I have landlord issues.
From the very beginning, these people have been bullying me around. And since this is my first time living on my own, I have absolutely no idea how to obtain any sort of upper hand. The first altercation that I had with them concerned moving in. They said I could move in on Friday, I got there, they came late, started walking toward the wrong house, and discovered that they had me confused with someone else. That the person in my apartment wouldn't move out until Wednesday. So I paid someone else's utilities for five days. And moved back in to my old apartment.
Then came the stove. My stove hasn't worked since I moved in. I called them to come look at it, they said it was broken. I kept calling and they said there was some special part needed, and it was hard to order, and would take awhile to get there. Three weeks later, the new part was installed. I get home to check my stove, and it still doesn't work. I call them back, and it turns out they didn't even check it. They just saw the light turn on and assumed it worked. Then I call them to come look again, and they do, but don't tell me anything. So I call them, and they finally admit that I'm getting a new one, it'll be there on Friday. I get home from work last Friday and there's a note saying that Home Depot brought the wrong stove. I call this week, since I had no news, and they say they'll bring it this Friday. I get a call today saying that Home Depot delivered a damaged stove, that looked like someone took a sledge hammer to the top of it.
Seriously?
So now I wait another week.
I have no idea what is actually going on. Could Home Depot really be this inept? Do I have any rights here? Can I get any sort of financial retribution for not being able to cook for three months? Help!
And yesterday I worked for 13 hours. And then had to go in early today. And I have to work tomorrow. This week, adulthood is lame.
3 comments:
I guess I think that sometimes landlords are just stinky. Maybe you should be more proactive (reactive?) or maybe you could just think-hey, I don't use the oven much anyway, so it's OK.
I don't know.
I think you should not stand for an ovenless stove--mainly because I really want to use it.
I just got a recipe for pineapple cake from mi madre and I must make it asap. Tell them you have deadline. That you're in a bake off. Or...you could just call them every day as soon as you wake up, on their house phone, until they pick up. That should send the message that it's more of a hassle to not get you your oven than to do it.
My suggestion is to keep calling. If you have to call several times a day and tell them you'll keep calling until the darn thing is installed. I've had quite a bit of experience with Home Depot. While I can see one stove being wrong I cannot see them being that inept as to screw things up several times over. Good luck and if you'd like me to call them impersonating your attorney I'd be happy to. ;)
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