vera29•9d ago

I bought a $70 'bullet journal starter kit' online and it was just a notebook with some stickers

I saw an ad for this fancy kit that promised everything you need to start your first journal. It arrived yesterday, and it was literally just a basic dotted notebook, a single black pen, and a sheet of generic motivational stickers. The pen skipped on the first page. I could have gotten the same stuff at the big box store for maybe $15. The whole thing felt like a cheap cash grab aimed at new people who don't know any better yet. I'm annoyed I fell for the marketing. The notebook isn't even that good, the paper is thin. Has anyone else been tricked by one of these 'all-in-one' kits that are actually just overpriced junk?

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the_rose9d ago

I get what you're saying about paying for curation, but that only works if the stuff is actually good. The post says the pen skipped and the paper is thin. That's not a time saver, that's just getting ripped off with bad stuff you have to replace anyway. Real curation means someone tested the items and picked quality things that work together. This sounds like someone just grabbed the cheapest things they could find and put a huge price on it. That's not a service, it's a scam.

thomas.river8d ago

Bad curation wastes more time than just picking things yourself.

kevin_lane9d ago

Gotta say, the convenience of a single package can be worth the extra cost sometimes. You're paying for the curation and saved time, not just the parts.