So my lovely wife got me stretched bags for Christmas. However, she made a mistake and ordered the CVO bags from Eastern Performance. I HAD wanted the full 4" stretched ones.

Now I'm torn- do I stay with these or return them and go for what I originally wanted...

 

I personally like the CVO style bags better. But, you should get what you want or you will always second guess yourself.

Send them back and exchange them.

 

Just tell the wife that what she did was awesome and that "WAS" exactly what you wanted,"BUT" they just came out with a different style that you would rather have and would she mind "IF"....
If you wife is such a wonderful woman as she must be for getting you the bags in the first place im sure she will just want you to be happy and have no problem with you exchanging.... I nice dinner and a movie might also help seal the deal!!! :-)
Some men have all the luck.....
Good Luck....

 

send those back.tell your wife they have a.. defect.in it mrfuji

 

I suggest that if you haven't already, have a talk with your wife and explain that you DO like the bags, but they're not exactly what you wanted so if it's okay with her you'd like to exchange them.

Don't just exchange them and then let her 'find out' what you did. It would look like you didn't like her gift. (which technically is true, but you don't want to hurt her feelings over this).

 

I think you should get what you wanted originally or you will never be quite happy. When it comes to your Harley, I think your wife will understand.

 

exchange the bags for what you really want. If my hubby got me something for mine that wasn't 'exactly' like I wanted, thats what I would do...and him vise versa...sometimes the littlest differences make a huge difference! Im sure she will understand.

 

Maybe tell her they sent the wrong part number and exchange them.

 

Oh, it's not that I have to hide anything from her- she looked at the wrong favorited webpage and ordered accordingly.

Has anyone had any scraping issues with the 4" bags?

 

This seems like the best suggestion to me. If something does not necessarily need to be said to spare someone's feelings and can be done with subtlety plus a little kissy kissy, all the better not to hurt her feelings.