I had an amusing experience last weekend. I purchased a 65″ 4K TV from a Kenosha store. For several days beforehand I had shopped around, electronically, to find the best one that fit our budget. Once I found a few, I had to dig up the actual BOX size and make sure it would fit into my car. I knew it would be close, but according to the box dimensions on the TV manufacturer’s website, it would just fit into my car with the rear seats folded down.

So I took the plunge and made the purchase online. Once that was done and the TV was set aside at the store, I went to pick it up. It was fairly light, considering its size – 39 lbs without its stand. I was presented the TV on a dolly, but told they can’t give me the dolly unattended, it has to be accompanied by one of their staff. So someone from shipping & receiving wheeled it out to my car and assisted me. Guess what? The box dimensions on the manufacturer’s site just happened to be a few inches off. The box definitely wouldn’t fit into my car. The width was way wider than my car’s available space. Pretty frustrating. We tried to get it into the side doors too, but it was still too big. With no other options now that the TV was purchased. I asked the employee if he’d help me unbox it. He agreed, so we unboxed the TV, carefully, right there in the parking lot. The TV itself fit very comfortably into my car.

The employee then said he’s not allowed to take back the box and throw it away. I need to keep it in case I need to return the TV in the future. He suggested we try to fold it up, so we took all of the Styrofoam and cardboard that was surrounding the TV in the box and folded and broke it apart, then set it all on top of the TV in the car. The box itself actually folder up pretty easily once it was empty, and that was also stuffed into the back of the car. So with the car packed full of TV and packing materials, I thanked the employee for his help and he went back into the store with his dolly and I drove home.

Once I got home it was pretty easy to remove all of the packing and put it away, then carry the TV into the house by myself. Sandy held the gate and door open, which helped a bit, and the job was done, no pickup or van needed–luckily. Game of Thrones never looked so good!