Anyone ever purchase furniture online?

[de8212]

My wife saw some Ashely furniture here locally that she likes. The price is pretty decent but generally things are cheaper online. Just curious if anyone knows of a good, reputable furniture dealer online?

I know the shipping may come in to play and possibly put the price up to what we could get it for locally. Just want to see what is out there.
thanks.
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[Specop 007]

I'm kinda curious too.

 

[neutralizer]

I would think shipping would be a b*tch unless its free shipping.

 

[de8212]

I had forgotten about this thread.

We went ahead and bought a dining room set but they have the coffee table/end tables that match the set. Shipping still might be a little pricey but I am still looking to compare.

 

[Lounatik]

I bought my bedroom set at Furniture Find. I honestly could not find a better deal than what I got. Whole set delivered and set up for free and there was the added bonus of not paying sales tax on several thousand dollars.


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Lounatik


Edit: I got on their mailing list and had them send me all sorts of deals( like the free shipping). They offer %'s off as an incentive too. Lots of opportunities to take advantage of.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Lounatik
I bought my bedroom set at Furniture Find. I honestly could not find a better deal than what I got. Whole set delivered and set up for free and there was the added bonus of not paying sales tax on several thousand dollars.


Peace


Lounatik


Edit: I got on their mailing list and had them send me all sorts of deals( like the free shipping). They offer %'s off as an incentive too. Lots of opportunities to take advantage of.

Maybe some of their things are a good price, compared to furniture stores with huge mark-ups. But, I checked one brand that I could comparison shop for - O'Sullivan (not that I'd buy that laminate stuff, just that I walk by it at WallyWorld or KMart - whichever one of them it is that sell the stuff.

Anyway, for a computer desk and hutch, their price is $499. I'm pretty sure I've seen an almost identical, same brand desk and hutch for a fraction of that at one of the chain stores.
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edit: Note: ships ready to assemble... it's just one of those boxes of put together wood laminates.

2nd edit: I'm not saying that this company necessarily is a bad deal. Just that there may be some better deals out there, depending on the brand. Furniture has a huge mark-up.

 

[DrPizza]

Note: Locally, we have several furniture stores that all "guarantee the lowest price." The worse offender offered the 110% price match guarantee, since they were so sure they had the lowest prices. Actually, they duped a LOT of people with that... comparison shopping showed that they typically had the *highest* price in the area.

Anyway, I shopped around, found exactly what I wanted at one place, then went to one of the larger chain stores (Raymour and Flanagan - northeast chain) I went in on a night when they were really busy - they had one of those stupid leaders to get people into the store - they sent out thousands of keys in the mail, and "one of the keys will open the chest with $5000 in it." There was a line of literally hundreds of people stretching out the door, waiting for their chance. I was surprised at the turnout!

I found a clerk, "are you here for the promotional key thing?"
"Nope. We have a living room set we want to buy. It's xxxxxx style by Broyhill, we want fabric #xxxxx"
"I think we may have one of those in stock on the 2nd floor. Would you like to see it?"
"No. I know what it looks like. I want to know what your best price is on it."
5 minutes later, he returned and said "If I promise this is the lowest price you'll find anywhere, will you purchase it tonight, or are you just playing games with me so you can get the other place to do their price-match thing."
"Yes, I'll pay cash for it right now if it's a good price."

The price was barely more than half of the price on the floor in the other showroom. I saved a fortune.
Ironically, the only reason I looked for a new price was the original salesman wasn't going to cut me a break on the price when I bought and entire living room outfit - couch, love seat, and oak coffee table and end tables. When I inquired if there was a discount on an entire set (which I expected, since every complete set in the store had about a 20% discount when you buy everything), the guy was going to give me 10% off on the coffee table. We had the checkbook out, and decided to "we're going to think it over. We'll stop back later tonight."