FabFitFun Review + Coupon – Summer 2021

Their wording indicates a plural (aka more than 1) number of dumbbell(S).

I wish the would have been more understanding. At least offer you a refund. That is frustrating.

Yes, it is no longer available. I chatted with them to check

I don’t think I’ve ever gotten my box within less than 2 weeks of shipping.

I got the same email (was also super excited about the cooler) and also had no need for hip resistance bands, which is what they chose for me too. I reached out to customer service and asked why they didn’t give us the option to pick something else from the category instead of picking for us. They ended up letting me choose something I wanted from all of the categories available, so I appreciated that. I’ve been a seasonal subscriber before and decided this go around to do annual and I regret it. Every single box I’ve received has had an issue. My first box was missing some of my add on items, and I had double of one item instead of the other item I chose, and an item was damaged. Then my second box, the ring was broken. Now this with my third box. Definitely will not be continuing with FFF.

I don’t think there were any real quality control issues. I messaged Business & Pleasure on Insta and asked them about their bags being defective and if they’ve fixed the problem. Here is what they wrote back to me:

“Yeah we are a little confused as to what games FFF are playing! We haven’t shipped them since May 2020.

You can use code FFFCOOLER for a free yellow cooler on our site

They are perfect condition x“

I feel bad for this company (Business & Pleasure). Fabfitfun either ran out of bags or they were damaged while sitting in their warehouse for a year. Either way…Fabfitfun could have bought more cooler bags instead of blaming it on this small business.

I just got my box. I got the blanket and I’m pretty disappointed with it. Basically, it doesn’t come with straps and in order to wrap it back up, you have to do it perfectly to match the Velcro parts. It’s a hassle. It does not have a shoulder strap, just a small handle (if you re-wrap it perfectly), so you would really have to carry it in a bag, which is what I was trying to avoid. Bed bath has more convenient ones.

My box and anniversary gift came yesterday together. My anniversary gift with the key neckace, lotion and the felt letter board (they have sent this to me three times now on the same account).

I hope I get the same one. I don’t wanna felt board or more grown alchemist product.

That’s awesome. I renewed last season and didn’t get anything (I feel cheated 🤣🤣🤣).

I think it’s something new they are doing for people who renew their annuals. 🙂 It’s a smart idea as then there won’t be as much temptation to cancel and resign up for a new member’s gift.

There are a number of varieties I’ve seen – a lot had that felt board with letters thing and some Grown alchemist product.

Too funny – I chose the nightie because I actually need more short nightgowns for summer. I got the S/M and I’m hoping my size 8-ish bod can fit in it comfortably. Glad to hear you are enjoying it!

I got the nightgown but haven’t got my box yet – I hope it’s comfy! I actually don’t mind the design, I think it’s kind of fun.

Everything I commented about the forums and why this site was sold were all deleted within minutes. Whatever.

I replied to others who have explained but I believe posts are being held back. I just had my first censored post the other day! Perhaps my reply and thanks to those who did get to explain might not make it, either.

Yeah this place is SO censored. For some reason it really bugs me that so many commenters call them out on the myriad of arrors and misinformation they post and all they do is quietly fix it. Not once ever saying like ” thanks for the heads up” or “wow, we are sorry for that. We went ahead and fixed it.” Why does that bug me? I dunno. Guess I was just used to how it was before. The people running this place don’t care to engage with us at all. Or even admit their mistakes.

Some of the reviews are better than others, but a lot of them aren’t as helpful or informative as they used to be. There are also less exclusive deals and/or good coupon codes. This is probably at leaat partially due to the pandemic though. And I agree about Fabfitfun and causebox. Fabfitfun is a much better value. I don’t always love or even like everything, but i at least feel like i get my moneys worth. That spring causebox was terrible. The only item i somewhat liked was the sleep spray stuff. I will not be renewing my annual subscription.

No she’s never coming back. She doesn’t own the company anymore.

If been trying to figure out what happened to Liz C who used to run MSA but can’t find any info? Do we know why? Did she sell her co?? I sure do miss her

Nope the site was sold and Liz is gone. It hasn’t been the same. Misinformation in posts, poor editing, seems to be used for marketing more than sub box fan content. I prefer hello…a lot more now.

It is painfully obvious to me this site needs a forum but haven’t I read that there used to be one that was taken away? Why?

Posts can take a few hours to show up, too.

Amelia, only about 1/2 my comments post for some reason. I have no idea why some post some don’t don’t.

I hope someone at MSA is looking at the website statistics. Personally, I am not on here as much anymore. Several of us are disappointed in how its changing, that must be showing by less clicks to the site.

JoJoB, first of all, I’m with you on most of this, and the “this” includes things you said on this subject in another post (maybe on Allure spoilers?). But there is a “but” coming: But, as they love to point out, “MSA is reader supported” and therefore has to continue generating referrals and sales to keep running. That’s probably why we are seeing blog posts that are outright advertisements and comments are getting deleted. If the comments section is full of things that include negative and/or critical information, it makes that box look bad and that is going to hurt sales and signups.

I would love for all of the comments (that aren’t spam!) to be posted, even if the comments are negative, critical, or otherwise unflattering. I’m a visitor from the US and cherish freedom of speech. The thing is, MSA, a private business, owns this space on the internet, so they don’t have to publish anything if they don’t want to. And they can delete whatever they want.

They don’t care about our unbridled opinions, even though they clearly should. They just want to continue making money. It’s short-sighted on their part and they may be kicking themselves down
the line.
(I, too, wonder if this post of mine will last.)

Two other things I want to address here:
I found this site at the end of the glory years with Liz, so I can’t really speak to the reviews or other content that may have changed. When I first started visiting it was to look at pictures of box contents, and then, quite happily, discover new boxes as I had no idea all of this stuff existed. This site kind of blew my mind! So many subscriptions! And an entire hub dedicated to them! Full of people! The reviews were low on the list of my reasons to visit here, even though I started reading them eventually.

But the thing that keeps me coming back is the community. I love the comments section! I just wish it was an unfiltered comment section. I want to read what other subscription addicted people really think. This Twilight Zone version with only positive comments is bizarre. We’re having a discussion here and I want to see what the naysayers *and* yaysayers contribute to the ongoing discourse. There are many times I’ve subscribed to (or skipped) boxes after reading about them here.

I started using my reddit account recently to supplant the info that’s lacking here because some of you suggested it. Instagram has also been given as an alternate source but I don’t do IG and I’ve read fellow posters saying they aren’t into it, either. Or reddit, for that matter.
So I’m going to go out on a limb and say we as a group would like to gather *here* to talk about our subscriptions. MSA is making that difficult.

Which brings me to my second thing that should probably be its own post but I’m adding it while I have your eyeballs:
It feels really weird to use the moniker MSA when speaking about the people who are maintaining this site. It feels impersonal. Who’s in charge here? Who’s moderating the comments? I looked at the about page & there are several human candidates. Which person should we be addressing these posts to? Is there some reason there really isn’t a human face associated with MSA? Just wondering…

I 100% agree. I too had comments deleted for being critical and also mentioning a couple other places to go that are more reliable now that MSA is no longer very significant. The fact that there are barely any comments is absolutely crazy. FFF posts have always had an extremely high volume of comments. Just reading these other comments on this thread…they seem fake. Not all. And I dont want to be rude cuz maybe they are legit but, seeing comments that start with “I love fff” or “great review” just seems phony cuz commenters I’ve noticed over the past few years don’t ever sound like that. And one comment only says “great review. ” And also the comment about thanks for taking all the pictures to help me choose. They ALWAYS have taken pics, thats nothing new. Ill stop now but I think its all a bit suspect.

For almost the last five years, it has been my daily routine to check this site at least twice a day, but not anymore. It just doesn’t feel the same anymore. I feel like the vibe here used to be more like “hear what your friends have to honestly say about a new product they got.” Now half the site reminds me of influencers on Instagram trying to sell you a pan that is “AH-MAZING AND WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!” I trust the opinions that I read in the comments a lot more than what is in the actual review which is kind of sad. But yeah, I feel like there are way less comments overall on here. I type out a lot of comments and then just erase it all way more often than I actually comment these days.

I am amazed this counts as a review — the vast majority of it sounded liked it was based on seeing photos. (The tray got 3 sentences that could have been written based on the photos online, for example.)

Agreed, JoJoB, agreed. I’m known for being that Pollyanna type too, but the thought of censorship really bothers me. We all deserve to have an opinion and to express it if we wish. It should be shared if we share it. True, some folks are just down right nasty, and hate/bullying should not be tolerated, but voicing our thoughts, whether positive or negative, should be permitted. I truly hope it’s just been a busy week for people and they aren’t commenting…but that does seem strange given FFF posts normally get flooded with comments of all types.

I think it’s really odd that there are so few comments and that they are all positive, too. This makes no sense after the past few posts on the summer box.

I agree Snow. I liked how the review was set up. It was much easier to understand what you could select. I also haven’t subscribed because of how complicated it seems to order and what items are available for selection. Based on previous reviews, I’ve noticed that many subscribers don’t get the items selected and that makes me wary to subscribe as well. Oh well, for now I’m going to pass on this.