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Jul. 3rd, 2013 07:45 amI know we complain about the weather a lot here. But really... we've not had a full on sunny day since last hmmm... Sunday or Monday. One or two times the sun has come out near the end of the afternoon or evening but other than that, cloudy, showery or just down out bucketing rain. And the crack in my kitchen ceiling is still there and still leaking. When I had the contractor in, he said they would see to the roof and leave it a few weeks or a month to see if it worked. Well it did somewhat, the amount of water coming in was greatly reduced but it was still coming in. I kept procrastinating on calling the guy but this past weekend it was raining a lot and hard and I got a bit more water so yesterday I called. He was surprised that there was still water coming in. Nobody told him. Well he didn't come and ask me, either did he? I didn't know when I should get back to him and I would have thought he would have been the one to check in with me to say ok, we fixed the roof, is it still leaking?
Anyway, I told him that i hadn't heard from them and after this weekend, I thought I better call. So they go back to the roof now I suppose. Meanwhile I have all this other work to be done and I asked if they couldn't do that. No, apparently they have to do it all in one go. Start the job, finish the whole job. Good grief. That means when they start, my place will be in an uproar. They're relining the tub and putting a new wall unit up around it, fixing the drywall and painting the bathroom. Then they have to fix the ceiling cracks which are inside the cupboard so I don't know if they are going to take the cupboards down or not. Even if they don't, I think they're going to paint them and the kitchen which also has some drywall to be fixed. New light fixtures as well. I forget if they mentioned anything else. If i have to take everything out of the cupboards it's going to be chaos.
I decided my old Lug purse was wearing out around the edges so I wanted to get a new one. The shop near where I work didn't carry them anymore and the only other place I know carries them is a nuisance to get to without a car. I should have waited. I went on eBay and saw the one i wanted. It wasn't any cheaper but i ordered it anyway. Supposed to come by ExpressPost within a week. They took my money swiftly. It's a company in Canada so i didn't think it would take too long. I did email to request a different colour as the one pictured was brown and they showed other colours. I wanted the bright blue. No reply to my message. Waited a week, sent another message. Nothing. They have a business website, so I went there and emailed directly. Nothing. Getting pissed off now. Also have not had any word whether it was shipped, the vendors do usually do that. Sent a pissy message last night saying i would open an eBay complaint by the end of the week if i hadn't heard.
Got a message within 30 minutes from the guy apologizing. Said he was waiting for an order to come in that hadn't arrived yet and kept forgetting to get back to me. I said that it was a bit disconcerting that they were offering these on eBay when they didn't have any in stock but i understood about shipments. I re-requested the blue one and asked him to keep me updated. He replied immediately and apologized again and said he would. So we'll see. This is a retail business from what it looks like, probably a small independent shop. They must do some eBay on the side but you have to keep on top of that, too if you're doing it. I'm afraid i won't be giving him a stellar feedback rating for the communication category.
Anyway, I told him that i hadn't heard from them and after this weekend, I thought I better call. So they go back to the roof now I suppose. Meanwhile I have all this other work to be done and I asked if they couldn't do that. No, apparently they have to do it all in one go. Start the job, finish the whole job. Good grief. That means when they start, my place will be in an uproar. They're relining the tub and putting a new wall unit up around it, fixing the drywall and painting the bathroom. Then they have to fix the ceiling cracks which are inside the cupboard so I don't know if they are going to take the cupboards down or not. Even if they don't, I think they're going to paint them and the kitchen which also has some drywall to be fixed. New light fixtures as well. I forget if they mentioned anything else. If i have to take everything out of the cupboards it's going to be chaos.
I decided my old Lug purse was wearing out around the edges so I wanted to get a new one. The shop near where I work didn't carry them anymore and the only other place I know carries them is a nuisance to get to without a car. I should have waited. I went on eBay and saw the one i wanted. It wasn't any cheaper but i ordered it anyway. Supposed to come by ExpressPost within a week. They took my money swiftly. It's a company in Canada so i didn't think it would take too long. I did email to request a different colour as the one pictured was brown and they showed other colours. I wanted the bright blue. No reply to my message. Waited a week, sent another message. Nothing. They have a business website, so I went there and emailed directly. Nothing. Getting pissed off now. Also have not had any word whether it was shipped, the vendors do usually do that. Sent a pissy message last night saying i would open an eBay complaint by the end of the week if i hadn't heard.
Got a message within 30 minutes from the guy apologizing. Said he was waiting for an order to come in that hadn't arrived yet and kept forgetting to get back to me. I said that it was a bit disconcerting that they were offering these on eBay when they didn't have any in stock but i understood about shipments. I re-requested the blue one and asked him to keep me updated. He replied immediately and apologized again and said he would. So we'll see. This is a retail business from what it looks like, probably a small independent shop. They must do some eBay on the side but you have to keep on top of that, too if you're doing it. I'm afraid i won't be giving him a stellar feedback rating for the communication category.
