$3000 is absolutely a perfectly fine budget, and you can get a well-made couch within that. Some couches for that price will be cheaply made garbage. Some will

$3000 is absolutely a perfectly fine budget, and you can get a well-made couch within that. Some couches for that price will be cheaply made garbage. Some will be very well made. You have to look around, do research, look at customer feedback, see what reputation brands have, try a few, etc. I got a motion sofa for $2k 5 years ago, it's still going well. For a regular sofa you'd be fine with less. Just because poorly made and expensive furniture exists does not mean that all furniture is so.