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Post by grampa on Nov 22, 2017 13:13:36 GMT
Are you a 'must have it time for Christmas person?' All the TV ads that advertise sofas, TVs and other home stuff that say, 'order now and get it before Christmas' baffle me (and Mrs L) - Christmas one day - if we were getting a new sofa we couldn't care less if it's delivered on the 23rd or 28th of December.
We had our bathroom redone a few years back and it was October when we asked the guy to do it - he came round to our house very nervously in November and was very apologetic that he wouldn't be able to get it done in time for Christmas and even more relieved when I say, "that's OK, I don't give a fuck whether it's done in December or January." Clearly a lot of people get very excited about having things done in time for Christmas.
How about you?
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Post by ChrisM on Nov 22, 2017 13:21:07 GMT
On the basis that the kids and grand-kids usually descend on us over Christmas and the New Year, I prefer to leave anything like the above until the New Year so that it doesn't get wrecked within a few days !
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Post by Tim on Nov 22, 2017 13:30:49 GMT
It's just a random date, no pressure to have stuff done by then (apart from buying presents, I suppose!)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 15:18:51 GMT
I really could not care less. All the promotions folk create a perceived need which they then have to tell us about in case we do not know we need it too. A chicken and egg nogg situation mixed up with a ten year old calendar. Or something.
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Post by Ben on Nov 22, 2017 15:59:04 GMT
Nah, I don't really care either.
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Post by racingteatray on Nov 22, 2017 21:45:11 GMT
Normally not, unless it was something like a Christmas tree! Last year though I did insist on having the 440i delivered by mid-December because I wanted to do our annual trip to Italy in it.
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Nov 22, 2017 21:54:30 GMT
Are you a 'must have it time for Christmas person?' All the TV ads that advertise sofas, TVs and other home stuff that say, 'order now and get it before Christmas' baffle me (and Mrs L) - Christmas one day - if we were getting a new sofa we couldn't care less if it's delivered on the 23rd or 28th of December. We had our bathroom redone a few years back and it was October when we asked the guy to do it - he came round to our house very nervously in November and was very apologetic that he wouldn't be able to get it done in time for Christmas and even more relieved when I say, "that's OK, I don't give a fuck whether it's done in December or January." Clearly a lot of people get very excited about having things done in time for Christmas. How about you? Our plumbers won't take on any bathroom refurbs after Nov incase there are problems and people are left without facilities over Xmas. |
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Post by Big Blue on Nov 22, 2017 23:37:20 GMT
I generally insist on my flights before Christmas and the hire car. Nothing else though.
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