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I feel like a superhero!

Tonight I installed my own roller shades and wood blinds, and they look great! I ordered them through Home Depot, received them last week, and procrastinated as long as my wife would tolerate.

I must admit, I ordered them throuh Home Depot before. Initially they sent the wrong shades. And I had to go through seven kinds of grief till they corrected their error.

But I still feel really good.

Last year my wife invited Budget Blinds over for an estimate. This Eric Griffith guy tried to pressure us to buy by offering a discount that was only good the first time he was at our home.

Can you imagine that? I did call the Department of Consumer Affairs to report him. I don’t know
whether they followed up.

But I don’t think that
coming out for a free
consultation, then pressuring a consumer
with a one time only price is a ethical way to do business.

We also called Empire, who missed two appointments with us. So I went to Home Depot.
The funny thing is, had
Budget Blinds not
pressured us to buy, I probably would
have called them back after Empire failed to show. Their loss, my savings. It was a marathon event, but I did save money doing it myself.