I’ve tried a variety of Quarterly boxes and my running favorite has been Nina Garcia. (I did really enjoy the Jesse Kornbluth box, but that was only briefly available.) Nina’s boxes have always had hits and amazing discoveries with only one item that was “meh” worthy and not really for me. (Loved everything in the latest one though.)
Rosario’s boxes always seemed a little odd; granted I wasn’t very impressed with the first one so I stopped paying attention at the point.
As for the shipping issues; when I was doing my sub box binge it was really important to me that everything was on time (as it was easier to track and make sure boxes I paid for actually arrived) so Quarterly drove me a little bonkers. Now that I’ve cut down substantially (just receiving Birchbox and riding out the rest of my OuiPlease annual) I feel more chill about the timing. They don’t charge you until they’re prepping the box and you get tracking when it ships. They’ve improved a lot since they first launched and seem to have taken a lot of customer feedback into account.
Generally, I think of Quarterly boxes as more appropriate for fans of the particular curator and less of a “get $200 of items for $50” subscription deal.
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