What is your overall grade on the the zero/birthday IRKs that you received?
3Please grade from A to E (F). Plus or minus allowed. Grades should be based not only on the quality/quantity of what you received, but also upon comparing them to what you have gotten in previous IRKs.
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How could anything compare to what Meh sent me on their second birthday?
(I still have this.)
@Barney Are they displayed for the world to admire?
@speediedelivery I’m still looking for a wall big enough to hang the plaques from. Right now, they are stored in the back of the garage.
@Barney @speediedelivery
Lol… 
Those are great!! I thought they were outside on the front of your garage and then said no way are they THAT big! Remembering they came from Meh, I should’ve NEVER 2nd guessed myself!
@Lynnerizer They weigh about 45 pounds.
Prospective IS everything! I payed a cover charge to be part of Meh’s 7th birthday party!
I’ve wasted $5 on much worse!
On it’s own i’d give my Side Deal IRK a solid C, IF I compared it to my recent ones i’d give them a BIG F! I’ll say it AGAIN, I’ve wasted $5 on much worse!
Still hopeful that Meh’s IRK will be better, but that hopes dwindling as i’m see others!
@Lynnerizer I agree. I’ve definitely spent $5 on worse. Still holding out hope for that golden IRK
@cbooboo2
YES, YES, YES, ALWAYS HAVE HOPE!!
Something BIGGER & BETTER is ALWAYS coming! …when we’re speaking IRKs that is!
@Lynnerizer I completely agree!
Maybe I’m a cheap date, but $5 for the thrill of the chase, the mystery of what’s inside, plus the eternal hope that someday I may get something really special is totally worth it.
If they were $25 I might have different expectations, but I don’t understand some of the complaints I’ve seen. They literally tell you to expect regret.
So to me, just scoring one with the ‘chance’ of getting something awesome makes me happy. 
Maybe I’m in the minority, though. 
@k4evryng
On the other side of it, maybe the ONLY WAY to have “true regret” is to first have BIG expectations? Maybe, just maybe, WE are the ones missing out, after all… NO expectations = NO regret!
Hmm…, should I be re-thinking things here?
/giphy sad
F since I was not able to get one
A+ for meeting expectations. Of course, my expectations were meh…
@mikibell
You’ve got the right mindset! I’ve ALWAYS said that expectations lead to resentments!!
I’m reading A LOT of resentment holding people who STILL haven’t learned to lower their expectations.
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@Ignorant no no no! It’s clearly 42.
/image so long and thanks for all the fish
A+ for the Meh IRK. F- for the side deal IRK. I’m happy though, 10 bucks well spent!
A+ - Once again meh has excelled at not delivering the Irks that I did not order! And all (nonexistent) contents met or exceeded my expectations.
I feel like I beat the system!
Super disappointing that this is even a topic of discussion. But I totally get it.
Been years, I keep trying, hoping I get to be a lucky one that gets something actually good.
I should know better.
I was unable to get either one, so my expectations were meht. A++
@G1
That’s for your low expectations, not that you weren’t quick enough! (there’s always next time)
F for zero day IRK. One of the worst ones received. Selfie stick…really?
C for zero day. worth $5, but not much I will use. One items would have been really nice if I didn’t already own a nicer one. Might be able to swap or gift some of it.
@rinrinrin
What are you looking to swap, wants & give aways?
B-
I definitely got my money’s worth with 4 new tumblers and an emoji pillow (between the two IRKs).
Docking points for clicking a fake IRK link over 1000x trying to get the captcha to load and the super speedy delivery which robbed me of my IRK anticipation, which is one of the best parts of the experience!
No IRKs in the queue…what will I do now…vote in a poll?
Beep beep boop boop. (I assume if you failed CAPTCHA you now understand Robot.)
I for incomplete, since meh hasn’t submitted a single sample for me to grade in the past 12 months.
B. Nothing Earth shattering, but definitely worth the $5, and the thrill of the hunt is always titillating if nothing else.
I just got shipping notification for both my zero and bday irks. They will be arriving the same days. Bets on me getting duplicate irks?
@mbersiam I’m betting that our little tattoo group will all be getting the same thing.
@mbersiam I received the zero day and got the ship notice for the bday both today. Pretty nice box today - pink shirt in my size, one of those fancy grill turner with the silicon glove both will be used. Sheet set to be gifted to someone with the right size bed and some phone holder contraption. New tan shopping bag.
@speediedelivery Someone at the warehouse must have messed up your order. And to get a shirt your own size? That’s unthinkable.
@Barney I have not taken it out of the package yet. Maybe it is mislabeled. Tag says I was supposed to pay $68. I don’t shop for clothes in that aisle.
Edit to add: open now. It is a sleep set I think. Soft thin material. Still will try it out.
@Barney @speediedelivery
You might have got one of the big winners there! 
That sleep set sounds nice! Are you SURE it’s from the VERY MEH b-day irks that everyone eles got? Lol…
@mbersiam well i checked tracking. At 4pm today they bith said scheduled for today by EOD. 3 hours later they both say pending with no estimated delivery date
Birthday irk. C.
Selfie stick
3 trackers
A pair of pink claws
A set of six eye care strips
Tan bag.
A woman I know loved the claws so that was nice surprise. Not that I got claws, but surprised someone liked em.
@Nyc_Tattoo i love my clawz (i actually purchased mine). My daughter and I have matching pairs. I’m trying to find a pair for my little one who is in youth size 10… because she loves them too
Definitely an ‘F’, as were my recent IRKs. It’s been a while since I’ve gotten anything that wasn’t dumpster/Goodwill worthy.
Smallest IRK box I ever received.
Beige bag was the highlight.
rest, I agree with @heartny
@Cerridwyn I guess they went for quantity of IRKs, not quality.
B- nothing crazy amazing but most of it very useful. I just ordered a bunch of batteries for the trackr pixels so I can put one on everything.
A solid C. Red bag, mud face mask, wall charger, kids socks, stackers.
@pooflady Same irk I got except the charcoal teeth whitener instead of the mud face mask. Only the bag and wall charger plug are useful to me. The kids socks are too big for the kids I’d be giving them too. No room for using a stacker. I’m better off having them piled on top of each other. More space efficient since I have very few cabinets.
@Kidsandliz I have a short granddaughter that might use the socks. The rest will be given good homes.
@Kidsandliz @pooflady If I got the charcoal, I’d put it in a salt shaker or something with holes in the top, and stick it in the fridge as a deodorizer.
As compared to other IRKs I have gotten, no doubt an F minus and if I could have given lower I would have. The two birthday IRKs-D minus and only gave them a minimal passing grade due to the 2 sets of socks we can give to our granddaughter.
I rate mine a solid MEH. Better than one crappy over priced drink in NYC every day of the week. Seriously love the bags and those clawz made someone really happy. Would have made me happy had they been one size larger.
I got The Bag, I got the toothbrush medallion (#04664), the coal tooth whitener, the phone charger, the kids socks and the three pack of putty. Nothing very valuable, but nothing broken…so I’ll give it a “B”.
solid A+. they sent a brand new infrared hair dryer and my girlfriend finally understands why i buy these.
The rest of the boc
@lonocat
NICE!!!
What’s a BOC?
@therealjrn I’ll let someone else explain it to you, as you have obviously lived a sheltered I-web life!
@lonocat
Somebody said I should Google blue waffles…should I Google blue waffles?
I guess a solid B? I have a use for
Everything I received. However nothing really blew me away either.
D. One of the worst I’ve received out of 20 or so I’ve ordered.
Just got the shipping notice.
Speaking of birthdays:https://freecontent.manning.com/on-this-day-07-16/
Think ol’ Jeff will be doing any lite celebrating? Can we expect him to share?
@phendrick
Cool! Thanks for the trivia! Not seeing any gift yet, i’ll hold my breathe OR maybe NOT!
D-
That moment when, while in a remote part of Alaska for 3+ weeks, you realize you missed out on something that now everyone is talking about without context.
I just had that moment.
D+ Nothing was broken, but now I have to dispose of your e-waste.
Birthday irks, rate B-
Birthday boc I just got A+, because it included
Now if only I can figure out what to do with it?
Maybe.
C-; this was definitely more fun questing than actually receiving. I’m getting a ton of Apple/iPhone stuff recently… I don’t iOS.
I do think I have one left to be delivered. Or I accidentally spent 5 dollars on a bathroom/ kitchen objects poster.
This one is coming via UPS. Should we all be afraid?
(it also weighs <1 pound, so probably it’s OK)