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| - Sweet salvage is definitely bittersweet. I love the concept and I love how they setup the warehouse, but when we came on a Sunday afternoon, we could not find employees. We were supposed to get a lanyard and if we see something we like, we either take it or if it's a large item, we write on a tag that is sold on the actual item and take the item #.
It was a little stressful finding this out and when we ask questions: delivery options, price of delivery, etc - none of the employees we went to knew. Then I guess one employee asked another employee and quoted me $40 for delivery - didn't matter if you were 1 mile away or 10 miles away. Even when we paid, the cashier had no idea how delivery will work. She had me write in a book my name, address and phone number and "someone will call me". So two or three days pass and no call. I pay this item in full and on the receipt, its final sale. So.... make sure you really love the item before you buy it.
I message the business and the owner gets back to me right away. Someone calls me and sets up delivery. I finally receive the item and they ask for the $40 - cash or check only (no credit card). How the hell would I know that beforehand? Luckily I had cash on me because I did not have any checks.
I finally inspect the table and of course, I remember it looking a lot better at Sweet Salvage because of the staging and pretty stuff around/on it. There were so many imperfections that there was no way I can just start using the table. We would have to get it resurfaced, painted, stained, something! So, I'm on a hunt to look for someone who can do this for me which will only cost more $$. The price was already high - for just a table, $500 + delivery and tax.
I think I just got too caught up in the moment (really because of all the fixer upper shows I watch) because when you think about it, I could of bought the same type of dining table that had no imperfections for the same price somewhere else.
I was planning on going to the next event in November but I will be more hesitant to purchase anything this time. Maybe I will just go for inspiration than being a paying customer.
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