One Big TV

When I arrived Sunday night, my mom told me that she wanted to buy a bigger TV for their living room.  She felt that if she was going to be stuck inside all winter, then she wanted to be able to see all of her favorite shows and IU basketball on the big screen.  My parents were hoping that I could help them with the purchase.  It had been years since we had bought a new television set, but Nick, Cal and Phil had purchased one recently, so I knew from them what size and type to look for and where to find the best deals.  After going through all of the options, Roku, Google and Prime, plus the screen sizes and brands, my parents finally settled on a 75-inch Philips smart screen TV.

I ordered their new television from Walmart and selected free delivery for yesterday.  It was a great price, and they were the only store that would deliver next day, so it seemed like the perfect purchase.  At seven o'clock last night, my opinion changed.  My app continued to show that the television was ready for delivery and would arrive by 10 p.m.  There was no part of me that believed that it was still coming that late at night after sitting and waiting on it all day.  I called the Goshen Walmart to see what the issue was and after being put on hold, given a second number and being disconnected, I finally got ahold of someone who was extremely helpful.  She told me that two different door dash vehicles had tried to pick up the order for us, but the TV wouldn't fit in their cars.  I was shocked as I assumed it would arrive by a Walmart truck.  She said that she could keep trying or call a local delivery service to have it brought to us this afternoon.  I didn't have a lot of faith in it arriving that way, so I asked her if she could measure the box so that we could figure out if it would fit in the Pilot.  Much to my surprise, she was able to find a tape measure and give us the dimensions.  My dad and I checked my vehicle and decided that it just might work.

This morning, I woke up at 6:30 a.m. which was about an hour earlier than I had planned.  Instead of going back to sleep, I decided to get up, get ready and head to Walmart.  I knew that the delivery service would be open by 8 a.m., so if the television fit, I could pick it up and get back in plenty of time to take my parents to the eye doctor.  In the end, I was so happy that I made that decision.  The television just fit into the Pilot and even though it weighed fifty-five pounds, my dad and I were able to slide it out of the car and into the living room without incident.  Before we left for Warsaw, we were even able to attach the legs, put the television on the fireplace hearth and get the television connected to my parents' Wi-Fi before we walked about the door.  I couldn't believe how well changing out the TVs went and my mom thoroughly enjoyed watching Dancing with the Stars on the big screen tonight.  The picture was so big, it actually felt like we were sitting in the audience.