Thanks,
pukasonqo!
HandbagAngel, fancy seeing you here! Thanks for the wishes. Long story short, I had an ebay fiasco, the bag was grossly misrepresented, so I filed an ebay dispute, and 10 days later, ebay agreed that the bag was misrepresented and they had me returning the bag for a full refund. Today the full refund was given.
Although I would never wish this experience onto anybody, I'm so grateful to that it allowed me the opportunity to bond with many of you.