Gosh, this must have been very sudden since you had just decided to go ahead and change your screen name to gator and then suddenly back again. Sad for you that your dreams were dashed! I think this happens a lot when love is involved because we just get so head over heels and often times the people we are involved with put on their best face until we actually move in with them and then we can see how they really are. I can see myself in what happened with you but I did get lucky and found a really nice man. I won't lie though, at first it was challenging and we didn't always get along just simply because we didn't know each other and were suddenly thrown together 24/7. It is very eye opening to live with someone instead of just dating.

I appreciate your reply. Thank you for confirming the branding issue. So is there anyway for a consumer to independently verify that it is in fact the same tile? How can I go about confirming what was delivered to me is actually what I picked out in the showroom? Who would I call? (besides the showroom designer who is repeating what his supplier is telling him). I realize there is "lot to lot" color variations in all porcelain tile. The tile display boards in the showrooms can be old, so that new lots of porcelain tile don't compare to the sample on the board. This means I literally have no frame of reference for comparison. Tile looks different from what I chose, but maybe it is within acceptable limits of variation?? Impossible for me to know. It would have been much easier for me to accept the variation in appearance, if the showroom had just gotten the tile that I picked out and have seen carried in all the tile shops I've visited, instead of from an apparently little known company that has no online website or showroom displays. Why switch and create this confusion in the first place? Thank goodness the other bathroom tile was delivered and matched exactly what I had chosen from the showroom! No second guessing involved. Final question: Are your two different distributors located in two different countries as well? As I stated previously, I picked out tile clearly labeled "made in Italy." The boxes I received were stamped "made in Turkey." Is this your experience as well with branding/quality control? Different factories, in different countries, different brand names, different distributors, but you can confirm it is the same quality and the same tile to your specifications? As I said, I ultimately accepted the tile and it is installed. It fits with my color palette, but I would still like to avoid this type of confusion in future projects. Anyone else have a surprise on delivery such as this?? If so, how did you handle it with your contractor and verify it was the tile your picked out?

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One of the quirks I found last night/very early this morning. Could not sleep and when I turned the computer back on it had updated. I had to sign in on many things including here. Once again it did not like my password and when I used my email for a link to reset nothing happened. I tried several times then gave up. This morning I tried again and the link for the reset worked. Reason is beyond me because I did use the correct email address earlier.