The frustration knows no bounds

New York strikes again.

I feel like every post on this new blog has so far been me complaining, but, really, this is all getting to be a bit much!

When we were moving from Indy, we decided to go with one of those store and move companies, specifically SAM. The deal is that they deliver a storage pod which you pack yourself, they store it, then move it and deliver it to your new location. We chose it as a middle ground-- not as expensive as a full moving company, not as inconvenient as packing a van, unpacking it into a storage locker, then packing and unpacking it all again a few months later, especially as we had 2 cars with us out in Indy and would have either had to trailer one or have someone fly out to drive it back. After LOTS of research, we chose SAM as it offered service in both Indianapolis and Brooklyn.

Unfortunately, they did not say ANYWHERE when we selected them back in December that they are not allowed to deliver a storage container to an on-street location anywhere in Brooklyn, even though the company fully knew that our final location was going to be Brooklyn.

So, we now must find an accessible driveway nearby (unlikely), or, we'll have to end up renting a van, unpacking the storage container, loading the van and unloading it at the apartment. Which defeats the entire purpose of having used a SAM to begin with and with results in us having, essentially, wasted about 1000 bucks.

I'm already pretty much all set with this city and we haven't even officially moved here yet.