5th Avenue Style Limited Edition Spring Time Box Spoiler #1 + Coupons!

Me too
I was very disappointed in my company to wait 4 months. I consider it a scam. Throw the money to the bathroom.

Well put! I am with you!

Carey — the absolute funniest was the person who said it is just like FabFitFun. They may accuse us of working for 5th Avenue (I don’t) but it is pretty clear that at least some of them have never even thought of buying this box if they think it is like FFF. How bored does someone have to be to troll about a box they know nothing about?

5th Avenue is slow. I order over and over and over again with full awareness that they will ship when the item arrives, which will be far later than I think it will be. It’s not ideal and I really hope they can shorten delays in the future.

However, the box is ALWAYS worth the wait. They customize for me. No one else does that. Sure FFF lets you pick fake silver or fake gold. 5th Avenue knows which designers I like, what kind of styles I like, what size I need, what I already have, and what I need. It’s luxury service and beautiful products at a discount price.

Remember the old saying — “Price, speed, quality, pick any two?” I pick quality and price. I sacrifice speed. My choice. I’ll have my collection of Lancaster and Mutsaers bags for years.

Further, I chose NOT to wait for my holiday box – and I got it in time. If I had accepted the gift for 10 day extension, I would have assumed it was coming second week of January. They contacted people and explained the infrastructure damage, loss of packaging, etc. So, yeah, it is really unfortunate that it happened to them and came after they already delayed the box. But, sounds like they will be adding a SECOND gift. I mean, what else can they do on this box?

Re promoting future boxes: Seems pretty likely that the marketing people are different than the warehouse people. So, they are doing their jobs — promoting future boxes — while the stylists and warehouse people fulfill past boxes.

That’s awesome! I’m still waiting for a tracking number, but the week isn’t over yet.

I received a tracking number a few hours ago.

I agree! So tired of their excuses!

A lot of us feel your pain…If this company continues to operate this way, the company won’t be around in the long run.

Also, I’m not buying the bull from customers that they are ok with the wait – it’s ridiculous. And Jennifer @ 5th Avenue chiming in with half truths bug me too.

Although my name IS Jennifer, there are about a million of us, and I am not the same Jennifer who works for 5th Avenue Style. Before I ordered my box, I talked to lots of customers on the forum who told me that this is a great box, with nice products and a lot of customization, and also that they are very slow to ship. I ordered a box with full knowledge of all those facts. In December, I accepted a voluntary delay in order to get a bonus gift, and I am still just fine with that decision. It actually worked out better for me to get this box later, because a lot of the quarterly subs came in December, and I appreciate having something to look forward to now, when I’m not on product overload. That may not be your experience, and that’s fine. It bums me out to come on here and read that anyone expressing my opinion must be a shill or a Spambot. We all have different wants and needs.

Yep, pretty sure of that. Most people that have paid nearly $300 and are now waiting 35+ days for merchandise would be a bit upset. “Oh, that’s ok dear, don’t worry about the delay, you can take all year if needed.” Sure, {dripping with sarcasm}

I was thinking the same exact thing this morning and almost posted asking if others thought so too.

Definitely.

On 1/22 they emailed me that it would ship this week and I would receive next week. Well, it’s Friday and haven’t seen shipping info yet.

Almost all my other boxes have been better.

CS is great. Their shipping is often slow though, I don’t mind that since they make up for shipping delays with either extra pieces or other bonuses, so it’s basically a box upgrade. 🙂 Sometimes there will be an option to put a “ship by” note in the note section of your order, and they are pretty good about hitting those so long as you tell them.

I’m a huge fan of 5th Avenue boxes! I have always received a beautiful curation. You just have to know and accept that they ship VERY slowly! One of my boxes was 3 months late, but I was very happy with what I received and I loved the beautiful candle they included as an extra in my box to make up for the delay. I can accept the delays because of the quality items I receive. You just have to ask yourself it the waiting is worth it to you.

You should be. Save your $.

Yes that’s all you will get unless the shipping will be late, they’ll notify you. There are no shipping details though, no tracking. For a box that costs so much I am not sure why tracking is not incuded, even if delays are expected or understandable.

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I just wonder why they don’t have imported items on hand in country before adding them to the expected items for boxes.

If you go to the Lancaster website, it shows the inside of the handbags. I was on the website this morning trying to figure out the measurements because they seemed huge to me, but they posted later that the measurements are in cm not inches so now it makes more sense!!

Fed Ex was emailing about storm delays due to severe weather around the same time.

And what item switches/lack of CS are you referring to?

Plus, as far as I have heard, they did get the box out by the deadline for everyone who didn’t opt to accept a delay in exchange for a bonus piece.

I don’t even understand their excuse. I live in Houston & my street was underwater for 10 days. None of my mail took longer than 3 additional days to get to me. And our highways were under 16 feet of water. A winter storm is no excuse for a month plus delay.

I’m with you!

I too will never purchase another box from fifth Avenue style. I was so excited for this box and cannot believe I actually allowed myself to wait an additional 10 days for shipping. It is now been a full month of waiting. We were supposed to have this box 10 days after Christmas. Christmas occurred exactly one month ago and still no box. It’s funny though how they can prepare for a new box i.e. the spring box yet they cannot fully engage prior boxes they blame it on the snow, the cold weather, and infrastructure problems. So my question is how can you prepare a new Yet you cannot fully send out the box that should’ve been sent out more than 20 days ago. It makes absolutely no sense to me. Yes they keep saying we’re going to send you an extra gift and you will love it. Right now what I would just love is to have my box and be done with it.

Dear Jl,

It was not just a regular storm but a severe one with a State of Emergency issued in Eastern Long Island, NY where our facilities are. Extremely low temperatures caused some infrastructure damage. Our personnel worked two weekends in a raw to put things in order.
We are adding an extra bonus to all delayed boxes as our apology for this inconvenience.

Thank you,
5th Avenue Style Team

Dear Zo,

Yes, there will be other handbag spoilers for this box.
These Super Early Bird coupons are available only for a few more days though.

Thank you,
5th Avenue Style Team

If you go to the us.lancaster website the measurements are correct. I wish we could see what they look like with a person holding them.

Dear Victoria,

The dimensions are actually in centimeters not inches. Thank you for catching it.
It was a mistake and we noticed the same error on Lancaster’s US site. We will notify them also.

Sincerely,
5th Avenue Style Team

I have sent 5th Ave several messages And get the same reply from them, that they’ve had to deal with Weather, infrastructure issues, but my problem is is since those issues have occurred they’ve had two additional boxes advertised. I agreed to a 10 day delay, not a 30 day delay. Each time they have replied to me I have had them state that the box was going out NEXT WEEK. Unfortunately next week never seems to come. And for those of you who are so happy about fifth Avenue, hooray for you so glad you’re happy. I’m just expressing my feelings, as well as other people, don’t discount them. When you pay almost $300 for a box that never gets delivered, it is a bit disheartening. This is my first and my last experience/purchase that I will ever have with fifth Avenue. And I’ll be more than happy to spread the news of my experience with them to anyone that wants to hear about it. I will be more than happy to save anyone else from a horrible Experience.

Dear Aurn,

We shipped all Holiday Boxes that we promised to send by the Holidays. The rest was rescheduled for clients who agreed to receive it after the Holidays with a gift. Unfortunately, we had a major storm after New Year that caused infrastructure issues and a delay. We notified all the clients on that and promised an extra bonus because of this.
We are working to catch up with these shipments and are planning to deliver remaining boxes shortly.
Please contact us directly if you have any particular questions.

Thank you,
5th Avenue Style Team