LAST STRAW

My skepticism regarding Coast to Coast Carports, aka Desert Steel Buildings, and their ability to honor appointments for delivery, has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few weeks.  The latest cancellation came yesterday afternoon, when the rep from Coast to Coast called and said that their construction crew wouldn't be here tomorrow as scheduled.   Same old story about labor and/or equipment problems.  When I heard the latest excuse, I told the gal "that was unacceptable, I was cancelling the building, and wanted my deposit back".  Of course, there was the expected plea for me to not rescind the order, and to once again reschedule the delivery date.  

One of the problems of starting from scratch with a new building contractor, is I'll be pushing the building construction even farther down the road, with a higher cost attached.  Coast to Coast had the best price when I did the cost comparisons several months ago.    Not to mention the appox. $700 I've already invested with Coast to Coast, that they say is refundable, but I have my doubts.  My gut reaction was what I told the gal on the phone, "you've had your chance, and you haven't delivered".  However, during the apologies from the other end of the phone, I quickly tried to look at the big picture, and came up with a possible lemonade out of lemons scenario.  I told the rep, that I would give them until Monday or Tuesday to come up with a firm delivery date, and there needed to be a significant discount off the agreed upon price, or the cancellation would be written in stone!  We'll see what the response is, but I'm pretty sure that my concrete footings will not have a building on them for at least several more weeks. 

A new working water line in the front yard as of yesterday.