something. The previous one was inherited from them and had
definitely seen better days. I certainly didn't ask them to buy it, I
just said I needed one because they one I got from them was falling
apart. (like the answer to "what's new?") I also wanted someone to go
with me to look for one because I hadn't bought something that major
by myself before. There are so many variables. But when they said
they would buy it for me I figured the least I could do was wait until
they visited to get it, rather than buying it on my own and telling
them how much it cost. They should at least see what they were paying
for. I think my mom wanted me to have something decent for a change,
or something like that.
For the longest time, they didn't help me at all, when I would have
probably appreciated it more, like right when I graduated from
college. I never quite understood their mindset. They were like if
you are going to take time to figure out what you want to do and work
in jobs you could have had in high school (like retail) you are on
your own, but once you get a career and you get settled if you need
some help setting up your apt. let us know. Like I had to meet their
lifestyle standards if they were going to be supportive. Their
perogative, I guess.
--- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> 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
>
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