Gimme a break... but not that kind...

[90GTVert]

Just a rant here, if you don't like bitchin' and moanin'... nothin' to see here, move along. :no: lol

So, tomorrow is my mother's birthday. My father wanted to get her a cabinet that he saw at Lowes because it matches the vanity in the bathroom. It's 115lbs and he could load it by himself, but he's 63 and I'd prefer that he doesn't. I went to Lowes with him last night to pick it up. Walked out to his truck and when I went to open the tailgate, the handle broke off. :censored:

I picked it up and put it over the tailgate and then we proceeded to wrestle a drop cloth in the wind to get it wrapped/covered since it had been raining and was misty out. Took it home and unloaded it. One of the pieces was damaged. A small chunk was kinda busted out of it near a pre-drilled hole. It was on the outside, but my father said he'd just try to glue it first to avoid unnecessary hassle. Turns out, it looks like crap and it's still obvious it was damaged. :swear:

I packed it up and met him on his lunch break to exchange it today. That was actually easier than I though, no questions asked. Cool. So I get it back and unload it and unbox it. Well, we had just quickly lifted it straight up and onto a flatbed cart, never looking at the bottom of the box... which had a tear in it. You guessed it, there's a 4-5" gouge in the outside section of a panel. :rant:

I get it packed and taped back up, with the last of my packing tape (again, it's 115lbs so it takes a bit to make it secure to move). Then I walked inside and realized I forgot to pack part of it back in the box. At that point, I said :censored: this thing and I sat down to post this.

Now I get to go cut it back open and load it up and figure out how to secure it. Then I'm going to put it back in the truck, another 25 miles round trip to meet him and I guess he wants to exchange it again. I'd be considering buying a different one elsewhere, but it's his call and it really does match what he wants it to match well. Son of a...

:rant: :swear: :censored: :bfg: :doh: :no: :stars: :skull: :help:


Sorry, had to vent.

[Fox]

Are you mad at Lowes or mad at yourself for not making sure the second one wasn't damaged?

[90GTVert]

Both. The first one you couldn't see though, till it was unpacked. And you can tell how much we wanted to go and load and unload and exchange one by the fact that we tried to fix a damaged item. So you can imagine we're both thrilled.

I got the second one packed back up and loaded. Then I decided I had time to get T2 back together before I left. Got it together, took a test ride, ran like crap. Then I Went to pull the plug and when it broke free I hit part of the seat (yeah, plastic) and ripped about a 1/2 diameter circle of skin off of my knuckle. That just dripped on my keyboard. So I'm batting 1.000 today.

[lshigham]

Been there, I regularly skin myself when removing exhausts and the such. ATM I have a total of three holes in my hands.

[90GTVert]

Oh I know. I've got 5-6 injuries on just my right hand from T2 in the last week. That one was just at a bad time. You shoulda seen my hands and arms when I did the turbo on my car the first time, before I had all the clearance issues and such worked out. :help:

[Fox]

I've been there too. I always have healing wounds on my hands and my shins because I wear shorts all the time.

Look at the bright side! At least you don't live in northeast Japan

[90GTVert]

That's very true. It sure could always be worse.

I'm getting ready to head back to Lowes. I looked at stock and I think we have the last one. Not sure if that's good or bad. lol

[2strokd]

Yep, One a those dayz for sure :spin: !

Hope it gets better man ;D! Tell your mother i said Happy Birthday!

[Thebatman]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to mom dukes..... :thumb: :cheers:

Man, sorry to hear about all that brent.. I feel your pain for sure. I seem to have those NASTY days myself. :no:
Here's to a better evening my friend.. :cheers:

[90GTVert]

Thanks fellas.

We returned this one and the lady said that a woman had to return 4 of a different product of the same brand one day before she finally got a good one. The 2 they had left were beat up, but we had them cut open the better looking box and we checked each panel. Got one. Now the other looks like it's gotta be scratched or damaged as much as it's bashed in. You'd think they'd check it and remove it, but I guess they just hope to get a sucker that won't bring it back?

The brand is Estate, just FYI. Check yer boxes if you see something you like by that manufacturer. ...And then look around some more. It's sub par to similar priced items from my past experience.

[Fox]

I don't think the mfg. is at fault. They prolly send 98-99% of them out in pristine condition. It's the trucking company/shipper or the flunkies at Lowes that can't operate a forklift properly that f-'em up. I bet that a lot of stuff from lots of mfgs. at that Lowes is damaged.

[WT100]

I did that 3 times with a bathtub from Lows. Carrying it sticking out of the back of my wife's suv.

Now we un-box anything big before we leave. I HATE returning things!

Tell your mom happy birthday form all us. And enjoy the day with her.

[90GTVert]

Will do Tim. Thanks.

Yeah, I assumed it was likely a problem with the shipment from that manufacturer. When we were at the customer service desk checking out the parts, someone else was having a problem with the same brand.

[90GTVert]

I'm starting today off right too. I got out of bed and turned my computer on... sorta. The power came one for a second and went back off. I tried switchinthe power supply on and off and unplugging it for a minute and checked all the power connectors inside and still nothing. I'm guessing it's a power supply issue? I'll have to do some searching to see if there's anywhere else I should look. I just built the thing in Dec or Jan and I used a fairly pricey power supply that is 80 plus gold and got great reviews and was one of Tom's Hardware's top picks hoping it would last a long time. I hate electronics sometimes.

[Goosey]

I just had to run out in the cold (more snow today ) and check my new Lowes bathroom cabinet that's in the box, waiting for it to be convenient to rip apart my bathroom. Not that brand. I really don't want to unbox it till I'm ready. Sigh, may need to rethink that.

If your hitting the power and nothing at all is happening, no fans, noise of any kind, then yup the power supply is probably shot. Check the button though, I once had one all ready to replace, turned out the power button had just been pushed too hard and been popped out inside, just snapped it back in. ( wife brought it to me that time, second time same button, husband ( guy who hits the button too hard ) took it to a computer store for repair rather than let a girl fix his computer ). Don't bleed on the keyboard, that's not good for it