by Tricia
After I posted March’s Income and Expense Report I received the following comment from Cheryl in regards to the office chair we bought for my husband that broke:
“Hello – Long time reader, first time commenter! Just curious, have you tried returning to Wal Mart their crappy chairs that do not seem to withstand a person actually sitting on them? Can’t hurt to try, you may get your $$ back. You won’t get what you don’t ask for.”
I replied with the following:
“Cheryl – you know, I didn’t even think of returning the chair. I threw away the box shortly after we got it. Maybe I’ll give them a call because I still have the receipt. Thanks for the idea!”
It turns out that we did have a box! Both my husband and I had the same chair, purchased at different times and the box my chair came in was still intact. My husband took apart as much of the chair as he could. The bottom part wouldn’t come apart, though, but that was okay. We were going to wheel it into Walmart and see if we could get a replacement.
It felt odd walking into Walmart with a partially assembled chair and it felt weird asking if we could get a replacement. On the receipt, it clearly showed we had the chair for over a month. While the customer service representative was less than thrilled by my question by the look on her face, she told us to go see if they had the same one in stock. Success!!
Coming home, I couldn’t quit asking my husband if he was excited to have a new chair. Every time, he said, “Yes.” I was completely giddy because we had saved $54.84.
Thank you Cheryl for the suggestion and helping us save some money! 🙂