Why I love Maui
Sure, I could go with the intense beauty; I could go with the friendly people; I could go with fabulous weather; I could go with a great hotel; I could go with happy beaches or even the waterslides.
I'm going with used hotel furniture.
The loading dock for the hotel, or at least one of them, is next to the guest self-parking lot. On day 4 of our trip they were unloading a shipping container of brand new mattresses (always a good sign.) On day 5 of our trip they were loading that same container with furniture they were obviously done with. We were told they had recently completed a remodel so we weren't so surprised to see the furniture leaving. We didn't think much of it other than, huh, nice armoires, and went on with our day.
On day 6 of our trip were about a half an hour from our hotel returning our set of rental golf clubs and on the corner, next to this particular mini-mall, was a hand-written sign with only one word and a price.
"armoires $50"
As we passed the truck we noticed that it had the same shipping container on it that was parked outside our hotel. Sure enough, there were the armoires we watched them load up. There were about 5 trucks in various conditions from a BMW X5 to a beater pick-up parked there loading up their merchandise.
I don't know why but I thought that was so cool. I mean, it makes sense. The hotel is done with the furniture. They're paying someone just to get rid of it. And in the easiest and quickest way anyone could think of, off the furniture goes thanks to a hand-written sign on a piece of cardboard on the side of road.
Though, I must admit, if not for the shipping cost, I totally would have picked one up for 50 bucks.
I'm going with used hotel furniture.
The loading dock for the hotel, or at least one of them, is next to the guest self-parking lot. On day 4 of our trip they were unloading a shipping container of brand new mattresses (always a good sign.) On day 5 of our trip they were loading that same container with furniture they were obviously done with. We were told they had recently completed a remodel so we weren't so surprised to see the furniture leaving. We didn't think much of it other than, huh, nice armoires, and went on with our day.
On day 6 of our trip were about a half an hour from our hotel returning our set of rental golf clubs and on the corner, next to this particular mini-mall, was a hand-written sign with only one word and a price.
"armoires $50"
As we passed the truck we noticed that it had the same shipping container on it that was parked outside our hotel. Sure enough, there were the armoires we watched them load up. There were about 5 trucks in various conditions from a BMW X5 to a beater pick-up parked there loading up their merchandise.
I don't know why but I thought that was so cool. I mean, it makes sense. The hotel is done with the furniture. They're paying someone just to get rid of it. And in the easiest and quickest way anyone could think of, off the furniture goes thanks to a hand-written sign on a piece of cardboard on the side of road.
Though, I must admit, if not for the shipping cost, I totally would have picked one up for 50 bucks.
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