I contacted a place to see about getting a patch to cover a 3" hole in the BMW’s convertible top. The tear is just over my shoulder which is a great place for a subtle patch to not look too conspicuous, then I'll place a corresponding one on the other side. I asked for a large patch but instead of the standard blue and white logo like this,
I wanted it black on black so it would be a very subtle addition to the top. It’s a classy looking car and I want it to match. Well, it's classy until I put shark teeth on it, but I digress.
They sent me this.
I replied back that it looked like it’s good quality, but I'd asked for black on black, so could they do that?
So they embroidered up another demonstration one and sent this back to me
Okay well, now it’s missing the whole X part in the middle, which is the bulk of the design. So I thought, “I’m not going to be able to explain this well enough to get them to understand to include the X with black on black so let’s just go with silver and forget it.”
I didn't want more confusion so I mocked up a picture in Microsoft Paint and asked for silver on black, like this:
Here’s what they sent back
