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I regularly look for creative or distinctive gifts for Christmas. However, if anybody out there concludes that buying personalized gifts is like buying common gifts, I beg you to think again. Think hard and think long. I recently purchased one of these, I won’t mention the site because I’m an embroidery digitizer. I make products that the personalized gift vendors sell and incredibly, that company could be a customer of mine! However, this website, that I found somehow, were quick to take my money , but customer satisfaction was not their strong point. Only later did I discover that many people complained, but since I did not ask around in advance, I didn’t find out until it was too late.

This lesson was brought to me by the school of hard knocks…my advice is don’t trust a company just because they have a website. And, ask friends. It’s only your friends who have no vested interest in the decisions you make. Anyways, I digress… The product I bought was personalized and not only do you need to purchase these items way in advance, some of these people (and I use that temr loosely) they really make you jump thru hoops when there’s a flaw. So, be very precise about… 1. Give out the exact spelling right from the start and 2. Order in advance so that a mistake can be fixed. And Oh!..one more.. 3. Determine how nice their customer service is BEFORE you order. Good luck!

One burned (but smarter for it) chick,

Becky M.

P.S. Here’s page about buying interesting personalized gifts that I really liked…