So now that you've seen my beautiful new furniture, there's a not so beautiful story to go with it! My mom happened to come visit me on the perfect weekend--the weekend I got keys to my new place. She got the lucky task of furniture shopping with me! For some reason, I had Ikea on a pedestal in my mind and was adamant about getting furniture from there. My mom tried to warn me....
Stop #1: Ikea~We started at Ikea and I found a few cute kitchen pieces, but once we got to the couches and beds, the prices were just way more than I wanted to pay for even what the pieces looked like, and what I'm guessing the quality is. On the way to Ikea, we drove past Ashley Furniture, so my mom had the idea to go there to look and that we could always come back to Ikea. So we tried to leave Ikea. 3 miles and 2 hours later {pretty close} we FINALLY made it out of Ikea. That place is seriously a death trap!! I vowed to never go back.
Stop #2: Ashley Furniture~We get to Ashley furniture and hadn't even made it two feet in the door and we were swarmed by Edith, the OVER-eager sales associate. We simply told her that we were just looking and walked away to figure out our plan. Edith followed us. Again, we tell her we were just looking. We walk at least five laps around the entire store and look at pretty much every piece of furniture in that place--all the while Edith is literally stalking us! It got so annoying!! I ended up getting living room and bedroom sets and am very happy with both.
Stop #3: Ikea~Back to Ikea we go, much against my will. Only this time I knew exactly what I wanted--a kitchen table and chairs and a TV stand. We found those items and walked the 3 miles out of the store again. Of course, they were out of the chair legs that I needed. Just my luck! So we got the other items and left. Note: we drove Old Blue to Ikea. I have packed that car full so many times that I had faith we could fit everything in {shipping was $99. No way!}, but my mom didn't share the same faith. So we kind of stood there looking at everything and these two older gentlemen in the parking spot next to us offered to help. It took them a good half hour, but somehow they miraculously got everything loaded in. We would have been in big trouble if it weren't for them! Thank you old foreign men!
Furniture Delivery Story~What.A.Mess!!! I scheduled the delivery for Friday afternoon when my dad was supposed to be in LA and could receive my furniture. They told me they would call 30-45 minutes before they would be at my place. My dad go into town later than expected and I got off work earlier than expected, so we met for a late lunch. Before we even got our food, the delivery guy called and wondered if he could be to my place in 5 minutes. I said no way and that I would need the 30 minutes promised {we were eating in downtown LA--an 18-30 minute drive depending on traffic}. He literally laughed and said sorry, I can't do that and that he would have his manager call to reschedule. The manger called and we set up delivery for Sunday, but not without her telling me that I will be charged a second delivery fee. I immediately called Ashely Furniture customer service and explained everything and that lady basically said "sorry honey." Keep in mind that this all would have worked out had I had the 30-45 minute warning as promised. So I drag my Dad into the furniture store the next day because no way was I paying a second delivery fee! That lady told me that I shouldn't have even been told that and that my account didn't show a second fee. Again, What.A.Mess! So I sit at home on Sunday waiting for my furniture instead of running the million errands I needed to. I get a call a little before 3:30 saying they'd be there in 45-90 minutes. I sit and wait..and wait....and wait. I call the number a few different times and of course nobody answers. 6:30 they finally show up!!....without the footboard to my bed. Awesome. So I slept on my mattress on the floor for a week until the following weekend when I could be home to receive the footboard. Every single person I worked with at Ashley Furniture was extremely rude--down to the jerk delivery guys I got! I sincerely hope I don't need any more furniture anytime soon!
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