Well, that I can totally understand. I bought a MB from chickchock.com, and it basically went into the trash. (They didn't even offer free shipping!) And, frankly, there's no need for me to go back there now.

But the whole frothing-at-the-mouth thing, I just don't get.

If you want, I'll mail you my blinky keychain - would that make you feel better?

Lets just say the following - all the mystery boxes till now were at a minimum items that had resalve value equivalent to the box's price:

For example - the monster grab bag - was about 4 items, and each one would sell for 5 - 10 bux minimum.

this box however, is LOTS of small items which have NO resale value. Thats probably why everyone is more upset than usual. I would never buy any of these unless I knew I could sell the stuff and make at least most of my money back....


This will be the first dissapointment for me:

I had already bought:

Almost MB w/ wireless + surge. I got these extras:
webcam
wirless mouse
card reader
game pad

VERY GOOD DEAL.

Then I got the monster grab bag:
Surge
Inverter
Optical audio cable
Svideo Cable
Tshirt

Also, not too bad... I wanted a different selection, but I can defenitely resell and get my money back.

So for all those that are really dissapointed w/ this bag... I Agree... However, maybe the king will consider our feedback, and not do things like this in the future...

The 3.99 one sucked (thank g-d time ran out before I ordered...) and this one also sucked (but I did order...).

I just bought the $10 special MB.

If this one also sucks.... I'm out. From now on ONLY AMBoxes.

King, Over the past 2 months I've seen this site double in users. Don't kill your sudden popularity by making people this unhappy again...

Mine just got here. Same as all the others. The UB Cool is broken (case cracked) was loose in the box and is missing the battery cover. 2 of the 4 flashlight/keychains have corroded batteries which is also inside the cases. I think i will pass on the next MB.

FYI, here's the direct link to the message:

http://www.thingfling.com/forum/yaf_postsm17707_The-Mystery-Bag--Only-1199-including-shipping.aspx#17702

Bravo to the King!!!

This is why ThingFling has such loyal followers!

--Stephen

Got mine; yick. Stink-o. Rip off. A great little ditty for $3, but $12???????
I have now been inoculated against further MBs....Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice....Shame on me.

No more Mystery Flings. I could do better at the Dollar Store.

VERY GOOD POINT!...

KING "these are so cool, i'm buying them for myself"... since most of us feel rip-off... why don't you buy ALL of OURS BACK!,, since they DON'T SEEM to be SO COOL to us... but seriously... i have no clue what you guys at ThingFling.com were thinking on these $11.99 bags... ripping us off is just going to have this site loose its members and words will or have already been spread on the WWW about what a joke this site is with "their bags of ..real crap.."..

i think this has been the worst item / bag you have ever offer, and not sure if this site will bounce back well... just keep your regualr items and seriously think of what you say about the MB bags / Boxes and what you plan to put in there before you take you hard earn money into your bank account.

This has to be to the worst MB ever. All it had was:
- Emerson Flash Light (the only thing of value)
- Blinky wand (already broken)
- Blinky pendant
- a post card

That is it. No ionizer, no laser level... I hear you all complaining about getting that stuff. That would have been great. Warding off the MB forever and would advise others to do the same. Tremendous rip off

My experience with past Thingfling mystery boxes and almost mystery boxes is that essentially every box has a prime item, while there usually is more then just that item, the rest can essentially be ascribed to being filler.

In the case of these mystery boxes the prime items it seems to me are the UB Kool, The ionizer, and the Laser-level. The rest? it's filler, but certainly most items are worth more than simply just "dollar store" items as it keeps being tossed around here.

Whether your happy or unhappy or content as near as I can tell just simply depends on your mentality and how useful you find the prime items and the secondary items: because you cannot really get around the fact that these items actually are something of value (though perhaps not of revalue in some cases) but look up the UB Kool on google, and you'll see these things on average are being sold for $30 + shipping. (or perhaps WERE being sold in some cases) I don't know about the pocket ionizer, I haven't looked, but I bet it's worth something retail as well. The laser level I think was established in the beginning to having a retail value of $30-40, which is very nice. Look at these prime items and I would say they indeed all are rather gadgety. But "gadget" is a broad word. When some people hear gadget they think expensive electronics like a PDA or cell phone or other. Other people hear gadget and they think of just electronicy things that do nifty/neat/unusual things. That's the kind of gadget these prime objects are.

As I said in the other thread I was just "Content" with my box uintil I actually put batteries in my UB Kool last night. Now I'm happy with my mystery box. Look if you haven't actually put batteries in your UB Kool, do it, it's almost assured that you don't actually know what it does/is and that if nothing else you'll be impressed at seeing something new. I've never seen any other handheld product that does what the UB Kool does. It's not a fan. I thought that too when I first saw it. The grill part, the part that you probably think is the fan, is not a fan at all. It's an exhaust. The UB Kool should be thought more of like air conditioning/environmental controls. But without the fan. The blue shiny metal disk on the other side of the grill part is where all the action is. Switch the UB Kool to cool, and that disk will within seconds start to chill, until it is finally almost icy cold. Switch it to hot and the opposite happens, the disk becomes quite hot to the touch. You are supposed to apply the blue disk directly to your skin: to your neck, to your forehead, to your wrists, wherever. They suggest places like that where your veins are closer to the skin are better places: to chill the blood, but you can also use it just for spot places that need some heat or coldness. Me? I get migraines ona regular basis. I'm really excited about having this thing. It will be most likely a new friend to me, as something that I can pull out of my bag when a migraine hits and get some instant icy relief.

Is yours broken? or anything else broken? or did you get duplicates of items? Open a trouble ticket. Thingfling will fix it, that's not something you should get upset about. In regards to the UB Kool, yes some people say they got broken ones. But keep in mind too what I said: it's not a fan. If it ain't blowing on you, that doesn't mean it's broken, it's not supposed to do that.