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WWYD?? Thank You note or no? (long)
A friend of my mom's was trying to get rid of her hot tub for quite some time. My sister saw the tub and thought it looked awesome so DH and I went to Marshalltown to check it out. We asked the couple if it was in good working order and they said it was, but they didn't want it anymore. From the looks of it, the tub was nice. They told us it was a 2006 model and that they had a manual for it. We were thinking: AWESOME!
DH and 4 friends went to Marshalltown and hauled it here to our house. I was going to send the couple a Thank You note even though they were just going to curb it (or so they told us, they would have had to pay someone to come and get it).
Needless to say the tub did not work. DH has spent the last week and a half fixing the tub. We've spent $200+ on parts and will spend another $300 once the cover arrives. There were several pipes that were busted and 8 jets that were broken as well as some mechanical malfunction. Thank God my DH can fix anything!! The hot tub retailer/parts supplier in Des Moines told DH that they would have charged upwards of $1500 for the repairs he's done to it!!! $1500!!!
My mom asked my sister if I'd sent her friend a Thank You yet for the tub. I usually always send Thank Yous...but after the first $100 out of pocket I was kind of upset that they lied to us about it working. So I figured they owed us a Thank You for hauling away a non-working tub. hahaha... Not really, but, I know we did THEM a favor b/c they were going to have to pay to have someone come and haul it away and we did it for free, granted we thought we were getting an awesome deal...but they KNEW they were giving us a non working tub.
So...WWYD?? Thank You or no?
Re: WWYD?? Thank You note or no? (long)
Is there any chance that whoever told you it was in working order really believed it was? I mean, maybe they didn't use it in a long time or someone else snuck onto their property (if it was outside) or it got damaged in the move? From what you said, I'm guessing that's a long shot, but since it is a friend of your mom's, it just seems a little weird to me. Did you tell your mom about what they said versus all the things that needed fixed, and if so, what does she say?
With what you've said, I wouldn't bother sending a Thank You.
I wouldn't.
Honestly, I probably would have called when I realized it didn't work just to "let them know" and see if they said anything about it. Obviously, a little late for that though!
The fact that they were giving it away kind of clued us in that they knew it probably wouldn't work. They never once tried to sell it. They told us they were just going to have it hauled away if we didn't take it. In our naivety we believed them when they told us it worked. The man kind of shuffled a bit on his feet, which I'm sure Lightman would have pointed out was an indication that he was obviously lying, but we ignored it. I figured since they were my mom's "friends" surely they would not lie to us.
My mom and I are barely on speaking terms...my sister is the one who told us to get the tub from my mom's friend. I never even spoke to my mom about it, just her friend.
Yeah, they're not getting a TY. I'm just kind of peeved that my mom, whom has never sent a TY in her life and told me to quit sending them to her, would expect me to send her friend one who obviously gave us a junk tub.