You Get What You Pay For

The $420,000 price tag on the ottoman, whose lid was misaligned, goaded her into action. How dare they charge for the set, that is, the couch and the ottoman, when the latter was in disrepair!
She had asked for a furniture repair person, who tried to deceive her within earshot of her husband, and the latter figured out the con. The rep said he couldn't do anything about it, because, well, once they're delivered, you're stuck with it, as is. With the male temper flaring in the next room, the so-called company representative, went into survival mode and made a beeline for the door. He'd been caught double crossing.
To think that this guy was going to try to pull the wool over her eyes, just because he figured she was a ditsy female; the reason? Female = ditsy, Ditsy = female.
Her adrenaline began to rise. Her face flushed. She could feel the heat rising on her cheeks, as she spat some expletives-deleted toward her husband, regarding how she was headed directly toward the furniture company to get justice. He admonished that it wasn't going to do any good, which made her even more determined.
She put her foot on the gas. Her lips formed a straight line, indicative of her furor. She affirmed, "The steps of a good woman are ordered by the Lord, and she prospers in her way", several times. (Admittedly, this passage-Ps. 37:23-had been amended from the original script.)
By the time she got to the furniture store, a memory of a lady came to her. The lady had told the story that when she was pregnant, she got up on a stool at the department store and protested a raw deal, drawing onlookers. So, she too, got up on a stool in front of God and everybody at the furniture store customer service counter and loudly proclaimed that the clown they'd sent pulled a fast one, and they'd better make good by supplying her with a new identical ottoman, if they couldn't fix this one.
"Ma'am, please, please stop," he pleaded in embarrassment, "it's just a piece of furniture!"
"It's not just a piece of furniture when you charge $420,000 for the set and give me a defunct ottoman!"
"Okay, okay, we'll make sure to come through with an exchange. Just please, please, settle down, and stop making a scene!"
Not surprisingly, another female customer had been standing in line, due to another similar ripoff. Discussion between disgruntled females followed.
So she exited the place, quietly repeating, "The steps of a good woman are ordered by the Lord, and she prospers in her way!" She put her foot on the accelerator and sped off.
The old ottoman was exchanged for a new one in a matter of a couple of days.
You get what you pay for...if you persist.