A couple of weeks ago I read a post by Liz over at Mables House about a vintage Homer Laughlin "Orange Tree" bowl that her husband had given her. I had never seen one before, but thought it was beautiful. I immediately began my search and came across a reasonably priced one on e-bay. There were several bids on it already but I kept my eye on it for several days. The auction was ending while I was going to be away on my scrapbook retreat without access to the internet. My daughter was sweet enough to make sure she was on e-bay and call me as the final minutes of the auction ticked away and made the final winning bid! I was so excited! I knew exactly where it would be displayed when it arrived. Everyday I check the front porch to see if it had been delivered and on Friday my daughter called and said that the postman had just dropped it off! Wooo-hooo! I could hardly wait to get home and open the box . . . .
. . . . well this is what I found when I opened the box! I was so upset and disappointed!
I thought the bowl could have been wrapped a little better for protection, but that was neither here nor there. After e-mailing the seller about my concern he agreed to refund half of the payment; which was generous on his part.
I did not choose to pay the extra $1.65 for USPS shipping insurance. The moral of this story: Pay the little bit extra for shipping insurance! It won't fix the bowl but at least I wouldn't have been out the entire amount.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Disapointment And A Lesson Learned
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Oh, I'm sorry to see what your disappointment was, what a shame, it was so pretty. Maybe you can make a mosaic with the broken pieces.
Katherine
Hi Sandra! What a bummer! I feel your pain, I've had a few things arrive broken too...I'm terrible about adding the additional insurance. Sometimes I just forget that it's a good idea to get. I feel so sad for you.
-Karoline
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-Karoline
Oh no!!!!!
What a shame.
I am always a bit hesitant to buy fragile goodies on Ebay or anywhere when they have to be mailed. I am scared that what happened to you will happen to me!
Alison
How terrible about your bowl!! Maybe someday you will find another bowl and it will be cheaper!
Hope everything else is going ok for you!
Michelle
Oh...what disappointment! Especially after such anticipation! We hope your weekend was filled with all sorts of wonderful things to take your mind off that!
Thank you so much for your sweet birthday wishes for kari's fourtieth, they truly helped make the day special and memorable!
blessings,
kari & kijsa
Oh, Sandra, sometimes lessons are so hard. That was such a nice bowl too! I usually spring for the added insurance if I'm buying something so fragile. When we were selling on Ebay we usually included insurance on fragile pieces ourselves.
Katherine had a good idea..do you mosaic?
Hugs,
Hope
I am SO sorry. How disappointing. The bowl would have been so beautiful. Thank you for the reminder! xoRachel
I'm so sorry for this happening to you. It was so pretty. I like Katherine's idea of using the pieces for a mosaic. Thanks for stopping for visit. Please come again.
Kathi
Awwww! And you were so looking forward to its arrival!
Oh bummer! I am so sorry! That is just so dissapointing! She should have wrapped it much better. That just stinks!
Hugs, Sharon
Hi! good thing I read the other comments, I thought your name was Nora Lee and I didn't know if you went by Nora or Nora Lee.. apparently neither... hehehe! I am so sad about your new bowl, what a beautiful color!! I was assuming it would be orange...
Yes I love the Creative Memories paper it is so much fun to do pages for the blog. I don't scraapbook but I love using them this way. I would someday like to do an actual book.!
Thanks for coming by to visit.
JOY!
Oh. My. Goodness. This just makes me sick! I totally understand though, this has happened to me too. I won five place settings of my grandmother's china and when it arrived it was in pieces. They had packed it into a teeny tiny box with a few things of newspaper to protect it. I kept the pieces, maybe I'll make a mosaic someday. I'm SO sorry about the bowl.
Oh no! That's terrible.
I'm so sorry!! I know you must have been soooo disapointed. Thanks for the reminder to the rest of us.
Nora Lee, that is heartbreaking about your bowl. And it was so pretty. But at least you learned a lesson, and I'm hoping you'll find another bowl just like it.
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