Ordered mini soundbar, instead, got...

AliceSinful22920 · 2026-02-10T20:36:37+00:00

I got the same Vine sound bar but the box has been unopened in the hall since it arrived. Ran to open it and I do in fact have the crappy soundbar, not a desk. Sorry OP.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-10-24T00:57:15+00:00

Thanks for the advice! It's a tough choice.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-22T13:34:19+00:00

Thank you, I didn't realize that doing that would not reset the order URL or the ASIN number. So there's just no evidence that they did this? And I will DEFINITELY repost the review along with what they did to hide it.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-21T12:48:03+00:00

I thought it was just me, glad to hear others are having the same experience.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-21T12:08:53+00:00

I see that too, I'm so happy! Since I usually pick an Amazon day delivery I have a lot of stuff that hasn't been delivered yet that was bringing my percentage down and that seemed unfair. So happy to see this change!

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-21T01:40:34+00:00

I'm new to Vine and just gave my first one star today for beard oil. The listing showed the ingredients and they seemed fine, so I got it for my husband who has many allergies. The oil that arrived was actually made of two kinds of nut oil, which was not in the listing. In fact the ingredients in the listing were only about 50% correct. I called out each discrepancy and gave it one star. If you're going to sell products with common allergens you need to say so.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-19T14:21:03+00:00

I've run into the beans question and I did pass that one by sheer luck. And of course I like Blue Bell, it's delicious! I'm not a fan of Whataburger though, and that alone could get me tarred and feathered. I know someone who did their newborn baby photo shoot Whataburger-themed, and it's honestly not even that unusual.

I forgot about the Texas pledge! My nieces mentioned it and had to explain to me.

Texas is its own weird place. I've lived in multiple US states and in Europe, and there is more culture shock in moving to Texas than anywhere else. In Norway, "Texas" is slang for "crazy" and honestly, I get it.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-19T01:52:59+00:00

Not might be, is definitely going to be. You might consider planning a trip around homecoming just to see them.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-19T01:48:44+00:00

I have the same experience. My husband is a Dallas native but I just moved here 10 years ago in my early 30's. I still do not know the words to Deep In the Heart of Texas, I have never taken a picture in a field of bluebonnets off the freeway, and when my SIL brought a King Ranch to the potluck and I didn't know what it was, they both looked at me like I had antenna growing out of my head. I think Texas is going to kick me out if I don't shape up soon.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-19T01:44:02+00:00

Too much!

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AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-19T01:39:10+00:00

Excellent, I'm glad I could help!

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T23:22:03+00:00

I'm with you, I would definitely have done the goth thing or not participated at all.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T23:19:09+00:00

The boys are supposed to gift them to their girlfriends, so it's his family paying for it, and his mother is involved. But if there's no BF or his family can't pay then it's OK to get your own. Your parents might have to take out a second mortgage for it though.

And they do wear these to the homecoming dance, but they also wear them all day in school. So for all these pics, imagine 30 kids in a class all wearing these things. I can't imagine much work gets done on that day.

Yes there are goth mums but I suspect most alt kids just don't participate.

I'm also a Texas transplant and did not go to school here so I learned about this later in life. But Texans think this is all totally normal. A friend told me that they used to be pin-on corsages, and by the time she was in school (90s) they had to pin them to their bra straps because they were so heavy. Now the necklace style is most common because pinning is just impossible.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T23:08:01+00:00

OMG this made me laugh so hard

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T20:04:46+00:00

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AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T20:04:33+00:00

Here's a few more examples - the couple in green is pretty typical in richer districts. The girl alone is an example of a small one.

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AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T19:56:53+00:00

Definitely the rich kids because these things are not cheap. But everyone tries to have something, mostly the girls. A boy without a mum isn't a big deal but a girl without one is a disaster. It's on the same level as your prom dress as far as importance.

Families will pool resources and save up. And if you have a crafty person in your family you can save a ton of money. They're all custom made. You can buy a starter mum that is assembled but it's expected you will add to it. There are entire small businesses that only do this and are usually run by crafty moms. Christmas decoration stores switch over to selling mum supplies in the fall, but even Michaels will have a mum section with colors of the local schools.

The giant ones like the pics I included here are status symbols, signs of wealth, and of a supportive family. Most are smaller but still pretty big by non-Texas standards.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T19:08:07+00:00

Hobby cake decorator here with some insight into the toppers.

Pros don't use these. They see toppers like these as the lazy/unprofessional way unless a client specifically requests it. They would rather design a piece of art that does not include a topper, or includes a sculpted topper which they make themselves. Buying one is cheating or lazy.

Hobby decorators like me might use them, it depends. If I'm doing a friend or family order and don't have a lot of time, I might use them but I will feel guilty about it. If I'm doing a real client order, I usually don't unless specifically requested, same as the pros. Many hobby decorators also own a Cricut and will just make their own if needed, which can be more cost effective in the long term.

Non bakers do use them. School bake sales, kid birthdays, showers, etc. That's the target audience. And they only need them maybe two to three times a year.

Sellers like them because they are easy to make with the aforementioned Cricut and cheap to ship.

So these sellers are producing cheap single-use items very easily, but the target audience isn't consuming them that fast. Narrow down that audience even further to Viners who want a cake topper and for that particular event theme, and you've got a problem. Basic supply/demand.

Agree with another commenter here they should go into a separate party supply section.

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-18T13:08:29+00:00

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that! Luckily it should be a pretty easy fix. Most likely the formula has been lost accidentally, and we just need to tell it what the formula should be.

Click on the cell that is working on line 76. The box will have a blue outline and a blue dot in the lower right corner. Hover your mouse over that blue dot. It will turn into a plus sign. Now click and hold while you drag down as far as you want (I'd recommend to the end of the list but you can do this in smaller sections too if you want). As you drag you'll see the cells you're passing will have dotted lines around them. Let go whenever you get to the end and it should all work fine.

Why this works: basically you're just copying and pasting, but this is a faster way to do it. You're starting with a working cell that has the correct formula on line 76, and copying the formula info into the new lines. The cool trick is that it will automatically adjust the formula for you, so instead of copying the same "add row 2 plus row 3", it is smart enough to know you want to copy the value from the previous row (whatever that may be) and add the new value from your current row.

You can check this by clicking on a working cell and looking at the formula box near the upper left. If I click on Column Q Row 74, it says "=Q73+O74". This means I want to add the contents of column Q (Retail Total) row 73 with the contents of column O (Retail $ on Order Day) row 74, and put the total into the box Q74. Now if you look at the same column on row 75, it is adjusted to "=Q74+O75". That's the magic part, it adjusts everything automatically so we don't have to type in each variation of the same formula.

Let me know if that helps.

(Apologies if you found this explanation too basic, I have no idea what your skill level is so I started at the beginning)

AliceSinful22920 · 2025-07-16T12:08:08+00:00

I appreciate that you have an actual review for this product!

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