I’m counting down my last week as an Oregon resident. I bought my first major purchase (to be delivered in WY) – a smaller electric washer/dryer sized for a person. In the old days, you would wander into an appliance store, look over what they had and decide on what you wanted. Today I spend most of an evening surveying what was available with the characteristics I wanted. I found the one I wanted – a 2021 Equator EZ-5500CV – that was available from Home Depot and ordered it with expected delivery 31 March-4 April.
Overnight, Home Depot cancelled the order for reasons unknown. While researching why, I discovered that it was actually coming from from a firm called Builder Depot. So I looked them up and discovered that those washers were backordered from the mfg with no estimate on actual shipping, but they had last year’s model – a 4400N available. Since it only lacks the smart phone connection via WiFi and COVID specific sanitizing I figured I could live without the new features. I ordered it directly from Builder Depot to be delivered in the same time frame.
Update: The next day Builder Depot also cancelled the order. Their email blamed Visa and recommended I contact them before reordering. So I called up the number on the back of the card. They claimed that they did not cancel, but did see the charge and the refund. They suggested I call Visa directly (it turns out they are just a servicing company that handles Visa on behalf of the bank). I called Visa directly and they said the couldn’t help me, they also showed the transaction and refund, but with a strong Indian accent. I researched some more and discovered that the Builder Depot order form now showed a higher shipping amount ($177.00 to $336.00). Hmmm. So I flipped back over to Home Depot’s website and ordered the EZ-4400N with store delivery for $100. less. Third try is the charm.
I’ve also got the Best Buy website queued up with a WiFi router (Linksys – Max-Stream AX6000 Mesh Wi-Fi 6 Router – Black) and a TV (LG – 55″ Class UN7000 Series LED 4K UHD Smart webOS TV). When I get in I can trigger it and go over and pick them up.
The rest of the furniture gets a little iffier. I realized last night that this will be the first bedroom set I have ever purchased. Early years the Navy provided most furnishing, or I had a furnished apartment/mobile home. When I got to UW in Seattle I bought half a house and we semi-furnished from an estate auction place down the road.
For a bedroom set I had a waterbed on the floor (hey, it was the 1970’s). When Lindsay’s divorce was finalized, she got the full up bedroom set; king size bed in dark wood with dressers, mirror, bedside cabinets – the works. When we moved from Silverdale Washington, the house buyers wanted to buy the bedroom set (it fit the room perfectly). So when we moved to Oregon we bought the current bedroom set, which will stay in the condo. Which is all a long introduction to my needing to finally have to decide what to buy.
I’m still noodling what I want, but this has the looks that fit the Wyoming vibe for the bedroom set.
And it also has a dining room set in the same décor.
