Let's get the grotty stuff over first, as it happened, indeed. Not having been called back by the guy from Cheap Mobility Online yesterday, I rang them this morning. After being kept on hold for ten minutes, I was told "We've been on to the manufacturer, and they say all the latest batch of those chairs had to be recalled because they were damaged in transit". So much for the previous assurance that they'd been despatched a week ago Tuesday.
If that's the best they could think of in ten minutes, I'm not impressed. I've cancelled the order, and we'll go back to the shop in Derby where we first saw them. It means paying more, but hopefully we'll be dealing with a more honest supplier.
Cheap Mobility Online also trades as http://www.discountmobilitydirect.co.uk/ and http://www.discountmobilitydirect.com/; you have been warned! We now wait to see how long it takes them to refund our £410.
Now on to the good stuff. Peter and Susan turned up at half ten, and we had a great day all round, being joined by Stephen and Jayne for coffee. Peter had brought the new batteries, and by twelve had finished swapping them over. He then went off with Stephen, and did some stuff on Dolce before all six of us retired to the Willow Tree for a leisurely lunch, followed by cups of tea on Dolce.
It was, as you might imagine, a very merry meeting, not long finished, and filled with all kinds of gossip. We're pretty tired now, so I won't do much more tonight. At least, as the chairs are no longer coming, we can have a lie in tomorrow!
I have also experienced problems with companies selling Mobility Chairs when I was searching for one for my mother. I found that going on forums was useful as I was able to get opinons from other people and find out which companies were best.
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