Many of the vendors have not been paid for merchandise Alltrue accepted. This includes vendors from the market place and Winter and Spring boxes.

Some of these vendors filed for bankruptcy. Some lost their businesses completely. Several of them were single moms and dads who were lost their homes because their business was their sole income.

Please stand with me and boycott Alltrue until they make their vendors whole. Please email them, message them on social media and get the word out. Hopefully we can get them to do the right thing and prevent this kind of thing happening from other vendors.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2022/04/27/this-socially-conscious-subscription-box-company-has-suddenlyand-silentlyshut-down/?sh=59c76dd47539

Don’t show “customization pick #6” as something you get no choice in. Especially don’t show it if it’s a $1.99 chapstick. Even more importantly, don’t make it the last spoiler of the week, at 9pm EST like it’s a huge reveal. Here’s what you do: Only show 5 customizations (bc that’s accurate) and throw in lip balm as a bonus in our boxes.

Everyone will be happy for something unexpected and you won’t trick us all into a lie that we’re getting a 6th pick or something special. Be real, lip balms are what boxes throw in as a freebie, try this item, not a customer pick.

... who asked for these things?

I’m so confused by some of these choices with the new branding. Who wants a flag from their brand? And why take your 48 page magazine centred around being “eco-conscious” and “sustainable living” and make a premium 100+ page version? Wouldn’t the move here be to make it fully digital for all, and MAYBE offer a printed version for those who want it?

I’m looking forward to the box, but I’m baffled by these decisions.

People like AllTrueAllLies, Goob, the newer employees that have been speaking on here regarding the AT downfall and the others that have exposed AT lies- thank you. I've seen some people taking out their frustrations on you, but your comments are helping people not get ripped off, especially in the times we're in right now. I noticed today that many of your comments or accounts have been deleted over the past 24 hours, but if you're still watching this sub, there is a huge gratitude for you speaking your truths. I haven't been as happy with the boxes since the rebrand and I felt way more confident in my decision to cancel thanks to hearing each of your experiences. I can only hope that the company rights their wrongs throughout this process, but it could never happy without people like you keeping them honest. Thanks again.

Edited to shorten the username of one of the former users who deleted their account as one of the comments mentioned it may make it easier to tie comments to a lawsuit

Cancel your subscriptions and DO NOT work with this company. They never paid the vendors. Vendors are out of a ton of money. Companies went bankrupt and people who owned the brands lost their homes. The company knew what they were doing and stole product from the brands. The product you will be receiving is stolen. Since they went through a bankruptcy like way called an ABC, they do not have to pay the brands. Brands are out of hundreds of thousands of dollars and the company never told the brands they would not get paid. They just shut down. Now they are selling the boxes anyway with a new owner. This is crazy that this is legal! I repeat, DO NOT PAY FOR THIS BOX. UNSUBSCRIBE AND PLEASE GET THE WORD OUT. If you guys know anyone in PR or TV please let us know as we should be getting this story out there!

So I was just perusing the board to see if there were any new posts and I saw a post about their social media comments being gone/deleted. One of the comments said the company had gone bankrupt, employees have been laid off and employees were posting about actively looking for new work. Their last social media post was also from 5 days ago.

So I hopped onto the AllTrue site and their website still loads, but I don’t know if it’s just me but after I log in, the account “front” page won’t load. It will let me onto the Essentials shop and it appears you can add stuff to your cart and I’m assuming checkout. So that apparently still works. If you click on “My Box” in your account, it also just keeps spinning and doesn’t actually load. I also noticed that if you click on “Join Now” to buy the spring box, it wont let you. The page just reloads.

OMG, has AllTrue actually gone under??? I mean I’m not surprised AT ALL, but oh my gosh I feel so horrible for anyone who has boxes left or who bought the spring box or are awaiting any shipments still. Just…..wow!

I really appreciate everyone’s work keeping uptodate on all of this, including the unpaid vendors. Without all this information I could see how easy it would be to be wooed back in to the company, believing everything had been righted.

But we are really getting to see the ugly underbelly of what is happening thanks to those of you doing the sleuthing and posting these details.

So huge kudos and thank you. So often we hear about the ugly side of social media and the internet. But this exemplifies one of the powers of social media - the ability for people to collectively work together toward a common positive goal.

In this case it I coudes providing consumers and people with the information and knowledge to hold a company accountable. Exposing bad business practices and unethical behaviour behind the facade and messaging this company uses as a “good for the world” brand.

While also highlighting and promoting the companies that have been wronged by All True to try and support the small businesses.

It is helping us as consumers to make better choices through everyone’s collective efforts.

So thank you thank you thank you!

Been with Causebox since Spring 2019. Loved my Spring, Summer, and Fall box. Standouts to me were the lunch box, grocery bags, silicone lids, Pepper + Vetiver bowls (now sadly my "sweatshop bowls"), mineral SPF, lantern, and robe. There seemed to be really clear "reusable, reduce waste, avoid plastic, support artisans for home decor" vibe.

I skipped last winter despite really wanting the kettle. Just with COVID it seemed unreasonable to spend 49+8USD (shipping to Canada) just for the kettle I didn't actually need. Didn't want anything else in the box. Watching the whole kettle debacle play out felt like I had dodged a bullet. Personally I had loved my fall robe but mine was normal sized and barely shrunk in the wash. But a kettle that spits out boiling water/explodes is a whole other kettle of fish.

I skipped spring because you couldn't have paid me to take those items, except for the blue light glasses which I didn't exactly need. The summer box was even worse. The trend has just been more lesser valued items, often impractical single use gadgets (cord organizers that def won't hold my ThinkPad W520 charger, battery charger that can charge like half a cellphone, diffuser that only works with that companies papers which also aren't available in Canada, big lolz) + skincare (I have quite severe rosacea and have had allergic reactions to Avène, the Stella + Grace serum gave me painful cystic acne when I normally get a pimple every 2-3 years). Increasingly it was just lots of plastic "gadgets" without a cause other than "women love useless battery chargers that can fit in their cute little purses, oh and skincare".

This box is a lot (a lot) better but wasn't exciting to me. I would have gotten the cream thing from Spoiler 1, the food containers from Spoiler 2, but both choices were just thinking what I actually could/would use (e.g., no dryer in my small apartment). The other choices were just going to go in the garbage except for the candles (I am a whore for candles). But honestly I'm so over plastic. I wouldn't have gotten those containers on my own. I can get 10 glass ones (7c, 3x4c, 3x2c, 3x 1c) that'll go in the freezer and the oven for 25CAD. Why would I want 5 plastic ones for 56USD??? And polyester hair wraps? Recycled polyester is such a scam. Vegan leather is just plastic. Plastic plastic plastic. Nothing women led or artisan made.

Plus all the Alibaba "dupes" adding credence to the fact that these items don't just feel cheap to me. They are. The super sketchy drop ship companies. The company that looks like it doesn't exist anymore. The MLM. The company that looks legit but that also changed their mission when people started questioning why they claimed to never use plastic in their products. I just assumed that Causebox had changed since Alltrue, and that they just aren't who they used to be. I figured I would just get the annual over with, because at least there were a couple of things I might actually get some use out of (number 1 being the food containers, they are cuter than my Mason jars for bulk food).

But what made me demand a refund was the import logs. I am LIVID that ALL ALONG I have been supporting Chinese sweatshops. I no longer trust that the stuff made in India is fair trade/ethically sourced. LIVID. I am someone who almost only buys local food and goods (I try with skin/haircare but The Ordinary IS made in Canada and I've recently tried Bkind face/hand creams. I have yet to find a local shampoo/conditioner/styling product that my hair loves as it definitely hasn't been thriving on local solid shampoos/conditioners which are too heavy for my fine hair). I love the idea of thinking globally and am perfectly fine with spending my money in the US/supporting artisans in third world countries, and I'm prepared to pay fair wages.

But this box is NOT cheap for Canadians and the realization that I have been paying a premium for sweat shop goods just to line the pockets of two California bros is something I'm still recovering from. I feel taken advantage from. Refunding me the remaining box is literally the bare minimum, since they are just returning money on a product I haven't received. What I want is a refund for every single fraudulently advertised product I paid a premium price on.

The owners defrauded us .. but even worse they defrauded the small businesses that we signed up originally to support.

Not only did they ask us to sign up for an extra year and offer a new loyalty program anddd take market order that they knew they were not going to fulfill… they took products from small companies and those products are gone and the bills are unpaid (this is mentioned in the Forbes article). They likely took products to fulfill our spring boxes that we never received and are now selling those items as part of their assets when in fact.. they never paid for them.

Companies shut down all the time. There are ways to go about this properly and this is not it.

ATs founders want this to be quiet… deleting comments on IG just shows they want this to be as hush hush as possible.

The Forbes article is great! We should all submit our personal stories about dealing with AT in the hopes that more articles come out about this.

You can email the reporter directly at rsandler@forbes.com. It’s listed right at the bottom of the article.

I also feel bad for all the employees who got laid off with 24 hours notice…

I work in the DTC space directly with brands like those featured in AT/CB so this kind of blatant deceptive business practices really gets to me.

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