Ashley Furniture

A couple of weeks ago I purchased a new coffee table at Ashley furniture. The delivery date was estimated for July 19 however the sales person said it would probably come in by July 11.


OK, I’m willing to wait three weeks for a coffee table I liked and it was rather inexpensive. I was really hoping it would come in by July 4 because I was having some people over on July 6 and I wanted my place to look put together. Well, no surprise, it didn’t come that weekend.

On July 10 I called Ashley’s to find out the status of my order. The sales person got on the phone and said, “well it looks like there was a delay and the order has been pushed out an additional week. So the tables won’t come in until the week of July 26”

WHAT! Internally I was burning up.

So I asked calmly “ what is the delay?”
Sales Person “well they were out of stock when you placed the order”
Me “couldn’t you tell the table was out of stock when I placed the order”
Sales Person “ No, we don’t have any control over what is in stock and we can’t see when it is out of stock”

I quickly ended the call. Ashley has the ridiculous policy for what they consider “delayed”. Only after 10 business days after the original estimated arrived do they consider the merchandise delayed and only after 30 days of being delayed will they consider refunding money.

So I have to wait a total of 70 days before I can do anything about this.

OK, so lesson is learned. I will not shop at Ashley furniture any more and I will tell everyone I know about what happened and about the “fine print”.

I’m glad I learned the lesson when I did because my plan was when I purchased my new home I was going to go to Ashley to furnish most of the empty rooms. But knowing what I know now I think I will stick with Kittles. It’s a little more pricey but the quality is worth the extra dollars and the customer service is as well.

Magic Jack update

OK, I'm impressed. Magic Jack works really well and you can sign up for 911 service so that your address will display on the operators screen. Which I really like that service.

I had my phone registered and up in ready in less than 5 minutes. Of course they try to up sale you on several option which I declined. When I purchased Magic Jack from Best Buy it came with one year of service for free. Which is good since I paid $40 for the device.

The down fall is that you must have your computer on for the phone to work and the phone won't work if there is a power outage or the Internet line is down. Also if you are downloading anything to your computer the quality of sound is not so good. 

The up side is they have a call forwarding feature that will forward all calls to any other phone. Which after a few minutes I figured out how to get to it.

The other down side is there is no instructions on how to find your account online. Finally I just started to click every thing on the magic jack window and found a link to my account and just started to play around with it.

But over all, if I can have a land line for only $20 a year and still have 911 service (safety first) I think I can deal with the short comings.

If your trying to save a dollar I would suggest to look into the magic jack as an option.

Weekend Project

So I really wasn't planning on doing a weekend project but I couldn't help my self. I finally finished the empty, crappy space behind my house and next to my patio. It was this ugly space in my yard that just didn't make it feel very cozy.

Ms E gave me the idea to edge and mulch the space where my swing was sitting and then mulch around my air conditioning and back side of the house. It didn't take any time at all. I completed it in about 3 hours.

BEFORE

AFTER

OK so there is still a little bit of clean up and I really need to work on the grass. Can you tell it's not cut yet...maybe I will tackle that tomorrow.

I even found pots that match the original pots I purchased at the beginning of spring! Very exciting however I will waiting until next year to plant anything in them. So for now they will remain empty.

I really feel like this has completed my patio and has made the back of my house look a little cleaner.

Comments

I have to admit I'm a little irritated about the SPAM Commenters. Not sure how I got targeted so I've changed my comments setting yet again.

I've removed the password verification...only becuase that hasn't stopped them
I'm allowing anyone to post a message...DeAnna that was for you!!!

However, I will monitor the comments before they get posted so I can allow the comments I want and delete the comments I don't. For some reason it makes me feel better knowing I can control what comments get seen on my blog.

If it comes down to it I will just get a new blog...of course if you've posted recently or are a friend/family I will let you know where to find me...but once again that is the absolute last draw.

And personally I really like this blog so it won't happen anytime soon, if at all.

So, comment as much as you want!

Magic Jack

So I’m a penny pincher and am trying to find creative ways to reduce my household cost. I’m trying to save for the huge dream home of mine…LOL!

A lady at work was telling me about Magic Jack and that her and her husband decided to try it. They only use their home phone occasionally and the yearly cost is only $20, plus the initial cost of the equipment ($40) and she said she hasn’t had any problems with it.

I’ve been doing some research and looking at reviews and have decided to try the thing out. Plus I just disconnected my phone today. I really go tired of coming home to a flashing light, indicating I had a message, only to have it either blank or some collection agent asking for ***insert name***. I guess my number has been rather popular with the debt-collecting crowd. I wonder if my number is scribbled on some bathroom wall somewhere telling people to use it as their own.

Anyway, my bill was a whopping $33 a month and when I really looked at the fact I maybe only use the darn thing 2 times a month I decided that was a lot of lost income. So tonight I will go to CVS or Best Buy or wherever and pick up the equipment and install it tonight.

I figure I will be saving about $376 (not include any surcharge and Government Fees/taxes).

My next adventure is to try to find an external antenna and have it install, which then I will cancel my cable. Now if I could only find a cheap and fast Internet, I will keep look!

A moment in my head!

Have you ever just wanted to jump out of your seat and run out the doors never to return? Have you ever wanted to bang your head against your computer and scream WHY!!!!? Have you ever just wanted to walk away from your life and never look back, never question anything that has happened in the past?


Welcome to how I feel today.