stress/
I think it’s all marketing. I still don’t get it.
@ThatsHeadly The led ones are mesmerizing.
@sammydog01 @ThatsHeadly Don’t you mean mehsmerizing?
@ThatsHeadly Well of course it doesn’t help in the Treatment it’s not meant to "Treat" anything it’s supposed to help keep them distracted and like I said concentrate and it does as I mentioned my youngest used to use them in class and they indeed did help her until she couldn’t use them anymore due to them getting banned because everyone and their grandmother had to have one
I have no idea if there will be trick or treaters in my apartment building. Of course, I have already picked up candy “just in case”. (My local drugstore had a variety pack of Haribo mini packs!)
But seriously, if there are trick or treaters, I’d like to be able to offer both candy and non-candy options (in case kids have allergies or what not). And if there aren’t any trick or treaters, I’m sure I can find a place come Christmastime to offload them.
/buy --set “40x printed fidget spinners”
@Kawa It worked! Your order number is: vain-thundering-shame
/image vain thundering shame
@Kawa @mediocrebot Whoa… that’s some religious ordering right there. But “shame”?
So what I’m seeing is $16 for some bearings and LEDs? Is that right?
@ow3n And batteries.
Of unknown type.
are the basic ones black parts also bearing or is there only one bearing just in the middle?
also meh should just throw one or two of these into any other order from now on for pleasant surprise
Do the kids even care about fidget spinners anymore?
Pretty sure they were already a worn out fad when something similar was offered last year.
Last year, some of the kids might still have been excited, but this year, I feel like handing these out would make my house less cool than the ones handing out pennies.
@Narwalt One of my local 99 cents stores managed to get rid of their stock a couple months ago at 2/0.99, so maybe there’s still some value?
@Narwalt I gave out Meh fidget spinners last year and 85% of the kids were super excited about them. The older kids and teenagers seemed the most excited. In the past I’ve given out little toys (similar to fast food kids’ meal toys), pencils with cartoon characters/super heroes or similar things and a lot of the kids make comments about the items being cool. I think after a few houses, they’re just excited to get something different/other than candy.
@gt0163c @Narwalt I gave them out last year. One kid changed his costume 3 times to get more.
also maples leafs makes me think spinners were less popular in canada
I’m such a kid, love LED toys.
/giphy endearing-crafty-mule
Lots of Maple-leaf fidget spinner leftovers, now that Canada has replace the Maple leaf with that… umm… other leaf.
PERFECT MEH Monday!..In for the LED’s…Stupid deal, 5% of retail…
@fastharry WHERE IS THE REAL FASTHARRY AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM???
@therealjrn right here Brother…This deal was vintage MEH and they deserve to know it…but if it makes you feel better, everything in the past 2 months has sucked except for the ruger knives (great deal) and those red flashlights werent that bad…in fact they were great.
I bought the large pack last year to use in our prize room at our school’s spring carnival. Thanks for having more that I can get this year!
Bah, I would rather be castrated with a warm grapefruit spoon…
Yes! Now I’m only a 219 spinners and a porcupine away. Muahahaha.
I was waiting for these! I live in a small neighborhood (2500 people) on a the wrong side of a two lane highway. The first two years I lived in my house we got ZERO trick-or-treaters. It was very depressing to see all these kids just across the road, trick-or-treating and here I was giving out FULL SIZE CANDY BARS!
Then last year I had some fidget spinners that I bought in bulk from meh to put in stockings for Christmas, I decided to hand some out for Halloween as well. We had one kid show up early in the evening then nothing. About 45 minutes later they started coming in droves! “We heard this was the house with full size candy bars and fidget spinners!”
While I ran out of full size candy bars, I didn’t run out of fidget spinners. Thanks to Meh, I became the “Must Visit” house last year.
Now I have a reputation to uphold. This year it will be full size candy bars, fidget spinners, and WWE minni action figures.
Thanks Meh!
/giphy thundering-tipsy-mead
Interestingly, the LED spinners have a microcontroller of some sort in each light. Of the batch I purchased last year, some were even discrete components in SOIC package.
Edit: Well, it might be a microcontroller. Chance is, it’s an ASIC. Depends upon production volume and pricing. Quick-to-market electronics often have inexpensive PICs or Microcontrollers in them.
I live on a super popular Trick-or-Treat block. Last year we had 370 kids. I had 70 fidget spinners from a previous meh thing. So, this year 160 kids get one… more than twice last year’s count, and I’ll still end up disappointing half the little farts that come by.
@msqaf00 that gif gets funnier every time I see it.
I bought some of these last year, just in time for Halloween. They were a hit with the kids!
All I can think about is neoprene covers. Bath. Bath. Bath.
Fidget spinners… the Bitcoin of the plastics world.
/giphy amiright-people
@TheMonkeyKing
/image bitcoin spinner
Halloween handouts vs candy and if any left over they will be X-mas stockings and shoeboxes to ship out for needy. Also my wife works with the special needs kids with all the letters (ADD, etc.), so she will want some, hope their is enough for left for Halloween…
Gonna try it…
/buy --set “80x Printed & 80x LED Fidget Spinners” --qty 2
@ManBehindPlan It worked! Your order number is: broad-futuristic-noise
/image broad futuristic noise
@mediocrebot Ha! Hacked it in the first time!
Cool keyboard btw
I bet your warehouse people will love you more than last year, since they’re already in a container. That had to be a royal pain to break those boxes apart last time.
@ManBehindPlan I think you mean hate them less.
I gave away a few at Halloween but the hospital was glad to get the unreasonable number I had left over. So I need more. LED for the win.
/giphy rocky-disrespectful-wheat
@sammydog01 They will be competing with rubber ducky monsters- can’t wait to see who wins.
@sammydog01 Maybe I’m not seeing it well but is he trying to “pump” a lever action rifle?
@Targaryen I think the gif was just cut too short. It looks like he’s flipping the rifle to finish the action.
@RiotDemon @Targaryen I see disrespectful but not the other two words. Stupid giphy.
Let’s give this a shot:
/buy --set “80X PRINTED & 80X LED FIDGET SPINNERS”
@dave It worked! Your order number is: miraculously-peppy-salad
/image miraculously peppy salad
School Bingo night is coming up, so in for 160.
/giphy mummified-flirty-advice
Weren’t we promised a SUPER PLINKO from somebody the last time we had spinners in bulk?
@therealjrn that was me. I’ve apologized a few times already. My life went to shit.
@RiotDemon Oh I’m sorry.
@RiotDemon @therealjrn We still love you!
Went for the big pack of 160… I hope it’s enough.
Last year we gave out magic tricks that came in small packs like baseball cards, and they were a big hit. Plus: we got to put out the teal pumpkin because our “treats” were “allergen friendly”. Which is a thing that I didn’t know about but does exist.
https://www.foodallergy.org/education-awareness/teal-pumpkin-project
/giphy squalid-literate-lip
@indiebass Can you give out food too or only non-food to put out a teal pumpkin?
@sammydog01 Hrm… I think you can give out food too, but the idea is that you have a non-food option so kids with any food allergies know they can stop and there will be something for them. I think they even have a sign you can print up that says something like “choose a treat or a prize” and someone who can’t have the wheat or dairy or whatever would know they can pick the non-food item.
In all honesty? We were starting a new diet last year and wanted to keep sugar out of our house so we were looking for an alternative to candy, and came across the magic tricks (again: the kids LOVED them) and it was only after I’d ordered them that I came across the teal pumpkin thing kind of by accident. Seems like a good thing though, and more and more kids are having the food allergies these days, so if it helps some kids or makes some parents feel better, we felt like why not participate with the pumpkin and all in case there are some families that are super into looking for the teal pumpkins? Especially since we had compliant stuff to give out anyway. ¯\ _(ツ) _/¯
@indiebass I’ll find a pumpkin to paint then. Thanks!
So… I bought the 160 pack then second guessed myself and cancelled. Bought a single pack of the LEDs then tripled guessed myself and cancelled. Came to my better senses and ordered the 160 pack again. Trust your instincts, right?
@medz The led ones make pretty patterns.
@sammydog01 good. I’ll have 80 of them plus 80 “free” non-led ones.
I gave out fidget spinner last year and they were a big hit. I have some anxiety about the potential choking hazard on the light up ones though if they’re anything like the ones from last year.
@gatwood Yeah, the ones last year were quite easy to disassemble.
@gatwood
/image External use only.
/giphy doleful-giddy-templar
If possible, could you please make the Meh button about 10 times as big when Fidget Spinners are the product? The level of Meh I feel for fidget spinners just isn’t expressed with the current sized button. Thank you.
Wait, did @djslack get two wishes? No fair! Where’s my waffle iron?
@sammydog01 I want a waffle iron, but I’m gonna be picky. I want removable plates. I’d prefer heart shaped waffles.
/image 5 heart shaped waffle iron
@RiotDemon I have one that makes heart shaped waffles. They’re too thin. I want regular waffles. And I asked first.
@sammydog01 but you weren’t specific enough!
I also want lots of cash in my waffle iron. The more cash there is, the less I care about the shape.
@sammydog01 I kind of did, and the sad thing is I’m not even sure I want these… I actually wanted the next fidget spinner, like flow rings or something, and am afraid these might be played out this year and earn me a dozen eggs on my house.
I’m still on the fence about ordering, but I don’t want to be stuck with 148 fidget spinners after Halloween.
But they are super cheap, so they might be in my future yet tonight.
How mad are you gonna be when tonight’s deal is not a waffle iron but something else off my list?
@djslack I’ll rage quit. For reals.
@djslack @sammydog01
/ragequit
@djslack @sammydog01 you’ll be back.
@djslack @therealjrn
/tableflip
@sammydog01 it’s no waffle maker but at least you get to stick around…
@djslack I’m pretty sure no one asked for this thing. Ever.
Ordered 160… I might be crazy. Blame my daughter. She says I’m being mean…
/giphy minimum-blighted-pretzel
Oy! Meh is on a roll with me. Or vice versa. And the ear buds from earlier seem nice. And there’s a t-shirt coming soon. And a key organizer doo-dad.
In for 160:
/giphy turbulent-ditsy-cheddar
/giphy thievish-laughing-stork
Kids loved these last year but a year is a long time for fads, are they still gonna want these?
@Jetlag if you get the light up ones, maybe?
/giphy shiny!
Does anyone know when these will ship? It’s been a week and mine order still says “Processing”. In the past, it seems that Meh hasn’t taken this long with orders.
@gt0163c
@tHumperchick @narfcake Now it says:
Imma calling shenanigans.
@narfcake @therealjrn @Thumperchick If I remember correctly last year you said they would probably arrive by Halloween but this year you implied they would definitely arrive by Halloween. Well, are they coming?
@therealjrn
@sammydog01 No idea, but the issue here is the changed dates.
@narfcake @therealjrn They have changed those dates before. It’s a thing. Just like in Gaslight, trying to make us think we’re crazy.
/giphy Gaslight movie
@narfcake @sammydog01 I KNOW!!!
/image memento
@sammydog01 @therealjrn What’s this “trying” thing?
I ordered these on October 1st with the expectation that Meh would ship them. …but they have not. Other than that, this last Meh order has been amazing. That is good since I don’t continue buying from suppliers who don’t ship what is ordered so this is my Meh Swan Song so to speak.
@KREE
@KREE
/youtube announced departures
@therealjrn interesting post. Well, not interesting so much as filled with sarcastic dickness. I guess that is completely different.
@KREE
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@KREE @therealjrn That’s how we roll here.
/youtube this is how we roll
@narfcake aw, that was a let down. I was wondering how the hell you would get it to spin since the tires don’t turn that much.
Maybe if they had welded a support bar across the back of the cut car, it wouldn’t of collapsed.
@RiotDemon More ice would’ve helped; there’s too much traction! The base engine in those Ladas made 53hp – when they were new.
@RiotDemon Come to think of it, replacing the tires with something else might have worked too. Paper drifted pretty well, actually.
@narfcake I made a comment earlier that got eaten. If those three wheeled cars were front wheel drive, it could of worked. at least they wouldn’t have flipped over if there’s three of them attached together.
@RiotDemon Alas, they’re RWD.
/youtube Top Gear Reliant Robin
The bigger issue is that there was very little demand outside the UK, so such specimens would’ve been rare.
Y’all better start shipping my spinners. We don’t want a repeat of the trick-or-treat drama we had last year.
@medz
/giphy trick or treat drama
The Pogo Camera looks great but hard to order anything else until my Fidget Spinners actually ship. Now in our second week since being ordered and still being “processed”. Free shipping is so much less attractive when nothing is actually shipped.
Done ordering…take your POGO camera and aim it towards louisville…
/giphy eff you
Today is day ten since ordering the world renowned fidget spinner assortment. Not received, not shipped, not “processed” yet. When Meh refuses to ship a product where does one go for resolution?
@KREE They still have four days to get it to you according to the original sale “Estimated Delivery”. That being said, if you want to escalate this the best place to do so would be here: https://meh.com/support
/image pitchforks crowd
@KREE Hey KREE, staffer @Dave is going around personally apologizing for the SNAFU. You should expect it anytime soon. Please give meh another chance to disappoint you in ways we can only imagine today.
So, unless you ship these things by drone they’re missing the original window. Any updates?
@sammydog01 Bulk fidget spinner orders are the Achilles heel of the meh.com shipping department. Sell them in August next year, you dweeby litter box sifters!
/cancel
@medz
/giphy PANIC
For future reference and for doubting meh staffers and volmods…
Order Details screen still shows:
ESTIMATED DELIVERY
Wednesday, October 10th - Monday, October 15th
But the item page now says:
Estimated Delivery
FedEx SmartPost: Monday, October 29th - Friday, November 2nd
At this point, no email or forum post from meh to explain nor acknowledge the delay.
Also (before they change that too) the write-up promises:
@medz why not tag the staff?
@dave @thumperchick @woodhouse
@RiotDemon
Why not ship shit when it’s supposed to. Or why not have an automated email to purchasers when the estimated date changes? They do order confirmations, newsletters, and forum tag emails, but not the important stuff.
#getgoodkid
@medz who knows? At least if they are tagged, they can see that people are pissed.
@medz @RiotDemon @snapster, have you been following this?
@medz These got held up coming to us and will be shipping out late this week or early next, most likely.
@woodhouse I hope, for your sake, you’re right. I really do.
/giphy ominous
Hey @medz @therealjrn @RiotDemon @sammydog01 @KREE
Here’s where we’re at: most of these arrived to our warehouse this morning and the rest are expected tonight. We’re planning to start shipping tomorrow and it is our aim to have that complete by end of day Monday. They should arrive in plenty of time for Halloween, still.
As you said, we’re far behind the initial delivery estimate and I should’ve posted an update in here earlier. The details are boring, held up in customs, that sort of thing, but I need to be better at posting updates when we’re going to miss our initial delivery estimate.
(Also fyi, the estimated delivery date on your order page will stay what it was when you ordered: https://meh.com/orders )
Customs agent #1: The manifest says these are pallets of fidget spinners.
Customs agent #2: Ain’t nobody buying those anymore. No way that’s legit.
@dave Thanks for the update. Much appreciated.
Dammit man! -I needed my 40 fidget spinners this week! I have a lot of FUCKING spinning to do!!
/giphy rabble rabble
@dave heh. so they were drop bought from Canada…
I just got a Fedex Delivery Manager alert for this order.
Arrived at FedEx location
FEDEX SMARTPOST DALLAS, TX
It’s true what they say; The squeaky wheel gets the spinners.
@medz
/giphy squeaky fidget spinner
@medz We have a quirky little saying here at Meh: “People that pay for things should get those things.”
@dave Great mission statement.
@dave @medz In other words, NOT TeeFury.
https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/irvine/profile/clothing/tee-fury-llc-1126-1009439
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.teefury.com
@narfcake interesting to see all these newer reviews of not getting product.
I pretty much stopped shopping there when Jimiyo left.
@RiotDemon It’s basically been happening since May.
It’s also not their first fulfillment
fiascofuckup. At least last time they were “only three months late” when they were fulfilling orders from November – aka orders intended for the Holiday season – in February.@narfcake wonder what happened.
@RiotDemon The blog post from July said backend issues (from switching e-commerce platforms in April), but that really doesn’t account for them ignoring all the CS aspects for months and months.
@narfcake especially if they aren’t fulfilling orders. They should take a pause and catch up.
@RiotDemon Exactly. Not being proactive when the issues were just coming to light is a big issue IMHO also.
(It’s a good thing I’ve written them off years ago already.)
Dear Meh,
Where are my spinners? I want them. You could discern that by the fact that I ordered them over two weeks ago. Estimated delivery dates changing, the term “in process” being deceptively deployed followed by a misleading and mostly false “shipped” status being used before anything was actually shipped from anywhere to anyone.
The question I have to ask is why would you do this to me? Is this just a bit of fun incompetence or are you guys starting some sh*t with me for other reasons? I have been a good and loyal Meh consumer buying all manner of crap I definitely do not need. Now when I buy an item to meet deep emergency needs in my family you take my money but refuse to ship.
That never happened with Woot. …I’m just sayin.
@KREE Refer to this post:
https://meh.com/forum/topics/40-pack-or-160-pack-fidget-spinners#5bbfb81da20023119e3cc1ea
@KREE Why do you say they use false shipped tags? Did you just make that up?
/giphy fake news
@sammydog01 umm, because they used false shipped tags. Actually, I think we both know that status shows shipped when the only thing that has happened is that the shipper was digitally notified that the shipment is inbound. That is what I was referring to.
@KREE I entertain myself by tracking packages. Yes, I should find a hobby. But unless Fedex is in on the scam Meh packages always move the day they are labeled as shipped.
My fidget spinners have arrived. I am pleased. All of my hatred of Meh has dissipated. Not yet back to full on love but I can feel the early inklings of a strong friendship on the way.
@KREE I still had faith. I knew you weren’t really leaving.
/giphy early meh inklings
My 40 LED spinners arrived today. Unfortunately, there was not a single one where all 3 pods would light up. 9 that have 2 pods which light up. The rest were mostly dead with the occasional 1 or 2 pods that would light up very dimly when pressed and reluctant to shut back off. Took a few pods apart and got 0.5 to 2 volts on the batteries. Should’ve just gotten the non-LED spinners.
KuoH
@kuoh This sounds like last year.
/giphy uh oh
My LED spinners arrived today, also. Not one of them will light up all three, and most of them don’t light up at all. This really sucks. They were additions for kiddies for Halloween.
/giphy sadness
Last year the LED spinners were top notch. They worked. The kids loved them. This year it’s 80 shit broken dead battery spinners and 80 printed spinners. Meh fucked up this one.
BUT THINK OF THE CHILDREN!
If these were just to hoard, I’d be cool with it.
Totally Chinese crap - 80 “spinners”, after checking them out = 28 complete reassembled spinners work = 3 LED inserts. 70% junk!
No where near the nearly 100% performance of the Cyclone (Chinese semi crap) sold last year.
!!
I like the plastic containers these came in.
@Dave They came today! Yay! They’re shit. Boo.
Spinners with 3 fully operational lights- 0
Spinners with 3 lights that had any light at all- 2
Spinners with 1 or 2 lights that did anything at all- 20
Spinners that did not light up at all- 18
Hey, they counted right- good for them?
I get that these came in really late but would it have killed you to open a box and check them out?
Any chance of getting a box of non-light up ones in exchange by Halloween? I would even eat the $2 difference.
@sammydog01 Yup. Pretty lame. I splurged for the large pack because I thought the light-up ones would be fun for the kids while out trick-or-treating at night. If the lights don’t work, not so much.
@medz How are the non-led ones? Do they spin well?
@sammydog01 The one I tried had an acceptable degree of spinnage.
@medz And my CS inquiry came back with an overload message. I wonder why?
I am a sucker. So far almost half these LED spinners have zero working LEDs, but each package has printed on it that it costs $9.99; I paid $16 each with free shipping.
11 total of 80 with three working lights
@russellmz I’m pretty that was $9.99 per spinner. Kids are suckers.
@sammydog01 I feel better now
@russellmz Yeah, $9.99 per spinner MSRP, so when the convenience store sold them for $7 each it would look like a big bargain.
They came in a counter display.
The old meh would have already had these in the warehouse before selling them. They would have taken product photos in-house, featured them in a silly daily video, and probably indicated in the write-up how crappy the LED ones were. That used to be the norm: instead of talking-up the product sight unseen, the write-up was brutally honest about how crappy the item was.
Same problem here. Tested 5 of the LED fidget spinners and had only 2 arms that lit up out of 15. Total garbage. On the other hand the non-light up fidget spinners are heavier and better quality overall. Disappointed, this will be the last time I order fidget spinners from meh.
I tried four, and there was one “arm” blinking dimly on each. One had a second arm was so dim I could only see it in the dark.
These are crap.
Rather than open them and try to salvage a few working units, I think I’ll donate the lot.
I think I may have gotten lucky, 3 fully working led spinners. Probably gonna unwrap them all and hope the kids don’t notice. That or place a big order for cr1220 button batteries. Last year’s definitely had bigger ones.
@martinam Last year there were two types shipped- ones with these smaller batteries that were crappy and ones with the larger batteries that were a lot better. I got a batch of the cr1220 ones last year and a lot of them could be fixed by taking them apart and tweaking the parts. I’m pretty sure this batch just has dead batteries.
Found this review
@medz My unboxing was kinda like that…except the complete opposite. Maybe Meh can make it up to us by getting a deal on replacement batteries.
KuoH
@kuoh @medz Mine got worse the further down in the tub I went. The top ones weren’t anywhere near as good as that guy’s though.
I bought the big batch. 80 ‘LED’ spinners. 4 spinners had 3 working inserts. 36 had no working inserts. A total of 68 inserts worked. At 3 inserts per spinner, call it 33 spinners… or call it junk.
Very disappointed.
I ask for replacement or refund from meh.
Found another video where he goes through a whole container.
The LED ones should have never shipped, at least not without an offer of a refund first.
Of the 40, we were able to put together 8 that work. Other 32 are going into the trash.
As a leaky AAA veteran, I should know better than to buy anything here with a battery.
Same issue here…not going to test each light because I have netflix to watch. But this is no bueno. Requested replacement or refund.
My first meh. Out of 80 LED spinners, 5 are completely operational, and the others are split between partly and fully dead. Mostly fully dead.
Wow, won’t the kiddies be excited at Halloween? “Here’s a broken toy, kid.” They’ll egg my house.
Way to make a bad first impression, meh.
So sad! We ordered the LED ones as a special treat for the scout pack camp out. There are only three that light up properly. Some work a little but most are totally DOA. On top of that there were even less than 40! How do I get a replacement of 40 that work before the kids go camping on the 26th? or a refund ?
I found replacement batteries on ebay 20 bucks for 200 pcs… they take CR1220 3V… They are fairly easy to replace. Now I just have to hope the batteries get here in time.
@Hoeck did you contact support about the duds?
@RiotDemon I just did
@Hoeck Coupon is not gonna cover what I am out for new batteries… this is lame
Out of 80 spinners only 3 lit up completely, 28 didn’t light up at all, and 49 of them partially lit up. How do I get a refund?
Does anyone know an easy way to go back in time to 8/30/18?
ATTENTION
Keep an eye on your email for a message from us regarding these fidget spinners.
Yeah. Some of the LED fidget spinners have issues. We’re aware of that. They still spin, they’re still mostly fine, but they just aren’t quite what you wanted. So we’ve got a coupon code for you to help make it better.
The codes are in the email and tied to your account. Please check your spam folders if you don’t see that sometime tonight.
We think it’s a pretty fair solution for this.
Sorry the LEDs didn’t light up your life, but you can keep spinnin’ on anyway.
(Also, the coupons expire in August 2019.)
@Thumperchick you done made good by me.
@Thumperchick My coupon says it’s already expired. Someone forgot we were in 2018. Oh, Meh.
@schmani @Thumperchick Yeah, I noticed that too.
Another dropped ball.
@Thumperchick “We think it’s a pretty fair solution for this.”
Nobody else thinks so.
Do the right thing. Take back the orders for full refunds. Return shipping, if needed, should be on you.
This is easily the worst purchase I’ve made here. Not only did they come late, but most don’t light up at all. I just got the $5 expired coupon though, so that makes up for 5/14th’s of it.
Just disappointed with how crappy these are, and how they weren’t accurately described as such.
@zachdecker Yea… 18 kinda working for me, 16 partially working, the rest doa. All of them pretty dimly lit.
I was pretty excited to hand these out for Halloween in their ‘sanitary’ packages. Not really keen on having to open them up to frankenstein (eh? ehhhh?) them together.
I got offered a partial refund on my 160 order because “You still ended up with 80 printed Spinners for 15.76.”
80 printed spinners for $15.76 was not the deal I signed up for. I didn’t want 80 printed spinners and nothing else. The point was to get the lighted ones for the trick-or-treaters. I only ordered the 160 deal because it was only $2 more than buying 80 LED and gave me some kind of fallback in case I ran out of lighted ones.
Meh should just take the entire purchase back for a full refund. Terrible experience.
Well somewhat dismayed about the total number of duds… but the 10 makes it better… I’m still psyched about all the eggs I’m going to recieve on 10 31. Haha
My biggest issue… what to do with the rest of the 140 I don’t give out for Halloween?
Wow, a 30% refund for a product that’s maybe 90% not acceptable. Not cool, Meh. And it doesn’t really matter if they still spin, the good part is that they light up and make nifty patterns. It’s not like I can give them out to kids and say, well at least they spin. My trees would be full of toilet paper.
/giphy I’m disappointed in you.
@sammydog01 In my neighborhood all the cool people have tp in their trees!
@sammydog01 I feel the same way. Not sure if I’ll ever trust MEH again
Both expire 8/30/18 and cannot be combined with any other offer. 1 coupon per order.
Only MEH could fuck this up…
@fastharry I thought it was 2019…
Oh god, I just got the email. I hadn’t even thought to check the batteries.
Any chance y’all could do a quick deal on CR1220 batteries and have them arrive before Halloween?
Edit: I ordered 320 spinners, 160 of which are LED. Assuming two batteries from each are dead, that’s 320 batteries. I’ll round down to 300. On EBay it’s $25.50 for 200, and $15 for 100, or $40 total. Ouch.
@Hiz Why should you have to put more money into making these work? Not to mention the finger-bleeding tedium of changing out 320 batteries?
@dwasifar Well, I don’t really want to give out junk for Halloween. If I could do it all over I’d spend the money on candy, but I’m basically committed now, haha.
@Hiz You have 160 printed ones to give out at least. Could you report back? I’m curious to see if the kids like them as much as they liked the LED ones last year.
@sammydog01 Absolutely! I think they won’t care too much, honestly. But I get tons and tons of kids so I could have used all 320, lol.
@sammydog01 The kids liked the spinners. I did get quite a few asking if they lit up, and they were definitely disappointed when they found out they didn’t, but most of them didn’t care.
I was surprised how popular the Canadian ones were, though, lol.
@Hiz Good to hear! I found some from last year that didn’t light up- they liked those too. I ran out by 7. And they didn’t even have fun patterns. Even the kids that scoffed at the idea of spinners took them.
I wish I had a box of Canadian ones. I may keep my dark ones and try to find some cheap batteries next year.
Out of 80 only 5 actually lit up! This is ridiculous!!
Personally, I won’t be happy with anything less than a full refund or 320 CR 1220 Batteries,I bought these just for the LED spinners so now I just feel totally ripped off. shame on MEH…
I’ve had a little success taking the 1 working light from 2 spinners to make a proper working 3rd spinner. Hopefully the kids will appreciate the Halloween themed Frankenstein spinners !
“Some of the LED fidget spinners have issues. We’re aware of that. They still spin, they’re still mostly fine, but they just aren’t quite what you wanted.”
This is like selling you a broken flashlight and saying you can still use it in the daytime.
Same here… 80% dead batteries. Sure, they still spin. but I wouldn’t have invested in a bunch of “Used to light up” spinners. I’d rather have the money back.
Still waiting for my non light up spinners. Oh the excitement.
Here is what I did with some of my bricked ones last year. I took out all the lights (and then took them out of the boxes so kids didn’t know they were supposed to light up) and the kids at halloween never knew they were supposed to have lights. Yeah you still paid more for, what appears to be, a known and not disclosed significant problem, but at least you can still give them out at halloween that way. I’d still contact meh though and at least ask for a refund for the amount between the light up kind and the non-light up kind.
I assembled 9 working spinners out of my order. That’s a buck a piece plus $2 for the container they came in after the coupon.
/giphy not cool
Light-ups are terrible! Now they’re cheaper! Ugh!!!
Can you say “Partial Refund?”!
Has anyone been able to get a refund? I responded to their coupon email, but no response.
@brytopp I’m wondering too.
@brytopp Not me. I would rage quit but they know I would be lying.
@brytopp @sammydog01 I haven’t bought enough for rage quitting to be effective, but I’m honestly thinking of canceling my VMP.
@Hiz @sammydog01 I have debated it too. I don’t buy enough really to justify it and this isn’t helping their case for me to stay.
I finally went through the whole tub.
20 of the ones I received did not light up at all.
13 had only 1 light work (that is generous as many of those are extremely faint).
5 had 2 arms light up.
Only 2 of the ones I received are fully functional.
Hey everyone! We are working through our queue right now so we promise we’ll get to you if you’ve emailed in.
If you’ve run into an issue with your fidget spinner order, please contact us about it via meh.com/support and we will take care of any questions you have.
@riskybryzness But the answer seems to just be “check your email for the coupon we sent”. It’s better than nothing, but not by much. If we had known the actual working LEDs were in the 0% to 10% range, most of us probably wouldn’t have bothered to order.
KuoH
@riskybryzness THIS customer has been exceptionally serviced. Thanks.
@kuoh If you send an email to the link provided we can assist you further with this.
**Actually check your email, I see you contacted us about this yesterday–I just responded to it again.
@riskybryzness Thanks, that’s a much better response. Guess now I can make it up to the trick or treaters with more candy.
KuoH
Out of 80 only 8 work!!! Some one light some 2 lights but only 8 with all 3 lights!!! At first I didn’t really care. But that is ridiculous!!!
A self illuminated pumpkin.
If i pay for 40 light up spinners that is what i expect to receive. To settle for less is fraud. I’ll be sending copies of the ridiculous responses i received from meh to the Better Business Bureau and the the State Office here in Illinois… I’ve tangled with sheisters before, and the key is patience and persistence.
@broomist
/giphy having a bad day
@broomist
/giphy you must be new here
@broomist meh.con amirite?
Better you should have looked up the company first. It has a “F” rating down at the BBB. That means “Fine” right?
/what?
@broomist Look on the bright side: at least you didn’t pay for a bunch of candy corn and receive a big brick of melted, stuck-together crap.
You live in Illinois, you should be used to getting screwed over.
Lookie what I tripped over in the junk room- 3 flashy spinners that still flash and 11 regular old red spinners from last year. I should be good tomorrow night now.
@sammydog01 I’d really like to see that junk room of yours. Do you give guided tours?