Has any bought a Morningsave Mystery Box

@Kidsandliz I would have loved a kid*s version!

@RiotDemon hmmm since they sold a vibrator massager maybe you’ll get a male enhancer? (and umm no not doing a slash image or giphy with that) LOL

@Kidsandliz some men like vibrators also!

Just looking at the pictures, the items that screamed “woman” was a bunch of pastel colored bullshit while the stuff that looked geared towards men were electronics. I tried not to look too closely to spoil any surprise. (Even though they said it’s not the actual items you’ll get.)

@RiotDemon Dang I didn’t notice that! Maybe I’ll use the female one for gifts and keep the male one for myself. I don’t have anything against jewelry and can screech over pink like the next girl but my heart lies with tech, guns, and The Walking Dead!

@Kidsandliz hummmm would they include vibrators for the women??

@RiotDemon

@ruouttaurmind So when is the proposed arrival date of said burnt money bait?

@Kidsandliz Good q. Let me have a peek…

@ruouttaurmind the value had me wondering… Are they using msrp or the actual cost they sold the stuff for. I guess I’ll find out in a few weeks.

@RiotDemon $120? HAS to be the MSRP or inflated Amz comp. I wouldn’t think there is enough markup in the actual meh or MS sales price to cover that kind of loss.

@RiotDemon
/will you be so so sorry?

@ruouttaurmind

I recently committed to drop off a box of random crap at the charity market near my office.

Yay!

@ruouttaurmind Each mystery box description says “Approximate value is $40/$70/$120 when sold individually on MorningSave.” So it isn’t the MSRP but whatever MorningSave is/was selling it for.

@dijit27 Well now. That’s not a bad deal at all then.

@ruouttaurmind I guess you haven’t been watching the sales at Morningsave.

@Kidsandliz As I read that, I read it in Jar Jar Binks voice.

@sammydog01 Oh, I have. I’m just trying to be agreeable.

@ruouttaurmind

I’m just trying to be agreeable.

Where’s the fun in that though?

@mflassy I can’t always be a butthead. Sometimes I have to at least try to be endearing, innit?

@ruouttaurmind

Of course you’re not.

I mean, you let yourself be talked into giving an extra box of stuff to the charity market near your office.

The irony of course is that I wouldn’t have been eligible for a box from you anyways.

@mflassy

I wouldn’t have been eligible for a box from you anyways.

Que? ¿porque?

Of course you’re not.

Wait… not a butthead, or not endearing?

@ruouttaurmind

Nijmyzq M kuhu’f qlqx fayy ovpfiyue mav lxmnufpxmak.

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Was playing around with Vigenere yesterday. Instead of using a decoder or looking at decoded work, I did it all manually.

Of course though, I kept on confusing myself, so…

@ruouttaurmind

Wait… not a butthead, or not endearing?

Yes.

@mflassy

@mflassy

Nijmyzq M kuhu’f qlqx fayy ovpfiyue mav lxmnufpxmak.

The only criteria is that you amuse me.

Clever “Meh” key.

@ruouttaurmind

Any amusement is entirely coincidental.

OMG, @sammydog01 is turning down a chance to buy something!?! Be still my heart.

Edit: Nice find, @sophi.

@Barney I was shocked too.

@sammydog01 That’s exactly what happens with a Fuku. About 99% of the time, I get items I don’t need or want.

@sohmageek At thirty bucks, I would hope it’s all NIB product and not returns/leftovers/dollar store crap like fuks. I don’t expect it to be anything I can use, but I do hope it’s at least stuff in new condition.

@ruouttaurmind $27 my friend

@sohmageek Revised:

At nearly thirty bucks…

@ruouttaurmind
Don’t forget the free shipping!!!

@sohmageek Feet to the fire. You’re a tough audience!

At nearly thirty bucks, even with free shipping, I would hope it’s all NIB product and not returns/leftovers/dollar store crap like fuks.

@sohmageek It will forever be known as Morningafter. I feel like I’m doing the walk off shame when I’m there…not that I have any experience in that.

@capguncowboy I was not prepared for this when I checked Meh.

@Bluedragon07 I know, right? Saw the “male stimulator” and was like “aw, cute!” then scrolled down… um… okay… -backs away slowly-

@capguncowboy Oh my

@somf69 As long as it’s better than the woot mystery boxes, I’ll be happy. Those were awful. Like 4x the cost of a bag of crap and the items were worthless.

@somf69
/8ball Is this a failure?
Better not tell you now

@medz Yeah, those were bad. It didn’t help that the past BOCs of the time were generally good, so there was a high bar to clear.

The curated boxes at shirt were good if you knew what you were getting into. Much of the disappointment there was due to expectations of a BOC or from folks NOT looking at the sizing charts.

/8ball Should @mfladd just ignore its existence instead?
Ask again later

@mfladd

HAH!

@narfcake I can’t.

@narfcake

@mfladd would be foolish to ignore it.

@mflassy Mystery box or catshirt(s)?
/8ball Yes?
Reply hazy try again

@zxinfinity I went for the $30 so I could get the biggest VMP discount. They can’t trick me I’m too smart for em.

@thismyusername

Why not buy a box for me and save money through that order as well?

@mflassy ^ get’s it.

that would really show em wouldn’t it… they can’t trick us.

@zxinfinity my assumption is they’re not necessarily the same items, higher value boxes will have more expensive items

@thismyusername of course not…
/image I’m not gullible LOL

@spitfire6006006 which does not make sense because the value of the box is $120 which is the same as buying 3 of the $10 boxes.

@arbdef fewer, more valuable items

@lordbowen

$10 box = $40 value or 4x your investment.
$20 box = $70 value or 3.5x your investment.
$30 box = $120 value 4x your investment.

$10 box = 5 items for $8.00/item average.
$20 box = 8 items for $8.75/item average.
$30 box = 10 items for $12.00/item average.

$10 box = 5 items costs you $2.00 per item.
$20 box = 8 items costs you $2.50 per item.
$30 box = 10 items costs you $3.00 per item.

@lordbowen $30 boxes have better items, duh.

@medz I don’t care about someone else’s valuation. The only valuation that matters is my own. Since I can’t place a valuation on something until I know what it is, I’m opting for lowest investment per item. Capisce?

@cengland0 Logic? You are assuming logic is being used by the same people who brought us candy corn?

@Kidsandliz commas are hard.

@arbdef Irk doesn’t math very goodly.

@mfladd I liked a girl and finally after months of talking to her, she finally agreed to go somewhere with me.

She took me to an Amway convention. I was pissed and didn’t talk to her again.

@cengland0 Dammit, she was trying to bring you into a cult!

@mfladd I didn’t know where she was taking me. She kept it a secret until we got inside. By then, everyone was seated and it would have been awkward to walk out. I guess she tried to recruit me into the “cult” and I wasn’t going willingly.

@cengland0 But Amway has great soap!

@cengland0 After the second date you would have been pushing Shaklee products.

@cengland0 Lose weight! Ask me how!

@cengland0

She took me to an Amway convention.

OMFG. They must learn this after indoctrination into the cul… er, organization.

Client site for ongoing project. I frequently flirted with the office mangler. One day she invited me to her place, bribed with a home cooked dinner. I had been working 80 hour weeks and living on drive-thru for months. OF COURSE I was in for a real meal cooked by a girl I’ve been interested in for quite some time.

After dinner, dishes were done, “hey, there’s something I’ve been wanting to talk to you about”. WHAMMY! Out comes the Amway folder. Baaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Unfortunately I was a few weeks from wrapping up that project, so I had to politely sit through her presentation to avoid the inevitable uncomfortable situation which would undoubtedly occur if I walked out as I wanted.

Baaaaaaahhhhhhh!

/giphy sucker

@ruouttaurmind So how much did your home cooked dinner cost you?

@sammydog01 A level of boredom and frustration I never expected to experience outside an accountants convention keynote?

@PurplePawprints But isn’t that what credit cards are for? The American way is to buy something today and pay later.

@cengland0 American Express = The American Way!

@cengland0 Sadly, they were also done for at the moment and the little bit that’s left on them is for emergencies. I’ve apparently taken that line of thought a time too many this year.

@mfladd Pinging @dave about the missing option preventing checking out, but he’s probably asleep already, so it might be a SOL situation now.

(And that’s why we have a scapegoat here …)

@narfcake Yeah, my bad. Send me $30 and I’ll gladly send you ten items.

@therealjrn But I’m not the one wanting to buy; @mfladd is.

Besides, I was able to get another BOC yesterday, so my desire for mystery boxes have been fulfilled already.

@narfcake You’re the one so helpfully offering me up.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@therealjrn I’ll send you $30 if you send me $120 worth of items at the price you paid for them on Meh.

@cengland0 I can only accept bitcoin…oops! Lookatthat. Just sold out. Sorry!

@CaptAmehrican I think @shawn is having a rough day, but perhaps he can opine on this conundrum?

@mfladd Me too! We did good for once.

@mfladd you’ll be really sorry when I show off my box of shit stuff.

@RiotDemon Hahaha! No.

@megania this is exactly why I didn’t order the female version. Sounds like a nightmare box.

@megania god dammit

@RiotDemon

And not the good kind of nightmare. Although I guess it depends on whose definition of nightmare.

Because a nightmare for some would be pleasant dreams for most people, while a good dream for that initial group would be a nightmare for the later group.

@mflassy Sometimes it starts out as a dream and ends up a nightmare.

@megania In addition to what you mentioned, I got:
pink power bank, spring face hair remover (sorta pink), not pink silicone hair straightener hostler (box was pink though), pair of not-pink ear rings…I think that’s it… I think that makes 9 items between the two of us…what else was there? EDIT: I remembered. It was a silver/gold stick-on jewelry tattoo thing. Daughter and wife might have fun with it. (mostly daughter)
I can gift the ear buds. Beach mat and water bottle are meh… someone may want. Pink towels can be used. Holster thing should work for hanging curling iron off the counter top. She’ll use the makeup brushes. Spring hair remover, while maybe a bit insulting to her, can maybe be used. Ear rings are too cheap to keep as she hardly ever wears ear rings. Power bank is a crappy one. Probably toss in gift with other stuff for someone.

@connorbush Sold out.
/giphy you snooze you lose

@sammydog01 or looking at what people are getting…
/giphy you snooze you win

@thismyusername Thanks for the review and inventory.

@thismyusername Same items in my box.

I am a bit surprised the single spinner and a solo pair of Batman socks were each counted towards the item quantity, particularly since those items have never been offered individually. But overall, ya, $30 in value. Hardly the $120 value represented, but I already have a slot in my holiday gift list for the headphones, the socks and the keysmart. I love the trimmer I already own, but don’t need a spare, and although it’s a good product… not exactly something I’m comfortable gifting. The fitness tracker, grill, iPod bag and the belts are headed into the charity box I committed to for the Kiwanis.

@thismyusername I’m kinda bummed I read your post before I opened my box. I got the same exact stuff.

@RiotDemon *spoiler alert

@ruouttaurmind

@ruouttaurmind yeah, the $120 might be msrp, hardly the sale prices.

@RiotDemon

Approximate value is $120 when sold individually on MorningSave.

Dunno what staff person to be mad at, but looks like the descriptions were bullshit.

@Pantheist that description was the reason I bought it. I figured they were clearing out the warehouse of random leftover bits and bobs so the stuff might of actually sold for $120.

Seeing the pricing above makes me mad.

@RiotDemon To be fair to Morningsave, it’s possible the original (non-clearance) item listings were close to the represented $120. Unfortunately many of the items are currently (EDIT: ununavailable) and Mehstalker doesn’t seem to have a way to search Morningsave historical data. I do think @thismyusername may have underestimated the Morningsave sales price on a few items. $10 for the Gigs Elite BT headphones seems a bit low. The Trym 2 is currently offered for $19, IIRC, the little portable tabletop grill was $12 or $14 at MS.

@thismyusername I got the exact same things!

@ruouttaurmind yea I am using meh prices I admit… I think I was trying to make myself feel better about spending the money. anything more than $10 for non aac/aptx bluetooth headphones is too much.

@RiotDemon sorry blame the

@Pantheist yea still better than those boxes from that one place that was around here a lot a few years back… they had a lottery or some contest where you won a chance to buy crap? I still have some of crap from their mystery box that I can’t give away.

@mehbee misery loves company

@thismyusername at least I can maybe use some of the items for the secret Santa exchange at work?

Would people be more disappointed getting the tiny grill or a bundle of the fitness tracker, go belts, and a fidget spinner?

@thismyusername I tried to get mine changed to a guy’s, but they didn’t get to my email before it shipped out. Seeing that your’s was pretty meh I don’t feel too bad for the uninspired things I got. Not much I’m gonna keep, seriously, I don’t do girly stuff.

Won’t do it again. More stuff for the kids at the vet’s office, I guess.

I need more wrapping paper.

@thismyusername Yup, the totally screwed the pooch here.

@RiotDemon Speaking as a man with a somewhat generous girth, I would prefer the grill. But if your office has some of those bike-riding, khaki-wearing, name-badge on his belt types, the “frigidity fitness” bundle would be appreciated more I imagine. Throw in a water bottle and they’ll fight over it.

@therealjrn thanks. I guess I’ll wait and see whose name I pull out of the hat. I think it’s a $10 price tag. I figure it’s worth about that much.

@RiotDemon the tiny grill, I bought one when they were on meh, very small and simple, but perfect for a casual camping trip… they were $10 when on meh…

@thismyusername thanks.

@thismyusername hey mine was identical…

@DrunkCat I found out through the Morningsave newsletter, plus it was featured on the front page. How did you find out?

@therealjrn I saw this thread on the sidebar on the front page of the site. I thought I was on the Morningsave newsletter but now that I think about it it’s been a long while since I’ve seen one.

@DrunkCat It appears the boxes were worth a lot more before they were opened than after, so I don’t feel bad I choose to take a pass on them.

@therealjrn @DrunkCat

It appears the boxes were worth a lot more before they were opened than after.

Can’t the same be said about the Fukus/Fukos/BoC’s?

@mflassy I suppose so, but with Fukus/Fukos/BoC’s, you get the thrill of the chase. These boxes were like shooting Bambi at the corn feeder.

@therealjrn

Considering that these boxes were packaged, sold, shipped, AND delivered, whose fault is that?

/roll 19d53
You rolled a total of 466

@mflassy

@mfladd I’m definitely happier that I spent my $$ on more useful things … like plushies.

/8ball Unblame the goat?
Yes
/roll 1d20
You rolled a total of 13

@mfladd
/giphy Winning!

@cengland0 I dunno why I’m bummed that the mystery boxes were exactly the same.

@RiotDemon Agreed. Once someone reports the contents, it ruins the surprise for everyone else.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how they came up with $120 for all this stuff. The Grill, headphones, and trimmer are the only items possibly worth $10 or more. I estimate $60 at the most for everything in the photo.

Anyone know how to get the prices of something from Morningsave before it was sold out? Here are the headphones: https://morningsave.com/deals/gigs-elite-on-ear-bluetooth-headphones

I’d like to know how much those headphones were sold for to get a better estimate of the bounty.

@cengland0 I agree about the $60 price. I would not of bought this if I knew it was only worth around $60.

@cengland0 Based on Morningsave prices on current BT headphones being offered, I’d guess the Gigs were somewhere between $25-$35?

The Trym2 is currently offered for $19.

The grill was… I think $12 on MS.

Kendama was… IIRC $7 or $8.

Keysmart, $8 or $9

I can’t even speculate about the other bits… but it’s a pretty far stretch up to $120. Even at my higher estimated values, we’re only at $80.

@ruouttaurmind lesson learned.

@RiotDemon Fool me twice…

@ruouttaurmind

For $18, I’ll send you a box which may or may not contain things worth more than $18.

@mflassy Oh, fool me three times? Even I am not that gullible (I hope?)

@ruouttaurmind

Fine… $37, and I’ll send you TWO boxes.

@mflassy NO deal! I’ll do $18 for a box that may or may not contain things worth $37, and that’s my final offer!

Wait… uh…

@ruouttaurmind

Just sent a PM on Woot.

@ruouttaurmind Were any of those mystery crates worth it?

@Pantheist I only did the Mystery School Crate. The true mystery was how woot could possibly believe it was ok to do business like that.

All the School Crate boxes contained essentially the same rando collection of: steel lunch box, tshirt, 2 stickers, pencil, plushie, neck lanyard, expired coupon for a discount on shirt.woot. In my case, the stickers and pencils were missing.

Were you around the woot community back then? The expired coupon turned into a shit show all in it’s own right. Employees and mods were offering one solution, CS was offering a different solution (“check the code on your coupon and try again”), some community members were able to get satisfaction, some were told to go pound sand… what a fustercluck it all turned out to be.

@ruouttaurmind I think I checked in now and then when that crate was out, but I wasn’t a regular. Glad I didn’t buy one of those though- I’d be pissed.

@ruouttaurmind Wasn’t there an even worse one with a mystery electronics box?

@sammydog01 Yes…

@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 @del

Were there any after this post, or are they still working out details?

@mflassy Mmmmm… I don’t recall for sure. This is about the time I bailed on Woot. Between the mystery box fiascos and three very poor CS experiences, then the deals. board being unmoderated and filled with Chinese garbage, then the rise of the deals. vigilante force… I quit going to Woot. Except for the occasional BOC or super bargain, I don’t bother anymore.

@ruouttaurmind

Except for the occasional BOC or super bargain, I don’t bother anymore.

So you don’t check for PMs?

@ruouttaurmind @sammydog01 @narfcake @del

If it makes any of you feel better, it seems like people don’t read descriptions of what they’re buying when they buy NOT a BoC or Fuko (or formerly the Fuku), but a blind mystery box of a plush from shirt.woot.

@mflassy

So you don’t check for PMs

No, not unless I get tagged in here.

Am I making stuff up again, or did PMs over there used to notify via email?

I saw the blind boxes yesterday and SMH wondering why someone wouldn’t just order what they wanted for about the same price? Also I was wondering how many would order thinking they were getting full size plushies, or getting the full set. After tax and shipping it comes to nearly $10.

@ruouttaurmind

If you could find a listing for Totes McGoats, I’d be much obliged, and any box I would send you would include at least one decent item.

@mflassy Closest I can get kiddo.

Pretty sure I still have a Goatee Beanie Baby in storage if that might pacify the Totes urge?

@ruouttaurmind this is an interesting thread (“electronics” boxes)

@Pantheist I am adept at hi jacking topics and all too willing to display my skillz.

@ruouttaurmind I mean the one on woot- I read the last page then went to where packages started getting shipped. I’m on page 17. I keep going back to it; it’s quite the story.

@Pantheist Interesting way of doing business over there, isn’t it. It’s nearly a carbon copy of the School Crate thread I linked above. I find it curious that Woot, an Amz company, has such subpar CS when I’ve always been satisfied with Amz CS.

@ruouttaurmind Yeah, the amazon subsidiaries are weird. I saw some shoes I liked on zappos that were about 3/4 as much on amazon. I emailed zappos (after amazon bought them) to see if they could match the price because I liked their return policy and they said their prices were because of their customer service. Then I emailed amazon and they told me they could match zappos’s return policy.

Honestly, I’ve never had an interaction with amazon that didn’t leave me completely satisfied, no matter how unlikely I expected that to be.

@lordbowen thats exactly the same contents we got in our his and hers boxes. The Vtech bt speaker took a while to figure out. You have to hold down the call button to get it to show up in devices. Once paired, it sounds like garbage laughing: