Makenzie W.
Underwhelming Choices and Long Shipping Times
I had seen so many positive reviews for FabFitFun that I decided to just go ahead and get myself the annual membership (if you want a chance at any of the good products, you really need the annual membership because you get to customize your order earlier). I wanted to love the subscription service so much, but thus far it's been a huge disappointment for the following reasons: (1) The shipping times are outlandish. I understand it's covid and that shipping delays are to be expected. But at least a month processing, plus a minimum of 1-2 weeks for shipping is taking it to the extreme, especially when my orders from other stores have been fulfilled in under 2 weeks. Had I known the shipping would be so excessively long, I wouldn't have enrolled, but here I am. (2) Once shipped, the tracking has been a disaster in my experience. For my first box I received a notification my box had shipped with a tracking code, the code didn't work. I reached out and was, after a few emails, informed that my product had not in fact shipped - no explanation for why I'd gotten an email that it had shipped. A week or two later my box finally shipped. I complained again because of the long wait, when I knew others had received their boxes, and they "reimbursed" me the shipping cost by adding it to the money I could spend on extra products. I'm happy I got some reimbursement, but thus far there's been no extra products that have interested me, so the money has sat there untouched. (3) The way they arrange products within the categories is extremely frustrating. Instead of attempting to match price-points they seem to just throw random things into each category and ask you to pick. You'll have a choice between a $100 bag (that maybe you hate), and a $14 eyeliner. It just doesn't make sense, since they also don't seem to try to organize the categories by product type (i.e. skincare, household, makeup). You can easily end up in a predicament of simply picking the most expensive items in each category, even if you don't like them that much, to make the box have a decent amount of value to cover your costs - especially for Canadian purchasers since the box is converted to CAD and shipping is added on. (4) The selection options thus far have just been meh. My first box, and the reason I signed up, was the one with the MK passport holder. I figured, ooh if they have a product like that, the other options must be good too ... I was wrong. I managed to find products that I was okay with, but the only thing that I was really excited about was the MK passport holder. For my second box I wasn't excited about anything, and 2 of the categories had literally nothing I, or my mother, wanted, so I just picked at random.
Response from FabFitFunAug 22, 2020
Hi Makenzie! Thank you for writing this review. We're so sad to hear about your disappointment and we always strive to give our members the best experience possible. Our Seasonal Boxes take up to 1 month to be processed after the billing date. Shipping would also take 7-10 business days for US members and 9-14 business days for International Members. We take your feedback to heart and if there is anything we can do to help, please reach out to us! We would love to have the chance to surpass your expectations in the future!



