Shopping and Product Reviews

I often look for original or distinctive presents for Christmas. However, if anybody out there believes that purchasing personalized gifts is like buying common presents, do please think again. Think hard and think long. I recently purchased one of these, I won’t mention the site because I’m an embroidery digitizer. I make products that the personalized gift vendors sell and incredibly, those guys could be one of my customers! But these guys, that I found on some website, were quick to take my money , but customer satisfaction was not their strong point. Later, I discovered that many people had complained to the BBB about this store, but since I did not check the reputation of the company, I didn’t find out until it was too late. I learned a tough lesson…my advice is don’t trust a company just because they have a website and ask friends. It’s only your friends who have no vested interest in the decisions you make. Anyways, I digress… The product I bought was personalized and not only do you need to order this stuff in advance, some of these people (and I use that temr loosely) they really dig up a lot of rules for you to follow when there’s a flaw. So, be very precise about… 1. Give them the correct spelling right from the start and 2. Order far in advance so that an error can be corrected. Oh!..one more.. 3. Find out how responsive their customer service is BEFORE you order. Good luck!

One burned (but smarter for it) chick,

Becky M.

P.S. Here’s page about interesting personalized gifts that I really liked…