I WANT A REFUND!

as a recovering pessimist, i still never have high hopes

What I know: NotMyOwn has been one of the sweetest, most compassionate, and wisest people I've met on the forum. She has a myriad of life experience with marriage, family, and so many other areas of life. She's NEVER patronizing and always wants to hear your side in detail. I've even talked to her about controversial subjects (imagine that! Me, controversial? NEVER!) and she was always patient and firmly rooted in faith.

What I'm hearing: NotMyOwn is/was a pessimist?!!

I'd never know it from the way she's talked to me.

But after this shocking revelation...

I WANT A REFUND!!!

But it's pessimists who never demand refunds. They didn't expect much anyway.

It's those doggone optimists who are always after refunds when their pie-in-the-sky turns out to be made with storebought crust and instant pudding.

And my music nerd brain starts playing


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Want my money back!

for that, i would want a refund. instant pudding. bah!

What I Expected: I bought what I thought would be a light, refreshing perfume, also for summer. The bottle's description made me think it was going to smell like "a clean shower, with a hint of fig." Never mind that I have no idea what fig is supposed to smell like.

What Happened: This perfume makes me smell like a pair of leather shoes -- after they've been sitting out in the rain.

I don't care that I bought it without being able to test it first and that was my own fault.

I WANT A REFUND!

Go back to talk to the manager with your receipt and it should be refunded. They will recover the wholesale cost somehow. What you have is possibly false advertising. I'm no lawyer and I don't even watch the ones on TV, so take it with a grain of salt. Maybe put some on a rag when you walk in and first ask if this doesn't smell like wet shoes?
Then ask for a refund so you can buy something appropriate.

Have you ever tried essential oils?
They aren't really perfumes, but there are some that smell good and fresh.
I add wintergreen and peppermint oil to pure Castile soap. It can be diluted with coconut oil too.

I actually bought it online, so you know, by the time you pay to ship it back, it's not even worth it.

I'll be seeing some friends later this year -- I'm going to see if one of them will like it. The big problem with fragrance of course, is that it's highly individualized. Your body chemistry will affect the scent and it can smell differently on each person. Someone brought me a perfume from Paris once, and I felt so bad! It smelled like insect repellant on me, but on a friend, it was lovely, so I gave it to her.

Having worked in retail my whole life, I do feel bad returning things (when I say I want a refund, it's almost a half-hearted joke.) Most places don't get reimbursed for such things and just have to eat the losses. In fact, there's a big debate in the beauty community about how returns usually to to landfills and raise prices because companies have to make up for it somehow.

I've tried to sample essential oils in stores but they always seem a little too strong for me. I've also read that some are not safe to inhale or put on your skin, so to avoid any problems, I've just stuck with things that are supposedly designed for the skin.

Soapmaking was another hobby I wanted to get into but I don't have the best ventilation, and wouldn't have the space for all the supplies.

Thank you for all the suggestions! Your Castile soap sounds lovely.

I actually bought it online, so you know, by the time you pay to ship it back, it's not even worth it.

I'll be seeing some friends later this year -- I'm going to see if one of them will like it. The big problem with fragrance of course, is that it's highly individualized. Your body chemistry will affect the scent and it can smell differently on each person. Someone brought me a perfume from Paris once, and I felt so bad! It smelled like insect repellant on me, but on a friend, it was lovely, so I gave it to her.

Having worked in retail my whole life, I do feel bad returning things (when I say I want a refund, it's almost a half-hearted joke.) Most places don't get reimbursed for such things and just have to eat the losses. In fact, there's a big debate in the beauty community about how returns usually to to landfills and raise prices because companies have to make up for it somehow.

I've tried to sample essential oils in stores but they always seem a little too strong for me. I've also read that some are not safe to inhale or put on your skin, so to avoid any problems, I've just stuck with things that are supposedly designed for the skin.

Soapmaking was another hobby I wanted to get into but I don't have the best ventilation, and wouldn't have the space for all the supplies.

Thank you for all the suggestions! Your Castile soap sounds lovely.

Once upon a time a group of people sold me an idea of a peaceful meetup week.

What I got was being pestered and harried by a blue-green stuffed owl.

I want my money back!

Once upon a time a group of people sold me an idea of a peaceful meetup week.

What I got was being pestered and harried by a blue-green stuffed owl.

I want my money back!

@Lynx -- if you would have just given the owl a pat of acknowledgment (and a cookie,) I'm sure your week would have been much more peaceful. (The pat would have been for the owl. The cookie would have been for me.)
Just sayin'.
BUT, you used to always say the owl was just green, and now you're calling him blue-green, so at least we're making some progress here.