Perils of Online Shopping
>> Jan 30, 2013
Just lately I was
talking to my daughter who desperately needed a new purse. All of her “stuff”
fit in this purse barely but it was bursting at the seams and what she
originally thought was a nice color seems to now be showing up more along the
lines of a baby poop yellow. So I took it upon myself to buy her a purse for
Christmas. I ordered it online because I was trying to avoid the Christmas
traffic and the packed stores. It looked absolutely adorable online and it
seemed to be big enough. When it arrived I was so pleased that it was just as
adorable in person as it was in the picture. The problem was that I could tell
instantly it was going to be too small even if she pared down a little on her
“stuff”.
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She absolutely loved
it when she opened it but as suspected when she tried to use it the first time
there was not nearly enough room. But because it was so adorable she decided it
could be used as a date purse, you know the purse, the one you take a lipstick,
a compact, and a little money just in case? For that purpose it is acceptable
and very stylish.
So, we decided to do
a search together online since everyone was now at the stores taking back and
we were plumb just worn out from Christmas. We looked together and separate and
we thought we found the perfect purse in size, color, and in style. Have you
ever noticed however that the bigger the purse the style factor goes down just
a little for each inch? Anyway, we ordered it and anxiously awaited its
arrival.
The package shows up
about a week later and we open it in excitement. The first glimpse we get is of
the color peeping out from under the wrap, which is a deep wine. We did not
order a wine colored purse. When we pulled it out, still wrapped, we assumed
that it had just come in the wrong color but it was very heavy also. I thought
to myself that we must have had the dimensions wrong and that it was just too
big. As we un-wrapped it we looked at each other first in shock and then it
became a laughable situation. The thing was huge, covered in what looked like
dirty copper brads or rivets over the entire purse. The handle was attached by
an even larger dirty copper emblem of sorts and there were two tassels to open
and close the zipper on top that were a good eight inches in length and two
inches in diameter. Are you picturing this? My daughter is a 5’4”, 117 pound
small framed young women who is twenty-seven years old. We laughed and talked
about who might carry this purse!
Well, since we got it
through Amazon there were no worries about getting it exchanged or getting our
money back so we went through the channels to get this taken care of. When we
got word back from the company that sold it to us they asked if it was just the
wrong color. No, no, way more than the wrong color. My daughter was willing to
exchange it for the one she originally ordered if they would send a box to ship
it back in. Well, I guess it was not worth it for this company because they
said they would give her the money back and she could just keep the purse! Keep
the purse? What in the world were we going to do with it? We are hoping for a
white elephant gift exchange or something in the future because we cannot
imagine giving this to anyone we know. The weight alone would cause back
problems even if you did not put anything in it!
Author Bio:
Jack
Meyers is a regular contributor for www.nannybackgroundcheck.com. As a detective he wants to spread the knowledge of terrible things that can happen when people don’t
fully verify the credentials of a caregiver or any employee. He also writes for
various law enforcement blogs and sites.
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