My $60 journal was a total ripoff

Bought a fancy leather bullet journal from a boutique shop downtown for $60 and the pages started bleeding through with just a fine tip pen. Anyone else fall for an overpriced notebook that couldn't handle basic ink?

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diana_west2729d ago

Got a $40 "organic cotton" t-shirt from some eco boutique once. Wore it twice and the seams started unraveling like a cheap sweater. Called the store and they said I must have washed it wrong. The shirt literally said "machine wash cold" on the tag. Same kind of deal with that journal of yours. These places think they can slap a high price tag on something and it automatically makes it quality. But really they're just selling you on a vibe and hoping you don't notice the corners they cut. Did you try taking it back to the shop?

drewgonzalez29d ago

Yeah the "you washed it wrong" thing always kills me lol. My friend bought a $50 "handmade" candle from some hipster market in Brooklyn and it smelled amazing for like two days then started smelling like burnt plastic. She went back to complain and they said she must have left it burning too long. The label literally said "4 hour burn time" and she had it going for maybe an hour tops. Some of these shops just put all the blame on you instead of admitting their product is garbage.

jamesroberts28d ago

Ngl the funniest part is when these shops claim "handmade" like it's some sacred craft but then pump out stuff with the same cheap mass produced wicks or low grade cotton that a sweatshop would use. My buddy worked at one of those artisanal candle pop ups for a summer and told me they'd just buy bulk fragrance oils from a supplier and mix them into the cheapest paraffin wax they could find. The whole "blame the customer" thing is just a hustle to make you feel like you're the one who messed up some ancient ritual of candle care. It's a candle bro, not a trust fall exercise.

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