I can safely say I will never bring a gift that has anything to do with cooking. I wish everyone would restrict their gift donations to gardening items. Books on gardening are good items, garden tools, garden hats, gloves, aprons, clogs, lotions, trugs, soaps, seed containers, garden accoutrements such as a garden totem would be nice. Food items are acceptable, but they should be substantial, for example a pie or a pan of brownies would be great, one or two slices of pie or brownies would not. Normally we save food items just for sharing though, so consider whether you would want to get a pie as a door prize. ( I think I would, but if I had a choice I might go for the garden tools first.) Anyway, use your imagination when selecting a door prize to bring and before you bring some old, dated, tattered item that you haven't been able to sell at your last three garage sales, remember that it will likely be the last item left on the table after everyone has chosen the "good stuff" and you may actually overhear the comment, "what a cheesy door prize" from the picker-upper. Personally, I like to bring something that everyone says, "Ooh, I want that!" IMHO-Cheryl

I'm not sure what exactly you are concerned about, but if you aren't sure, I'd ask in the help/chat section on ebay or even have them call you to discuss. You may not necessarily be instructed to send the item back to the same place it shipped from. If you are dealing with a larger company, they sometimes have return warehouse locations. Since you will probably have to pay the shipping and restocking fee, just make sure it's still financially best for you to return it.

Your comment prompted me to reread the page I had shared in this thread, @Paula Mackin. "This Return Policy covers all items purchased through Houzz.com. It's designed to give you confidence that we stand behind the products on our marketplace and to make returns easy if you're not fully satisfied with an item. You should review these terms carefully before making any purchase." "The following items may not be returned: Items marked as final sale or "non-returnable" on the product page or during the checkout process; Gift cards; or Any items shipped to Canada and sold directly by Houzz." I knew to beware shopping on Houzz but didn't realize that Canadians were totally SOL if unsatisfied with their Houzz purchases. Good to know, I guess. Hope you had luck finding the requisite info on the Your Orders page, OP and @Braydenn Cord.

I wish I had the patience, time, and yes, courage - ha! - to make black garlic, dcarch. I love trying new things, and the descriptions I've read of it sound wonderful to me (big garlic fan). Alas. DH, a bacon lover, made a horrible face and pronounced a stern 'no' when I suggested making a bourbon brown-sugar bacon ice cream this weekend. He's just not adventurous and I couldn't eat it all alone : ( I think it's fantastic how you are always trying such interesting foods (tripe, black garlic ice cream, hostas). Bravo for you - one never knows what will entice us. I did make bacon jam one year, incredibly sweet. DH put it on his steak (not for me, I don't like sweet steaks, I guess) but I found it good on crostinis. Which has nothing to do with black garlic... Edie, it's got to be hard for you, having such serious allergies. My mom was also seriously allergic to shellfish. She loved it too... her allergies hit her around her mid-50's as I recall. And yes, people get that mentality of "a little won't hurt". They don't know. amylou, I will have to agree, that's a pet-peeve of mine: When random people tell me what they don't like of something I've prepared, in a rude manner. One year I made a large holiday feast, and for one who disliked (not allergic to) onions, I told her which of the dishes had onions and which didn't (I tailored alternates for her). She ignored me, and ate Ina Garten's recipe for cream spinach. She raved. And raved. Took seconds. Then I reminded her, there are onions in that. She clattered her fork back onto my good dishes, made a horrific face, and went on for 3 minutes about how awful onions were and how much she hated them. Really?