Painless Bedroom Furniture Shopping
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I was driving to dinner tonight and passed the furniture store where my ex husband and I had bought a good deal of our furniture: bedroom pieces, king mattress, and some of the family room furniture. I thought about going inside after we finished our meal, but then I remembered how much I actually hate going in the store, despite liking their products. You walk in and there are usually 3 or 4 sales people standing right in the foyer. They do this weird, possessive ballet of sorts to try and establish eye contact with you and the first one that succeeds pounces. It’s awkward and it actually makes me consider putting on football pads and barging though the proverbial gates.
If you actually happen to enter the store when there are no employees in the lobby, then one will spot you from the second floor balcony and shout hello. If you even flinch in recognition, then they are charging down the stairs to claim you as their trophy.
You think I’m kidding? I know not all furniture stores are like this, but the one in question is all that and more when it comes to creepy sales people hungry for a sale.
I’m starting to most of my furniture browsing online now and I recently came across the online furniture store Wholesale Furniture Brokers. They have various outlets in Florida and Tampa has a warehouse opening soon. Because they operate in warehouse settings, rather than expensive storefronts, you are pretty much buying near wholesale with these guys.
This is more my style of shopping. I hate the high pressure. I hate going from store to store to compare prices, and I absolutely loathe the insane markup most furniture sellers commit.
I’m pretty sure all furniture stores are like that! I can hardly stand to buy furniture because of how high-pressure it is.
You MUST be talking about Kane’s – LOL!
Colleen! Indeed. I’m busted.
You will also want to check out that furniture stores policy when something comes in damaged.