![]() ![]() I suspect that the error wasn’t my fault, because when they sent me a notice about reshipping my trial box, the address again directed it to an address that does not exist in Brooklyn. So then I replied saying that my trial had never even come. Instead, I got an email saying that I was about to have my first month’s shipment sent. Apparently my trial box went to my Manhattan street address in Brooklyn, but when the mail returned it, Harry’s staff didn’t contact me. I always get things shipped to my office (in Manhattan), though my billing address is in Brooklyn. This could have been my fault, but I don’t think it was. First, my trial package went to the wrong place. The company left a lot to be desired on the customer service end. It rightly points out that buying one $30 blade holder that takes single standard razor blades can save consumers a lot of money over their shaving lives. ![]() The New York Times wrote about the razor cartridge hustle this past weekend, recommending an old timey safety razor over store-bought cartridge systems. In the urban east, cartridges are so dear that many stores keep them under some sort of security system. It’s worse at the drug store, where I got my razors. When the five-blade Gillette Fusion came out, someone sent me a free handle with a sample cartridge, and it seemed marginally better than three blades.īut a pack of eight Fusion cartridges on Amazon runs around $30, which feels like about $15 too much. Schick one-upped them with the Quattro five years later, but I wasn’t into it because it clogged up fast. ![]() The Mach3 cut through this jungle on my face more smoothly, causing less pain (it still hurts) and fewer nicks (I still always get nicks). The company gets silly with its gimmicks, but its basic products work well. Prior to that, I’d been using double-blade razor cartridges, and (as stupid as this sounds), the three-blade cartridge really was better. In the company’s defense, however, I remember 1998 when it introduced the Mach3, the first big three-blade razor system. “That much? For this little box? How can that be?” I would think. Among the facets of shaving I have hated most: buying razor cartridges at CVS for my Gillette MachWhatever, because their prices always struck me as unbelievable. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |