#i never buy my babs clothes tbh i’m cheap

[irlbeanieboo]

this is pigeon and he has every disease known to man

[miniwolfsbane]

Baby girl came in the mail yesterday!! I think I might’ve gotten the last or near last one at USA Build-A-Bear. Her name is Cascade Kaimana and  journey has been a long one.

So, two weeks ago, I get a package in the mail. I excitedly open in it...to discover it w not my order. (That’s the first time in like 8 plushies that’s happened!) Cue 11 days later, I have messaged BAB about it and ask what to do (because dumb me didn’t read the fine print and wrote all over the return form when it said you’re supposed to type it out and doubtful me wondered if that was okay and anything else I should do because I’ve never returned a big package myself before.) I got a professional courteous message back about that wasn’t how they operated, etc.. and they’d look into it. They wanted pics of the wrong merch I got and the return form. So I took the pics and waited. (Also, they need make the automated message a little shorter. It’s a little annoying to get it back with EVERY MESSAGE YOU SEND THEM.)

Turns out they had messaged me five days in and I didn’t see it because FB messenger hates me. (This happens a lot!) They had written back that Vaporeon’s clothes were all out of stock, plus the gift box, (I went all out because this thing’s been out 3+ months already and it’s been one of my faves since the 90s!! That’s a long time to be around), but they still had the plush and the HTTYD sleeper I ordered were still available and did I want them instead of getting a refund on everything? (*I didn’t get the sleeper, but that doesn’t mean it’s not coming, unless I missed another message. I’m tired of dealing with this, so I may let the 12 bucks go.) I told them yes, that’s fine, send those, refund the stuff they didn’t have. Now here we are. 

Lesson learned: I need to stop being cheap. For everyone else, DO NOT order the online only items in November or December, even if they’re on sale. Get them the week they drop if it’s in your budget. If not, at least attempt to get them before the sale or winter. The Pokémon line doesn’t go on sale very often, so I understand this can be a problem for some like it was for me. (I still don’t understand how they can just sell out of the sleepers when I paid for it and it comes as a set? Like, what? I guess they don’t batch together orders, they just grab the merch off the shelf and ship or something, like Hot Topic does? Any BAB stockers out there, leave a comment because I’m really confused!) I don’t understand how other countries got most/all Pokemon in store, but Vaporeon, Jolteon and others have been online only for the US. Unfortunately, even if they hadn’t, Covid has been too scary to go to the mall, and even if it hadn’t ravaged everything this year, the ONLY mall near me with a BAB is out of the way and much further than I’m used to driving. (Plus I’ve only been there once to do some fun shopping, don’t know the area, etc..) 

I’ll post better pictures later, just wanted to share the excitement. I would be really nice to have the clothes, but since I’m not 5 anymore, I don’t dress up my dolls regularly or anything or have tons of joy doing it. (I know, that sentence is kinda an oxymoron.) I don’t want to pay exorbitant prices on eBay, but if I want them that bad, I could always make my own I suppose. They’re small at least. I’d just need to buy another sleeper for the pattern if I never get the dragon one. (I hope it comes, but something tells me no.) Cape shouldn’t be too hard (she said), but TBH, I didn’t much like/understand the pattern they put on the official cape anyway. Edit: The dragon sleeper is on it’s way. Yes! It pays to talk to customer service!!

TLDR: I got a Vaporeon, she’s cute, I love her. Don’t order from BAB in winter. Sometimes they mess up. I’m cheap.