Some of you may have noticed that I’ve added an audio component to the previous posts! I thought it’d be a good idea in case some wanted to just listen rather than read. I do apologize on the way my voice sounds. It’s weird but I can’t change it.
I did not know when I started that it would create it’s own podcast. That was– Kinda weird for me to consider, but then I got a little bit excited about the possibility. The purpose of me starting this was primarily to write–so I will continue to do that first and then record the audio of the writing.
Word of warning: I may or may not add some comments to the audio because I won’t be recording the same time as writing I don’t think… (well, maybe I should). Anyway, there is a big possibility of some addition, but not enough to completely take it off the rails of the posting.
If I do add a substantial bit, then I’ll make sure to update the post to reflect that.
Anyway, along the same lines– I got my Grandma’s bedframe from Overstock. I should point out that this is my first time ordering from them so I wasn’t too sure what to expect. I asked my brother to come by and help me move mattresses since he protested forcefully that I did the back room all by myself. His exact words were, “You live here now. You don’t have to do these things by yourself anyway.”
Ha!
I called this man to ask if he’d drop by just to move the mattresses and he says he can’t. That he has plans he cannot get out of. Okay. It’s a Friday. It could be a myriad of things.
As I am bustin my butt pulling everything out of the room, I take a break to check out the Insta.
And wouldn’t ya know?! There’s my brother. At Epcot. With a mutual friend of ours. Havin the time of his life!
Don’t misunderstand my issue here. It isn’t that he went or that he wouldn’t cancel to help me get a space ready for OUR grandmother. No. That’s cool. If could go to Epcot I’d probably go too. My issue is his not just coming out and saying, “Oh I have a trip planned for Epcot.”
Enough of the rant, back to the bedframe. So I get the mattresses mostly out of the way (BTW: No one can use either of those bedrooms or the guest bathroom at the moment). Start laying out the pieces to make sure everything is there. Looks like we’re all good. Letters match letters. None appear to be missing. I put together the bolts and washers to get the headboard attached to the posts… and something isn’t right. One side goes in–the other doesn’t. I take a closer look and the problem is fairly obvious:
I have two right side posts and zero left side posts. I go onto Overstock to see what to do and see there is a place to request missing parts. Alright. Seems pretty straight forward. Only, it isn’t. UGHH.
I go through and enter the order number and the product. Then come the fields where it asks for the part number. I look on the assembly sheet and there are no part numbers for the inventory, only quantity of what I’m supposed to have with a photo.
So I get onto the chat. And I wait. Finally someone answers me, asked the relevant information to find the order. Pretty much it seems like she is just working with the same form I was. Now, when you enter the chat they asked you to describe your problem so they can know moving forward. Is that just for looks, cause this person sure as all get out didn’t know what was going on. Anyway, this is why I am on the chat and not on the phone. I knew I was already irritated. I can be very sarcastic and that is more blunted with typing than speaking. And now you know.
Back to it. So I tell her the problem, and wait for a reply. And wait.
And wait.
Then I get a message from her saying “I can wait, but can you reply so the chat window doesn’t close out”
UHHH… what?!
I answered her questions. It’s right there in the text box. No screen needs to be left or separate window opened to reviews the last three messages. Her last message was “Thank you for your answers”.
Nothing else.
Ugh… why is it the small things that grate on the nerves? The result ended up being that she put in a message to the parts replacement people and that I should hear from them in 1-2 business days AFTER they get her message and it could be more than a week after that that they ship out the part. In the meantime- I have a mess at the Mill with half the house being unusable. I have people coming at the end of the month.
This is going to be interesting. I guess if worse comes to worse- they get to sleep with a mattress on the floor.
OHH.. did I mention that I also have another headboard/footboard on the way but will have no way to put it up until I get Grandma’s room all put back together. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
It’s frustrating.
Anyway, if any of you feel like sharing a similar story (and by I similar I mean one that was super frustrating in the moment but you can laugh at now), feel free to in the comments 🙂
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