Packages

We knew we should have mail today as Daughter MM had sent us a package on Thursday. But, when we went to the mailbox, we had three pink slips for packages.

The one (other than the one with my blood pressure meds...) I was very glad to see was the one from GiftWorksPlus. They had indeed put a priority rush on re-doing the picture frame I had ordered at the Arabian Horse Show. And doesn't this "V" in Varick look much more like a vee should look?

I am actually quite pleased with the way it all has turned out. Now I just need to obtain some more pictures of the grands and another package of heavy-duty Velcro for hanging it all.

It was a most interesting drive over to the main office this morning. It seems this morning was "Yard Sale" day in the park. We had noticed a batch of balloons down the street at one of our neighbors earlier. Forry saw someone stop and visit with him and then there was an exchange of money. I had to look on the Valle del Oro calendar to figure out what was going on. The resort streets are not all that wide, and when you have stopped cars, bicycles and golf cars all catty-rumpus in front of a site with things for sale in front, it gets kind of crazy.

We saw rugs, pictures, jewelry, clothing, tools, chairs, a bicycle (for $10!), and all of the other things you would expect at a yard sale. It looked like people were having lots of fun. It's really not our thing, so we headed on over to Safeway for groceries and gas. It was in the 90s again today, so we had our first Frappacinos of the summer at Starbucks.

GiftWorksPlus

I looked on the website GiftWorksPlus.com, yesterday, but the way it is set up there is no way to contact them other than by making an order. I had also tried calling GiftWorksPlus yesterday, but got a recording saying they only had office hours on week days. Okay, I'm fine with that. So I call them this morning -- and their phone is set up so that you cannot talk with a person, only leave a message! Now that is irritating.

The longer we had looked at the "Grandkids" picture frame from them, the more unhappy we have become. While I had made a point of emphasizing to the the saleslady that Varick* was spelled with a "VEE" as in Victor and made it very plain when I wrote it on the order blank, the lady kept saying things like "I see" and "I understand" and "not a problem." I did get the impression she was not really listening to me, just wanted to get the sale made.

The more we looked at the finished product the more we could NOT see that this was a stylized "V." It was a "U!"

At first we thought maybe a sharp "v" was not possible, but when you look at the "V" in Havela, it's pretty obvious that it can be done!

Later on this morning, I got not one, but two messages back from GiftWorksPlus. When I told them that the work was not acceptable, they offered to redo the frame insert. And, they said they would put a rush order on it. But, they did want the first one sent back to them...

Fortunately, the recycle bin had not been emptied yet this week, so we were able to retrieve the packaging the insert had arrived in. I re-addressed it, taped it up and we took it over to the resort post office. Now, we wait to see what happens...

*Varick is named after one of the characters in an Ivan Doig novel.