After seeing many unboxings for their 'crafty parcels' I decided to take the plunge with the most recent one, which was a fundraiser for Huntington's Disease. The email I received listed many terrific companies (but not limited to) that donated toward the content of the boxes. Of course, SSS has its own lines and it made sense that they would also contribute items. First, let me say- my mindset going in was 'It's a donation that comes with a grab bag. Whatever it is, it is.' Seeing past boxes I knew there were some things I wouldn't use and some things I'd love. There was always a lot of merchandise in the boxes. There seemed to be a lot of room to be happy with whatever was in the box. The box shipped super fast. I had it with a couple of days of ordering it. However- it was a smaller box than previous boxes and was not put together as nicely. Going through the box, it seemed to be a collection of mostly clearance and overstock items. I received dies that did not come with the coordinating stamps and a stamp set that only made sense to use with the coordinating dies- but the coordinating items were not included. The headliner companies listed on the email about the box- my box only had two items from one of those companies- clearance sale level, and nothing from SSS lines, which was a surprise. A friend ordered the larger box- and her experience was the same, except that one set of stamps she got actually had the coordinating dies included. Between the two of us- we spent $200 on boxes that were supposed to contain 'over $400 worth of merchandise. That's a total fantasy. I'm not even sure that there was half that. We both agreed- we went into this with the mindset that it was a donation first and the merchandise was a bonus. Even so, we were left feeling bad about the whole experience, and couldn't figure out why. It came down to this; this isn't SSS first attempt at boxes like these. They've been doing it for years. Past boxes have been very generous (matching their claims) and the items seemed to be good and chosen with some degree of care. To promote this is a fundraiser, 'close to their hearts', attach names of top-tier companies as contributors, dollar amount values that were double or more - and then to have 'volunteers' slap together boxes of clearance stuff nobody wants- and none of their own product!- it left us feeling duped. It didn't leave us feeling good about the company itself. It left such a bad taste that we both decided to redirect our regular shopping $ elsewhere in the future. So- I'm happy that money went to a good cause- definitely. It's the only redeeming part of this whole experience. I feel like SSS had good intentions, but the execution was just awful. I've unsubscribed, unfollowed, and won't be ordering from them again. I just don't feel like this was a great example of how they do business.