This is just a quick post to rant about some things.
So, some time back my wife and I splurged hugely on a Phil and Teds stroller. And not just any Phil and Teds, but the top of the line Vibe stroller and extra seat to accommodate both boys, of which we only had one at the time, but we were preparing. That's the one thing that we went all out on. Even some of the extras to go with it, which most strollers just include, but not the P&T ones. Such as a $25 cup holder and a more than $50 plastic rain shield. Really. Twenty five big ones for a cup holder. One. For one cup. And it keeps coming off the stroller. Really.
And that's not the worst part. The stroller came in with a bunch of scratches. The retailer would not exchange it, and Phil and Ted's said we could send it in to them at our expense and they might ("might", see?) try to paint over the scratches. Let's keep in mind that this is a stroller, but it's also a stroller that cost more than what my car is worth! And they "might try" to fix it!!! At my expense! That was not the worst of it.
I did not send the stroller back, because although the cosmetic damage annoyed me it just wasn't worth the expense of sending it back to them. Although every day that I look at a whole two weeks of income on three wheels I cringe. Here is what really ticks me off: the stroller broke.
Yes. It's that simple. It broke. We still have a relatively cheap super-light stroller that's worked just fine for 2 1/2 years, but our uber-expensive cadillac of a stroller lasted less than one year without dying. We have disposable cups that we've managed to keep longer than this stroller!
To their credit, Phil and Teds did repair the stroller and they even sent us a loaner stroller while ours was being worked on (of course, it was pink and I really didn't want to push the boys around in that). Not that there is anything wrong with pink camouflage patterned strollers, but that one just wasn't my cup of tea. They did charge me for shipping, but at least eventually they fixed the stroller. When it works it works great, much more conveniently than any other stroller we could find, but for the price we really did expect perfection.
And a cup holder.
