Review on Vagski Gray Felt Letter Board: 12x16 Inches with 610 Letters, Numbers, and Symbols by Shawn Xayamonty

This is my first time posting a review but I think I should let everyone know. I looked at the 1 star reviews and none of them mention this so I'm just out of luck. I think I may have gotten the letter board from another company because I found some reviews mentioning the same issue from another brand. As soon as I opened the package, I was greeted by the unbearable smell. It smelled like rotten fish and stayed in my arms after holding it for 5 seconds. I left it in the bathroom overnight thinking it just needed time to air out. It's been 2 days and my bathroom still smelled so bad I moved it to the garage and flooded it with Febreeze. It was like he literally drenched it. After the whole bottle was used, the felt part started to lose its smell, but the wooden part still smelled so awful from not being able to absorb the Febreeze. I tried spray painting the wooden part to hide the smell but even that didn't work. Keep in mind I've had this for over 3 weeks now and the smell was STILL as strong and taking over my entire garage and if I leave the door open for more than 30 minutes the smell gets into my laundry room and stays there. and also. I of course eventually gave up and threw it away as I couldn't get it back after I painted it. Maybe I just received a defective product, but that put me off buying a letterboard online, so I'm going to look for it in a store where I can smell it first.