Alright. This is the time of year for happiness etc. Just to kick it down a notch, I thought I'd share my bad news. First off, I mailed Misty's goodies off to her three weeks ago. Misty was the winner of my Thriftacular Contest. Unfortunately enough, Misty never got the package and it was never returned to me. This means that it's either stuck in the middle of a runway soaking up airplane grease, someone else is enjoying her pillowcases and trinkets, or it's mouldering in some dead letter office in Canada or the U.S. I'll have to rethrift for Misty over the holidays. Bummer. But I still have my health and family.
Secondly, back in July my husband and I (after 17 years of marriage) finally took the plunge and ordered a beautiful Shaker dining room table and chair set at the Amish Furniture Outlet. The pieces were to be ready by October or November. We never heard back from them until we received an email from the liquidators who informed us that the company had gone bankrupt and that there was no guarantee we'd see the furniture. As for the $1,500 deposit? I can only hope that someone has the heart to realize that it's money that belongs to us. We put this not-so-small sum down trusting that we'd get something in return for it. We never saw the need to get insurance on our VISA. Yes I do have my health and family and things could be a lot worse.
Now we're thinking of looking for a more affordable repro of a fifties kitchen table and chairs. I hope to thrift tomorrow.
Here's a very cool sixties inspired video by Baby Spice. It's the perfect song and video to make you happy when you've just lost a big chunk of money. Chin chin!
Erin
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ReplyDeleteI never understand how packages get lost! Oh well...thanks for thrifting for me anyway! It is the thought that counts!
ReplyDeleteHey Misty,
ReplyDeleteLike I said, I'll rethrift for you. If the old package arrives, you'll get double the pleasure.
Merry Christmas!
Erin
Oh no, bad luck! You never know the parcel could yet turn up - hectic time of year for mail! And I'll keep my fingers crossed you get your deposit back :-(
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo sad about your dining room set. I hate it when that happens, I hope you get your money back.
ReplyDeleteI can never understand how the postal service can loose a package.
But I know how some delivery service work...a lot of boxes were brutalized....
That is a bit of a string of bad luck.
ReplyDeleteAs for the package I would imagine that being december and that it's got to cross borders it may very well still be on it's way. It's insane how slow the post can be but this time of year just makes it crazy.
Hopefully it'll still arrive.
That's really awful about the dining room set too and a lot of money. Hopefully you'll get the money back.
Glad you're trying to stay positive through all this. :)
Thanks for the warm comments. You women are my buddies! Sometimes you just have to laugh.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas!
Erin
Hi Erin,
ReplyDeleteThis message might be better for email...but I couldn't find your address. I'm really sorry to hear about your mail problems. It's so frustrating when you count on a service, and it doesn't come through. We may be able to help though.
Are you still interested in Amish Furniture? I work for Amish Tables in Michigan and we found your story pretty disparaging. I know you mentioned that you're going a different route with the dining room table, but perhaps we could work out a grievance discount in light of your $1,500 deposit loss. We have been in business for 10 years and will not be going bankrupt anytime soon. You can contact me directly at case@metaspring.com and hopefully we can discuss a solution to this bad luck :)
Have a great holiday season,
Casey
You know what...I thought I was following you so I checked and I'm not. Well, now I am but I wasnt. Im sorry, thought I was.
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this is late! but thanks for the welcome!
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