I am an experienced & talented furniture assembler.  I have been an employee of We Assemble Everything since 1996.  In November 2000, WRTA, a national furniture assembly service with which We Assemble Everything had a contract, decided to pull out of the South Jersey area – and work just dried up!  The department stores here do not recommend any assembly companies to their customers.

Therefore, I am now resorting to advertising my services the hard way – by posting ads in this fashion.

If you buy office furniture, TV stands, microwave carts, bookcases or wooden file cabinets at Office Max, Staples, Office Depot, Sears, Bed Bath & Beyond, Ikea, Target, K-mart or a number of other stores, there’s a good chance that it comes in flat boxes and needs to be assembled.  If you lack the tools, patience, skills or strength to do the assembly, you’ll need help.  And that’s where I come in.  I can assemble any RTA (ready-to-assemble) unit available in stores.  Some are easy for me to put together, some are difficult, some aren’t difficult but take a long time… but I have not yet been defeated by a piece of furniture!

We Assemble Everything charges by the unit.  Chairs are $15 each.  File cabinets range from $30 to $60 depending on size.  Desks start at $40 and go up according to size and complexity.  (For desks, expect to pay roughly one-third of the purchase cost – that is, a desk that you bought for $319.96 in a store would cost you $100 to have assembled.)

We Assemble Everything can accept payment in cash, credit cards or in checks or money-orders made out to the company.  Both the customer and I will get a receipt upon completion of the job.  I am insured.

THE RULES:

Make sure you have enough room for the furniture to be assembled!  This seems obvious, but many people forget to do it.  That means take actual measurements; don’t estimate by eye.  I can’t change the size of the furniture – you’ll want Merlin the Magician for that kind of trick.

          Purchase the furniture before you make an appointment with me.  I do not deliver the furniture!  Sometimes it is out-of-stock, or arrives late, or the wrong furniture is shipped, or it’s damaged.  If I come out to your place only to find that there’s no furniture to be assembled, you will be charged $40, and you’ll have to make a new appointment.

          Make sure you have all the boxes.  Some units come in several boxes, which should be numbered.  Be sure to check these numbers ASAP.  I can’t begin assembling a desk if I have only Box “A” and not Box “B”.  (Or two Box “A”s, for that matter.)  The boxes should be in or near where the finished unit is to be, and the area should be clutter-free.  Any breakables should be removed.  I’m a careful guy, but I don’t want to take any chances with someone else’s Dresden porcelain or priceless Ming vase.  If the unit is a bookcase or a Sauder brand piece, it will have to be assembled upside-down or horizontally, then tilted upright; you’ll need adequate floor space for this.  If you can’t move the box to the correct location, I’ll have to open it and move the unit in pieces, which wastes time.

          Call We Assemble Everything at 1 (888) 932-7625 to set up the job.  At this point, you’re letting the company know that you have furniture that needs to be put together.  Make sure you have the manufacturer’s name and the model # on hand, because the company needs that information to look up the assembly cost.  They’ll talk you through the rest.  (NOTE: They’ll also need your address and telephone number.  This sounds like a simple task, but you’d be amazed at how often information gets garbled in this stage!  If you live in a development or apartment complex with a name, by all means give that name to us; but be sure to tell us what town you’re in also!  Most maps don’t indicate developments or apartment complexes.  And, if you live in an apartment, please give us the number and make sure that the number is visible.  It makes the job much easier!)

          THEN I’ll call you to make the actual appointment.  I live in Glassboro, Gloucester County, and am willing to travel as far afield as Camden, Burlington, Salem, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties.  (For assignments far from Glassboro, I prefer that they be rather large; if I drive out to Atlantic City and put together only a chair, I use up almost as much money in fuel as I made on the job!)  Make sure that you talk with me; don’t just leave a message insisting that I come on a certain day or time.  Since I’m just one man, I might not be available right away.  But I’ll make every effort to accommodate you ASAP.

          I don’t need help assembling most units; and due to a few instances where well-meaning customers dropped things and damaged them, I prefer to do the work myself.  However, you may certainly watch!  No smoking, please; I’m very sensitive to it.  When I need a hand lifting something, I’ll ask you – and I’ll let you know in advance whether that might be necessary.  I know of only one unit that actually requires this: a gigantic “L” desk by O’Sullivan that comes in three boxes.

          Do I help you put the TV onto the stand, or the computer onto the desk?  Certainly, at no extra charge – but if it’s really big & heavy, I’ll need your help.  But if you want help getting a brand-new computer system out of the box, hooked up and running… well, be sure to tell me when we make the appointment, because you’re looking at another hour of work.  And it will cost you another $10.

          NOTE: I’m also a substitute teacher.  After Labor Day, I’ll be available only on weekends or for small local jobs after school hours.