couldn't get it into the apt. I was stuck with a sofa in the 2nd
floor that I couldn't move, no sofa in my apt, and unless I returned
it at my own expense I was out $600, which would REALLY suck. so I
was a little stressed out, as you can imagine. Until my boyfriend
came I didn't know FOR SURE that I would be able to get it in,
although knowing that the movers got the other one in was reassuring.
We removed that one to make room for this one by demolishing it and
taking it down piece by piece to the trash.
--- 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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