When suppliers let you down

Or sometimes when the courier company lets the supplier down.

It happens all the time, but we have a deadline to get some stuff delivered by tomorrow as we have to set up for our first exhibition/show of the year on Sunday.

First problem is with our supplier who we ordered two banners to be printed by, they finally cottoned on that they needed to be paid first despite us checking twice. By the time they agreed we needed to pay they couldn't deliver the banners in time for the show, so we cancelled the order. Luckily for them they hadn't printed the banners but unluckily for us, we now have no banners to display at the show. Grrrr.

Second supplier, is for our gazebo, they shipped it out for delivery to us yesterday, but the courier said we weren't in - we were - and so it has gone back to the depot. No card was left so we didn't know, and just by luck I checked online and it was stuck in the depot awaiting instructions, so hopefully it will be delivered tomorrow. Only just in time, so we are keeping our fingers crossed - we do have a back up for this though as we could get wet otherwise as a showery day is forecast.

We have everything else, so having resolved these problems they are now behind us, we are looking forward to a good show.