I'm writing today pretty upset because Lu and I (almost) got scammed out of our wedding favors.

Lu and I love coffee. In fact, our first date was at a local coffee shop in Ann Arbor, which we revisited on the day that we got engaged. As we started thinking about wedding favors, we came across personalized coffee and cocoa. Perfect!



We checked out a bunch of different websites for the best price and decided to go with a Yahoo Store called Elegantly Engraved.... Horrible idea!

Nearly one month and three emails after placing the order, there was no response from Elegantly Engraved. Of course, the store sent an automatic response when I sent each email letting me know that they would get back to me. This wasn't a huge deal since our wedding isn't until October, but after the third time wasn't a charm, I decided to call. Surprise, surprise -- the phone number was disconnected.

At this point, I googled the company, and the first thing that popped up was complaints about people not receiving their orders. When I looked at the company's contact information page on PayPal, I was forwarded to another page with a different name that looked pretty similar to Elegantly Engraved. Hmmm -- more than a little suspicious.

Luckily the charge was still pending, and I was able to cancel the authorization. Whew!

We'll have to find our personalized coffee and cocoa elsewhere, but my advice to everyone is to google any private company that you go with first. Regardless of how professional the website looks and how prompt and efficient the "customer service" seems initially, put everything on a credit card -- or better yet, PayPal.