Furniture Woes Part 2

 When we last left this blog, I had bought $3,600 worth of furniture from a store called Dicos that they advertised as being available to be shipped to me in 12 days.  Then they sent emails saying, 'Ha ha, no.  It will be multiple shipments over the next month and a half.'

I thought this was just how things are in Mexico and tried to work it out with my rep so we'd have the minimum pieces we needed to move out of the Air BnB in time.  She made me pay another 500 pesos 'to expedite' and would let me know.  

Monday was a holiday.  I thought I'd hear from her Tuesday.  Wednesday I asked for an update.  Today she finally got back to me saying my card had 'irregularities' and I needed to pay for everything by Paypal instead.

Except I'd not only paid with credit card already, I'd already paid for those charges.  And I wasn't going to just pull another $3,600 out of my ass when there was nothing wrong with my payment.  We had an annoying phone call where she wouldn't take a breath to let anyone else talk while my mom desperately tried to translate for me with her not stopping talking.  I literally had to yell, 'Perdon!' to get her to take a damn breath.

I told her that I could do an alternate payment *after* they gave me back the $3600 and extra $500 I'd already paid.  She said if I do that then I won't get my stuff until the end of April.  Send money to this Paypal address immediately or I won't have furniture for weeks.

I was smelling scam, but I can't really say that.  I just said I didn't have the money because I'd already paid my credit card.  She ended the call.

Well, they have my credit card money, they haven't refunded me, and I'm not getting my furniture.  I messaged that she needed to refund me or I was going to dispute the charges.  She sent screen caps of refunds.  

I'm now buying everything all over again from Walmart.com.mx.  I should have just gotten stuff with them in the first place after this company lied about how soon they could deliver things on their web site.  (Something she berated us for saying other people were ahead of us, stuff is in Mexico City and Guadalajara and you can't jump the line.  Bitch, YOUR company said 12 days to trick us to buy this shit.  Figure it the fuck out.  Or don't.  I'll just do Walmart.)  

Conclusion:  Don't buy from Dicos.  Go to Walmart.com.mx.  Same prices, same stuff, honest delivery estimates.