Big box full of great freebies from Matter(merged)

wibblewibble

I had the email saying mine would come next week however 5 mins later the postman knocked the door and handed me 2 matter boxes one each for me and hubby which was a surprise as I only signed up for 1 and had only received emails for 1 *shrugs*

However, as a freebie it's not bad a full sized bar of cadbury's chocolate, and a decent sized travel bottle of shower gel (orange & ginger in one and mint & tea tree in the other) a joke book in one and the first few chapters of a book about ghengis kahn in the other. OK so the sim card isn't useful for me as I'm already on O2 and happy with my package but I can pass that on to someone else & the DVD cleaning cloth thingy will come in handy, about the only really naff thing in there is the dvd of an open fire but then again I know some people do go out and buy things like that *shrugs*.

I was happy with mine.

shaz-ann

3plus1 wrote: »

Would be interesting to know how many people have/haven't got their box today (who were signed up in time and expecting it). There were quite a few people getting excited about it, so I hope they got theirs today.

I haven't got mine but I did get the email about it being delayed until next week. Good job I'm fairly patient!

System

For those of you who want to know what to expect:

DVD cleaner by lovefilm
fireplace DVD by Baileys
mini book by Conn Iggulden
A BBC Audio DVD
mini Orginal Source Shower Gel (like the one from the website)
O2 Sim card
Cranberry & Granola dairy milk choccy bar

No so good. But perhaps if people hadn't gone so OTT with speculation then then we wouldn't have put our hopes up so high.

Meh, it doesn't matter.

jo132000

I got mine today after recieving an email to say I wouldn't get it till next week. Ok so it's not as brilliant as the first, but it's still quite a good freebie!

PeskyPenguin

Thank you, Tim. But mere delay? lol. Months and months and months.....

I think the actual concept of you desperately trying to send all boxes out on one day and fixing a date has been your downfall. You have been aware of this thread and the 700+ posts of excited people waiting for your PR product and have posted random boxes so now we all know what to expect...which kind of defeats what you were aiming for, no?

PS: It's for my DH anyway and he's far more patient than me lol.

jeaniej_2

Mines coming next week and Im pleased with any freebies that we can get these days.

3plus1

Timmilne wrote: »

It seems that some did get the boxes.

We had left it the last minute before starting to pack the boxes, since we wanted to one more item into the box. This meant that we were running to a very tight schedule all the way along. Despite a superhuman effort–we missed our deadline by only an hour, but missed it nonetheless. So, rather than just send it arrive on Monday–who wants to get anything nice on a Monday–we decided to delay until next Saturday.

There was a small number of boxes that we'd taken out of the system to check the addresses–including anyone who had sent me late changes to their addresses–that did make it into the system.

I'm sorry some of you are disappointed. I don't want to make excuses, but it hurts to hear people moan when I know how hard we worked and when the outcome is merely a delay. Nobody died.

I hope that when everyone gets them next week, this delay will soon be forgotten and I will be moving onto to putting the next box together.

Thanks for the update, Tim. So, for those of us who received boxes today... did we get the last minute item or should we expect another surprise next week?

jembie

I don't want to know what is in it so I won't be reading this thread again until after next week.
I went to see Will Young last night so I am well fulfilled this week to carry me through

PeskyPenguin

jembie wrote: »

I don't want to know what is in it so I won't be reading this thread again until after next week.
I went to see Will Young last night so I am well fulfilled this week to carry me through

Oh, I am so jealous!!! Was he fabulous?!

AdeleBird

Got mine today!!