Two years ago i ordered grommet curtains and rods, which were of decent quality. Since that time i have had to consider the company as SPAM online and, a constant annoyance with their catalogs full of over-priced goods. If you are without a nearby library ( and in need of reading material) and don't care about trees cut wantonly to produce such catalog drivel, order something from these people.

For many years I was a SYW customer,and particularly in the last 6 years after building new home. I purchased two small throw rugs made in India as it turned out, which I placed in an unused bedroom about 4-5 years ago. Within the first years, a terrible rubber-burning odor dominated that bedroom. Since it was new construction, I thought it might be electrical wiring. Upon checking each outlet, I eliminated that first concern. In the meantime, many things had to be attended to in the house and unfortunately, my husband went through surgery and was not well thereafter. (It never occurred to me that the rugs were the problem; but one day, I decided to bend down to floor level and take a sniff of rugs. The odor was strong. Computer research turned up blogs complaining about Indian rugs (rubberized latex backing) that had bad odor. I took the complaint to SYW and made great effort to convince them that I, a very long-time customer, did my homework and l learned (continued on 2nd

Online order consisted of $250. worth of curtains. which included $31.99 for shipping via UPS, determined by item(s) value...not wgt. Upon delivery, I visited UPS website and calculated shipping by using ZIPs, wgt.(using my digital scale) and pkg size. According to UPS website, if I shipped same pkg. I would have been charged $17.45!!! BUYER BEWARE of paying more than double the actual shipping cost. Products are mostly OK but this outfit GOUGES you on shipping cost! SHAME!