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Let the Games Begin

 

At long last we are able to do some decorating in our basement.  We purchased the table and chairs from Amazon in spite of the customer review which were correct. 

 

 

The table and chairs arrived in packages that could have been launched into space.  We were excited to open the boxes after we recovered from hauling this downstairs.  We put the table together without any issues and then thought we'd put together a chair to see how it looked.  We used a razor knife to cut the hard cardboard corners off the box and to remove the layers of tape.  We put the box on the floor labeled "this side up".  Steve took the razor and slit the tape and we happily opened the box. WE took one look and said "the plastic is cut".  Well, as it turned out, when Steve cut the box open he also cut the plastic surrounding the seat cushion AND also slit the seat cushion as well. 

 

 

Steve was more angry than I was.  What were we to do.  There was no sense getting angry about it.  I wrote to Coaster and told them that I thought the labeling was poor and the cushion should have been packed with the fabric side down.  I told them that I expected to hear from them but up to this writing, nothing.

 

 

I ordered another chair which came pretty quickly.  We proceeded to put another chair together without incident and then the next. The "next" went together as planned however the caster would not go into the hole even with a hammer.  So, we took the base from the chair with the slit cushion and used that to make one chair.  Then our new chair arrived and we proceeded to assemble it.  By this time we were pretty good at it and made quick work out of the last chair, BUT, as we went to attach the arm to the side we learned that they drilled a huge hole about two inches higher than where it was supposed to be.  We thought the arm would cover it but , NOPE.  We then took the back from the chair with the slit cushion and used that to get the fourth chair assembled.  So now we have a chair with four wheels instead of five, a slit cushion and a back with a drill hole in the wrong spot. 

 

Let's just say that Coaster Furniture got another  note from me, this time it was not so nice.  The long and the short of this story is "believe the reviews on Amazon'.  Everything they said about this table and chair set was correct and perhaps worse than the review.  I will write a review as well.   All in all, it turned out pretty well.