boomerang
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Not really a rant but more of an FYI, I believe I learned about this outfit from a happy customer on this forum. We went ahead and put in our order for 4 blinds on June 16 (nothing extravagant) to hang in the salon of our little boat. Knowing we would leaving for our summer trip sometime in mid-late July, I thought a month would give them time to "build" the blinds as they termed it. No delivery time was available until after the order was placed. When I made the purchase, I got an email saying the blinds were being "built" and could expect delivery in TWO MONTHS! Oh well, I thought. Maybe they'll show up sooner and the 2 month delivery is just a cushion for their delivery schedule. I guess I was wrong. They're still saying mid August.
It looks like we'll be leaving for our trip without window treatments this year but it's not a huge deal privacy-wise because we prefer anchoring out most nights. They really do help regarding the cabin temperature by limiting the incoming sunlight though.
So ,the moral of this thread is don't expect too much of a speedy delivery from blinds.com (I don't know if the current covid scare has anything to do with production times or not...every company has the exact covid 19 disclaimer on their website claiming higher than normal call volumes wait times etc etc).
The only other warning I can give is, if you see us this weekend and next week anchored in a cove somewhere between our dock on the Chesapeake & Beaufort NC and happen to gaze in the salon through our blindless windows and see my bare ass futzing around trying to stay cool, blame the blind company and not me. If you see my wife's bare butt or bare whatever, thank the blind company and not me!
It looks like we'll be leaving for our trip without window treatments this year but it's not a huge deal privacy-wise because we prefer anchoring out most nights. They really do help regarding the cabin temperature by limiting the incoming sunlight though.
So ,the moral of this thread is don't expect too much of a speedy delivery from blinds.com (I don't know if the current covid scare has anything to do with production times or not...every company has the exact covid 19 disclaimer on their website claiming higher than normal call volumes wait times etc etc).
The only other warning I can give is, if you see us this weekend and next week anchored in a cove somewhere between our dock on the Chesapeake & Beaufort NC and happen to gaze in the salon through our blindless windows and see my bare ass futzing around trying to stay cool, blame the blind company and not me. If you see my wife's bare butt or bare whatever, thank the blind company and not me!