This is baby bobcat Claws after an exam, about to be shipped off to an unsuspecting subscriber. Isn’t she adorable? We’ll need to find a tiny box for her.
Item Of The Day: Rabbit Necklace
The bot surprised jhermart on Instagram with this rabbit necklace. Might not have been what he was expecting. Keywords: necklace, rabbit, jewelry, green, gold.
Item Of The Day: Cute Bear Sticky Notes
Over on Facebook, Emily Ralls posted the first package that she got from the bot. It looks to be a stationery pad from Korea or Japan, likely bought off of AliExpress.com. Thank you Emily!
Daniel Unboxing #1 & #2
Daniel opens his first couple packages from the bot. What did he get? I believe the first package is from Etsy and the second from AliExpress.
First Unboxing Beads!
Michael and Lauren open their first package from the bot and first video on YouTube. Good to have scissors handy! What did they get?
Item Of The Day: Vinyl Record Coasters
At the end of a long day at the office do you love to put 
your mug down on a smooth vinyl record? But how do you deal with the inevitable fallout of leaving stains on your partner’s priceless progressive rock collection? Well for UK residents the bot is ordering these stylish coasters for only £2.92. Save yourself the two hour fight over circular stains on catalogue number VR 13–105 of Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. Add keywords ‘vinyl’ or ‘coaster’ to your account.
Half of the subscribers who have gotten these have given it positive ‘thumbs up’ feedback and no one has yet given their product negative ‘sad box’ feedback. Why would you? So that puts these tiny mats at the top of the bot’s list for the UK for now.
Unboxing Three Crafty Packages
Asetmoonglow is out with the latest three packages from the bot… what did she get?
Note that she has cleverly pre-cut the packages. They can be quite difficult to tear open!
Monday Madness Mortal Bobcat Tournament… “Finish Him!!”
Get Over Here! For their tenth installment Monday Madness have set up their packages as awards in their annual Mortal Kombat tournament.
“It could be glitter, it could be an elephant… it could be anthrax”
“They are sending me a robot piece by piece”
“That is surprisingly functional”
What if I set the bot to $20 again with 2 weeks being idle? Would that “unpause” or would it just jam a month of packages into 2 weeks??
Q: The website is a bit hard to work when it comes to payments. If I change TOTAL amounts, it says it’ll stop sending packages… So I kept it at my original amount for a month, then got charged a second month, then set to $0 because I only wanted 1 month… … … The issue is… What if I set to $20 again with 2 weeks being idle? Would that “unpause” or would it just jam a month of packages into 2 weeks???
A: Good questions! The bot will always spend the funds that you give it. That is true whether you increase your budget, decrease it or cancel.
To “unpause” your subscription go to the Billing tab and click ‘Restart’. You would then be charged and a new monthly billing cycle would start.
So for example, if you renewed today with one address at the $20 level the bot would charge an additional $20 and renew May 22nd. If you were signed up for 2-4 packages a month, the bot would buy about 3 more packages with a target budget of $6.67 each. We don’t jam a month of packages into 2 weeks. Your previous orders would be unaffected by whether you unpause or not.
The balance from packages that are bought under the target budget gets rolled over into all pending orders. If there are no pending orders, the bot will create new orders and keep rolling over the balance until all funds are spent.
When you use the slider to set how many packages you want the bot to buy for each address, you are actually setting the bot’s “package preference” for the address, which is a number from 1 to 10. To get to the slider click on a blue Edit button on the right hand side of the Addresses tab. That “package preference” number and the budget tell the bot how quickly to buy packages and what the target budget for each order should be. The bot uses the below colorful eye charts to figure this all out.
Item Of The Day: Polymer Jellyfish Magnets
Is your fridge missing a jellyfish? The bot found this little blue clay magnet on Etsy and it has gotten great feedback from subscribers. So far 33% of everyone the bot has sent this to gave it “thumbs up” and none have given it a “thumbs down”. Because of the positive response, the bot is now ordering a lot more jellyfish.