Buying stuff via online auction sites is a bit like online dating: you sees it, you wants it, but sometimes it’s just not that practical or plays hard to get………………..
This was the case with this lovely piece of granite I found. Buying it was not the problem. Finding someone who would cut it for me was. First I tried advertising on BuildersCrack – no response. Then the lovely people at BuidersCrack sent me a list of people to contact. One I contacted didn’t do that sort of work and the other two didn’t return my calls. A bit like online dating really.
Maybe it wasn’t to be. I decided to try something else. Something that was available. Something that was willing and able to be cut up and shaped how I wanted it to be. So off to a granite bench-top place I went to find something that would work. But instead of finding a tall, dark and handsome piece of granite, all I could find was some wishy washy piece of blergh. And then I got the quote to cut, shape and install the piece of blergh. It would be twice as much as the vanity, tap, and basin combined. Blergh!
I decided to try a different tack. Approach another bench-top supplier to see if they could supply me with my shower tray and cut my granite as a side job. First they wanted to know if it was Chinese. A bit racist I thought. I reassured them that it was an European import, but of an undetermined vintage. They would love to help, but a bit busy after Christmas, here’s someone else you could try, come back to us if you’re unsuccessful. I’ve heard those lines before!
Fortunately the person they referred me to was able to help. My dream of a sexy piece of granite in my shower-room will be realised!
Next time: Call me (call me) on the line. Call me, call me any, anytime……………
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