Courtney had been searching endlessly for a decent bath pillow for several months with no success. So I decided to make it my goal to find one for her birthday this past November. After looking everywhere I finally found my treasure on Amazon.com, along with some sea salts, and bubbles! She could finally take the bath of her dreams! I felt like Indiana Jones, in Raiders of the Lost Ark, when he won back the Ark and saved humanity.
The plan was to put the pillow in the tub the night before, and display the other fancy stuff along the edge. She would enter the bathroom the next morning to take a shower, light would shine down, angels would sing, and Courtney would cry tears of pure delight (at least that’s how it played out in my head).
Everything was supposed to arrive two days after the purchase, and most of them did. The sea salts and bubbles came on time, but there was no sign of the pillow. I waited one week, then tried to contact Organize.com, the seller, in hopes of pinning down the day it would arrive. After another long week of waiting they finally responded, informing me that it would only be a matter of days. My heart jumped with joy! It would arrive a few days before Courtney’s birthday, and everything would go as planned…
The few days passed, once again, so I contacted Organize.com to inform them of the problem. An apologetic reply came one week after the big day. I was crushed. They had played with my heart strings and shattered my dreams, but I still wanted the damn pillow. Two long months had passed (yes, I said 2 months) and it finally arrived!
That's what a bath pillow looks like? I am so confused...
WTF! Are those BED RISERS?!? I ordered a freakin BATH PILLOW! After months of being on an emotional roller-coaster ride, organize.com delivered the final blow. I had no words. If all of this was just a game, then they had won. Well played dream crushers. Well played.
Not to worry, we did eventually find another bath pillow. It wasn’t as exciting as I had pictured, but Courtney was happy and that’s all that matters.
Lessons learned:
- Organize.com has a messed up idea of what Bath Pillows are
- Indiana Jones is my hero
January 25th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
What a sweetheart you are, Kurtis! I’m sure Courtney must have teared up a tiny bit, secretly, at your sweetness. 🙂
January 26th, 2012 at 10:33 am
Bwah ha ha ha ha ha. So what happened to the bed risers? Did you keep them? Or perch them on the side of the tub for Courtney on her birthday?
January 26th, 2012 at 10:57 am
They are still in the box of which they came, tucked safely under the bed. I should have taped them to the back of the tub for her to use as a bath pillow…
January 27th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Wait… What exactly was the photo on Amazon’s site? You need to screenshot that page so we can compare what you received to what you thought you ordered.
Also – what did you do to replicate the angels singing effect? Actually, scratch that. How did you get sun to shine in Seattle?
January 27th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
“You need to screenshot that page so we can compare what you received to what you thought you ordered.” – Consider it done!
“How did you get sun to shine in Seattle?” Good question. I used a lightweight military-grade 1750 LM Compact HID Flashlight…what else?
January 28th, 2012 at 2:10 am
I always shop on amazon becuase they’re such a serious site, especially with things like these. My Kindle broke (and it was my fault), but since it was under warranty they changed it for free, and even reimbursed my intercontinental shipping expenses (I almost wrote sheeping expenses!!!).
Be sure to give these people the review they deserve on amazon, so others don’t buy from them, but I think that if you also contact amazon customer service and tell them what happened, they will discontinue working with organize.com.