Planning a wedding makes you think about all the stuff you are buying, much of which will be thrown away after the wedding: favor boxes, invites, etc. Peeling the "made in china" stickers off the parasols was a reminder of this.Another example: For the cupcakes -- in keeping with our beach theme -- I want to put a tiny beach umbrella (a drink umbrella) in each one. I found a deal at OrientalTrading.com and ordered 144 tiny "party parasols." They arrived and I opened one up to find the words "made in China" printed very prominently on the top of the umbrella.
Are you kidding me? That's not exactly what I pictured in the nice, close-up professional photo of my version of a cake. Plus, the cupcakes are made in Paso Robles, not China. Grr.
So I set off to find more parasols somewhere in town that didn't have such writing on them. God bless you, BevMo. They were actually out of them, but thank you to the guy who searched the back room for them, twice. He didn't even laugh at me when I told him what they were for, if they had writing on them and if I could return them if they were opened. So for a few bucks more I bought three more packages of party parsols. These ones are made in China too, but thankfully they say that only on the package.
They look like this:
I then called OrientalTrading, who shockingly said they would refund the cost of the umbrellas and shipping. And then they said I didn't even have to mail them back!
So, if anyone needs 144 party parasols with the words made in china on them, let me know. I also have about 120 of the regular umbrellas, minus the blue and yellow ones I picked out for the cupcakes.
1 comment:
I think you need to have a politically incorrect cocktail party/barbeque and have it "made in china" theme...serve up an umbrellas in everything from veggie burgers to pina coladas. Good customer service from Oriental Trading company though...that's good to know!
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