Not about beauty today.
I recently moved
home. I need to get
furnitures (in the shortest possible time) as my in-laws want to come and stay with us for awhile. I am not fussy over furnitures because I am a person who is quite
practical and totally accept that furnitures
do not last forever and we
will change them in the new future to my new
taste and
needs. Of course some friends have suggested some really
expensive designer furnitures (
RM7,000 for a one-piece
sofa?!?!) Anyway, my
MIL suggested
Courts, big f**king
mistake.
Wallet wise, this is where you can
fill up the
entire house with
less than RM10,000 (3 bedrooms, 1 hall, 1 dining area, 1 kitchen). Actually, there are also
cheaper places like along OUG, opposite Pearl Point,
randoms furniture shops that you can see
along main highways.
In 2 weeks, Courts sent only
partial items to what I paid (we made
full payment). The most
important thing did not come in first, which is the
BEDS! Where do they
expect us to sleep??? Call it
poor planning on our side, too, my in-laws came. Out of the 3 beds, only 1 came, so we
offered it my in-laws to sleep in. Me,
SO, and
SIL will take the
floor! After numerous calls and
complaints and visits back to Courts (in
Puchong), most items came in another 2 weeks. Still 1 item is
delayed, the sofa bed for my guest room.
They gave us a few
freebies, trying to calm us down. Now I have 100+ pieces of
plates +
bowls which I think it is also a
century old, because it
ain't white anymore, but with many brown stains
urgh The infamous
excuse they kept using "
It is not our problem, it is the supplier. They are out of stock. It is the delivery department problem." What a load of
crap bullsh*t and totally
no responsible of the
after sales service. I guess they probably made their
commissions already!
After 1 month plus, and the sofa bed is still
missing, I had
enough of it already. Went in to
cancel it, and
exchange it to electrical appliances that has stock there and there. They promised to give me a
comforter for my bed the next time it is available. I totally did not give much hope about it.
I have heard from another friend, that they had to get the supplier's address (somewhere in Rawang) to pick up their own furnitures! If I were told to do that, I will definitely cancel my whole lot purchases.
Well, since I still do not have a sofa bed, we went to
Ikea. Now, that's really
heaven!
Got 2 sofa beds there, lots of plastic containers (17 pieces for RM15!), wall clock (RM3!), cutleries (6 pax for RM25!), famous
Billy book shelf, desks, and
many many more. There is an
office roller
chair for RM50 that has no stock, but everything else was in order. Shopping there was a
breeze, no heartache, no lousy staffs, no unhappiness lol
SO loves Ikea, he likes
assembling the furnitures, probably like
lego for big boys eh If you are
wondering how we got it all back to the house,
MIL has a 7-seater
car and it takes 2 trips (Putra Heights <-> Curve). It is a
nice and
happy drive btw :)
Oh the
horror did not stopped there. Just last week (
gosh after 2 months!), Courts called in to let us know our
freebie comforter is in shop and tell us to
pick it up. We thought, why not. 3 days after that call, went to Courts (again..) and after waiting for like 20 minutes, the SA came out and said "
No comforter. I put it there at the corner but most likely a staff stole it."
WTF? Do you know why they said that? So that the
responsibility will not be on him! He thought he is so
clever, he don't have to say
SORRY! "
There are 11 staffs in the branch, so we don't really know who took it. Also, you came so long later."
Elle: Shut up! Let me make myself
clear. Do not make this like it is my
FAULT. Should I feel
sorry for you that you have a thief among your staffs? Should I be
sympathise with you for your inefficiency and lack of brains? Should I say
sorry that I came only 3 days later to pick up what you promised?
The next day, they called my
MIL and very
politely inform her that the comforter is really in the shop,
ready to be pick up. No way I am going there again, so my
aunt went to collect it and indeed it is there. Well, I told her she can
keep it.
Do you know
furnitures can be an
investment? I saw that my hall sofa set (3+2+1 sitter) has went up the price at Courts. Previously was RM899, now RM1499. My dining set (6 sitter) has also went up in price, from RM999 to RM1699. I don't know what is going on with Courts. I may have saved alot of $$$ but to receive the
stress that I have to deal with them??? I am not sure if it was
justifiable. I hope it did not give me any
wrinkles lol
