Hi everyone,
I’ll be giving my honest review on an online shop I found on Facebook named Talulabell Handmade Crafts (https://www.facebook.com/TalulaBellHandmadeCrafts/). I’ve discovered this page while I was scrolling my cousin’s Facebook timeline. I was always a fan of native products, especially Philippine made since it boosts our Filipino pride. I gladly clicked over their page and saw that they were offering a lot of native products especially bags. The one that got my attention was their new product, which was the Bucket Bags. I find it cute and perfect to wear on a day on the beach. It was exactly what I needed for my summer getaway and so I decided to buy 2 pieces, one for me and one for my cousin since I found the page using her account. I messaged Talulabell through their FB page using my personal account and ordered the Bucket bags from them. In terms of their response rate, I’d give it a 3. It took a while to get a response, I had my response the next day already.
Payments were settled within a week time. Just like any other online shop requires, after payment I sent my proof to them. The one who handled my orders were Maria Joy Olaguera, the said owner of Talulabell. After she confirmed my orders and payment, I was told that the Bucket bags weren’t on hand and it simply means that I have to wait for 2 weeks for the production time. Since my summer vacation is still in the next month, I agreed with her and waited for two weeks. On the second week, I messaged her for an update. As usual, it took another day for a response. Joy told me that they are almost done but she asked for another couple of days to finally finish it. Though a bit disappointed, I had no choice but to wait a bit more. The couple of days she asked became a week, but fortunately, she was able to send it 4 days before my flight for my vacation. I almost lost interest since it took too long but it’s good that they were able to send it still.
The Bucket bags were sent to me via JRS. I was excited to open it; I immediately checked its quality and durability. Honestly, I was so disappointed with the bucket bags. The embroidery on the Bucket bags was untidily done, even how it was weaved. There was a part on the bottom that it was weaved too loose, I could put in my fingers. It could have been acceptable for me if it was only one of the bags I ordered but the damages were in both bags. All in all, I was really not satisfied with the quality and durability of my orders. I had too much expectation since it looked like a legit and trustworthy shop.
I do not recommend this shop to any of you guys. I hope no one would experience this again with this shop. Take mine as an example.
That would be all for today. I hope you learned something. Until next time!
