Minor Boudoir Dilemma

veijes

So I ordered my boudoir album last night from shutterfly and after I ordered it AND after the 30 minutes cancellation period, I realized that I accidentally ordered a navy blue leather cover rather than a black leather cover. I am so mad that I missed that detail. On the picture it just looks kind of faded black so I just thought nothing of it.

I emailed them (about an hour after ordering) and they responded saying that they can't change it and that I have two options, either keep it as is, or when it comes in the mail, I can write "refused" on the package and it will get sent back to them and I willl be refunded. In the mean time I can reorder it today in the black.

It would seem like a no brainer to just reorder it but I used a $20 giftcard towards the order so I have a feeling that they will refund my credit card what it was charged and then give me my gift card back, which I have no desire to have....

hkiesling

Bummer.  I'd just keep in in blue though.  It's not like your FI is going to be looking at the cover for very long anyway. 

veijes

Heather, that's exactly what I thought! He will probably be more interested with what's inside!! But he is pretty detail oriented so ugh! and I spent so much time on making it perfect, and now it's not perfect

hkiesling

Who says it's not perfect?  Maybe you WANTED it to be blue.  It's a little artistic liberty.  But, if you think that it's really going to bother you, then go ahead and order it in black (b-pics are just as much for you as him).  However, consider that navy blue might actually turn out to be pretty a pretty dark shade anyway.  It certainly won't look BAD, maybe just not quite how you pictured it.  Is it something you'd care about six months down the road?  If not, call it a check and move on to planning how you're going to give it to him (and how he's going to react when he sees it)!

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I would say that if it's something that going to bug you whenever you see it, to reorder in black.  Personally, I would be annoyed at myself everytime I saw that navy cover, simply because I spent so much effort making everything else perfect.

If they refund you a gift card, you can always use it later to make something else, like a calendar of wedding pics as a Christmas gift for your parents or in-laws.

veijes

Well his favorite color is blue More of a bright blue but hey, it might turn out looking really nice! Thanks for the advice!

debbieupper

I think the navy will look cool! Black is so common anyway ... hkiesling might be right -- maybe you unconsciously wanted it in blue.

veijes

Ok update: I called just to ask about the whole gift card thing and after trying to explain what happened to the guy (probably was looking through my whole book) he said he would just cancel the order now instead of me waiting to get a refund and I could just order it again today with the gift card. Just ordered it now

I wouldn't have been super upset if it was in blue but I'm happy that it's in black, just the way I envisioned it

leggwilliams

Glad everything worked out! I'm sure it would have been just fine in blue but now you don't have to feel anxious about it

hkiesling

Yay! 

Veittobe

YAY!! 

But why couldn't the first person you talked to just take care of it for you?  Why did it take a second phone call to a different person to get your order cancelled like you wanted it?  Hmm.

veijes

I honeslty think because the first person was a girl and the second was and guy haha I'm joking but seriously, the first person I talked to was only an hour after I ordered it, the second person was a day later, seems weird to me!