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What I Do in the Real World

Every day is a new education.  My recent trip to deliver some office furniture I made for a client in Pennsylvania was no exception.  Subject:  U-Haul Trailers.

First, here's a picture of the solid Cherry desk delivered just over a 1000 miles from my shop in central Missouri.  My co-worker, Christina, not only helps with some perspective, but she helped constuct, finish and assemble this monster.

The weather hereabouts had been squirrely at best.  I figured a covered trailer would be the best solution against nasty weather.  After all, I had four major pieces to deliver; it wouldn't do to have them arrive wet.    We loaded the L-shaped Desk, a two-drawer Lateral Filing Cabinet, a 42-inch Round single Pedestal Table, and two Coffee Tables with granite inserts into a U-Haul trailer we thought would cost about $40 for the two-day trip.  I paid more than $150 upfront anticipating to be reimbursed when I turned it back in.  Not!!!

Apparently the $14.95 per day fee is only for rent and return trailers--when you go one way, they charge a flat rate based on the distance WITH NO REIMBURSEMENT.  Sure would have been nice for one of the three folk I talked with to arrange for the trailer to tell that BEFORE I left.

But the trip out and back was uneventful, and the installation of all pieces went without a hitch.  More importantly, my client was very happy.  T'ain't nothing better than a satisfied customer. 

Ya gotta love it when a plan comes together.