ElfsterReviews of elfster.com

My grandma, who is a bit senile, was surprised to see we got her a projector because it was on her list. We had a giggle about it at first, thinking she had added it on accident, then realized that ALL OF US HAD RANDOM ITEMS ADDED TO OUR WISHLIST. Why is Elfster using AI to generate random items on our Wishlist??? Really stupid

Endless endless spam. I've unsubscribed and still they won't stop endlessly messaging me asking me to use them, telling me how great they are, and making me regret ever giving them my email address just so I could mark a gift as purchased. Nightmare site and a plague to anyone who makes the mistake of using it with you

Really annoying. I didn't choose to use this, a family member wanted us to do secret Santa this way. The only way to use it is to give personal details and email to set up an account, then it keeps sending you updates and countdowns. If you try to unsubscribe, you can set your account to stop messages but you can't delete your account until the date set by the secret Santa organiser... only 3 weeks to go

Recognises multiple accounts under one email address and duplicating them across exchanges doesnt link them. Recommend avoiding this app, very difficult and annoying to use. There are more straightforward alternatives that don't simultaneously try to push products on you through an in house marketplace.

What a hopeless platform expects people to link accounts with old accounts 2 years ago. Keeps wanting you to link, over complicated and futile.

Trying to set up an exchange is such a ridiculously difficult experience. The functionality of the account page is so incredibly poorly designed. When making an new draw you can't attach emails when you first make a guest list you have to make the exchange and then manually add the emails to each one afterwards. Of course, the website doesn't accept the email addresses you enter for every participant so you have to go back and re-add each users email address several times one by one until it finally accepts at random. Sometimes it won't accept and then suddenly the next time you try it does. It then asks you confusingly, to check that 'name' is the same person as 'name@email' which makes no sense, because it obviously is as I'm the one making it. This requires several clicks and page loads each for each user and can't be done from a central page. I don't like that it doesn't give you a chance to review everything before it goes live, allowing you the chance to check before you publish it. This means some people get messages and others don't which makes organising more frustrating as people chase to find out what's happened. Once you've gone live you can't really start again as it adds more confusion and confusing emails to those taking part. The manage participants page doesn't update properly, meaning it says that participants haven't seen the draw, when I know they have. It also spams all the users with confusing emails asking them about exchanges which makes participants think this years secret santa has already gone live. It should only be the original organiser that gets these emails!!!

I have tried buying three gifts for a colleague on Elfster. The first cost more than in a shop. The second advertised a glass ornament but the seller then emailed me to say that at that price it was only an electronic version of the picture! The third gift was advertised at the wrong price and did not include postage and packing despite earlier messages to the contrary. I will avoid Elfster in future as it is completely misleading.

I never signed up for a gift exchange. Suddenly I get an email about it. I had to then sign up for their website to get removed. They said they can't remove me. It's for work. I'm poor as shit, and now have tell people I don't have money to participate. They need to be able to remove you when you don't sign up. This is bullshit.