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It’s miserable because the price of furniture is actually quite high but availability of furniture-like products at places like Wayfair and Overstock makes you
by IgorPartola 4y ago
It’s miserable because the price of furniture is actually quite high but availability of furniture-like products at places like Wayfair and Overstock makes you think it can be had for less. I recently had to fix a small two seat couch I bought, so I turned it over and it was entirely built out of plywood and staples. It was such a poor design that I can’t imagine why it cost $450. But to be fair, a good quality couch of that same look would cost me about 7-10x as much which I wasn’t willing to spend so…
- jstarfish 4y agoEverything at "Rooms to Go" is built this way now. Didn't used to be, so we returned as customers. The front cross-beam on a $1000+ couch of ours split in half within a few months.
- joshspankit 4y agoThe front cross-beam? The single most structurally-important part in the couch? That is telling.
- inconceivable 4y agoi'd imagine at least half of that is shipping and handling and import duties. tack on retailer margin and that seems about right. couches don't exactly flat-pack. i do a lot of sleeping on my couches so i've always had extremely sturdy units, even when i was sort of poor. i went from extremely cheap ikea metal frame futons to a pretty legitimate solid wood couch when i got my first job.
- wheelinsupial 4y agoI think a lot of it is margin. There is a furniture company where I live that advertises a 45% off as an employee discount perk. I’ve seen employee discounts usually priced at cost plus 5%.