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Oh boy. The wallpaper store generously let shoppers take this wallpaper selection book home for a few days, and look at how it was returned. “Someone” took a razor and sliced out the sample of blue cork. And another “Someone” didn’t even bother to be neat, but crudely ripped out the most popular colorway sample of Candice Olson’s “Onyx.”
Wallpaper shoppers – DON’T DO THIS. First of all, we know who you are. After all, to check out the book, you filled out a form with your name and contact info. Oh, and that same form had a waiver that you signed, and the first line, in all capital letters, said, DO NOT CUT THE BOOKS. Did I mention that you signed your agreement that you would not cut up the book, and would return it in its original condition?
But beyond that, there is no need to do this. You can easily and very inexpensively order samples of any wallpaper pattern you like, and that sample will be much larger than the puny page you ripped out of the book. It will arrive in just a few days. But even quicker – you can snap a photo of the sample, front and back, and have it immediately.
Did you stop to consider that those wallpaper sample books cost the stores $100+ each? It takes a lot of wallpaper sales to cover employee salaries, facility costs such as air conditioning, phone/Internet, parking lot, etc., and then extras such as a good selection of wallpaper sample books. And if a page is missing, then another shopper will miss the opportunity to see and consider that wallpaper selection.
Please click and read the “Comment” link below, which is from my favorite wallpaper retailer. (Click the page on the right entitled “Where to Buy Wallpaper.”
Tags: blue, book, candice olson, cork, cut, onyx, ripped, sample, selection, wallpaper
The Wallpaper Lady's Blog 
January 19, 2017 at 7:06 pm |
Amen to that! And please keep in mind that many of the sample books are not available for replacement, once distributed – they are gone. Not only does it break my heart to see a book so maimed, but to know that some people are selfish enough to deprive anyone else of an opportunity to see a pattern that might have been perfect for what they are looking for and now they won’t see it at all because a page is gone. Do you think it’s OK to rip out a page in a bookstore or a library book just because you like a picture?