"It's a Christmas miracle!"
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susandennisSo first I went to the store that had the recliner that I was pretty sure I wanted. I was greeted at the door by The World's Most Obnoxius Twinkie. It was clear she was going to velcro herself to me so I told her which chair I wanted to see. We waited a long time while she looked it up on her tablet. Then she couldn't find it in the store. We did a tour of the store while she looked. Finally, I found it.
It was lovely but too long in the seat. Perfect for reclining, but not for sitting and computing. Twinkie, by the time I had finished figuring out the chair, noted that - good news! She could get me one in the color I didn't want in six weeks and the color I did want in 12. I kissed the Twinkie goodbye (metaphorically, of course) and went to the next store.
The next store was La z Boy. The clerk there was way more calm and informed. I explained I wanted a non-puffy non-rocking power recliner that I did not have to wait a lifetime to get into my living room. She got it. Sadly they have a shit load of puffy recliners and even more rocking ones. Finally we found the perfect one. I mean really perfect. It even has lumbar support.
If I want leather, it's a 14 month wait but she can get me fabric in 7 months.
Onward. Next stop was Macy's Furniture. (I actually was heading for Macy's Furniture Outlet but somehow missed that.) There I hooked up with Emilio. Emilio was even better than La z Boy's Veronica. I told him my requirements and he said Ugh. Well, fortunately we have a lot of recliners. Sadly so many are puffy and also rockers. And there were some really ugly assed recliners. I loved the ones with the cup holders. Those damn cup holders could hold a freakin bucket. Whaddya fish off those things??? But we soldiered on. This was was too big and this one was too tall - my feet were going to have to use email to talk to the floor.
As we wandered around, he explained how all of their inventory was bought up months ago and they have had no luck getting new stuff in.
We were nearly done when he said "Wait, I have one more." And it was a beaut. And comfortable. No lumbar support but no visible controls (one of my nice to's). It was leather which I did not want but it was a pebbly leather which I sure like better than the smooth. I explained that I had a cat who was bound to dig into the surface at some point. "Our maintenance plan actually now covers teeth and claws!! It's $125 for 5 years and if you happen to never use it, you get the money back at the end of the five years. It also covers the motor, etc."
It's not too long so sitting and working at my little desk will work fine. It has a head rest that lies down nicely when you want it to. It only needs 4" from the wall. No rocking. Nice, wide arms. And a perfect foot rest. I was falling in love when Emilio said...
"Let me see if we have one."
"Oh! It's a Christmas miracle. We have one single one in the warehouse right now."
So I bought it.
Even while he was taking my information, he kept checking to make sure it was still there in the warehouse. Finally he hit buy and we were safe.
It will be here on October 4.
Oh, little nerdy joy moment. He asked for my first name and last name and email address. When I told him susandennis at gmail, he looked really impressed. "Wow, you must have been one of the first gmailers!" Old people nerdism.
A good day's work done.
It was lovely but too long in the seat. Perfect for reclining, but not for sitting and computing. Twinkie, by the time I had finished figuring out the chair, noted that - good news! She could get me one in the color I didn't want in six weeks and the color I did want in 12. I kissed the Twinkie goodbye (metaphorically, of course) and went to the next store.
The next store was La z Boy. The clerk there was way more calm and informed. I explained I wanted a non-puffy non-rocking power recliner that I did not have to wait a lifetime to get into my living room. She got it. Sadly they have a shit load of puffy recliners and even more rocking ones. Finally we found the perfect one. I mean really perfect. It even has lumbar support.
If I want leather, it's a 14 month wait but she can get me fabric in 7 months.
Onward. Next stop was Macy's Furniture. (I actually was heading for Macy's Furniture Outlet but somehow missed that.) There I hooked up with Emilio. Emilio was even better than La z Boy's Veronica. I told him my requirements and he said Ugh. Well, fortunately we have a lot of recliners. Sadly so many are puffy and also rockers. And there were some really ugly assed recliners. I loved the ones with the cup holders. Those damn cup holders could hold a freakin bucket. Whaddya fish off those things??? But we soldiered on. This was was too big and this one was too tall - my feet were going to have to use email to talk to the floor.
As we wandered around, he explained how all of their inventory was bought up months ago and they have had no luck getting new stuff in.
We were nearly done when he said "Wait, I have one more." And it was a beaut. And comfortable. No lumbar support but no visible controls (one of my nice to's). It was leather which I did not want but it was a pebbly leather which I sure like better than the smooth. I explained that I had a cat who was bound to dig into the surface at some point. "Our maintenance plan actually now covers teeth and claws!! It's $125 for 5 years and if you happen to never use it, you get the money back at the end of the five years. It also covers the motor, etc."
It's not too long so sitting and working at my little desk will work fine. It has a head rest that lies down nicely when you want it to. It only needs 4" from the wall. No rocking. Nice, wide arms. And a perfect foot rest. I was falling in love when Emilio said...
"Let me see if we have one."
"Oh! It's a Christmas miracle. We have one single one in the warehouse right now."
So I bought it.
Even while he was taking my information, he kept checking to make sure it was still there in the warehouse. Finally he hit buy and we were safe.
It will be here on October 4.
Oh, little nerdy joy moment. He asked for my first name and last name and email address. When I told him susandennis at gmail, he looked really impressed. "Wow, you must have been one of the first gmailers!" Old people nerdism.
A good day's work done.
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Date: 2021-09-24 08:39 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2021-09-24 08:40 pm (UTC)I'll be interested to try it out.
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Date: 2021-09-24 08:52 pm (UTC)yeah, your chair thots were with me. i do feel like i did right. with this one. my adjustable bed had the same kind of special warranty deal. buy now and if you never use it, at the end of the term, we'll refund the whole amount. weird but cool.
task rabbit coming to pick up the two ikea chairs. so this chapter is done. i hope.
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Date: 2021-09-24 08:46 pm (UTC)I have debking at gmail. Back in the day, I needed a code from a friend to sign up.
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Date: 2021-09-24 10:22 pm (UTC)Oh, interesting! I've never seen one with the headrest that goes back like that! Cool!
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Date: 2021-09-26 10:28 am (UTC)100% on the hideous puffy recliners! It's why I'm having my 30 year old ones recovered instead of buying new ones. Couldn't find any modern ones that weren't eyesores.
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Date: 2021-09-26 05:50 pm (UTC)