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Won't Be Renewing Subscription
Aug 25, 2017
Deena Z.
I received my package today and was so excited! I've ordered other book subscriptions and was happy to try another! Thoroughly disappointed with this one. Bookishly describes the books as "vintage," which I can really appreciate. However, the book I received smelled completely terrible and urine-like! Sad that I'll have to toss it away. On the other hand, I absolutely loved the packing, the tea and the other things that came with my box. Unlikely for me to renew my subscription.
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Sorry to hear you're disappointed with your book. Everyone's experience and expectation of a vintage book is different and we understand that. We send out over 2000 books a month and we try very hard to ensure what we send out is as good a quality as possibly can be. If you contact us at subs@bookishly.co.uk with your address we'll send you a replacement book.
Smelly Books and Bad Coffee
Jul 05, 2017
Alanise B.
I have never been as disappointed in a subscription service as I was with this one. I hate flavoured coffee and that's was I got. The book would have been fine if it hadn't smelled so ghastly. I mean really bad I had to throw out the package it came in and wash my hands after holding it. To emphasize I like old book smell but this was rotten book smell.
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Sorry to hear you're disappointed with your book and coffee. Everyone's experience and expectation of a vintage book is different and we understand that. We send out over 2000 books a month and we try very hard to ensure what we send out is as good a quality as possibly can be. The coffee we use in our subscriptions isn't flavoured, the descriptions on the packet are tasting notes, as you'd see on a bottle of wine. Sorry if this is confusing. If you contact us at subs@bookishly.co.uk with your address we'll send you a replacement book.
Delightful
Apr 03, 2017
Gaya A.
Delightful boxes that make me smile each time I open one
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SO Happy
Feb 19, 2017
Alex S.
I am so so impressed with this box. The price was completely fair and the items included were of good quality. Sometimes the pictures make the subscription seem like it will be fancier than it is, but in this case everything was just as adorable as I hoped it would be. Random, but wonderful, vintage book. Adorable stationary. Nice bookmark. Delicious bag of tea. And I appreciated that the book wasn't just covered in tissue, but actually individually wrapped in nice wrapping paper. Really felt like I was receiving a gift. Will definitely order again in the future.
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Best present to myself
Feb 02, 2017
Jennifer S.
I received my first box today and was beyond excited when I got home from work and saw it! I was nervous that it might not live up to my expectations, but I had absolutely nothing to worry about! I chose the tea option and received a nice type of black tea. There were also several postcards with some of my favorite books and a cute bookmark. The book itself was "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier (which I sadly have never read but am starting right now). It was a little worn but well loved and so beautifully wrapped I almost didn't want to open it. This box is perfect and I love it!
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Love from first month.
Feb 01, 2017
Lauren K.
I received my first month's box and I am absolutely in love. The coffee is lovely and I was surprised to see that the book was beautifully wrapped. It felt like the perfect gift from me to me!
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So lovely!
Feb 04, 2017
Anna M.
Recieved my first crate and I couldn't be happier! Delicious tea, lovely vintage edition, beautiful little postcards...absolutely wonderful little present to myself!
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Vintage Beauties
Feb 01, 2017
Ellie B.
After receiving my first package I was absolutely overjoyed! The book that arrived was a beautiful vintage copy of Richard Keverne's novel "Carteret's Cure". It was a bit battered, with fragile yellowed pages and a taped together spine, but that's why I love it! All of the stationary was lovely from what the book was wrapped in to the set of postcards. A great monthly treat 5/5.
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Book choice is bad.
Mar 06, 2017
Kristen C.
Book selection was just bad. A dated history of the pharaohs that looks like a garage sale dump. Pages are brown and completely unappetizing to read. The cratejoy description and reviews seemed more like "classic, vintage" than throwaway books. Tea, packaging and stationary are good. Super disappointed in book choice, and will probably just throw it out because I don't even know a library that will take this. Having a preference of type of book could have saved it.
Verified Purchase
Sorry to hear you're disappointed with your book. Everyone's experience and expectation of a vintage book is different and we understand that. We send out over 2000 books a month and we try very hard to ensure what we send out is as good a quality as possibly can be. If you contact us at subs@bookishly.co.uk with your address we'll send you a replacement book.