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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBen Carson says he wants to cancel $31,000 dining room furniture order...😁
"I was as surprised as anyone to find out that a $31,000 dining set had been ordered," Carson said in the statement. "I have requested that the order be canceled. We will find another solution for the furniture replacement."
Carson also said his wife, Candy Carson, had "asked if used furniture was an option," the first time there's been an indication that she was involved in the process. "My wife also looked at catalogs and wanted to be sure that the color of the chair fabric of any set that was chosen matched the rest of the decor," he wrote.
"I made it known that I was not happy about the prices being charged and that my preference would be to find something more reasonable," he added.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/politics/carson-dining-room-canceled/index.html
madaboutharry
(40,248 posts)Everything they have to say is bullshit.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,031 posts)and you can keep busy by putting it all together - make yourself useful for once.
Siwsan
(26,336 posts)Some of us can easily identify and call out ass-covering bull shit when we read and hear it.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)lkinwi
(1,477 posts)spanone
(135,958 posts)LakeArenal
(28,896 posts)When he wanted to bend the rules (law), he'd tell us...."It's much easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission."
For me, that sums them all up in a nutshell.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Freddie
(9,283 posts)He can start there
csziggy
(34,141 posts)One is $3,100, the other $1200:
1) Table w/ 3 leaves & table pads -Table has scratch from moving.
2) 8 chairs (2 captains chairs)
3) Hutch
4) Buffet
5) Corner Curio
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Temple-Stewart-Queen-Anne-Cherry-Wood-Dining-Room-Set/222313215820?hash=item33c2e6774c:g:U6QAAOSwLVZV24I-
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Thomasville-Queen-Anne-Dining-Room-Set/273081333753?hash=item3f94ea77f9:g:KaYAAOSwAz5ahkJ2
blake2012
(1,294 posts)Resign, you slime.
spanone
(135,958 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Interesting how this came up who needs such pricey office furniture, anyway? And I was JUST going to return it too, can you believe that? I never wanted it in the first place, you know.
gyroscope
(1,443 posts)only in America!
ProfessorGAC
(65,466 posts)You know the old line, "what do you call the person who finished last in the class at Med School?...
gyroscope
(1,443 posts)the thought of this guy operating on actual living human beings is rather scary.
ProfessorGAC
(65,466 posts)I too find it astounding that this guy had a world class reputation. Perhaps the steady hands of a super surgeon and just enough brains to get through college. The skill with the hands likely greatly outweighed his mental acuity.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)pants on fire, Ben.
Does anyone in this fucking joke of a WH know how to tell the truth?
Liberal In Texas
(13,625 posts)These people are just a bunch of grifters.
malaise
(269,365 posts)with the other crooks
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)Sure Ben. You can't find one used.