Thursday, May 08, 2008

My Bone to Pick

I have been hitting one roadblock after another with the remodeling and it is starting to grate on me. I guess my biggest angst is that nobody calls me back. I went into Lowe's to try to order tile and they couldn't identify it. They told me they had to call in the vendor to see if he could ID the product, then it was special order and it would take another week. So I waited over a week and nothing. I called and the guy I had been dealing with was not there. Unfortunately, I let Lowes know I wasn't happy with the service. Anyway, the guy called me back and said he talked to the vendor. They don't have that product anymore and the vendor was supposed to call me. My question is why is that tile out on the display floor if they don't even carry it anymore and why is the vendor calling me? It should be Lowes!

I have been calling the cabinet makers. I finally got one to come over after 3 weeks. The other I called twice and nothing. They never called back. You would think in this economy that people would want your business. Apparently that is not the case!

I have been waiting for my french doors to come and again, no call. I finally call the lumber store and they said, Oh we called your contractor and told him that it was in. My husband called the contractor and the contractor had known about the door for a week but had not bothered to tell us know nor let us know if he was ever going to come and install it! If I did not call, I would still be waiting.

The irony is that I am getting called but it's 3X a day by my neighbor who is in the middle of a dispute with the other neighbor. I am working on getting a mediator to come and settle this because frankly I am getting very tired of it! Being unloaded on for 2 hours everyday is no fun and it has got to stop!

3 comments:

Tammy said...

It sounds like you are having a really rough time. I'm sorry and I hope things go better soon. ;o)

Petula Wright said...

Oh gee, that sounds rough. It can be so frustrating when you're trying to conduct business and people aren't doing their jobs.

I hope you're able to get a mediator because stuff like that can be so stressful.

Take care and try to take a breather.

Melinda Zook said...

Contractors stink. I had this same problem too, they never call back. You have to constantly bug them. It can be so frustrating. Hopefully it gets better for you. Sorry to hear about the neighbor thing, that really is ridiculous!