Talulabell Review ~ Sling Bags

Hello Everyone,

For today, I’ll be telling you a bad experience that happened to me when I bought some abaca sling bags from Talulabell. I had an upcoming event in which we were asked to wear something native. I already had something to wear but I didn’t have any bag to pair it with and so I decided to look for a simple native sling bag that I could pair with my attire. I found this online store called Talulabell Handmade Crafts easily on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TalulaBellHandmadeCrafts/). They also have a website to visit (https://talulabellblog.wordpress.com/). The store offers different native products which all looked nice and well-made. I found the perfect match for my attire, but I decided to buy two sling bags since I liked it very much. I message them through their FB page and I got a response the next day. 

I paid through BPI and sent them the proof of payment. Joy Olaguera, the owner of Talulabell, confirmed my orders and told me to wait till the bags are done. The bags were for production because they didn’t have any on hand items of the sling bags I ordered. She said that it will only take 1 week for production time and then she’ll send the sling bags to me the next week. I waited a week before I asked for an update. She responded to me with an irritated tone. I wondered why since it’s only my first message since our last conversation. I just let it go since maybe she’s pressured with some other things. She told me that it wasn’t done yet because it took a long time to dye the abaca. I understood the situation and so I gave her another week, good thing I ordered ahead of time. Another week passed and I messaged her again. She said she’ll send it to me by Friday that week. I was already worried because the event is next Saturday already. 

I received the abaca bags through JRS. I excitedly opened it when it arrived. The bags weren’t as nice as it was in their post. I was disappointed with the quality but I had no more time to order from another shop. I ended up wearing it, good thing it was a night party. 

I decided to not buy from Talulabell again. I would like to remind you guys that if ever you plan on buying native items like this, try to skip this one shop. Save yourself from trouble.  

Until my next blog. I hope you all learned something from this blog guys. See you next blog!