Customer Reviews

Malden Live, Love, Laugh Glass Coaster Set

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

These coasters are teal. To me, in the photo, they look white. At second glance, I could see how the border looks slightly teal, but at least the photo part is clear. It is not so with the actual product, so any photo you put inside is also tinted teal. My holder was scratched and it looked like they'd been open or used by someone already and returned. Amazon only replaces these also, so you can't return them. Don't buy, they are CRAP.

I ordered these as a gift, but after receiving them and taking a closer look, I decided not to give them. The coasters themselves look well-made, nice clear and clean glass, no chips or anything. I like the "Live, Love, Laugh" inscription, which is what actually made me choose these over other photo coasters I found on the site; it adds that touch of "these are memories" to the photos, I guess.

The main problem is the sticker (for lack of a better term) underneath, which is supposed to keep the photos in place. It's a shiny piece of plastic or vinyl of some kind, with adhesive strips on 3 of the 4 sides (one side has no adhesive so you can slide the photos in). The strips themselves look very cheap -- like they were hand-cut from a roll -- and they're kind of thick, so that some of the strips actually twisted around 90 degrees in the middle as I moved the main sticker/photo holder, trying to get the sample photo out (so I could put my own test photo in).

The worst offended is the sticker/photo holder patch itself. The coaster has 4 rounded pads at the corners, for resting on surfaces. The sticker patch has its corners trimmed so that it's rounded, supposedly so that it clears the rounded pads, but the dimensions of the patch are way off, it ends up overlapping the pads themselves. The coaster is square, yet the patch is rectangular, so it's a really poor fit. When you slip a photo in, there's so much clearance because of the thick adhesive strips and the patch riding up the pads that the photo doesn't sit at all, but moves around a lot.

I ended up not ordering more and dropping these from our gift item list really because of the very poor quality of the photo holder part. It's a decent coaster, I guess (although the fact that it has no lip means that moisture from cold drinks will inevitably drip off anyway), but it's supposed to be a photo coaster, and it fails the "photo" part miserably.

heavy glass, came to me as described. shipping was a little slow and inconvenient because i ordered it to be a christmas gift and i ordered it for christmas. nothing worse than having to explain why "your gift is on the way". but all in all the product itself is quality. just dont order from this vendor if you are pressed for time or if its around the holidays.

This product doesn't look as elegant as pictured. The picture size for the frame is very small. The coasters stick together when stacked on top of each other. It will do its job but I think they could have gone lower on the price. Maybe priced at $5.00 maximum.
I did have fun going threw all my old photos to find some good laughs. :)

Bought these as a gift and the quality was good, the glass did not have any rough edges as found common on some glass coasters. also the stand was manufactured very well. I also like the fact that it was very easy to change the photos in.

I had looked in sooooo many stores for new coasters and all I found were the ugly wooden ones or rubber ones. I found these and absolutely love them. One hint tho.. do NOT try to peel off the sticky band on the underside of the coaster. I thought it should come off, but it actually keeps the coaster from sliding on the coffee table.

The product description says that the item is recommended for 3"x3" pictures - this is a truly BAD recommendation! The picture frame is only 1.5"x2"! I made the mistake of ordering 3"x3" prints especially for these coasters, only to discover to my amazement that the window was much too small. Ugh! Very dissatisfied customer. If the manufacturer is going to make such a tiny window size (it doesn't look good anyway!), they should at least record the size accurately!

Good for what they actually were. Cheaper to buy in the retail stores. When delivered, box was all taped up, like they were used and repackaged.

Ordered 2 to give as Christmas gifts.
1. The frames holding both of the coasters were busted in both boxes, glued myself as time was still restricted.
2. The plastic on the back to hold the pictures was off center, meaning your pictures had an odd gap and were crooked, tried to slowly peel it up and straighten, but you couldn't because the adhesive would then pull off the white part of the coaster ruining them. 6 of the 8 coasters were this way.
Save you money and don't buy this junk

The Coaster set, is as advertised. I was a little disappointed at size and the way the pictures were held in place. The picture size is OK, (1.5 x 1.75"). The real problem was how they are held in place, it is a thin plastic sleeve stick on the back, I question the durability.