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Chump change compared to some other things going on, but what do I really not need right now? Very aggravating things sucking up enormous amounts of my time that are still not fixed!
1. Chef Rip-Off.
Laura Shapiro very kindly offered to chip in for me to get a week of meals at a meal-delivery place as my foot is broken. She provided some links, and I selected Chef Nourish. Doesn't that look delicious and healthy, just what you'd want when both cooking and shopping have suddenly become very difficult?
Hahahaha right.
I thought the meals would be delivered hot. They're not. They're delivered cold in a cooler in the middle of the night (!), two days' worth at a time, and you reheat them. Consequently, all those photos of fried and soft-boiled eggs are false advertising. They don't do eggs at all, except in stuff like burritos, because obviously you can't reheat them.
My first delivery was for breakfast and lunch, when I'd ordered and paid for the more expensive lunch and dinner. Also, this is what I actually got.
This here is breakfast, consisting of an unpleasantly chemical-tasting slice of cake, a tiny cup of equally unpleasant yogurt, some raw walnuts, and two raspberries. Cost averages to $20.
This is dinner, a burger of mediocre quality on wilting iceberg lettuce, chips that are soggy because duh, they've been REFRIGERATED, and a raw tomato. I specifically requested no raw tomatoes. Cost averages to $24.
This all costs over $300 for ONE WEEK. I requested a refund minus the cost of the two delivered meals. They told me they'd refund the money tomorrow. That waslast August three days ago. It has not been refunded, and my emails are getting ignored.
2. The Missing Bookcase Parts.
I ordered two bookcases from Amazon. Only one could be put together (by a Task Rabbit guy), as one arrived with the necessary parts missing. I have now spent literally hours and hours attempting to get a replacement for either the parts, or the entire bookcase (with parts included).
The sellers told me it's impossible to send me replacement parts (a bag of screws and stuff, which unfortunately are not generic ones but specifically for this bookcase - the TaskRabbit guy said I'd need those specific ones, and I trust him on that). They also won't send me a replacement bookcase (with parts included) or refund my money unless I return the one I have. The one I have is way too big for me to lift especially since my foot is broken, so if I want to return it apparently I have to hire someone to do that for me. I complained to Amazon and they said it's an independent seller and they can't do anything. I complained to the sellers, and they responded by telling me to call Fedex.
I would forget about the whole thing but I have one bookcase already installed and I need the matching second one. All they need to do is send me a goddamn bag of screws and bolts!
1. Chef Rip-Off.
Laura Shapiro very kindly offered to chip in for me to get a week of meals at a meal-delivery place as my foot is broken. She provided some links, and I selected Chef Nourish. Doesn't that look delicious and healthy, just what you'd want when both cooking and shopping have suddenly become very difficult?
Hahahaha right.
I thought the meals would be delivered hot. They're not. They're delivered cold in a cooler in the middle of the night (!), two days' worth at a time, and you reheat them. Consequently, all those photos of fried and soft-boiled eggs are false advertising. They don't do eggs at all, except in stuff like burritos, because obviously you can't reheat them.
My first delivery was for breakfast and lunch, when I'd ordered and paid for the more expensive lunch and dinner. Also, this is what I actually got.
This here is breakfast, consisting of an unpleasantly chemical-tasting slice of cake, a tiny cup of equally unpleasant yogurt, some raw walnuts, and two raspberries. Cost averages to $20.
This is dinner, a burger of mediocre quality on wilting iceberg lettuce, chips that are soggy because duh, they've been REFRIGERATED, and a raw tomato. I specifically requested no raw tomatoes. Cost averages to $24.
This all costs over $300 for ONE WEEK. I requested a refund minus the cost of the two delivered meals. They told me they'd refund the money tomorrow. That was
2. The Missing Bookcase Parts.
I ordered two bookcases from Amazon. Only one could be put together (by a Task Rabbit guy), as one arrived with the necessary parts missing. I have now spent literally hours and hours attempting to get a replacement for either the parts, or the entire bookcase (with parts included).
The sellers told me it's impossible to send me replacement parts (a bag of screws and stuff, which unfortunately are not generic ones but specifically for this bookcase - the TaskRabbit guy said I'd need those specific ones, and I trust him on that). They also won't send me a replacement bookcase (with parts included) or refund my money unless I return the one I have. The one I have is way too big for me to lift especially since my foot is broken, so if I want to return it apparently I have to hire someone to do that for me. I complained to Amazon and they said it's an independent seller and they can't do anything. I complained to the sellers, and they responded by telling me to call Fedex.
I would forget about the whole thing but I have one bookcase already installed and I need the matching second one. All they need to do is send me a goddamn bag of screws and bolts!
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I second the recommendations to try for either action or a refund from PayPal, if that's where you paid for both items.
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ETA: I have now complained to PayPal and the consumer affairs dept of the Attorney General. Which may be using a cannon to swat a fly and me taking out my RAAAAAAAGE at other terrible people on Chef Nourish BUT REALLY.
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For comparison, I pay $60/week for Hello Fresh. That gives me three sets of meals (chosen from 15 or so options), each of which makes at least two meals. It's not suitable for your condition, because you have to do all the prep and cooking yourself. But when I'm done making one of the meals, it usually bears a decent resemblance to the glamor shot from the company.
For $300, I bet you could hire someone to buy food and cook it for you IN YOUR HOUSE. In your nice clean KatMari'd kitchen.
I'm glad I could provide useful info about the Terra chips. I splurged on a bag when I was at Costco last, and was in fact eating some when I read this post.
(I am reading my way through Make the Bread, Buy the Butter in a leisurely manner -- more for the pleasure of reading it than with any intent to make the recipes. But yesterday I got to the chapter where she recommends making your own potato chips. I was taken aback at the notion that one pound of raw potatoes turns into four ounces of potato chips, but fresh potato chips are definitely tasty. But not when refrigerated, I bet.)
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I feel she's getting her friends to Yelp or paying for reviews, because there is no way she's delivering personalized, palatable food in high volumes across such a wide area. She can't even keep track of a simple "no tomato" request. The negative reviews on Yelp seem much like your experience. Yelp with pics, if you do Yelp...
I believe the city department of health doesn't get involved unless someone gets sick from the food, but if she's dropping food in the middle of the night, maintaining proper temperatures on dairy and meat products is going to be an issue.