worth the effort

If you have a wreck of a pram you may wonder if it is worth all the effort and hard work to make it look good again. But believe me, it is worth it, especially when other people remark on your efforts. As mentioned in an earlier post I have researched and written a small booklet, packed with hints and tips about renovating and restoring prams. The reason for doing this was because I knew there was nothing like that out there, yet a lot of people are doing up prams and I thought it would be handy to have a reference to look at without having to put the computer on and trawl through various sites. The book had to be cheap to produce and a handy size, not too big. It has sold really well on E Bay, and the feedback has been positive from people who have said how useful they have found the book. But there is always one isn't there! Last week a buyer left me negative feedback to say the book was not a book at all, but a pamphlet and she asked for a refund. Obviously I do not give refunds for something that could be sent for, copied and then returned. However, what really annoyed me was the person never made a mention of the useful information in the booklet, she was merely concerned with the actual look of the booklet not the content. Then lo and behold, a couple of days later another buyer left me positive feedback, saying how much they appreciated my hard work and effort. So the moral of this post is when you are feeling down and people tell you that you are never going to get that pram looking good, just carry on and when it is finished there will be lots of people who will tell you what a good job you have done, which makes it all worthwhile.