Yogi Surprise Subscription Box Review – October 2014

My November box came today. I subscribed using the coupon. I really liked everything in the box. I’m not sure about the retail cost of the items included. The info card doesn’t list prices but since I like everything in the box, it’s a win for me

Buddhiboxes.com seems to be another subscription box based on a yoga theme. They have a founders discounted rate through November 1st.

Hi all!

Jen from Yogi Surprise here. Thank you for the review Liz and for all the feedback from everyone else. I thought I’d step in and address everyone’s concerns about ‘value’. First off, I wanted to correct the published value for the Mat Spray, the size you got actually retails for $10, not $5, there is an error on the Buddha Nose website referring to a 4oz bottle of sugar scrub on the Mat Spray product page. Total retail value comes to $45.00 for this box (not including the cost of our rad purple packaging and 2-3 day priority mail shipping).

I would like to note, our goal is not to provide ‘high value’ boxes that people feel they’re ‘profiting’ from. It’s to provide a great experience of thoughtfully selected yogi-inspired pure & natural products delivered to your door.

We do always strive to get you a higher retail value than the price you paid, but natural product brands and other high quality products like the ones we select don’t have the super high margins that items like beauty products made from ‘multinational companies’ have. You may get a beauty/fashion box that has a retail value of say $75-$100, but those products only cost cents on the dollar to make. Compare that to an item from a small family company like Big Dipper Wax Works (The beeswax candle you received). The wholesale price on that is $3.50 and retails for only $1.50 more than that! Talk about tight margins!

Please let me know if any of you have any questions. Hope to see you back at Yogi Surprise soon. And FYI, if you want a high retail value box, next month is worth over $65 and it’s all very high quality stuff 🙂

I’m glad that I decided to not order this box because I would have been pretty disappointed. I like everything that was included but I would not have expected so much of the value to be invested in tea and food items for a first time yoga box. IDK. I like the other items that were included but not for more than $20 for the whole box.

I considered ordering this box but so glad I didn’t subscribe. They really need to do some important because this is a poor excuse of a sub box for what you pay for it.

I canceled. I was not happy at all with the value. So disappointing. 🙁

I was on the fence about getting this box. I thought it was going to be cool but ultimately decided not to subscribe since the price was pretty high and I haven’t seen any past boxes. After seeing this I am very glad I did not sign up. I would have been mad.

I think I felt like LIz when I got the box. I was really happy with it and love each product in the box, but the value is not there. I don’t know if anyone paid the $45 for the box, but if I were them I would be upset. As it stands the value and the cost of the box break even, so I’m not “mad” and I’ll probably wait out another box before I decide to cancel or keep.

I have to agree that the value wasn’t there and I would have been VERY disappointed if I had paid full price. It wasn’t at all what I was expecting. Further, to win the monthly retreat giveaway, you have to upload a picture of your box and I found out today that it appears to be based on votes/likes, not on random draw. I find that offensive. Before that, I was considering giving them one more month to work out the kinks. Now I’m not so sure.

NOTE: LADIES, if you log in to your account, there is a Rate and Review page where you can rate each item and the box as a whole, as well as enter a comment. I think it’s very important that we all do so.

I felt very underwhelmed with the box and emailed them to cancel. The customer service rep promised a better box next month but, I told her to cancel my subscription. I felt awful doing it but, I think for $36 I can pick a better selection of “yoga” items myself. I really wanted to like this box because I just started yoga a couple months ago and fell in love with it. I was hoping this box would provide a better selection of more useful items. If they step up their game, I may resubscribe down the road.

I was debating getting the first box but after seeing this review and looking at the contents on instagram, I decided not to. I did the math too and had I gotten this box without the coupon I would’ve been really upset. It barely passes a $35 value. If they drop their price to $20-$25 a month and focus more on usable yoga products to keep (less eatables) I will totally join. I know a lot of people were upset that it wasn’t vegan friendly either. Surprised they wouldn’t make their first box amazing. :/

I did not order this box because I wanted to see a few reviews. The box isn’t what I pictured from reading the description and looked at the website from when it was first posted. I would had mixed feelings about the box because the items would had been used, but is it worth the cost? I’m still going to wait for a few more reviews to see how the box is curated.

I really wanted to LOVE this box. I am a long-time yoga practitioner and teacher. But I was so disappointed. Very few actual yoga-related items, and much lower value than I expected. I’m canceling my subscription. Sigh.

My expectation levels where way to high. – Because of that, I felt very let down by this box. Not every box will be perfect nor do I expect it to be, yet I was expecting much more for the price. When I think of full size items I do not think of 1 towel or 1 bar. Or a some macroons in a small bag. I’m not a fan of tea, and dont like macroons. The wipes are nice. I dont have it within my budget to spend more on a box that I’m not fond of with low values, in hopes the next box will be better. First box impressions mean a lot to me. I would like it if companies would ad an extra special item in their first box as welcome gift. So even if the box is not what someone hoped for they would consider subscribing longer.

I felt bad but was disappointed by the value and cancelled. It’s a really cute box and well put together but there needs to be more of it.

I got my box, and I was unhappy with the value, so I cancel. When I pay so much for a box, just like popsugar, I want to see the value. Any of these items I could of gotten my self. I was not happy.

I sent them a message on Facebook letting them know I really liked the curation but was unhappy with the value. I would be livid if I paid $45 for this box. I will give it another month or two, but when I’m paying that much for one box I expect value.

I got this box recently and I’m not sure if I should continue. I agree with you Liz about the curation and value. I had a great time opening my box, but I was hoping for some larger yoga accessories. I think I will stay on board for another month (at least it will motivate me to do more yoga). I was disappointed with the Rooted Beauty wipes as I was hoping for clean organic beauty products.