Well, it's been a funny old day, as they say...
Last night (Ok, so a funny old night & day!), I dreamed I bought a choc printed Bays from HOF!!
This morning, I was drooling over a pic of one on the web, and telling DH how this is my TDF bag, but there's just no way I could afford/warrant £650
Anyway, goes to work etc....
About 2.30pm I rang SM as I'm hoping to go down there Sat am to take back my choc Roxy as, when using it today, spotted some bits of inking were lifting, and I've only had it since Xmas
Anyway, conversation went something like this (excuse length):-
Me - have you got your 10% off this weekend? (yes)
Oh good, can you tell me what Bayswater bags you have in, other than the Congo ones, and patent ones?
SM then proceeded to list several patent ones (!) and mentioned a lovely champagne one.
Me - erm, have you got any Jacquettas? (answer was yes - in black at £247)
Me - erm, do you have any Babbingtons (no) or Smithfields?
SM - No, they've all gone
Me - Oh, so what do you have in choc about that size?
SM - well, we do have a nice printed Bayswater in reptile leather
(I just about fall off my chair at this point)
Me - what? Not a congo one? A printed one? OMG, that's my favourite bag!! etc etc (trying not to sound like a complete lunatic)
SM - yes, we've 2 of them. They're £385.
SM then proceeded to check the bags, describing one had a symmetrical pattern to the print, the other, asymmetrical. Both weren't 'subs' apparently.
Me - erm, could you save it for me till Sat am
SM - sorry, we can't do that.
(Me - then in a total dilemma - do I wait & take the risk, or do I 'lose out' on @£40 saving)
SM - oh, a group of people have just walked in, I better go and get the bag as they're looking at it
(Pause - whilst I'm sweating & praying it doesn't get snatched from under my nose)
SM - it's Ok, I've got it. One of the ladies picked it up, but I stood by her side & when she put it back down again, I snatched it up!
Me - (phew!!). Well, that case, I better pay for it, hadn't I.........
The rest they say, is history!
Thing is, what would you have done in my shoes? Taken the gamble to try to save £38 (bearing in mind I'm looking at going to SM anyway soon, in order to take bag 2 bags re inking), or, sacrificed the possible saving & ordered it there & then??
Last night (Ok, so a funny old night & day!), I dreamed I bought a choc printed Bays from HOF!!
This morning, I was drooling over a pic of one on the web, and telling DH how this is my TDF bag, but there's just no way I could afford/warrant £650
Anyway, goes to work etc....
About 2.30pm I rang SM as I'm hoping to go down there Sat am to take back my choc Roxy as, when using it today, spotted some bits of inking were lifting, and I've only had it since Xmas
Anyway, conversation went something like this (excuse length):-
Me - have you got your 10% off this weekend? (yes)
Oh good, can you tell me what Bayswater bags you have in, other than the Congo ones, and patent ones?
SM then proceeded to list several patent ones (!) and mentioned a lovely champagne one.
Me - erm, have you got any Jacquettas? (answer was yes - in black at £247)
Me - erm, do you have any Babbingtons (no) or Smithfields?
SM - No, they've all gone
Me - Oh, so what do you have in choc about that size?
SM - well, we do have a nice printed Bayswater in reptile leather
(I just about fall off my chair at this point)
Me - what? Not a congo one? A printed one? OMG, that's my favourite bag!! etc etc (trying not to sound like a complete lunatic)
SM - yes, we've 2 of them. They're £385.
SM then proceeded to check the bags, describing one had a symmetrical pattern to the print, the other, asymmetrical. Both weren't 'subs' apparently.
Me - erm, could you save it for me till Sat am
SM - sorry, we can't do that.
(Me - then in a total dilemma - do I wait & take the risk, or do I 'lose out' on @£40 saving)
SM - oh, a group of people have just walked in, I better go and get the bag as they're looking at it
(Pause - whilst I'm sweating & praying it doesn't get snatched from under my nose)
SM - it's Ok, I've got it. One of the ladies picked it up, but I stood by her side & when she put it back down again, I snatched it up!
Me - (phew!!). Well, that case, I better pay for it, hadn't I.........
The rest they say, is history!
Thing is, what would you have done in my shoes? Taken the gamble to try to save £38 (bearing in mind I'm looking at going to SM anyway soon, in order to take bag 2 bags re inking), or, sacrificed the possible saving & ordered it there & then??
Actually, I would have paid for it now and then picked it up on Saturday - to save the £7.50 delivery charge. If it's not perfect, get a refund. If you love it, then better to have it at a slightly higher price than to risk losing out.
