Ashes to ashes and bumper replacements to bumper replacements
Today I have a few words of update in procuring a bumper replacement for the Suburban. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, refer to the post "bedknobs and bumper replacements" (http://cudgc.blogspot.com/2006/10/bedknobs-and-bumper-replacements.html). To make a long story somewhat shorter, we ordered a large bumper replacement called the "Ranch Hand," only to find out a month later that the company doesn't make it anymore (apparently that news was a shock to them too).
Anyway, we ordered a different bumper replacement from a different company, who assured us they had it in stock. Two months and a credit card bill later, we've been charged for yet another bumper replacement that doesn't exist. The company representative had this to say:
Company Rep.: "I checked over there, and yeah, we don't have it."
Pete: "Then why'd you tell me you had it in stock?"
Company Rep.: "Well, our guys that make it, well they're from Texas. We try not to do too much business with them."
From this we can draw two conclusions. First, Texas is apparently a universal scapegoat. Second, never buy a bumper replacement that you can weld yourself.
Anyway, we ordered a different bumper replacement from a different company, who assured us they had it in stock. Two months and a credit card bill later, we've been charged for yet another bumper replacement that doesn't exist. The company representative had this to say:
Company Rep.: "I checked over there, and yeah, we don't have it."
Pete: "Then why'd you tell me you had it in stock?"
Company Rep.: "Well, our guys that make it, well they're from Texas. We try not to do too much business with them."
From this we can draw two conclusions. First, Texas is apparently a universal scapegoat. Second, never buy a bumper replacement that you can weld yourself.
posted by iceman at 9:02 AM
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