On my way to work my gorgeous Zara tan leather tote broke! I mean totes gave up the ghost (can you tell I love a pun?).
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Now, I'm the first to admit I'm pretty sore on bags (and know that a few of you reading this would say I'm rather sore on my shoulders also... I did BUY that backpack but sometimes it just RUINS an outfit...) but I only bought this on the 16th of March!
Zara, as much as I love you you need to up your game. A £99 bag should not break after a few uses (incidentally, this was another of the three items contained with The Zara Bag of Shame, I'll let you see the third another time).
Anyway, this leaves me in a bit of a pickle. I've found the receipt (thank God or I really would have been totes broke) so should be able to return but do I really want the same bag again if it might just suffer the same fate?! In my heart I really do because it's so pretty... But my head is telling me to be sensible, return it and buy another from somewhere else (clearly listening to my head is something I struggle with).
What if don't find one I like as much before Monday? What if I get another replacement from Zara and then a month into The Challenge it breaks and I'm not allowed to buy an alternative?
So this has got me thinking, perhaps I need to insert another clause into The Rules that takes into consideration extreme circumstances. Should I be allowed to replace essential items if they become damaged, lost or broken? Or is that a cop out? What do you think?
Also, what if something awful happens, like someone voms on me on the tube (please let that never happen... but you never know with norovirus that is going round) or I get stranded somewhere for days and have nothing to wear and nothing to borrow, would I just have to go smelly and deal with it? I hope you all think not...
I've got a rough day ahead of me lugging this broken bag around London. Thanks, Zara.
Over and out.
M x
P.S. I went shopping on Monday and started tackling The List- will tell you all about it when I get a chance.
I think there should be a clause for very special circumstances, but don't give yourself too much leeway either. There's a difference being stranded abroad with a case of lost luggage or being vomited on and breaking/losing an item which can feasibly be replaced with something else in your wardrobe. ;)
ReplyDeleteRegardless, good thing you found the receipt for the tote! Such bad quality for such a price, that is not on! In that case I think I would rather have a look around to see if there are some cheaper alternatives (in which case you could be able to afford buying a back-up as well for the same amount of money) and go for that instead. After all, if the quality is that bad, it shouldn't cost that much to begin with. I mean, I have bags from Accessorize, hell, even from Primark (!), which I bought back in the LIPA days which are still usable.
All great points, Ingrid. Ta! I know, it must only be the extremist of circumstances... I'm still as torn about the bag as it it is torn itself! M x
DeleteLooks mendable to me. Nothing PL400 glue and a few stitches (use a stitching awl to poke holes) can't fix! Besides, just because one bag had a bad seam, the rest don't necessarily have the same flaw. Products are not identical even though we sometimes think they are.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. I was thinking something similar myself, it feels a bit wrong to return it and have it resigned to the rubbish heap when it has plenty of life in it yet but I also feel that £99 is too much to spend for it to just break, you know? I shall have to ponder it!
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