December Daily 2018 MEGAAA thread

It does look a little similar to the setup they already have for the kits if you have more than one subscription...but I'm still not entirely sure it's better than just listing everything on one page...other than I do hate the way Inked pages are set up by loading only 6 things at a time...

But it would be nice if everything that is old had it's own tab.

Why can’t everything in the DD category just load in one fellow swoop without categories or the scrolling issue of death? Why won’t Ink invest in load testing software and fix the dang issue once and for all? But again, people put up with it, so why spend the profits to fix the issue? I am glad I am not interested in anything this year. I have officially lost my AE fangirl status.

This seems like some passive-aggressive, pre-emptive scolding nonsense, on top of being a red flag that the system will probably be even more non-functional than usual.

I find it *obnoxious* to include some dismissive hand-slapping about not focusing on products in an absurdly long blog post detailing the navigational/retail strategy that will yield the greatest likelihood of you having the opportunity to purchase most of the products on your list.

I was planning to pick up an album, plus some odds & ends, but am reconsidering, especially since KP, FYC, and other companies have DD releases sans the tut-tutting about how shallowly materialistic I am for wanting to buy their products.

I caught that too foucaultgirl I took it as a hand slap to ones who will inevitably miss out on things they really want and will complain about it. Which I don’t blame those people. She’s tirned this into the cabbage patch shit show from the 80s. Ugly ass dolls that everyone had to have. Her designs are not even all that wow anymore, other companies have taken notes and are here to play. And take our money that she doesn’t want because she’s too busy trying to create FOMO.

I received my simple stories kit that I ordered from scrapbook. Com. The album is lovely! It's got the 2 inch spine. I especially like the puffy stickers and the 6 by 8 paper Pad too. I bought a stamp set from the new release at Simon Says Stamp
Plan to add some gold accents from my stash and I'm all set for DD.

I have been considering buying the kids kit again from Ali. My son and I really enjoyed putting that together last year. We'll have to wait till tomorrow to see what the kids kit looks like and then I'll decide. Really don't like all the drama surrounding the ordering process though so I'm glad I got the rest of my DD supplies elsewhere.

Yes. There are 5 6 x 8 sheets , one pocket page and three smaller die cut sheets. The kit also included the card pack ,the bits and pieces and the numbers. Then I purchased separately the 6 by 8 paper pad ,the puffy stickers and the card stock stickers. I think it was a really good deal for the money. It will match a previous simple stories album that was the darker wood grain Christmas one.

I just had massive deja vu reading my post. I swear I’ve said that before.

Honestly I think this whole "selection period" thing is just dumb. Why can't they order enough product that things won't sell out in 2 minutes, just put the stuff up for sale, and start shipping orders right away. Like every other company in the world. Or do a true pre-order, as customers have been suggesting to AE for years. Ordering scrapbook supplies shoudn't require a huge blog post detailing exactly how we should go about it

Ali talks a good game, but I do think she kind of enjoys turning this into a clusterf*** every year..

Bravo!!! I thought the same thing when I got an email detailing the order selection an hour ago. Like how many different times does she have to walk people through her unreasonably complicated check out (stole that line from the tv show Shameless). I agree, she likes her fan girls going nuts. She was hoping for that with her dd prep party.

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Thanks for posting this! I was going to ask today if anyone had seen it in person. I'm more than likely going to order this as I'm not crazy about the albums AE is offering, plus I like the Simple Stories pattern a lot.

I think I just need to push the button on the SS album and page protectors at Scrapbook.com. I have a cold and feel terrible so am not getting up in the middle of the night to put an order in with Ali.

I’m thinking the same. I keep trying to remind myself that I did a lot of pages out of pockets last year so I don’t need 31! (Last year I put 50 into a simple stories plus the out of pocket stuff, and it was ridiculous.. it doesn’t shut 😂, I’m trying to tone down my approach this year!)

I'm not sure if they want a "cluster***" every year, but I do agree that a "selection period" with a long lead time until shipping, and limited quantities doesn't make sense once you think about it.  Really it should be one or the other.  The only reason for a selection period with a long shipping time would seem to be to get orders and money in first and then manufacture the kits.  If that's the case there should be no "sell out" since as long as an order is paid for they should be able to get the product (and of course they are not allowing orders to be cancelled this year).  

But if instead they have truly ordered all of the product in advance - hence the "limited quantity/ estimates may be off" sell-out drama then it should not take 2 months to ship the orders.  They should be able to ship right away because they should already have all of the product.

This disconnect is the main reason people are dissatisfied every year.  If orders sold out and product shipped right away as happens on QVC or HSN - people would understand.  What is harder to understand is all of the build up and then a quick sell out and then the product still does not ship for 2 months.  There's a disconnect there that is never really explained in any of the blog posts or the Facebook Live.