I'm sorry I have not written in days and nothing of interest in a couple of weeks. I have been contemplating a shut down of the handbag end of the business. Other ventures are keeping me way too busy, including wedding dresses and shoes!
While I love handbags, I find this venture to be very time intensive. I love answering the questions that you guys send to me. It's fantastic to see things in a new light and to think about some details that you give me for replicas.
What don't I love? The Crazies.
God, I don't love them. Thankfully, I have only really had one or two REALLY crazy people approach me thus far. If you own a business or have worked in a setting where sales are a huge part of what you do, then you will understand when I say that sometimes, some very few times, it's better to let a sale go then to make a sale with someone who is whining and complaining from the start. You know that making the sale will only cost you twice the headache in the future, use up valuable time trying to calm the crazy down and making the crazy happy. Once the sale is made, I am definitely more obligated as a business owner to ensure the person is happy. After all they took the leap of faith and ordered from me. Lesson of the day: Sales to Crazy are not worth it.
This is a complicated business where you order a bag through me, I call the factory in Asia, they either ship it directly to you or they ship it to me and then I ship it to you, etc. There are unexpected delays due to holidays, shipping, customs, etc. In a nutshell, it's a lot of work.
If you start off in a Crazy way with me, and this includes but is not limited to, being condescending, being a pain in the ass, or demanding answers to questions that are absurd:
Example: "The original LV bag has 108 stitches in the front. Can you count the number of stitches on the replica to let me know it's the same number?"
The answer is No, I can not. I'm sorry. I have a life and I know in my life, no one that has examined a replica, has started to count the stitches to match numbers with the original.My advice to any one like this that writes to me is to PLEASE BUY THE ORIGINAL. If you are looking for that kind of detail and that kind of perfection, then why on Earth are you looking at replicas. You do realize that you're paying a tenth of the price, right? You have connected the dots and realized that there is a reason for that, right? Yes, the replicas are very, very close and very good BUT THEY ARE REPLICAS!!
Now, I know what you're thinking. Well, I'm only asking these questions because I really don't want a piece of crap. Hey, that is totally understandable! But there is a big difference between "counting the stitches" and a piece of shit replica. A huge difference. Come on folks! That is a wide spectrum. So if the stitches on the original are 108 and I count 100, does that mean the replica sucks? If you answered yes to this question, you need to buy the original handbag and never ever look at a replica again.
I have some very near and dear friends to me who are very nitpicky about details. They might even be labelled "obsessive" in their tendencies regarding how detail oriented they are. And when they come to me and want to buy a handbag, my advice is the same: Please save up and buy the original. You will never, ever be happy with a replica. And it's true. If you're already worried about the number of stitches, then trust me when I say, a replica will never satisfy you, even if the stitches match up! If it ain't the stitches, it'll be something else.
And that is totally okay! It takes all kinds to make this world go around. No one is judging you for being detailed oriented. My only assertion here is that if detail is THAT much of a necessity to you, then a replica will not make you happy. Trust me. You'll only make life difficult for me and you will feel like you wasted your money.
On that note, I need to add that I reserve the right to refuse service or selling a bag to anyone. I have to do this. I sell 40 bags every 2 days now. I have some very good reviews on the quality and service I provide. I have to be selective when I sell because one Crazy in the mix, and I will have to use up valuable resources to calm her down, replying to her Crazy emails, and trying to get her off my back when I could be helping someone that really wants to buy a bag or is genuinely looking for "reasonable" answers.
Lastly, if a transaction didn't work out between us, please don't write to me after you have been refused a sale. I'm not interested in going into the details why you're not Crazy, difficult, a pain in the ass, demanding, etc. Please don't bother threatening me about how you will write bad reviews all over the place, enjoying bringing me down and making me sorry for not selling you a bag. While you may not see this, my just posting that message of threats will show the very people that you are trying "to warn about me" that YOU ARE ONE CRAZY PERSON!! Please get a life, be a big girl and understand that you are not a fun person to work with and move on.
If the rest of you are wondering, OMG, did this really happen? The answer is YES. Apparently she's gonna "bring me down" and "make me sorry" for not selling her a bag. And she told me she will relish and delight in doing it. No, that's not a Crazy, miserable person. That's sanity right here. Riiiiight. Cuckoo. Cuckoo. The funniest part of all of this is that when Crazy first wrote me, she gave me accolades for reading so many good comments about me. Now she was on a warpath to ensure she warns everyone that I was a con. Hmmm, good comments all over internet before Crazy came into my life. Crazy, rejected, now wants to put up bad, MADE UP, completely false comments all over internet. I guess when you're too busy being crazy, these things don't make sense to you.
I don't know about you folks but I don't always get what I want either. You know what? Pick your battles. Life is too short to be "bringing people down" or "making them sorry" over a HANDBAG!
Now I'm just laughing.
