Cribs (and how we still don’t have one)
Everyone told us it could take up to 12 weeks to get a crib, so as soon as we began seriously shopping for baby stuff in April, we started with a crib. We quickly found a crib and dresser set we liked:
Sorelle Vista (in French White)
April 27 — Pleased with the estimated delivery date of May 28, we order the crib, dresser, and a “mini siderail” (for conversion to a toddler bed) from an online store
April 28 — We receive an email delaying the order until June 27 (60 days in the future)
June 30 — We receive an email delaying the order until July 18 (18 days in the future)
July 21 — We receive an email delaying the order until Sept 18 (59 days in the future)
July 25 — We cancel the mini siderail, in hopes that the dresser and crib will ship sooner
In the middle of all this, we observed that at one point they had the dresser and were waiting on the crib, but later they had the crib but were waiting on the dresser. Suspicious of this, we began to suspect they were waiting for all three to coincidentally be in stock at the same time, rather than holding each piece for us as each became available.
Confronted on this, they assured us it wasn’t the case, and indeed have claimed to have a crib in stock with our name on it the last couple times we’ve called. As the most recent delay was for the mini-rail, we decided to cancel that piece (and will later place a separate order for it) in hopes of getting the dresser and crib sooner.