I just remembered something.... do you remember the Tabby 26 in Kaffe floral? The bag that supposed to have the pewter hardware? I remember one of the members ordered this bag and it ended up with gold hardware (post #261 in this thread). Maybe the sudden change of the strap color on your bag is because
Coach changed their mind on it? Just like they did with the Tabby's hardware? Just a thought.
Still, it's ridiculous that the stock pictures weren't updated before they were posted online. I can't believe Coach keeps deceiving their customers this way and gets away swith it. Ridiculous.