This story isn’t really ready to tell, because it’s not finished.
In a nutshell, Lloyd has had the same leather jacket since college. It’s held up, but the collar is wearing away and it looks pretty ….. grimy.
Sometime last year, we stopped at a fancy leather store in Omaha and he found one that he liked, but it was $400. We balked at the price and decided to wait. The salesman gave him a card that had the jacket’s information (name and number) in case we changed our mind.
In February, he went online and found the same jacket – same number – on a website. It was only $239! He bit the expensive bullet and ordered it. The website said the company was located in the UK.
A couple of weeks later, a small-is package arrived……from Pakistan. “I’m worried that this is my jacket,” Lloyd said. It was a jacket, yes, but not the jacket he ordered, and it was also a little too small. We decided to return it. I asked him to find the confirmation number to make sure that the jacket information was what he thought ….. and there wasn’t one.
I looked on the website, and there are no actual addresses listed, and the phone number listed was not in service. I tried contacting them but did not get a reply…….and some stuff is happening.
I’m going to end this story until we actually get it resolved. Sorry that I’m leaving you hanging!
Oh, no. Not good. “Some stuff is happening.” Now you’ve piqued my interest. And I hope the “stuff” is good for your side.
This gives me flashbacks of that eBay scammer incident from a few years ago. I’m sketchy on the details and don’t feel like searching, but didn’t it involve a big screen TV that was “returned” but was actually a box filled with water bottles?
I had the same thought! John Harlan I believe . . .
Ack. I hope everything turns out ok.
In other news, I’ve caught up with your recent postings, so you can start writing new ones, if that’s what you were waiting for. 🙂