Long waits for furniture

[Jnjtrio]

Anybody else dealing with long waits for furniture? I finally decided to replace the sectional in our bonus/computer room at the beginning of the year, with the kids all adults I do not need the large piece of furniture. Ordered new couch the first of February and order is still in progress with hopefully an August delivery. Room is all painted and all other furniture and new built ins completed and in place. Just waiting for the couch to come in so I can complete the setup of room and get my husbands arcade cabinet out of the hallway and into this room. The frustration is starting to build as I just want it all done.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Don't get me started. I moved into my new house at the beginning of the pandemic and the last 14 months have been a nightmare for trying to furnish a house from scratch. I’ve bought four couches, none of which we ever received. I have two damaged desks boxed up and taking up a parking space in my garage because no one can be bothered to come pick them up. I’ve been waiting for a company to refund my $800 for the (completely smashed and in no way usable) damaged cabinet the freight company hauled away more than a month ago for return. An item I bought in January with a delivery date of March just notified me the new delivery date will be some time in August. I don’t honestly expect to ever receive it. Somewhere, out in the universe, is an armoire that was supposed to be here a month ago. The authorization for the charge pops up on my credit card no less than twice a month before falling off into the abyss. Still no sign of the actual piece of furniture. Of the handful of pieces I have actually received, only one — ONE — a small accent table, arrived on time and without damage.

Ugh, I guess I got started.

 

[Jnjtrio]

Don't get me started. I moved into my new house at the beginning of the pandemic and the last 14 months have been a nightmare for trying to furnish a house from scratch. I’ve bought four couches, none of which we ever received. I have two damaged desks boxed up and taking up a parking space in my garage because no one can be bothered to come pick them up. I’ve been waiting for a company to refund my $800 for the (completely smashed and in no way usable) damaged cabinet the freight company hauled away more than a month ago for return. An item I bought in January with a delivery date of March just notified me the new delivery date will be some time in August. I don’t honestly expect to ever receive it. Somewhere, out in the universe, is an armoire that was supposed to be here a month ago. The authorization for the charge pops up on my credit card no less than twice a month before falling off into the abyss. Still no sign of the actual piece of furniture. Of the handful of pieces I have actually received, only one — ONE — a small accent table, arrived on time and without damage.

Ugh, I guess I got started.

That is terrible, I am so sorry you are having this much trouble. Hopefully it is not keeping you from enjoying your new house too much. I will try to send some karma points your way so your furniture lost in the universe finds its way back from the abyss.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

That is terrible, I am so sorry you are having this much trouble. Hopefully it is not keeping you from enjoying your new house too much. I will try to send some karma points your way so your furniture lost in the universe finds its way back from the abyss.

Haha, thanks! My family has become really adept at functioning without seating or surfaces.

 

[ronandannette]

The struggle is real. If you're praying people, say one for your appliances. Due to a global shortage of microchips and numerous Covid-related supply chain issues, it is virtually impossible to get anything repaired. I handle warranty for a home builder and have 400 houses under warranty at any given time. It's a HUGE issue and short of buying people new units (which we have done in some extreme cases) there's literally nothing we can do to expedite repairs on machines that have been down for months. We've forced our supplier to cannibalize display units in our showhomes and their own salesfloor for repair parts. My own dishwasher (a two-year old expensive KitchenAid) has been out of order since February and my last enquiry to the call centre in Bermuda (yay ) they basically told me to stop calling - the parts will either come or they won't but there's no way for anybody to know.

 

[ronandannette]

Haha, thanks! My family has become really adept at functioning without seating or surfaces.

At least you have options; how am I supposed to turn these into a dishwasher?

 

[Jnjtrio]

The struggle is real. If you're praying people, say one for your appliances. Due to a global shortage of microchips and numerous Covid-related supply chain issues, it is virtually impossible to get anything repaired. I handle warranty for a home builder and have 400 houses under warranty at any given time. It's a HUGE issue and short of buying people new units (which we have done in some extreme cases) there's literally nothing we can do to expedite repairs on machines that have been down for months. We've forced our supplier to cannibalize display units in our showhomes and their own salesfloor for repair parts. My own dishwasher (a two-year old expensive KitchenAid) has been out of order since February and my last enquiry to the call centre in Bermuda (yay ) they basically told me to stop calling - the parts will either come or they won't but there's no way for anybody to know.

Our best friends just had their dishwasher catastrophically fail, flooded main floor and the Brazilian cheery floor is going to have be ripped out and replaced. Has been 16 years since it was installed when the house was brand new and the flooring expert says there is no way they can match. The insurance company is now balking at the $30k price to replace, dishwasher ordered but maybe they will get it late summer.

I am looking at replacing our dishwasher and fridge, pretty sure I am going to wait a little longer hoping to hear the supply chains get better first.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Our best friends just had their dishwasher catastrophically fail, flooded main floor and the Brazilian cheery floor is going to have be ripped out and replaced. Has been 16 years since it was installed when the house was brand new and the flooring expert says there is no way they can match. The insurance company is now balking at the $30k price to replace, dishwasher ordered but maybe they will get it late summer.

I am looking at replacing our dishwasher and fridge, pretty sure I am going to wait a little longer hoping to hear the supply chains get better first.

When my dishwasher broke in the late fall, I looked at replacing it. Not a single dishwasher I wanted would have been available til April (so 4+ months at that time). I ended up fixing it, which did involve replacing the motherboard (right now, I probably wouldn't have had that option)...

 

[AndreaDM]

We went through that last summer already, ordered a sofa and they kept calling and moving the date out until the final call was that the manufacturer was no longer making that model. Well crap, we ended up going to a high end furniture store and buying a floor model there, it was highly discounted but still more than we planned on paying.

My job in the car wash industry is seeing lots of shortages of anything that requires a chip, especially silicone. It sucks being the one to tell our customers their parts are on backorder, so I've dealt with the supply chain issues on both ends!

 

[cvjw]

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I am looking at replacing our dishwasher and fridge, pretty sure I am going to wait a little longer hoping to hear the supply chains get better first.
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There are refrigerators out there if you aren’t married to a certain brand. Some are in stock and can be delivered tomorrow.

I needed a certain refrigerator - black stainless kitchenaid. None anywhere. I finally got on the email list for Lowe’s, so they would email me when some were in stock to be ordered. Got the order in in January for a May delivery. Actually showed up in March. Not too bad.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Yep. But that was several months ago. I haven't tried buying anything new since.

Back in early November I bought an armchair and hassock from my favorite hated evil online retailer. Those items arrived quickly, within 2 weeks or so.

Also back in the first week of November, I bought a sofa bed and recliner from a chain furniture store in person. I talked with the sales guy and I completely understood it would be slow/delayed. He was thinking it all would arrive around Christmas. Actually arrived and delivered with no issues in mid January. So it took about 9 weeks. Longer than usual. But not crazy.

 

[lorimay]

Yes! It's been awful.
My son and daughter in law bought a house and she ordered a Media cabinet in September and just got in in April. She was afraid it would come before the house was finished and she would have to store it, nope not the case.

We have been waiting for 2 dressers for our room since Feb.

I also ordered 3 pieces for our spare room from Ikea back in Feb. and thought they were coming on April 23rd. when I called to verify, I was told nope, not until the end of May.

 

[dvcgirl67]

Oh yeah, this is a thing. Furniture, appliances....lots of consumer goods are backordered. I have a couple of customers who are doing total kitchen remodels and they're taking twice as long because the cabinets and appliances are so delayed. And costs are through the roof for many remodels due to the skyrocketing price of materials, lumber in particular. Pandemics really throw a wrench into a lot of processes for sure.

 

[ronandannette]

...I am looking at replacing our dishwasher and fridge, pretty sure I am going to wait a little longer hoping to hear the supply chains get better first.

The only play right now is to buy local and choose something that’s in-stock the day you want it and the delivery can be scheduled right there and then.

 

[mjkacmom]

It’s everything. We were supposed to do a major kitchen remodel (down to the studs, new floors, wall removed, and our contractor, a friend (big company) told us to wait if possible, materials are quadruple in cost, and scarce. Put in calls for estimates for a new driveway/brick steps for the porch/all of the walkways, no response. We hit a quote from out house painter, need to paint the entire outside, last summer, still waiting.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

Heard this on a mornings news show:

House market is HOT and now buyers want all furnishings. It's a WIN-WIN they say, especially for 1st time buyers. This trend started because of delays in the furniture industry

 

[dvcgirl67]

It’s everything. We were supposed to do a major kitchen remodel (down to the studs, new floors, wall removed, and our contractor, a friend (big company) told us to wait if possible, materials are quadruple in cost, and scarce. Put in calls for estimates for a new driveway/brick steps for the porch/all of the walkways, no response. We hit a quote from out house painter, need to paint the entire outside, last summer, still waiting.

We had the same thing happen for a masonry project we were kicking around to do this summer. Just a small border wall for our front yard/driveway. I noticed one I really liked going up in a neighborhood where I was working and asked the guy how far out he was. He was nice, but said..."forget it for this year". Then went on to explain that he can't get materials and when he can the cost would be much higher than what it was last year due to material costs being so high.

So many people in my area are doing remodels...it's unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it...even with the higher costs.

 

[dclpluto]

Is the delay in furniture because a lot of people have extra money because of covid or is there another reason? I know lots of people are hurting because of covid but lots of people have extra money because of covid.

 

[cedricandsophie]

We just bought a new couch, it happened to be in stock so we got it in a week. The new cocktail table was ordered in March and will be delivered next week. I got a new cooktop and overhead fan from a local co. They were in stock and delivered I’m 10 days, along with two patio heaters which were totally out of stock last summer. Maybe it would be harder to get a fridge or dishwasher. I live just outside chicago and only get my appliances from ABT a well known local co. The last time I was there, the place was packed in the appliance area. My salesman said it had been a ‘good year’.
my niece bought a new home last year and decided not to have the builder put on a deck when They bought the house. Now they want a deck, but building costs have increased so much they would have been better off having the builder do it at the same time the house was being built.

 

[Cindy's Mom]

Same here -I've been waiting for a piece for many many months - then said said with Covid the US isn't receiving any shipments from China - then I saw some online movement and it suddenly stopped - Now they're saying that its the back up from the Suez Canal.