What you see isn't always what you get..

I have been buying quite a bit of patchwork cotton of late.  Fat Quarter packs, that type of thing.

When I was buying beads I had no issues with buying them from China, and would recommend to others to do the same - never once had a dodgy product.

So when looking for Charm Packs  (packs of small pieces of fabric for patchwork etc...) I found this on eBay.

It looks great doesn't it?

 Nice and colourful, with plenty of options.

The bumph read ......

• Brand new and high quality.
• Can be great for wallet,card bag,key bag,bowknot hair accessories,dinner mat,cup mat and so on.
• Perfect for DIY and other crafts.
• Be used to decorate your dull or toys.
• Material:Cotton.
• Size:20cm x 20cm - 7.87inch x 7.87inch.

We don't offer color choice. Your order will be sent in colors at random.

Incidentally, what is a dull? and how do you decorate it?  Answers on a Fat Quarter please  :)

Cool, that's ok, I don't mind a random selection at all, I like surprises.

It was available in three pack sizes,  10 pieces for 99p  (10p each), 20 for £1.89 (10p each)  or 50 for £6.58 (13p each!!).
I was tempted with the 50 ;) , but seen as the postage was free I thought I will try the 10 for 99p lot first and see how it is.

Now, I know I shouldn't really be whining at loosing 99p, but I hate feeling robbed, so I am rather grumpy about it.

Look at this!

Pretty eh?  Actually I am presuming this is the back side as the other side does have some kind of pattern - well, some pieces do anyway, others are just plain black.  4 are plain black, 3 have a little patterning, 1 has a lot of patterning, 2 bits are completely missing as there were only 8 in the bag!

And grubby with dirty little stains all over it.  And, it's not even cotton, it's a shiny, polyester type nasty stuff.

So the moral of this story is do not buy from these people.....


And, always be prepared to be disappointed  ;)