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Should I complain?

95 replies

FatDragon · 09/10/2019 12:06

NC as this is very outing

I ordered a keepsake dragon made from my son's babygrows for his 1st birthday. We went for the large size and all in, it was £80. We received it today and I'm quite disappointed. It doesn't look like the dragons on the website. It's head is too big and the body is so fat, the feet don't sit properly. My DP wants to complain, he's really angry. I said they'll probably just claim they're all slightly different as made from different materials etc. If I do complain, how can I word it so I'm not rude but I get my point across? I'm also not sure what I want them to do, I want to keep it and I don't want another made because I don't want to send them more babygrows. I'm so crap at complaining and I don't want to make them feel rubbish about what they've created.

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Stuckinanutshell · 09/10/2019 17:41

That’s horrific. If they don’t send favourable response (eg no refund) you may want to make the point that you’ve mentioned it here and all you need to do is name drop the company and their rep will suffer.

I wouldn’t normally suggest such a thing but this should be a precious item. Mothers send in clothes from babies who have passed, or the ONLY clothes they have kept after the baby grew etc. It’s terrible that they made such a poor product and terrible that they dispatched it - no quality control?

Outrageous.

Shinysun · 09/10/2019 17:44

@Rivkka GrinGrinGrinGrin

Quirrelsotherface · 09/10/2019 17:48

£80 for one of those is extortionate. You've been well and truly ripped off I'm afraid. My DSis used to make beautiful ones for £20, £25 max.

juneybean · 09/10/2019 17:56

Aww it's sweet....

autumnkate · 09/10/2019 17:59

Wtf is that?

Funkyslippers · 09/10/2019 18:03

On yours the eyes and nostrils are much further apart than the other one. Really hard to tell it's meant to be a dragon

cantfindname · 09/10/2019 18:04

For some reason it reminds me of Bart Simpson's radioactive fish.

It is truly awful and if he/she refuses a refund I would be putting those pics on her FB page.

ShawshanksRedemption · 09/10/2019 18:11

It looks to me the sides have not been matched correctly when sewing, or they've been cut incorrectly, and the stuffing is then sending the dragon off balance. I'd be sending them pics of yours and pics from their website and asking them to put it right, or money off.

Just a side note, those saying it's expensive, it takes time to cut all the pieces, sew them together, stuff it, close it, add the face details. The company will also have running costs added as part of the overall price (eg premises, tax, NICs, business rates, marketing, electricity etc). When I look at the dragon there are quite a number of pieces to the pattern, to cut it, stitch it, would take some time to do. And the material that babygros are made from is a nightmare to work with as it stretches and moves about, so you have to pin it well when pattern matching!

£80 I think is a reasonable price to pay, if what you get back is a handmade one of a kind keepsake, which is a luxury item. The thing is we're all so used to paying for mass produced items made by machine, that £80 seems expensive but it isn't for the hours put in.

(BTW I don't make these LOL, but I do have sewing experience and knowledge of running a company!)

crispysausagerolls · 09/10/2019 18:14

I’m also really laughing omfg the side photo! It’s Eric cartman in dragon Form 😂😂😂😂😂

LuluBellaBlue · 09/10/2019 18:16

I’d complain

TilandPop · 09/10/2019 18:19

It definitely doesn’t look like it should

Queenlatifahsleftboob · 09/10/2019 18:20

Oh no, is this from Love Keep Create because I have just made up three bundles of baby clothes to send to them........ not actually pressed the purchase button yet as waiting for pay day......

Kraggle · 09/10/2019 18:21

He does look like his legs are wonky. In the birds eye view it looks like he’s taking a step they’re that off.

tryingtocatchthewind · 09/10/2019 18:22

Yep I’ve looked at mine from above and the legs are both supposed to go forwards. Something has definitely gone wrong there.

modgepodge · 09/10/2019 18:38

Ok - the product you’ve received is not good. I actually don’t think the advertised one is great either, but yours doesn’t look like that.

HOWEVER, in defence of the original product and price for those who are saying it’s really expensive, I don’t agree. I sew (for myself, not to sell) and other people ALWAYS underestimate how long these things take. Laying out all the pieces so the designs look nice (which I have to say hasn’t been done brilliantly here), cutting out, cutting out a second set to line, sewing it all together, stuffing, adding buttons etc - I’d guess 3-4 hours work, maybe more. Sewing is a skilled, not minimum wage, job. Add in materials (not a huge amount, but something for the lining, thread, buttons), electricity, potentially rent/insurance if they have a workshop, and £80 isn’t actually making a huge profit. The person who makes them for £20-25 is presumably happy to work for below minimum wage.

Feelslikecrystal · 09/10/2019 18:46

That is hilariously bad 😂😂😂

Lexplorer · 09/10/2019 18:58

Oh my word! The wings are not evenly placed either side of the prickles. The head is just a potato shape. It's a farce

SecretLimonadeDrinker · 09/10/2019 19:02

@Queenlatifahsleftboob me too 😔

FatDragon · 09/10/2019 19:08

I didn't mind paying £80 as like PPs have said, you're paying for a premium, personalised item. Well I thought so anyway. I'm hoping for a refund of all, if not most of the money. I've emailed and someone replied saying they'll speak to the manager and get back to me tomorrow. The more I think about it, the more annoyed I am. Especially like someone said, when a baby has passed, that might be their only outfits and imagine grieving parents receiving this back. Just awfulSad

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LadyAllegraImelda · 09/10/2019 19:10

Is it from China?

FatDragon · 09/10/2019 19:16

No, it's from the U.K.

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CherryPavlova · 09/10/2019 19:20

It’s very bad and very funny. Complain definitely.

They do warn it’s unsafe for young children don’t they? It shouldn’t be given to children under about 4years of age.

AlwaysCheddar · 09/10/2019 19:22

You paid £80 !!!!!

FatDragon · 09/10/2019 19:24

@CherryPavlova

Yeah they do, it says it's unsuitable under 14 years of age. I would never leave DS alone with it due to the buttons, it will be on a shelf for a while!

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Oysterbabe · 09/10/2019 19:26

It's ugly AF.