Go hug a tree :) You may feel you are an outstanding citzen/human by being a teacher. WHOOP DE WHOO!!!! You chose that profession and obviously get more of a reward from patting yourself on the back than your pay check. Its teachers like you that make me want to home school my children. You do more harm than you realize by your judging, and arrogant attidue/ ego. I hope none of your students learn that trait from you. I provide safe, clean, affordable, and for the most part quiet homes. This is obviously a very important issue and housing is considered a bigg need. Basically I interpret your commets that anyone not parenting/ educating/ or contributing to the world in a way you deem worthy is selfish. I do make money renting out property, and my family is financialy stable. Being financially secure I am able to donate money to multiple charities and spend hours each week as a volunteer. But that type of work and those organazations have little to no benefit to anything which means its not a WORLD contribution. Perhpas with all my money and time I will go back to become a teacher and CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!! On a side note I do teach a class every week to K-8th graders. Its called J/A and its one of the most impactfull courses todays youth will ever learn. In case your not familier with Junior Achievment, it teaches youth about personal and world finances. Something our local criculum has been falling short in. But that to, must be a waste since learning a tv isn't a need and how to save money for college/ retirment isn't important. Why don't you check yourself in the mirror next Monday and start being a model citzen instead of talking about being one. I'm not saying you don't have an important job or don't help out todays society, but what I do is important to many others also. Keep judging all you want, people ask for opinions and I give them my honest opinion.

I suspect he is having money troubles and is trying to save money with cheaper subs who use workers who don't care about your floors and who might assume there would only be 4 colors. He may be trying to avoid paying for these unwise actions. It's a common problem with Lump Sum contracts but then again it may just be bad luck. First, make sure he has been paying the subs. The costs so far might be trivial compared to being forced to pay for the subs twice to get the job completed.

This is not the first time I have heard of someone other than the owner of the store browbeat a person new to quilting. It happens.....why? Reasons could be as different as the people involved. Maybe the person "beating" you in that manner wanted to appear superior to you, as in "I know more than you, so listen to me." Maybe that person was just trying to drum up more business for the shop owner. Maybe you weren't yet one of their store's groupies and she didn't have the time to deal with a newbie. Who knows...... Questions for a new quilter: are you planning to make a large bed quilt your first time out? Perhaps you could make a few blocks to see if the Log Cabin block is really for you? I agree that watching videos on beginning quilting and the Log Cabin block would be helpful. I made a baby quilt using the Log Cabin block and do not think it would be difficult for a beginner. I agree with Beverly that buying jelly rolls for your project might not be the best. They could be cut incorrectly and not on the grain of the fabric, and, learning to correctly cut your own fabric pieces for the quilt block is a very important part of the learning process, in my opinion. We're here to help you in any way we can. Teresa

You will have to stick with them if timing is important. Back-orders are tough on everyone. Popular items are almost always back ordered (that's part of what makes them popular). I'm sorry you have had a hard time communicating with them. Now that you have a contact on the 'inside', you will need to continue with that person. I'm surprised they attempted to send someone out "the next day". That is INCREDIBLY rare to hear that an install can be done "next day". I'm sorry you have to go through this. The $1000 discount is for the delays in the second part of the job. The first part is done. If you have negotiated the $5000 will remain "held" until the job is completed, then keep it. Once the job has been finished, you pay it out. Withholding MORE than what was negotiated is a bad idea and is unwise from a legal stand point. Your move in date is fixed. There is nothing you can do about that. The first job ran over by 2-3 weeks. It would be natural to conclude that another delay is not only possible....but very probable (past actions indicate future actions, etc). How important are the "office desk" and the "garage cabinets" to your living situation (functionality of the house...food, electricity, running water, heating system, etc)? There are always ways to deal with construction delays. They happen....in fact they are pretty much guaranteed to happen (I always suggest 30% over time and 30% over budget). I would continue to negotiate for discounts/rebates for each week the delays occur. Right now you have negotiated $1000. It is possible that you can negotiate to the $5000 point. Do NOT put up negative reviews until the FINAL tally for the rebates has occurred and the final workman has left the house - all items on the 'to do list' have been completed. And then you will want to be diplomatic in your review. You can state the FACTS and ONLY the facts. Anything beyond that will cause problems. The COURTS have been very GENEROUS in rewards for libel - against the person who WROTE the review. Be very, very, very careful with big companies like construction companies. They will have a legal counsel and they will not hesitate to use them. I would wait, move in and continue to negotiate larger and larger discounts for the delays.