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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:40 PM
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Poll question: So, when do you think the furniture delivery people will get here?
I'm having a chair that's been backordered forever (I got the matching couch a month ago), an area rug and a bookcase delivered today. The delivery window is supposedly 11 to 2 CST.

Think they'll make it?
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:42 PM
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1. They're not going to call, but they'll show up sometime late today.
That's what happened when I ordered my couch and chair this summer. I think they showed up about 5:30 (so much for "between 10 and noon"). :eyes:

Good luck. :hi:
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:56 PM
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5. Thanks!
Their notification system is all automated, so who actually knows if they've figured anything out...(the machine reading my address, semi-phonetically, was fascinating -- "We are delivering to <pause> OneTwo Sehhvin EightSix<pause> En Bar Tel Et Av-ay. Mil- wa-ooh-kay Why."


(Note to freepers: That's not actually my address.)
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 04:18 PM
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16. Those computer voices creep me out
Having it say my address might actually drive me to hide in my closet or something. :scared:
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Donkeyboy75 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:51 PM
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2. Don't forget they'll also
knock one of the legs off the chair.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:07 PM
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10. I'd be more annoyed if they forgot the shelf pegs for the bookcase.
That's happened before, and you'd think it would be simple to track down a set of the little buggers (call the store, tell them what went missing, pick them up because you think they'd have hundreds of extras lying around for just this situation, right?). Nope.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:54 PM
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3. Just run down to the store for five minutes
And they'll be guaranteed to show up
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:57 PM
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6. I was thinking of hopping in the shower again.
That usually does the trick (heck, just using the restroom usually does the trick), especially with the "we'll be there sometime during business hours today" people.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:59 PM
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7. Yes, the shower usually works too
I order a lot of photo equipment and the UPS guy won't leave the packages at my door without someone signing for it and they always manage to show up as soon as I get in the shower.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 12:56 PM
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4. You're Stacie WHO, again?
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 12:56 PM by GOPisEvil
Never heard o' ya, lady! *click*

Prepare for the worst, anything else will be a pleasant surprise.
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tyedyeto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:03 PM
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8. I voted 'other'
while you're at work Monday....LOL
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:05 PM
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9. The automated system did call yesterday to say they'd be there within 30
minutes...I called and got a human and they said the computer dialer messed up, the truck wasn't coming to my house, and everything was set for today.

Theoretically.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:09 PM
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11. next week
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:10 PM
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12. there's a furniture maker, Maitland-Smith, as I recall, and they
deliver your stuff in maybe a year. But they have really beautiful stuff with old-time workmanship
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:38 PM
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13. They call, resched for 2-5, then call and arrange for either...
Tomorrow or Monday morning, depending on if they deliver on Sundays or not.

Actually, I think they'll deliver 2-5, but by being pessimistic I hope that will make the actual delivery seem early.

Good luck!
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:41 PM
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14. Yay! They're here!
Edited on Sat Dec-18-04 01:56 PM by eyesroll
:bounce:

And...on edit...everything is intact, and there are two extra shelf pegs!
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-18-04 01:46 PM
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15. Well crud! There goes my batting average!
Yeah for you though!

:toast:
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