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I need to buy some bedroom furniture and was offer a nice set built with hickory. I am not familiar with the strengh and quality of this wood. Thanks
Hickory is a very nice brand of furniture...rather pricey.It will last for years.
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I have spent most of the day shopping for furniture prices online. During my search I learned that retailers mark up the price of furniture anywhere from 40%-100% that they receive from the manufacturer/supplier. The bedroom suite I'm looking at is $11,000 (this is for 10 pieces) There has to be a way to cut out the middle man and pay thousands of dollars less. I live in Greenville, SC which puts me right in the middle of Atlanta and Charlotte (a hour or so drive each way). Travel time from my house to Hickory or High Point, NC and other furniture towns in NC is about 2-3 hours away. How do retailer get the deep discounts? Can you negotiate with furniture stores? Could faxing a request for quote to dealers result in better prices? Could you make a offer for furniture and see if the retailer will bite? What stops the average joe from calling up the same supplier and buying. There has to be a way to get furniture at cost. Any ideas welcomes. Thanks.
Yes retailers mark up prices to a ridiculous extent. Here is why I believe they do it. They figure if they sell you say a bedroom set you won't come back for years. Now if they sell a designer a bedroom set for a great price, she will recommend them again and again and keep a constant flow of business coming in. What you need is to befriend an interior designer, and have her do your bidding. When I get products for a lower price, and I mark them up 10% for example my clients sometimes end up getting a savings of 50% from me, then actually purchasing it themselves. Best of luck!
I am trying to buy a new bedroom suite (king size) and a new living room suite but do not have a lot of money. Any suggestions of where to look in North Carolina? (I am in Hickory but live close to Greensboro and Charlotte.) Would you suggest financing if that is possible (my credit isn't the best). Please advise.
If you can't buy furniture in N. Carolina, then you can't buy it anywhere. There are numerous stores that sell furniture at good discounts all over NC. Best thing to do is to go to High Point and look for a store. Charlotte would have a lot of dealers, just like Greensboro.
My New Home: Custom touches seal the deal
"We had always loved this community and its sister community across the road, so we went and looked at it even though we thought we couldn't afford it," Riley said.
Turns out, thanks to buyer incentives and a helpful development/sales team, they could. Now the two occupy a newly built, 3,800-square-foot home in The Vinings, a gated subdivision off Messick Road in East Memphis. They purchased the four-bedroom, 31/2 -bath house in mid-April for $337,869.
"They were ready to make a deal," Riley said of the developer the pair worked with, Michael Boyington of Sovereign Builders. "They're anxious to get the community finished."
And that outlook -- a hallmark of the current tight market, especially for new homes -- definitely worked in Riley's and Ward's favor. In fact, the red carpet was rolled out for them during the building process.
"You hear so many people say building a house is terrible," Riley said. "But I would do it again in a heartbeat."
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What's Hot In Home? High Point Market Releases Fall Fashion Report 2009Reuters - Oct 17, 2009
What's Hot In Home? High Point Market Releases Fall Fashion Report 2009"When you see the grain of a solid wood piece of furniture, it reads as quality. You can see that we're not hiding anything." Two Stains Better Than One:Memphis Commercial Appeal - Oct 11, 2009
Riley and Ward, who owned their previous home in Hickory Hill, were able to make key adjustments to the floor plan of the house to make it fit their needs.Owen Sound Sun Times - Oct 02, 2009
Becalm Bedroom for a Better Night's SleepThe variety of available species runs from oak to walnut and hickory, plus some you'd have a hard time even finding new, such as heart pine and chestnut.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Oct 03, 2009
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