I'm still having problems w/Photobucket. My pics came up this morning but when I moved the first one to an album it said moved sucessfully, but then it stays in the waiting mode til it finally times out and and error message comes up. I rebooted my phone and now I can't get into anything. It just sits there in that waiting mode.
Here is a list of the flaws. Overall the canvas had a grayish yellowish tinge to it. Nicotine? The bottom leather pieces both had brown stains almost like hair dye. Also, yellow stain on bottom canvas. One side of bag has hot pink stain. I have no idea what it is. I scrubbed it til it faded, but it still can be seen. The vachetta trim isn't too bad, considering. The interior was dirty and stained. The inside of the slip pockets were gross. I scraped out a dirt like substance. The interior had an odor, not a bad one. Almost like nail products. Maybe the former owner worked at a nail/hair salon. If I put my nose right on the interior I thought I could detect a light cigarette smoke odor.
What I did for cleaning is, first I scrubbed the canvas w/Mr Cleans Magic Eraser and Apple leather cleaner. Plain soap and water didn't work. I couldn't believe the grime that came off.
I wiped down the vachetta trim w/the leather cleaner and used the magic eraser on stained areas. Then used the leather conditioner on it after it dried. I scrubbed out the interior with Dawn dish soap. Then blow dried it. Most of the odor went away. It wasn't a bad odor. Kind of like nail products and hair spray.
So, I plan on using her today depending on how she looks in the day light. My intent, when I bought her, is to use her on the rainy/snowy days and for when I go places I don't want to bring my other bags to, like kids birthday parties, etc.