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17 November 2010

Blown away Over the past few days I've been receiving a few automated calls from Sears saying my delivery has arrived. Which I ignored, because I didn't order anything. Then yesterday I got a call saying my new snowblower has arrived. Awesome, but I didn't order one. Oh, Sears. I see your future and it is not pretty.

post by: Orange Swan at: 10:01 | 15 comments

A friend of mine has suggested that the snowblower may have been meant to attach to my stove. My stove does have lots of nice extra features, such as a fifth element, a griddle iron, recipe recall and a warming drawer, but seems to me it would make more sense to put a snowblowing attachment on, say, a barbeque. Especially in Canada.

posted by Orange Swan 17 November | 10:03

That's CRAZY.

Though perhaps it's a sabotage campaign by the employees who Sears is now forcing to work on (US) Thanksgiving Day.

posted by Miko 17 November | 10:22

So do you get a free snowblower?

Last time I ordered something from Sears was maybe 2 years ago, a few plain everyday bras in black. Instead they sent me 4 HUGE old-fashioned tan-colored girdles. When I called to complain that wasn't what I ordered they begrudgingly said they would send the bras and acted surprised that I wasn't all "hey, free bonus girdles!"

posted by JoanArkham 17 November | 10:30

I only have a five-foot front walk to shovel. The time it would take me to wheel the snowblower from the back of the house through the alley (presuming it would fit through the alley) to the front would be greater than the time it takes me to just shovel the front walk manually.

So I just told them I never ordered the snowblower. If they'd said my diamond ring or new dishwasher had arrived, I might have been tempted to accept them.;-)

posted by Orange Swan 17 November | 10:43

Why don't they just give it up? Ok, so they were hot in the 1930s, but that was a long time ago. They got in huge trouble a few years back when their auto mechanics were caught breaking parts of people's cars, or something like that.

posted by Melismata 17 November | 10:49

You mean it wasn't on your wish list? Damn.

posted by danf 17 November | 10:53

Maybe you built a snowman and he ordered it.

posted by Obscure Reference 17 November | 11:12

I briefly considered ordering a dehumidifier from them back in mid-September, but just closed the browser on the order form when the projected delivery date was November 13 — over two months from the day I was placing the order. I suppose their system went a little hinky and mixed me up with someone who was ordering a snowblower at the same time.

posted by Orange Swan 17 November | 11:19

I'm guessing someone typed their phone number in wrong when they ordered the snowblower. Or it was written down wrong if they ordered in person. There is probably some guy wondering where the heck his snowblower is.

posted by amro 17 November | 12:33

They had my full name, so it isn't a matter of a wrong number.

posted by Orange Swan 17 November | 13:09

I'm very hurt that you don't like the present I ordered for you. I shall try again.

posted by apoch 17 November | 15:05

Pssst! I have a 70-foot long double-wide driveway! And I'm old. And have already had one heart attack. Dear Sears, I'd like a free snowblower too!

posted by pjern 17 November | 15:46

I'm just really excited that your stove has the Fifth Element. Behold, the world is saved!

I'll bet that at some point during this saga, you'll get an irate phone call from a Sears CSR who will bitchily inform you that if you don't ship the snowblower back immediately (at your expense), they will bill you for it. Nevermind that you don't have possession of the snow blower. At least that's what happened to me when I made the mistake of retaining and then firing Sears during a botched furnace repair.

posted by jamaro 17 November | 22:22

Secret Quonsar is awesome, isn't it? I have a driveway, and will have snow soon. hint. hinty-hint. hinty-hint-hint-hint.

posted by theora55 17 November | 23:16

such as a fifth element

MUL TI PASS

posted by mendel 18 November | 21:53

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