> 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?
Funny. All's well, etc.
The salient part of the whole thing is that YOUR PARENTS PAID FOR THE
SOFA! I mean, wow. Can you tell them that my dining room set is in
need of replacing, and I don't expect the delivery to be a problem?
Stephanie
SPONSORED LINKS
| Identity | Flag | Guessing |
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS
- Visit your group "weingartenchatters" on the web.
- To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
