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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 10:44:36 GMT
I posted this on the SC thread but decided to start a new AE only thread. Feel free to bitch about or praise Ali and AE Designs here.  So the new AE story kit is previewed for subscribers. The theme is time and they included a sheet of number stickers. Why in the fuck would you only include two 1s on a sheet of stickers in a kit about time? There are 2 sheets included but with all the times that include 1, there should have been at least four 1s on one sheet. If you use 24 time format, you're especially screwed.  |
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Post by loveslabradors on Sept 13, 2017 10:49:32 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 12:04:09 GMT
I think it's a fair amount of #1's, however I think they should have included more 0's. If I'm doing a layout about time, chances are it a going to be 7:00, or 5:00, or 12:00.
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Post by anonrefugee on Sept 13, 2017 12:17:21 GMT
I think it's a fair amount of #1's, however I think they should have included more 0's. If I'm doing a layout about time, chances are it a going to be 7:00, or 5:00, or 12:00. Yes, it's good if you're doing that. But otherwise it's not enough 1's on a sheet to make a single clock face. Seems very short sighted for a "custom" package about time. |
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 13:24:50 GMT
I think it's a fair amount of #1's, however I think they should have included more 0's. If I'm doing a layout about time, chances are it a going to be 7:00, or 5:00, or 12:00. And what if you want to document something that happened at 11:11? All ones are used. If you do 11:00 then all your ones AND zeros are used up on one sheet. I agree with zero as well. There should be more zeros. There should be at minimum 4 ones and 4 zeros per sheet. Minimum. |
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 13, 2017 14:40:50 GMT
They should have had a sheet of just zeros and then some more ones on the first sheet. What galls me is the add on prices, 3.99 for 8 punched out circles?  ?? WTF? First off, i imagine most of us have a circle punch or 5 so it isn't like that is a an obscure shape, second of all they aren't even special paper or a special pattern that I can see. I could easily create identical looking circles in less time then it is taking me to type this. Why would I pay 3.99 for those? |
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Post by nicolep on Sept 13, 2017 14:44:04 GMT
Man, that looks like an even thinner kit than the last several.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 14:46:11 GMT
They should have had a sheet of just zeros and then some more ones on the first sheet. What galls me is the add on prices, 3.99 for 8 punched out circles? ?? WTF? First off, i imagine most of us have a circle punch or 5 so it isn't like that is a an obscure shape, second of all they aren't even special paper or a special pattern that I can see. I could easily create identical looking circles in less time then it is taking me to type this. Why would I pay 3.99 for those? This is what grates my nerves--she really is full of herself. |
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 14:54:14 GMT
Another thing that irritates me. The timeline notepad. It has no description to say how many pages and even in the video, she says she has no idea how many pages it has.
Even if I wanted that notepad, I sure wouldn't blindly pay 7.99 for an unknown number of pages.
I do like the stamp set this month. I can see myself using the digital clock numbers stamped in red on pictures, and I have a lot of stamps with numbers, but none like that. So I'm happy with the stamp. The kit, not so much.
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Post by lasteve1 on Sept 13, 2017 14:59:44 GMT
Another thing that irritates me. The timeline notepad. It has no description to say how many pages and even in the video, she says she has no idea how many pages it has. Even if I wanted that notepad, I sure wouldn't blindly pay 7.99 for an unknown number of pages. I do like the stamp set this month. I can see myself using the digital clock numbers stamped in red on pictures, and I have a lot of stamps with numbers, but none like that. So I'm happy with the stamp. The kit, not so much. I like those numbers too, but I am annoyed that the round clock face is only half a clock! So you have to put it going off the page like she did in her sample project. |
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Post by loveslabradors on Sept 13, 2017 15:28:01 GMT
This is what grates my nerves--she really is full of herself. I really liked her and her products for a while, until I didn't. I think that's what it really came down to. $8 for a notepad? $3 for 8 little paper circles. $20 (minimum) for a super skimpy kit. Seriously...that's just insanity. I can't believe so many are willing to pay those prices! |
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Post by joblackford on Sept 13, 2017 15:30:13 GMT
There are never enough 1s and 2s and 0s. Not if you're using them for times or for dates. So at least make an effort and double up on those numbers. I would rather have smaller numbers but more of them. (Kelly Purkey knows how to make a sticker sheet with a usable number of letters/numbers.)
And that little pad is cool looking - a really useful little thing I could imagine a lot of people throwing into their cart for a lot of different projects, if it was priced under $5. A printed pad with a magnet on the back runs a dollar, maybe $3 at most, at Target/the dollar store/the grocery store. I might tolerate an extra couple of bucks for the design and style, the AE name. But not $8. Nope. It would have to be an inch or two thick for me to start considering paying $8 for it. If it was $3 I would probably buy a few of them.
The theme is good, I can imagine using the prompts in a lot of ways, it looks good overall. But the more I looked at the main Story kit the more I noticed there just isn't much to it. Was it always so thin? 10 double-sided cards total? I used to get the digital kit so it's harder to get a sense of quantity.
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Post by loveslabradors on Sept 13, 2017 15:38:37 GMT
There are never enough 1s and 2s and 0s. Not if you're using them for times or for dates. So at least make an effort and double up on those numbers. I would rather have smaller numbers but more of them. (Kelly Purkey knows how to make a sticker sheet with a usable number of letters/numbers.) And that little pad is cool looking - a really useful little thing I could imagine a lot of people throwing into their cart for a lot of different projects, if it was priced under $5. A printed pad with a magnet on the back runs a dollar, maybe $3 at most, at Target/the dollar store/the grocery store. I might tolerate an extra couple of bucks for the design and style, the AE name. But not $8. Nope. It would have to be an inch or two thick for me to start considering paying $8 for it. If it was $3 I would probably buy a few of them. The theme is good, I can imagine using the prompts in a lot of ways, it looks good overall. But the more I looked at the main Story kit the more I noticed there just isn't much to it. Was it always so thin? 10 double-sided cards total? I used to get the digital kit so it's harder to get a sense of quantity. The kits were definitely not always this thin. Take a look at pics of the early ones- First, Gather, am/pm, Little Things. You'll be shocked at how much better they were! |
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 15:42:11 GMT
Another thing that irritates me. The timeline notepad. It has no description to say how many pages and even in the video, she says she has no idea how many pages it has. Even if I wanted that notepad, I sure wouldn't blindly pay 7.99 for an unknown number of pages. I do like the stamp set this month. I can see myself using the digital clock numbers stamped in red on pictures, and I have a lot of stamps with numbers, but none like that. So I'm happy with the stamp. The kit, not so much. I like those numbers too, but I am annoyed that the round clock face is only half a clock! So you have to put it going off the page like she did in her sample project. Yeah in the video she mentioned you could stamp the two halves together to make a whole circle but I know I won't be able to line that up perfectly. I'm not as annoyed with that, because I have plenty of circle punches that I could use to make a claim close face. |
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Post by nicolep on Sept 13, 2017 15:46:21 GMT
The kits were definitely not always this thin. Take a look at pics of the early ones- First, Gather, am/pm, Little Things. You'll be shocked at how much better they were! Where are the older kits listed at? They used to scroll across her site but I haven't seen that for a while. |
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 16:09:14 GMT
The kits were definitely not always this thin. Take a look at pics of the early ones- First, Gather, am/pm, Little Things. You'll be shocked at how much better they were! Where are the older kits listed at? They used to scroll across her site but I haven't seen that for a while. I think they are pretty much just on the blog. I searched and found the am/pm kit and it IS a huge difference.  ETA: for reference, this is the current Time kit.  |
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Post by nicolep on Sept 13, 2017 16:16:44 GMT
Where are the older kits listed at? They used to scroll across her site but I haven't seen that for a while. I think they are pretty much just on the blog. I searched and found the am/pm kit and it IS a huge difference. Um yeah. Huge difference. Wow. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 16:20:19 GMT
Where are the older kits listed at? They used to scroll across her site but I haven't seen that for a while. I think they are pretty much just on the blog. I searched and found the am/pm kit and it IS a huge difference. ETA: for reference, this is the current Time kit. Since I'm pretty sure Katie will eventually read this, note this: how full of herself is she to offer so little a gouge her customers? I remembering signing up for the very first kit site unseen, and was not disappointed. Boy that ship has long sailed. |
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Post by nicolep on Sept 13, 2017 16:21:05 GMT
I have always been and am honestly still an Ali product fan but I would really like to ask her about this. Idk that I would get an answer but it is a huge difference.
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Post by nicolep on Sept 13, 2017 16:25:40 GMT
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 16:33:51 GMT
I have always been and am honestly still an Ali product fan but I would really like to ask her about this. Idk that I would get an answer but it is a huge difference. I'm an AE product fan as well. I love both the story stamps and the AE shop stamps. They are my most used stamps that I have. I was not an early adopter of the kits/stamps so I never knew they had thinned out that much. I am a current subscriber and the only thing that is keeping me from dropping the kit sub once I am able to, is that with both kits, I get the digital kit as well. I've been playing with the digital kit by recoloring and resizing, and either adding to my photos as digital or printing them out as embellishments. So I want to keep the digital and physical stamp, so I'm basically getting the physical kit for free. If I didn't get the digital with it, I'd drop the physical kit. |
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Post by peachiceteas on Sept 13, 2017 17:12:33 GMT
I love Ali product but I just refuse to pay the price. The only time I've bought anything from her is a WITL kit in 2015 and when she had a $5 code for two months. I would sub to these kits but they're so so light for the cost.
The chipboard bundles just put me off completely. It's a basic memory keeping supply. Order thousands of units and sell them for half the cost. You'll keep a lot more people happy and interested in your brand.
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Post by lazytown on Sept 13, 2017 17:23:12 GMT
I was excited about this topic, but I'm disappointed in both kits. I honestly can't see myself using those big numbers or those clock face stickers and there's not much left in the kit after that. And the stamp, I don't really care for the digital numbers, and the rest of the sayings seem kind of superficial for such a deep and complex topic. I assume that workshop content will be good, but I can't justify buying either kit.
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Post by loveslabradors on Sept 13, 2017 17:23:27 GMT
The kits were definitely not always this thin. Take a look at pics of the early ones- First, Gather, am/pm, Little Things. You'll be shocked at how much better they were! Where are the older kits listed at? They used to scroll across her site but I haven't seen that for a while. I just googled "Ali Edwards story kit" and lots of them came up. Didn't bother even trying to find them on her site |
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Post by loveslabradors on Sept 13, 2017 17:30:45 GMT
I have always been and am honestly still an Ali product fan but I would really like to ask her about this. Idk that I would get an answer but it is a huge difference. Unfortunately I don't think we'd ever get a satisfactory answer. Just more of their "we appreciate your honest feedback" garbage. I think the truth of it is that she's charging so much for disappointing products because she can. Ali has tons of fangirls who want a lifestyle just like the one she's presenting. No idea if that's sustainable for her long term, but at the moment the $25 chipboard is flying off the shelves. Lol |
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Post by peachiceteas on Sept 13, 2017 17:39:25 GMT
I have always been and am honestly still an Ali product fan but I would really like to ask her about this. Idk that I would get an answer but it is a huge difference. Unfortunately I don't think we'd ever get a satisfactory answer. Just more of their "we appreciate your honest feedback" garbage. I think the truth of it is that she's charging so much for disappointing products because she can. Ali has tons of fangirls who want a lifestyle just like the one she's presenting. No idea if that's sustainable for her long term, but at the moment the $25 chipboard is flying off the shelves. Lol People won't stand for it forever though so I hope she enjoys it while it lasts. People used to worship the ground April Foster walked on and look where she ended up. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 17:46:04 GMT
I have always been and am honestly still an Ali product fan but I would really like to ask her about this. Idk that I would get an answer but it is a huge difference. Unfortunately I don't think we'd ever get a satisfactory answer. Just more of their "we appreciate your honest feedback" garbage. I think the truth of it is that she's charging so much for disappointing products because she can. Ali has tons of fangirls who want a lifestyle just like the one she's presenting. No idea if that's sustainable for her long term, but at the moment the $25 chipboard is flying off the shelves. Lol Yeah she's charging for the extras now that used to be kit components because people ARE paying for it. But it won't last and she'll run her business into the ground. I mean why else is she reviewing glasses and selling cheap tank tops? Because her scrapbook products aren't paying the bills. |
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Post by gigi333 on Sept 13, 2017 18:12:09 GMT
I'm subbing to the story kit and the story stamp, I'm not crazy about the stamp this month, and I particularly don't like that you've to line up the semi circles to make a clock I'm just not that steady it would take me forever
I like the story kit, I love the rubber words and the acrylic word, I actually really like the clock but that's cause my sister is due a baby in November and I totally see using the clock in a when you were born layout
I do want the 3x8 notepad but the same as the rest of the addons it is highly overpriced
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Post by paperamy on Sept 13, 2017 18:22:08 GMT
I'm subbing to the story kit and the story stamp, I'm not crazy about the stamp this month, and I particularly don't like that you've to line up the semi circles to make a clock I'm just not that steady it would take me forever I like the story kit, I love the rubber words and the acrylic word, I actually really like the clock but that's cause my sister is due a baby in November and I totally see using the clock in a when you were born layout I do want the 3x8 notepad but the same as the rest of the addons it is highly overpriced I debated on getting the digital file for the notepad, but then I figured if I'm gonna print it, might as well make my own. |
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Post by anniefb on Sept 13, 2017 18:39:19 GMT
Wow - big difference between those kits.
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?? WTF? First off, i imagine most of us have a circle punch or 5 so it isn't like that is a an obscure shape, second of all they aren't even special paper or a special pattern that I can see. I could easily create identical looking circles in less time then it is taking me to type this. Why would I pay 3.99 for those? 
