A couple weeks ago, I won an umbrella through our club raffle. Had a very nice look, a beautiful pattern of Wild Macaws in the Rain Forest. Sold for about US$30 in some American mail order catalogs. Still in original packaging. Took it out when I got home and SNAP! The whole thing fell apart. All the wires that held it up came flying out, the support rods literally twisted, and the springs busted (and, yes, I do know how to open an umbrella). I was not pleased. I tried my best to snap it back together but it was completely useless. "So? What's the point," you say?
My moral for today is as follows:
WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING NOVELTY GIFTS
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Only Buy From a Trusted Mail Order Company Don't buy anything from some place you've never heard of and one that sounds as if they won't stay around for long. Don't buy anything from some place called, for example, Tim's Toys, when you or a friend has never dealt with them. It is preferable to go with the bigger mail order company like "Hornbeck's" or "Pet Warehouse" (someone that's going to actually be around for more than 2 months).
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Only Buy From Somewhere That Offers a Money Back Guarantee Obviously, self-explanatory. In case you have a "faulty gift," you can get your money back by notifying them. Some Mail Order companies do not have that notice in their catalogs, so you should call the company up first and ask them if they offer a money back guarantee.
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If You Receive a Novelty Gift: - Ask them where they bought the gift from. If they think your inquiring is rude, explain to them you are asking in case the merchandise is faulty. If they still refuse, just try to find a mail-order company that offers the same product and see if the company will not take it back or not, they usually should. - Please do the above, I'm sure your friend or whoever that gave you the gift would rather see a working gift than a crumpled-up one in the trash.
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