the galaxy. I'll have to check it out. Thanks. I took my boyfriend
out for a nice dinner and told him there was nothing he could order at
the restaurant that cost more than how much his help was worth to me,
so money was literally no object. There is no way his dinner could
cost more than another mover would have cost. We were both a little
in shock. The movers were complaining they couldn't get it around the
railing. The railing was the least of our problems. When I moved
into the apt, the movers were able to move a larger sofa into the apt.
The got stuck in the stairwell for like an hour, but they managed. I
didn't give a damn how long it took, I just wanted my sofa already. I
had been waiting for it for 2 1/2 weeks (plus 2 hours).
--- In [email protected], "Robin Eastman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Just irritating. But what is funny is Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective
> Agency by Douglas Adams, which features a sofa stuck in a stair landing.
> You will definitely appreciate this book.
>
> Might as well call and complain. They might give you your money back.
>
>
> On 4/29/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Warning--long story ahead, hope it's worth it--
> >
> > Today I had a sofa delivered. I live in a 3rd floor walkup with a
> > narrow, winding staircase from the 2nd to the 3rd level. 2 big strong
> > delivery guys came, got it to the 2nd floor landing, and told me that
> > my staircase was too narrow and it wasn't going to fit without
> > damaging the sofa or the wall, so they wouldn't be able to finish
> > delivering it. I think they were just covering their butts because
> > they didn't want to be liable for the damage. I could either return
> > it for no charge and get a different one and pay the difference with
> > no additional delivery fee, or they would leave it on the landing if I
> > agreed to take responsibility for it. I didn't want to return it and
> > be left with no sofa and face having to buy another one and be
> > restricted to one that was smaller, etc., and I had put a lot of time
> > and effort into finding this one. So I told them to leave it and I
> > would figure something out. I had already been waiting 2 hours for
> > them to arrive. They left at 1:00. I turned my apt upside down so
> > the sofa would have a clear path, so I didn't want to be in limbo all
> > day. Delivery charge was $99, they wouldn't reduce it.
> >
> > My boyfriend came over at 4:00. I had already explained the situation
> > to him on the phone. He looked at the sofa and the staircase, and
> > measured the sofa and the stairs and determined it would be possible
> > to get it up the stairs. Not easy, but possible. So the 2 of us got
> > it up the stairs and into my apt in 30 min. Mind you, at least one of
> > the delivery guys said he had 11 years of furniture delivery
> > experience and said it wasn't going to work. We did no damage to the
> > walls and nothing noticeable to the sofa. The sofa scraped the wall a
> > little, but nothing major. The apt on the 2nd floor had someone moving
> > in and someone moving out at the same time, while dealing with this
> > sofa on their landing for 3 hours.
> >
> > My boyfriend and my parents, who bought the sofa for me, both said I
> > should call the furniture company and yell and them and tell them that
> > a guy and a girl got the sofa in the apt in 30 min, but 2 big strong
> > guys who are professional movers couldn't/wouldn't do it. Is this
> > situation funny or just incredibly frustrating?
> >
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