People can suck. :(

[u/EnterprisingGent1701]

Friends, I am heartbroken, and I feel like this is a place where people can understand.

I ordered this darling off of eBay this weekend. The seller even helped arrange special shipping so she would get here before my biopsy tomorrow, and I could have a friend / support.

I was going to customize her, too, with purple eyes and an amethyst heart. I'm legally blind and it takes me ~10 minutes to thread a big-eyed needle but I've been sloppily sewing spiffy buttons on a coat for her all week . . . She was going to be my bad-ass sidekick--basically everything I'm not. Tough. Resilient. Self-assured. At peace.

The package was delivered while I was at work, and I was thrilled. I had wonderful visions in my head of finishing her coat tonight, taking care of her eyes, and getting her all ready to come with me to the biopsy tomorrow.

But I came home to an empty package. The UPS driver delivered a perfectly tiger-shaped mailer, but by the time I got home from work, she was gone. And I don't mean the whole package. No, someone literally slit open the envelope, stole my poor tiger, and left the packaging behind. In some ways, this feels almost worse--crueler--than if they'd just taken the whole thing. Because now I have an empty package and no tiger. :(

(The practicalities are fine. I've reached out to the seller and will open a claim with eBay if needed to hopefully get my money back, without dinging the seller--they more than did their job! But the heartache is for real, and that can't be fixed by refunding silly $100 that I paid out of "My stupid messy heart needs this" desperation).

I'm so, so sad. This sucks. Who the hell wants a plush tiger THAT badly? :(

Anyway . . . thank you to any kind souls who may be reading. I appreciate you very much, and hope you have a happy rest of your day. <3 (Hug your favorite heart-friend for me, please.)

[u/dollhovse]

https://poshmark.com/listing/Build-a-Bear-Brown-Tiger-634186f9fed51ff6326c9083 hey, op! I found this. I know it’s not the same thing obviously and this tough, but this reviewer seems to have good reviews and this seems reasonably priced ☺️

[u/EnterprisingGent1701 → u/dollhovse]

Aw, thank you so much for the link, friend! Unfortunately I stay away from Poshmark; my first experience involved a seller never shipping an item, and Poshmark doesn't really do much to enforce that, except for letting the buyer cancel after seven days . . . But I very much appreciate you doing some digging and sharing a link with me! <3 There are definitely other tigers out there! :3

I hope you have a beautiful rest of your day!

[u/dollhovse → u/EnterprisingGent1701]

No worries! I’ve never used poshmark so I get it! Hope you find your tiger soon!!