Another Reason To Love Scholastic
A lot of companies, when they can’t fill your order, will either offer you a substitution or refund your money. Scholastic does both, and then still fills your original order
In our last order, one book we wanted was back ordered and another was no longer available. Instead of just saying, “oops, sorry.” Scholastic not only sent me coupons for the amounts of the books and a replacement for the one that’s not available, they also sent me the backordered book. They refunded my money, and then sent me the product anyway. Scholastic rocks!
In other news, we’re having a different sort of difficulty with this month’s order. Diva Girl and I are having trouble agreeing on our choices; other than a new copy of Charlotte’s Web, our circles aren’t matching up. Even there, we’re having a bit of debate: She wants the copy with Dakota Fanning on the cover, and I don’t. Call me a book snob, but I really, really hate movie tie in covers. I’m a purist; I prefer my books with their original art, not a movie poster, on the cover and that “Now a major motion picture!” banner that is inevitably plastered across the front makes me cringe. I hate the idea that that somehow validates the novel; that if it’s a movie, it must be ok to read.
The rest of our choices are even farther apart. Sabrina wants the new Hannah Montana and Zach and Cody novels while I’m leaning towards the Sir Cumference pack. I’ve had my eye on it for awhile now, and I’m trying to keep my promise to bring more non-fiction home this year. Diva Girl is understandably unimpressed. Afterall, how can the adventures of some math geek possibly compare with the shenanigans of those crazy twins?
I’m not sure, but one of the great things about being the grown up is that I’m the one writing the cheque, Maybe I’ll get lucky, and there will be so many mean mommies out there that Sir Cumference will be back ordered. If he is, do you think that they’ll send me some Greg Tang to make up for it? Well, a mom can dream.