The bot sent davegoesthedistance this little puzzle maze. There must be some precocious babies wherever this game was made!
Category Archives: Bought By The Bot
Item Of The Day: Bat-Signal
Over on Instagram cutesyninaashes of Tamarac, Florida has posted a couple pictures of plastic bats received from the bot. I think they are intended to be wall decorations, but more useful as a bat signal!
Item Of The Day: Tiny Plastic Giraffe
I just came across this tiny giraffe posted by acmekat on Instagram, which apparently was labeled as fresh cut flowers!
The Chinese manufacturer must be using some reverse psychology on the customs folks. Fresh cut flowers are impossible to get through the border. A little plastic giraffe on the other hand would sail through. The only solution? Start labeling giraffes as flowers and flowers as giraffes. If anyone actually reads these descriptions they must get so confused.
Monday Madness Unboxing 8
Watch the latest Monday Madness unboxing video for the Bobcat Milkshake. “Oh that’s burning, ice cream should never burn!” The surprise was a generous helping of chipotle hot sauce.
Item Of The Day: Japanese Brassica Seeds
The bot sent Sara in Ohio these seeds. After some digging I found this description…
“Special vegetable Brassica vegetables, also known as crystal, is early maturing varieties imported from Japan, including mineral -rich, low-sodium high- potassium new varieties, it has a unique aroma. Can be fried, salad, pickled, hot pot dishes is fine. Plant height of 40-50 cm , weight 1-2 kg per plant.”
I do wonder about the unique aroma. It might be a variety of Japanese mustard spinach. But I am not one for botany. I know some of the seeds ordered by the bot have been successfully planted with surprising results!
Item Of The Day: Squirrel Spatula
ferckinclerser over on Instagram posted this little video of packages bought by the bot. At the end you can see the cat suspiciously eyeing the pile of random packages. It looks like a dinosaur shaped ladle and squirrel spatula were among the haul.
Item Of The Day: Elephant Ring
Take a look at this little ring senpai_tj posted on Instragram. When you wear it must seem like you are squishing a tiny elephant!
Item Of The Day: Steampunk Whovian Pocketwatch
The bot buys quite a few Dr. Who knickknacks. This pocket watch is listed for nearly $20 on Etsy ($15.50 + $4.02 shipping)!
Item Of The Day: Elephant Temporary Tattoos
I just discovered all the pictures tagged with #bobcatinabox on Instagram. Here is one with some fine temporary tattoos that the bot sent out…
Question About Messing Up The Bot’s Logic
I got a question by email yesterday from a subscriber who just got this product in the mail. 
Q: Is there any way to prevent ordering from a specific seller in the future, to exclude them, or to know who/where an item came from? I received an item today I really would have loved but the bottle broke in shipping. It was nail polish, so no chance to save it. It was not packaged well for a glass bottle.
I understand if that’s beyond the bot’s code. I still rated it as positive because I don’t want a negative rating to mess up the logic.
A: Good to hear from you! That does sound disappointing.
The best way to prevent the bot from ordering from a specific seller is to give the product a negative rating. It won’t mess up the logic. Negative feedback make the bot a lot less likely to re-buy a particular product. Right now the products aren’t categorized by specific sellers. But it is certainly possible for products to get blacklisted if they get negative feedback.
The product was sold by Chic Beauty, a store on AliExpress.com based in China. The item you got is this one.
This nail polish has been ordered by the bot 14 times so far, gotten 5 positive ratings and no negative ratings. The bot really likes products with 100% positive feedback. If you switch your rating the bot will not buy it nearly as much and hopefully there will be fewer broken bottles in the mail.