Since I wasn't totally pleased with the asthetics of my Havana (the lumpy stitches on the flap), I called up CS to see what they would say. As I believe we should expect, the CS rep said to send it back and they would send me a new one. The CS rep was totally pleasant, which I wasn't really expecting. So I sent the purse back last Thursday and I got a new one Tuesday. I was so excited that the turn around was so quick. I am not sure if it was really quick since I am in DC and HH is in NY, but 4 business days is pretty good in my book regardless. However, they didn't send me an email with an update on what was going on, but it was so fast that I guess I really didn't need it.
The new bag is much improved, thanks for asking. There was a dropped stitch on the first one too which I was disappointed in (maybe I am just picky). The flap still does not totally lay straight, but since the bag is so slouchy you can't even tell. I got it in luggage and I already got some lipgloss on it which are visible. However, I figure that it will give it more "street cred" with a slightly more used kind of look. Did I answer your question? I felt like that was all over the place. Oh but the bag is lovely as Lilykind describes in her review of the bag. I would get another one (if I had the cash).