Oh dear.
Please bear with me. I have hormone induced mental fog, of the worst kind, and have already had a postman stare at me for several seconds while I muttered things about my wardrobe, and shopping, and looking stupid because my trainers didn't match and he sort of went '..yeah'....'mmm'...'yeah..'
I explained I had been talking to a 2yo all morning but he had pretty much left the premises by then
ANYway here is the point. (is anyone still here?)
i had a lovely new coat arrive yesterday. It is very very lovely but was quite dear despite being in sale. It's lovely. And I felt guilty but finally decided to keep it, in the hope it would last me a few good years.
So, I took off the labels and undid the stitching on the pockets...only to snip the top stitch of the seam, and had therefore to fix that quickly with some cotton.
Job done, I put it on to go out, and found a HOLE inside the pocket
I couldn't have known it was there before as pockets stitched up...anyway, by this time I have already mended my snipped bit, etc. So I rang up the company and said 'look do you have any more please because I adore this coat' and they said 'er...no.'
I had the option to return it for a refund whichw as nice of them given the minor repair. But I love it and don't want to send it back.
I asked if they might reduce it further for me. But though she said she didn't think it would be a problem, I'd have to return it to the CS manager to inspect.
I asked her to promise me not to sell it to someone else by mistake, she said write a letter...so I have done, I have also attached tags back again with string, and written all over them my name and order number and DO NOT return to stock etc.
And then I sewed in one of ds's name tapes
I am ridiculously fond of this coat and due to the utter elbow bashing SCRUM the sale was last week, I know these things are like gold dust atm.
I am half hearted not to even SEND it (tho they are not TK Maxx obv )because I am scared I might not get it abck, and on the letter I have written that I will STILL have it back please even if they can't discount it any more.
My question is this: they are going to think I am really, really very mad indeed, aren;t they?
please tell me what I OUGHT to do. Should I stitch the pocket and just suck up the ££? Or is it worth the risk to send it back and maybe get, well, a tenner off?
Help.