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TikToker @timmyinthewind shared his terrible customer service experience with Edible Arrangements after the fruit arrangement business blocked him online for asking about a birthday gift order that was charged but never arrived.
It all started on June 5th when the social media user’s partner ordered a birthday-themed berry bouquet from Edible Arrangements, priced at $80, which included chocolate-covered strawberries.
Founded in 1999, Edible Arrangements specializes in fresh fruit gifts and flower delivery through unique bouquets and platter arrangements, with prices ranging from $30 to $150. The company has faced several legal challenges, including workplace lawsuits related to background checks, misuse of funds, and mismanagement of its various franchises.
At the start of July, Timmy and his partner waited for the gift delivery, but nothing arrived; the business didn’t send an email, text, or any other communication to explain the missing order.
In the TikTok video posted on July 8th, Timmy took to social media and explained what his partner did next:
“So he goes online, fills out like a contact form where they said they’ll be back to us in 48 hours. Nothing ever came…"
"We also called their corporate number, which just forwards you to a store which is now closed. The store that that order was sent to, is closed, doesn’t exist anymore.”
The Google Reviews for the closed store also had over 20 negative reviews about similar missing order experiences. Timmy called another Edible Arrangements store in their area, who told him that “[P]eoples’ orders are getting sent there” and recommended calling the customer service number, which was forwarded to the same store that was closed.
So frustrating!
Timmy escalated the issue by sending a direct message to the company’s TikTok regarding the incident, which you can read below:
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Now that’s how you professionally complain! Unfortunately, Edible Arrangements didn’t see it that way and blocked his account after Timmy questioned why the account had time to respond to a TikTok comment instead of his urgent DM.
With no refund sent at the time of posting the video, Timmy concluded with this piece of advice regarding Edible Arrangements:
“If you ever consider ordering anything for somebody as a gift, never ever use Edible Arrangements because we still have yet to see a refund, we can’t contact the store that has our order, there is no customer service, there’s no help from Edible."
"And if you wanna reach out to them, they’ll just block you. So, Edible Arrangements, count your days.”
You can watch the full TikTok video here:
@timmyinthewild I can’t tag them anymore because they blocked me - but Edible Arrangements…. count your days! #fyp #birthday #ediblearrangements #corporate #phoenix
One comment was from Shari’s Berries, a competitor, who appeared to offer a free gift along the way:
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With over 245K likes, Timmy’s Edibles' complaint went viral as his followers commented and reached out to the business about the poor customer service incident.
Timmy expressed his gratitude to his followers and provided an update:
“They have finally unblocked me and responded to the thousands of comments, uh, that you guys sent in. So, thank you for that, I got a response."
"If you commented on Edibles’ post and just went to bat for me, I just seriously want to say thank you."
"I’ve had so much support over this. I’ve realized it’s just $80, right, just $80… but it’s the principle behind it, and I think everybody understands that so thank you.”
While doing the “absolute bare minimum,” Edible Arrangements DM’d Timmy a corporate-approved apology instead of calling to apologize, and finally refunded the processed amount.
Timmy also pointed out that he is not the only one who has received poor customer service from Edible Arrangements, with others mentioning their own missing orders and negative experiences at various business locations.
You can see their reactions here:
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We are still waiting for Timmy to confirm what Sharri’s Berries sent his way to make up for the Edible Arrangements debacle. But we hope it’s cute and tasty!
You can find Timmy on his TikTok profile @timmyinthewild and watch the full update from his original video below:
@timmyinthewild Replying to @ellocin THANK YOU! To all those who helped me reach them and for the hundreds of comments calling them out! #fyp #birthday #ediblearrangements #corporate #phoenix #food
Grief can make even small gestures deeply impactful, as a woman recently found out after posting a video to TikTok after her mother's recent death.
Erin Barbee, who goes by @gardenoferin on TikTok, had wanted a wildly popular "Boat and Tote" bag from L.L. Bean for her birthday this year. Her mother obliged and put in the order, along with custom embroidery.
However, as the bag is so popular, it is backlogged in production and the birthday gift became more and more belated. After multiple delays, L.L. Bean cancelled the order. This would have been merely an inconvenience—except that Barbee's mother died while waiting for the bag.
Barbee initially brushed off the cancellation because, well, it's a tote bag and she can probably just order one. However, as she was grieving the loss of her mother, it hit her that it wasn't just a popular tote bag—it was the last birthday present her mom gave her.
So, she posted a video to TikTok explaining the situation and asking if anyone had one of a similar make and model as the one that her mom had ordered, and if they would be willing to sell it to her if they weren't using it.
@gardenoferin Grief is really weird. And really hard. But if you have an L.L.Bean boat and tote bag that you don’t use I’d love to give it new life. @llbean #llbean #llbeantote #boattote #ironicboatandtote
People flooded the comments with support and also shared their own stories of grief that can manifest in seemingly odd or arbitrary ways.
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Many people were ready to drive to their nearest L.L. Bean to get this woman her tote bag.
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Her plea did not go unheard. The L.L. Bean TikTok account commented on the video, as well.
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Folks were not surprised by the brand's swift action, as L.L. Bean has long been known as a company that prioritizes customer service.
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@gardenoferin The past few days have been overwhelming. Thank you to @llbean and everyone who made getting my mom’s last birthday gift to me possible. The encouragement and kindness from complete strangers has been so inspiring. Lastly, thank you, mom. I know you’re watching this unfold from heaven knowing you made it happen supernaturally. I miss you more than you know but I’ll look for these reminders from you every day for the rest of my life. 🩵 #llbean #boattote #llbeantote #ironicboatandtote #grief #griefjourney #missyoumom
Their gesture was appreciated by both Barbee and her audience.
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Commenters cried when the first video went up, and were equally as emotional when the follow-up video dropped.
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In a follow-up with People, Barbee said that this was more than just a bag.
"Somebody said that the final gift that my mom got me was the bag...But the final gift was all of this encouragement from people. It's been a light during the hardest couple of weeks of my whole life."
Boat and Totes are available in many different colors, styles, and sizes, but will take a while to get to you as their production process usually isn't a quick one.
Back in 2016, home renovation and lifestyle power couple Joanna and Chip Gaines faced accusations of anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry. The criticism stemmed from their attendance at a Waco, Texas church that preached against LGBTQ+ equality and basic human rights.
At the time, the couple owned and operated Magnolia Homes, a remodeling and design business in Waco, Texas, and their HGTV program Fixer Upper was a hit. After the show ended in 2018, the couple created their own Magnolia Network in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery in 2020 to create original content and air other home and lifestyle programs.
The couple was accused of racism in 2020 after they brought their five children onto Emmanuel Acho's YouTube series Conversations with a Black Man in the wake of George Floyd's death. Their questions about raising their children to be "colorblind" didn't go over well.
While there was a positive aspect of the couple trying to educate their children, the children's questions made it painfully obvious there was little to no exposure to non-White culture for this family, despite Joanna Gaines own Korean immigrant mother.
In 2021, Joanna Gaines finally broke the couple's silence, telling The Hollywood Reporter:
"Sometimes I’m like, ‘Can I just make a statement?' The accusations that get thrown at you, like you’re a racist or you don’t like people in the LGBTQ community, that’s the stuff that really eats my lunch—because it’s so far from who we really are. That’s the stuff that keeps me up."
Chip Gaines added:
"In our own company, we’ve got nearly 700 employees, and one of our biggest passions is making this group represent all people."
The programs on Magnolia Network also featured BIPOC and LGBTQ+ hosts.
Now, almost 10 years after being accused of LGBTQ+ bigotry, the couple are drawing fire from the right for being too LGBTQ+ friendly.
In addition to featuring programs with LGBTQ+ hosts, the couple have done home renovations for same sex couples before on their Magnolia Network shows. But including gay fathers with two children on their latest project, reality show Back to the Frontier, was a step too far for some Evangelical Christians.
MAGA minion Franklin Graham—most famous for being the son of the late televangelist Billy Graham and his rabid devotion to Donald Trump—took to Facebook and X to call the couple out.
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Unwilling to remain silent for years this time, Chip Gaines called out the very vocal hate in American Christianity in response.
Gaines wrote:
"Talk, ask qustns, listen.. maybe even learn. Too much to ask of modern American Christian culture. Judge 1st, understand later/never"
"It’s a sad sunday when 'non believers' have never been confronted with hate or vitriol until they are introduced to a modern American Christian"
He ended with a broken heart emoji.
When one person commented that the very existence of a family of four with married gay men as the parents would make him forbid his children to watch, Gaines responded that was OK.
And not all Christians are bigots—they just don't scream as loud as the ones that are.
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On Reddit, one user spelled out why bigoted Christians are having a meltdown.
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On Facebook, where a poster can easily delete dissenting comments, most of the comments on Graham's post reflected his ignorance of the Bible and the intolerance and bigotry American Christianity has become known for.
On X, surprisingly, there was considerable pushback centered on Graham's hypocrisy.
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Back to the Frontier features three families leaving the "21st century behind to live as 1800s pioneers in a social experiment that tests their strength, stamina and sense of humor." The show requires the families to leave all technology behind and live in the types of homes and conditions experienced by mid-late 1800s settlers in the American Midwest.
One of those families is married couple Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs and their 10-year-old twin sons, Ethan and Lucas. Several self-proclaimed Christians posted objections to Hanna and Riggs becoming fathers by "adopting" their children, however the twins were born through a single surrogate pregnancy using two embryos, each created with the sperm of one of the two men.
While adoption plays a role because of parental rights laws, Jason Hanna is the biological father of one twin and Joe Riggs is the biological father of the other twin.
Back to the Frontier is streaming on HBO Max.
On Saturday, one-time vehement Trump critic turned MAGA Republican convert Vice President JD Vance went on vacation to Disneyland in blue state California, despite Disney World in red state Florida being closer to Washington D.C. and in the middle of MAGA territory.
The administration of MAGA Republican President Donald Trump is currently engaged in a face-off with California over occupying forces sent by Trump to Los Angeles, which is about 50 miles from Anaheim where Disneyland is located, making Vance's choice even more questionable.
Especially given Vance's comments about the area.
Added to that is the fact Vance has repeatedly whined about Disney being "woke" and claimed the company "declared war on America’s children."
Yet, there Vance was, headed for the park's most woke ride, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, which replaced the "Song of the South"-inspired Splash Mountain ride to much right-wing outrage.
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So why was Vance in "lawless" California, supporting such an "evil" company?
That's apparently what other park goers wondered as they greeted him throughout the park. While his reception at Disneyland wasn't as raucous as it was when he tried skiing in Vermont in progressive Senator Bernie Sanders' territory, it wasn't welcoming either.
If videos like this are indicative of his day, he was met with jeers and boos everywhere he went.
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Park visitor Jane Fleming Kleeb posted her own video of Vance on X, writing:
"VP Vance is at Disneyland. I'm also here with my family. When I had a brief moment, I made it clear--we support immigrants, we support America."
"I asked the obvious question, 'I thought you hate California?' Since we've all seen and heard the hatred coming from Vance and Trump for California and Disney..."
Sympathy levels for Vance were low, with comments focused on why everyone wasn't booing or heckling him.
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Vance's less than athletic scurrying—calling it running seems overly generous—was also caught on video at Disneyland and soundly mocked online.
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Vance's boss didn't have a much better time over the weekend.
MAGA leader Donald Trump decided to attend the the FIFA Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday. When his face was put on the jumbotron, it was met by jeers. When Trump was brought in to present the winners their trophy at the end, it was to a chorus of boos.
Maybe Trump and Vance should stick to MAGA rallies if they want to spend time with people who like them.
Speaking to The New York Times, former President Joe Biden called President Donald Trump a "liar" over claims that Biden's pardons are "void" because they were done by autopen, a conspiracy theory heavily promoted by Republicans who've already suggested many times that Biden was not mentally fit while in office.
In the final hours of his presidency, Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons, including ones for his relatives, all members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack—such as former Congresswoman Liz Cheney—and several of Trump’s most prominent adversaries, including General Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Trump alleged without evidence that Biden’s pardons were signed using an autopen, citing a report that claimed the Biden White House frequently relied on the mechanical device. The report, published by the Oversight Project, a branch of the Heritage Foundation, has been used by commentators to fuel claims about Biden’s cognitive decline.
The autopen, a machine designed to replicate signatures, which Trump himself has admitted to using, has long been utilized by public figures, including U.S. presidents, for signing notes and letters. According to The Autopen Company, which manufactures the devices, it is "the oldest, most commonly used signing machine" and has been in operation for "more than 60 years."
Complicating matters, CNN's Jake Tapper and British journalist Alex Thompson recently published their book Original Sin, in which they accuse the White House of covering up Biden's mental and physical decline in office. The book generated headlines—prompting Biden's eldest granddaughter to call out Tapper—just as the 82-year-old Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
On the use of the autopen, Biden said:
"The autopen is, you know, is legal. As you know, other presidents used it, including Trump. But the point is that, you know, we’re talking about a whole lot of people."
And he was even more direct in his criticism, calling Trump and Republicans "liars":
"They’re liars. They know it. They know, for certain. I mean, this is — look, what they, they’ve had a pretty good thing going here. They’ve done so badly. They’ve lied so consistently about almost everything they’re doing."
"The best thing they can do is try to change the focus and focus on something else. And this is a — I think that’s what this is about."
"It’s — you know — it’s consistent with Trump’s game plan all along. I mean, if I — I don’t expect you to answer any questions — but if I told you three years ago, we’d have a president doing this, I think you’d look at me in the eye and say, 'What, are you, crazy?'"
He also assured that he was the one making clemency decisions:
"I made every single one of those. And — including the categories, when we set this up to begin with. And so — but I understand why Trump would think that, because obviously, I guess, he doesn’t focus much. Anyway, so — yes, I made every decision."
Regarding pardoning members of his family, Biden noted that it's no secret that Trump is "vindictive," adding:
"And my family didn’t do anything wrong. My sister, my brother-in-law, my — my brother, etc. And — and all it would do is, if they, if he went after them, would be, is run up legal bills. I just, I just know how he operates. And so I made — but I consciously made all those decisions, among others.
Biden's interview went viral and many called out these conspiracy theories and those who enabled them.
Meanwhile, the Republicans in congress just approved 200 billion taxpayer dollars to go to Stephen Miller and Trump’s militarized terror apparatus, complete with concentration camps to be built in red states.
— Kim Davis (@zinfangal.bsky.social) July 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is a disgrace that the Times is covering this story as if Trumps claims against Biden are serious and not mere retaliation and revenge. Another form of sanewashing Trump and undercutting Biden
— Nick Defabrizio (@nickdefab.bsky.social) July 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
On Joe’s worse day he was a more coherent intelligent compassionate president than Trump has it will ever be. Such a blatant double standard.
— gcm5.bsky.social (@gcm5.bsky.social) July 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I thought it was an interesting editorial decision by NYT to quote Biden's oral statements – run on and broken sentences included – presumably verbatim. Many of us have been trying to get them to do that for the current president.
— russejr.bsky.social (@russejr.bsky.social) July 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Trump's claims about Biden's mental acuity have been called out for hypocrisy considering Trump's mass pardon for January 6 rioters.
Rioters imprisoned for their involvement in the attack were released, and judges began dismissing dozens of pending cases following Trump’s inauguration, after which he granted a sweeping grant of clemency to all 1,500-plus individuals charged in the insurrection.
Trump’s executive order upended what had been the largest prosecution in Justice Department history, freeing individuals captured on camera brutally assaulting police officers as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of plotting violent efforts to halt the peaceful transfer of power after his election defeat.
Additionally, they underscore the swiftness with which Trump is dismantling our democratic institutions and his brazen and undeniable desire to weaponize the power of the state against his political opponents, effectively wiping out constitutional norms and the rule of law.