Returns & Refunds.
Last updated: September 2026. What happens if you want to cancel, and what we do if a parcel arrives damaged.
You approve it before we print it
Because every magazine, diary, polaroid pack, card deck and album is custom-designed specifically for you, we share a full digital PDF preview on WhatsApp before printing. You have the right to request text edits, photo rearrangements, and layout tweaks.
Your explicit digital approval on WhatsApp serves as the safety net for your order. Printing begins only after you approve the layout.
Magazine printing works differently. There is no design and no preview: we check the file you send — its page count, size and image quality — and it prints exactly as sent once you confirm on WhatsApp that it is ready.
Cancelling an order
What we can do depends on how much of your piece has been designed by the time you tell us.
- Within 2 hours, before design starts: if you cancel within 2 hours of placing your order and a designer has not yet started your layout, you get a 100% refund.
- After we have sent your proof: the design work is finished by this point, so a ₹150 design fee is deducted and the balance refunded.
- Once you approve the proof: the order goes to print and cannot be cancelled or refunded. Approval is the point of no return, which is why we ask you to read the proof properly.
- After dispatch: nothing can be returned. Every piece is made to order with your photographs and cannot be resold to anyone else.
If it arrives damaged
We pack every order by hand in bubble wrap and hardboard. If it still arrives damaged, torn, or with a printing fault, we reprint it free — and the whole claim rests on one thing, so please do it before you unwrap fully.
1. Film the unboxing, within 24 hours
A clear, unedited photo or video taken as you open the parcel, within 24 hours of delivery. This is what lets us claim against the courier, so we cannot process a damage replacement without it.
2. Send it to us
Message the video and your order number to +91 99903 53252 on WhatsApp, or email theprintstory21@gmail.com.
3. We reprint within 48 hours
Once we have checked it, your replacement is reprinted within 48 hours at no cost to you — and it goes out on the next Monday dispatch, with that week's batch. We print and ship once a week, so the reprint is quick but the parcel leaves on the Monday.
What we cannot refund
These are the things the proof stage exists to catch, so once it is approved they are settled:
- Spelling mistakes or typos in text you supplied, where the proof carrying them was approved.
- Photographs that print soft or blurry because the file sent to us was low resolution, where the proof was approved.
- Small natural variation in paper tone, and the normal shift between a backlit screen and ink on paper.
Talk to us
Any question about your order or a return, message us on WhatsApp at +91 99903 53252 or email theprintstory21@gmail.com.
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