OT - What are you doing right now?

nolaegghead

dstearn said:

Waiting for my XL Base to be delivered. I have had a warranty claim in since 1/18/21.

Case in point - why I'd much prefer the Kamado Joe model of just shipping the replacement parts and not having to rely on lawn furniture dealers who have ZERO incentive of helping you.

GrateEggspectations

dstearn said:

Waiting for my XL Base to be delivered. I have had a warranty claim in since 1/18/21.

Unacceptable in my books. You should start a standalone thread on your journey. If BGE’s current model is resulting in wait times like this, then it’s time they considered new models for supporting their customers. 

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

dstearn said:

Waiting for my XL Base to be delivered. I have had a warranty claim in since 1/18/21.

Unacceptable in my books. You should start a standalone thread on your journey. If BGE’s current model is resulting in wait times like this, then it’s time they considered new models for supporting their customers. 

You must be new around here. @JohnInCarolina will be around to set you straight.

JohnInCarolina

Sigh.  

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Sigh.  

It is hard ruining the forum one member at a time.  But I have faith in you.

Battleborn

Playing the fun game of “is my kid sick from Covid or just normal, disgusting kid sick.” We did get our super accurate tests that Uncle Joe gave us, but I don’t know if I want to waist one. Trying to slang them in a shady parking lot deal in the near future. 

alaskanassasin

GrateEggspectations said:

dstearn said:

Waiting for my XL Base to be delivered. I have had a warranty claim in since 1/18/21.

Unacceptable in my books. You should start a standalone thread on your journey. If BGE’s current model is resulting in wait times like this, then it’s time they considered new models for supporting their customers. 

I documented waiting over 6 months for a fire bowl and nobody gave a shvt… the vibe I was getting was quit bitching.

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

GrateEggspectations said:

dstearn said:

Waiting for my XL Base to be delivered. I have had a warranty claim in since 1/18/21.

Unacceptable in my books. You should start a standalone thread on your journey. If BGE’s current model is resulting in wait times like this, then it’s time they considered new models for supporting their customers. 

I documented waiting over 6 months for a fire bowl and nobody gave a shvt… the vibe I was getting was quit bitching.

It is kind of like buying a Ferrari.  You should just be happy the dealer was willing to sell you one.

alaskanassasin

We ordered a sectional couch and waited 8 months to get 3/4 of it.  Two months of email updates and random phone calls on the final piece (Covid, trucking, shipping containers, leather shortages) I was told a variation of delivery dates and reasons for delays.  It finally dawned on me, and so I asked for the manager “can you find the piece at another store? Surely someone has it” the next day he called and said it will be delivered within the week.

 anyway that’s about how the last egg warranty went, only it turns out the manager of the garden center was jerking me around, he never ordered the fire bowl and was just being a ass. I got a young lady on the phone and she had the part in a week. There is no incentive for the dealers to honor bge warranty so if they don’t see it as a loss leader you are at a loss.

Ozzie_Isaac

alaskanassasin said:

We ordered a sectional couch and waited 8 months to get 3/4 of it.  Two months of email updates and random phone calls on the final piece (Covid, trucking, shipping containers, leather shortages) I was told a variation of delivery dates and reasons for delays.  It finally dawned on me, and so I asked for the manager “can you find the piece at another store? Surely someone has it” the next day he called and said it will be delivered within the week.

 anyway that’s about how the last egg warranty went, only it turns out the manager of the garden center was jerking me around, he never ordered the fire bowl and was just being a ass. I got a young lady on the phone and she had the part in a week. There is no incentive for the dealers to honor bge warranty so if they don’t see it as a loss leader you are at a loss.

Make sure the pieces match.  Friends had a split delivery on a sectional and there was clearly a dye lot variation. They returned the whole thing.

alaskanassasin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

alaskanassasin said:

We ordered a sectional couch and waited 8 months to get 3/4 of it.  Two months of email updates and random phone calls on the final piece (Covid, trucking, shipping containers, leather shortages) I was told a variation of delivery dates and reasons for delays.  It finally dawned on me, and so I asked for the manager “can you find the piece at another store? Surely someone has it” the next day he called and said it will be delivered within the week.

 anyway that’s about how the last egg warranty went, only it turns out the manager of the garden center was jerking me around, he never ordered the fire bowl and was just being a ass. I got a young lady on the phone and she had the part in a week. There is no incentive for the dealers to honor bge warranty so if they don’t see it as a loss leader you are at a loss.

Make sure the pieces match.  Friends had a split delivery on a sectional and there was clearly a dye lot variation. They returned the whole thing.

Good advice! We had a box cutter slice in one cushion and some road rash in a few other spots.  Warranty replacement  leather just showed up the other day and I will be sure to match it up before I call them out to sew it in.

nolaegghead

Smoking fish, making pizza, cutting up pig.fish

nolaegghead

Pompano was cured before a long smoke.  The smoker is having no problem running at 175F

littlerascal56

My dealer only took 2 months to get the XL dome, when it cracked.  The Base took 8 months, and he said he was dropping BGE soon afterward.  Sold the XL, and moved on.  My KJ cracked a firebox, and they shipped a new one in 7 days. I sent pictures of the cracks, and that’s all Kamado Joe required!

Ozzie_Isaac

Paid work finally done, kitchen cleaned up, dogs fed, horses fed, gonna stare at the cutting board while I enjoy some 4Roses.  Wish I lived closer to @nolaegghead.

Ozzie_Isaac

littlerascal56 said:

My dealer only took 2 months to get the XL dome, when it cracked.  The Base took 8 months, and he said he was dropping BGE soon afterward.  Sold the XL, and moved on.  My KJ cracked a firebox, and they shipped a new one in 7 days. I sent pictures of the cracks, and that’s all Kamado Joe required!

My dealer handed me an XL firebox from their stock.  So far, been real happy with my new dealer.  Took 5 years to find a good one though.

Eggdicted_Dawgfan

Ozzie you should take that beautiful board and some 4 roses out to that new kitchen outside and fire one up and just chill. Living the life. 

Mattman3969

Cleaning up from the ice storm that rolled through last week   That was load #5 yesterday.  I think I’m half way done 

lousubcap

@Mattman3969 were you able to maintain power thru the storm impact?

Mattman3969

@lousubcap - only flickered once.  I had the generator wired and ready but didn’t need. 

Mattman3969

After 2 days I think I’m pretty much done except for the small twigs 

WeberWho

Mattman3969 said:

After 2 days I think I’m pretty much done except for the small twigs 

That's no fun but I'd put all that work in for a view like that!

GrateEggspectations

Just pulled the trigger on the entire month of March off work. I had a lot of vacation accumulated, so decided to use what I needed to dwindle down to the max I can carry over rather than get paid out. Was already going to use two weeks with the fam for March break anyway, so now I’ll have some time for projects. 

Will be a nice break, as the pace has been insane since the holidays. 

alaskanassasin

I love your yard @Mattman3969

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton

Mattman3969 said:

After 2 days I think I’m pretty much done except for the small twigs 

Pour some fuel and torch it! 

ColbyLang

Burn pile!!

Battleborn

Ozzie_Isaac

Battleborn said:

The fact it is almost tipping off the edge of your board is really bothering me.  That is worse than a fork in the photo.

Battleborn

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Battleborn said:

The fact it is almost tipping off the edge of your board is really bothering me.  That is worse than a fork in the photo.

I like to live dangerously.