Is anyone else buying their child a Stretchkin this year like this crazy mother is? I didn't think so. This is literally the first year Ava has ever really wanted one specific thing for Christmas so being what I thought was the sensible mother that I was, I thought, what the heck? Let me get her one.
Oh Lord - what have I done.
The website alone is full of so many colors and an energetic video that I was already thinking "what am I doing?" Then to order one, you just blindly fill in all of your personal info and hit NEXT. I might as well of scanned my thumbprint and given them my pin number. So the next page you enter your payment info and it sort of seemed secure but who knows? My bank account may already be drained. Of course there is a cost for shipping - fine. BUT rather than take you to another screen to review your order, it simply says "THANK YOU FOR YOUR PURCHASE - YOU SHOULD GET YOUR ITEM IN 2-4 WEEKS." What the heck?! 2-4 weeks?! Why wasn't that helpful info offered on the first tab?! So after a few more tabs, it then asks me if I would like to adjust my shipping to rush the delivery so I feel a little redeemed thinking it will be here in time for Christmas. I figure well why not? - I've already come this far on this unsecure website - let me see what the cost for a rush delivery will be. Well well well - once you hit NEXT it says "THANKS! YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN CHANGED AND PROCESSED!" Well, where the heck was the warning price on what the rush delivery will be?! So now I am an official idiot who paid way too much for a crazy toy that will probably cause strife and frustration in the home on Christmas Day. Just great.
So I have already taken a vow! Never again will I hunt down some ridiculous toy! And my other vow is that we will all use this toy even if we hate it! We will all pretend we love it. It will be packed on trips we take. I'm sure it will make it's way to Disneyland at some point and we will pose it in a picture with a turkey leg. We will all love it to pieces.
Ugh, so don't go buying one - just wait until next year and if your child would like a unicorn stretchkin you can buy it from me!
And yes, I am now returning back from this fog of a purchase to remind myself why we have Christmas in the first place. And it's not to hunt down toys on the internet. I have officially learned my lesson!
-Emily
