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Our new sofa was supposed to arrive last Tuesday, but the delivery company called to say the truck had broken down. They offered to —rescheduleresignrecyclereassure the order for the following week instead, which meant our living room stayed empty for several more days. I asked whether they could at least —issueassumeinsistborrow a partial refund for the delay, but the agent said that was against company policy. In the end, we had to —resort toresult inrespond torefer to borrowing a folding chair from our neighbour so we had somewhere to sit. When the sofa finally showed up, the driver apologized and gave us a small discount —fordespitealongonto the inconvenience.