Looking for a switch plate?

A large number of years ago, Kris and I went to a street fair (quite accidentally, actually) in Menlo Park, and came across a vendor selling light switch plates with glow-in-the-dark polymer clay with geometric designs on it. The switch plates were expensive ($25 a piece!), so we bought only one. That switch plate is still my favorite switch plate, even though I've since bought a number of different coloured ones. Despite going to other street fairs since that one, I had not been able to find that vendor again. It was frustrating! Worse, I couldn't really find any switch plates I liked.

Actually, you know what's worse? Writing the same story twice.

Yeah, so, to finish the office, I bought some switch plates from switchhits.com. When I saw the From: address on the box that arrived today, though, hey, I guess I'll need to head out to the garage to find a screwdriver. Unsure of the size, I opened the box and looked in.

To my surprise:

There was a screwdriver in the box with my switch plates.

THAT is customer service.

I was tickled at first about this, but then disappointed when I couldn't find the screws to the switch plates. Except the joy returned when I did find them.

They matched the orange switch plates:

Happy!

Of course, my happiness was a bit tempered by the short screws that couldn't hold the plates on. Fortunately, my tupperware full of screws and nails and things exists for solely this purpose. To save the day.

So, yeah, if you're looking for fun switch plates, I highly recommend switchhits.com.

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