Five Four Club Subscription Box Review – December 2015

Subscription: Five Four Club

Cost: $60/month

Coupon Code: GETAWAY for a free pair of $75 Wayfarer sunglasses

What to Expect: “Individually curated package of 2 – 3 items from its seasonal collection. All exclusive pieces are yours to keep. Members receive free shipping and size exchanges.”


 

Whaaaat another December review in January?

Yes.

Because I was mad. That’s why.

Sometimes when I’m mad about a box I set it aside and just think about it for a while before my frowny face emotions dissipate and I can write without swears and whatnot.

five four club package

Part of the reason why I was so mad was because I googled up some reviews of Five Four club and kept finding angry reviews on Yelp and BBB. It got me more riled up and I took out my PITCHFORK and wrote an angry letter demanding to cancel! Then toned it down some because you shouldn’t send things to people when you’re emotional. #noregrets

Sidenote: that black bubblewrap packaging feels really nice. It’s like smooth and supple… 

 

Style Profile: Casual [which I expected to have cute, rumply, outdoorsy, boy-next-door clothes]

five four club tissue paper

It came swaddled in tissue paper.

five four club sticker stripesfive four club sticker back sayings

A little sticker that came with. Maybe I’ll put it on the beer fridge in the garage, which is covered in racing and electrical stickers.

button down shirt five four club

Item #1: button down shirt with red and blue stripes.

I wasn’t feeling this, but McBoyfriend said it reminded him of some other shirt he has [which I also don’t like… shh…].

five four club pullover black sweater

Item #2: black pullover sweater.

This is what I was pissed about. Had McBoyfriend gotten a regular subscription to this box and received just a button down and this thin, cheap sweater for $60 I would’ve screamed and yelled and demanded my money back. The material is so incredibly thin that you don’t have to even hold it up to the light to see through it! It’s also ridiculously long, which you can see in the picture sort of.

five four club layer look

I snuck a photo on New Year’s [when he wore the outfit].

He actually really liked the outfit, and fortunately he is perpetually hot so he didn’t mind the thinness of the pullover. After a few compliments, it was agreed all around by the other guys and girls that a clothing subscription that you cannot return items to is ridiculous [though, I realized I think you can exchange sizes].

His hands look so meaty here… they’re not as beefy in real life as they look!!

 

wayfarer sunglasses and case five four club

Item #3: $75, Wayfarer Sunglasses.

These are okay. Definitely not something I would pay $75 for because you can see my eyes through them.

wayfarer sunglasses from five four club

I like to keep a chill façade, or poker face, if you will.

five four club five pack of socks

Item #4: 5 pack of socks.

I’m going to be honest with you… I bought this shipment for the socks. I <3 socks…

McBoyfriend had a separate drawer for black socks and white socks when I met him, and once I offered to help him pack and he became incredibly flustered and told me he had certain socks he wanted to pack. He brings 2-3x as many socks as there are days in a trip. So, he’s pretty serious about his socks. But, he’s got ugly socks, so at Christmas my family gave him several nice pairs [family stocking stuffer tradition], and then I gave him these. He’s pretty hooked on nice socks now, and even said he’d wear some of the yellow ones.

bella guarding the socks

What is she doing…?

five four club socks and cat

Waiting for me to move my junk off the bed so she can lay down! Or else she just lays on top of all of it.

“The end of the bed is my spot, stupid lady.” [my cat isn’t very nice to me]

five four club striped colorful socks

Here we each tried on a pair of socks. He had the white ones at first and said he hated them so I switched him.

Why, yes, I am wearing man socks on my size 11 feet.

 


 

Verdict: McBoyfriend got compliments on his outfit, so, win. The socks are alright, but we’ll see if he actually dares to wear yellow! Despite all of the complaints I was reading, this box was actually fairly easy to cancel. I emailed and got a response right away, but made sure to call to confirm because I noticed their FAQ says “by law” you can only call to cancel. They customer service reps were super nice.

In the end, my attitude toward this box is improved, but I still would rather take $60 to JCPenney and buy McBoyfriend a few shirts I’ve picked out myself.

 

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Disclosure: This box was paid for by me. There is a referral code so we each get $30 off. 

  9 comments for “Five Four Club Subscription Box Review – December 2015

  1. January 12, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    Man socks lol. I wear my husband’s white socks. I have no shame he has tons in a drawer less craziness for me to match my socks. Although cute, it is sometimes madness to match my Pnut’s people’s socks (socks that look like shoes, sock with bows, kitty socks, animal socks, frilly socks).

    • Onderria
      January 12, 2016 at 8:54 pm

      Hehe. I bought my nieces monster socks and animal socks for Christmas last year. They loved them! The 3 year old tiny human picks out her own clothes and I noticed she had one black sock with sparkly pink toes and one white sock with colorful polka dots. So cute 🙂 I’ll have to show you a mini collage I made of her in her weird outfits she’s put together.

  2. January 12, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    I feel like this box is for people who don’t know about T.J maxx or Ross and so on and so forth… hehe ( i love to use that phrase). I just don’t see the value!
    I also love socks. One of my favorite pairs has Shakespeare heads on them

  3. January 13, 2016 at 9:26 am

    I did Five Four for The Mister for awhile. It was really hit and miss. The button ups were super high quality, and so were the pants, but then I would get a box with like a sweater and a tee. It was weird. however, everytime I tried to cancel, they would offer me some crazy deal like $40/month for the next 3 months, and it was worth that. Finally, I had to say no even to that deal. Alas.

    • January 13, 2016 at 1:09 pm

      Hmm, yeah I can see that. For clothing, I have only tried a Wantable Intimates sub, and I wasn’t really impressed. I would rather pick that stuff out on my own than play clothing roulette and hope the computer/”stylist” picks me something that fits and looks good.

  4. AngelaR
    January 13, 2016 at 2:01 pm

    I wouldn’t trust my cat near the socks like that. She likes to play with socks and sometimes hides them.

    • January 13, 2016 at 2:33 pm

      Haha! You’ve got a thief cat?? My cat steals hairbands and knocks things off our dresser and nightstands when she’s mad.

  5. January 13, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    Five Four has some ups and down, but yeahhhhh… your pics are totally worth everything!!! (Ok, I didn’t pay nuffin but you know what I mean!) LOVE!

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