Don't use UPS (United Postal Service)

This is the wost shipping business of them all. They lie about delivery attempts (phantom delivery attempts) and fail to notify you of any problems - why the hell do they ask for your phone number and e-mail when you send anything if they aren't going to use it.

Do not special order from Lowe's

If you make a special order, they promise they will call you and tell you when it is in. That is only half true. They call you, using a cryptic 800 number that looks to be a telemarketer, but they don't leave a message. So while you sit and wait for a call from the local store, you are coincidentally annoyed by this toll free number calling, and you think it is someone asking for money for a campaign or something - and since they never leave a message, you assume this proves your instinct not to answer. When you Google the number 866 864 4664 and call it back, they even go so far to say 'if you saw this on your caller id it means your special order is in at Lowes.' You know, I am just not white trashy enough to call back unknown numbers on my caller ID that don't leave a message. It dawned on me that maybe this was the call I was waiting for. So I call the store in East Wichita, only to find they are now closed. I do get someone on the phone who sympathizes with me, but says I will have to wait until the store opens. Well, I never got the message, but I certainly hope they do.