Most stores offer delivery service for a fee if you buy something
really big and heavy. At ABC Carpet, our sales person admonished us,
"You don't want to pay a delivery fee! Put it in a cab!"
When
I got here, I was careful not to take up too much of a taxi driver's
time. A good taxi driver, I have learned, should pull over, roll down
his window to answer your questions, hop out, open his trunk, and even
take the time to help load your stuff.
After all, they work for tips, too.
By the way, ABC Carpet and Home is something to see. The carpet store takes up one huge building, and across the street, the Home side, takes another. An article in the New York Times says, "It's like an estate sale for your packrat dowager aunt, albeit with impeccable taste." You can read the review
here.
