The bloody things cost me £35.00 ($54.00) because they were made by a company called Skechers, who supposedly produce funky footwear. You might also remember that it was Skechers who designed footwear that toned up your butt cheeks whilst you walked. I wouldn't mind a comparable bra.
Anyway I digress. I ordered my slippers online and they arrived today. I took one look at the packaging and immediately decided to complain to the company I bought them from. Product presentation obviously wasn't high on their agenda.
Pic.No.1 Product Packaging - how not to do it
Ring ring, ring ring ......."Hello this is Debenhams, how may I help you?" said a voice at the end of the line.
"I've just received a pair of slippers that I bought online, and I am not entirely happy with them," I said.
"I am sorry to hear that," the representative replied, "what exactly is the problem?"
"It looks like someone found them down the back of a sofa and sent them to me because they didn't know what else to do with them," I answered, "they were held together with a rubber band and stuffed into a dirty knotted bag."
"I'm sorry to hear that," she said, sounding genuinely sorry, "is there anything we can do to remedy the situation?"
"A 15% discount will probably go some way to alleviating my distress," I stated, staring sideways in a shifty manner at the slippers.
"I shall get that organised straight away," the lady said before adding her pleasantries and saying goodbye.
Result! Yep, as you may have guessed, I am a vocal customer - be it about good or bad service. It comes from running my own businesses and being totally anal about customer service. Jeez Skechers, if you are going to sell a premium product, at least sell it in premium packaging.
But enough of that milarky, Debenhams dealt with it very well ....... and I was very happy with my new slippers. They made me feel like a sex kitten. Actually scrub that, because animals and sex do not go.
Pic.No.2 WARNING - DO NOT VIEW THIS PICTURE OF MY NEW SLIPPERS IF YOU HAVE A HEART CONDITION OR ARE PREGNANT
On a different note, I found some more photographs on my camera whilst I was downloading the pictures of my slippers, and even though they aren't vaguely related, I thought I would chuck 'em into the melting pot.
First up, I found some random pictures that Izzy had taken of Naughty George. She had nicked my camera whilst I wasn't looking.
Pic.No.3 This is Naughty George with his blingy new collar that Izzy brought back from her holiday in Spain (more on that later). He is the doggy equivalent of the 'Village People'
Pic.No.4 The back of Naughty George's head
Pic.No.5 Naughty George's face
Then I found a random picture of my back garden that I took at dusk. I was trying to be a bit arty, but still couldn't quite can't pull it off. That's why I am an engineer and not a photographer.
Pic.No.6 This was a telegraph pole reflected in a puddle in my garden
So dahlink, that it for me. But tell me, are you the type of person to complain about bad service or products?
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