YES, you can return the bag for lifetime as long as it shows factory defect. I told this issue to the gucci sa last week and he reassured me I can return it whenever this happens to the bag anyway I bought the neo vintage not this kind of style. Whenever you buy a bag especially if it is canvas you should make sure that there is leather on the edges of the bag that's why if you notice most of the lv bags today there is either leather on the edges of the bags and in the bottoms it will save your bag from unexpected peelings and scuffs. With this kind of dome shape bag, the edges were stressed because of the stitchings. The next bag I'm targeting is a LV bag coz I consider their canvas and leathers really durable and LV is the second oldest luxury bag company so it means they really know what they're doing.