Safe to buy sale items on Houzz ?
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Comments (80)no! On 10/31, I purchased an expandable dining room table from Appliances Connection at a price of $2,000. Subsequently, I arranged for professional assembly of the table. A few days after its arrival, on 11/22, the assembly professional and I discovered a defect in the table's extension mechanism, rendering it unusable. Immediately, on 11/22, I notified Appliances Connection of the defect and my desire for prompt return and replacement of the table. Due to the table's significant size and weight, I stored the dismantled units in their original packaging outside my garage, explicitly informing Appliances Connection of this temporary placement on 11/22. Despite repeated communication throughout November and December, including follow-up daily messages through their system, emphasizing the exposed, potentially weather-damaged state of the table, Appliances Connection only initiated contact with the manufacturer after a week. Further delays ensued, with the manufacturer requesting video and photographic evidence on which I promptly provided. This unproductive exchange continued for over a month, culminating in Appliances Connection offering replacement parts instead of a full table replacement. This proposed resolution is demonstrably inadequate for a defective product delivered and rendered unusable due to a pre-existing, undisclosed malfunction. Unable to reach a satisfactory resolution with Appliances Connection, I filed a dispute with my credit card company. Subsequently, Appliances Connection provided a shipping label, requiring me to bear the cost of returning the malfunctioning table out-of-pocket. Their stated policy, communicated only at this late stage, contradicts prior assurances and imposes an unreasonable burden on the customer in the event of a defective product. I have challenged Appliances Connection's return policy, highlighting the impossibility of maintaining the table's original condition due to their delayed response and extended exposure to the elements as well as fixing it without any such skillset. Additionally, I refuse to incur the significant expense of shipping a heavy, damaged item when I am the victim of a defective product and its delayed resolution. As of today, I remain in possession of the malfunctioning table and its packaging, incurring financial loss and significant inconvenience due to Appliances Connection's failure to fulfill their contractual obligations and lack of timely remedial action. This review will be left untouched and shared on other social media channels until I receive a full refund and paid shipping label to ship the broken table back....See MoreHardship Short Sale
Comments (6)A short sale is essentially the bank (mortgage company) agreeing to take less than what you owe on the house. That will most definitely impact your credit although probably not as bad foreclosure or bankruptcy. Assuming it's your primary residence and you sell it by 2012, there's no Federal tax implications but there may (although pretty unlikely) some state tax implications. You should check with an attorney or CPA just to be sure. Probably the most important thing to understand is that the bank doesn't have to agree to this and that they are always going to work in their best interest (despite any assurances they make you). Have you considered any other options, like keeping the house as a rental or perhaps renting a small apartment close to where you husband works? I know it's not the most exciting prospect but he could stay there during the work week and come home on the weekends? Depending on your financial situation that might be a better option that loosing the house and destroying your credit....See MoreOBF June Yard Sale Exchange
Comments (268)brittneysgran ~ Happy Friday!! thank you for the lovely box of yard sale items. I so enjoyed opening happy mail. The bird magazines, I am looking forward to reading since I have a bird feeder in the front of my place. I only wished I had more colorful birds that would visit my place :) Thank you for all the lovely goodies and so excited to plant them and watch them grow. I hope to treat them well because I know they came from a loving home. Thank YOU again for the prizes and the lovely box. I so appreciate your time in digging them out and packaging them to send to me. Take care!!!...See MoreMNF JULY YARD SALE SWAP (OBF INVITED!) (anyone else too!)
Comments (189)KIM KING gets Ishareflower's......................sent/received ISHAREFLOWERS gets Poisondartfrog's.....sent/received KATHY547 gets Kim King's...........................sent/received GARDENGIRL37232(7) gets Lorabell's.........sent/received POISONDARTFROG gets Debby-GA's............sent/received WILD HAIRED MAVENS gets gardengirl's....sent/received DRAGONFLY20210 gets Kathy547's..............sent/received BETH_B_KODIAK gets Dragonfly's..............sent/received BRITTNEYSGRAN gets bluee19's...................sent/received MCC371 gets Beth_B_Kodiak's......................sent/received LORABELL NC gets mcc371's.........................offered/refused, swap completed BLUEE19 gets Brittneysgran's-------------------sent/received DEBBYA_GA gets Wild Haired Maven's......sent/received This swap is now finished and closed. GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!! Deb, I like that idea of a succulent/cacti swap! We'll have to remember that one! Connie, I'm sorry to hear about your cousin. Don't give up though, it sounds like you're helping! My mother had stage 4 ovarian cancer last year and her doctor recommended finding a good hospice. She changed doctors, beat the cancer, and is now happy in her garden, playing with the irises and cosmos! Miracles do happen! SEE YOU ALL AT THE BOX SOCIAL!!!...See MoreMittens Cat
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