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re: WSJ - Significant increase in poor quality furniture in the US
Posted on 1/21/24 at 11:56 am to Marshhen
Posted on 1/21/24 at 11:56 am to Marshhen
I bought a couch from Ashley and the frame collapsed when a 160-lb person sat down a little hard. After the flood i researched and got a brand made in Texas. It’s indestructible.
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Posted on 1/21/24 at 12:07 pm to DarlingClementine
New Orleans has several second hand furniture stores where you can find great pieces if you are selective and know what you are looking for…
Occasional Wife
Floor 13
Occasional Wife
Floor 13
Posted on 1/21/24 at 1:45 pm to member12
I’m almost a decade in on cheap arse furniture from Furniture Expo on Airline.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 1:53 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
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pottery barn slip covered couches
quote:
1000/each
That's probably the number your wife told you y'all spent!
This post was edited on 1/21/24 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 1/21/24 at 2:09 pm to member12
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Your New $3,000 Couch Might Be Garbage in Three Years. This Is Why.
they could have kept it short.
everything is made of particle board and MDF board
so if it gets wet it softens and falls apart
Posted on 1/21/24 at 2:34 pm to member12
Bought a $2,500 couch Labor Day 2020 and it’s a piece of shite now. We’ve called several times to complain and have replacements of cushions etc. we tried a warranty claim because the stitching on several cushions is coming apart significantly and they said the warranty doesn’t cover stitching 
frick this cheap Chinese made fricked up world
frick this cheap Chinese made fricked up world 
Posted on 1/21/24 at 2:39 pm to JumpingTheShark
Our current couch was $2500 or so as well. It's probably 6 years old and I doubt it will make it much past 10 years.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 2:41 pm to member12
Planned Obsolescence.
They purposely make the shite to break sooner than later and it’s not just furniture.
They purposely make the shite to break sooner than later and it’s not just furniture.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 3:15 pm to ZIGG
I need 2 new couches, afraid to pull the trigger on anything....
Pricing is ridiculous & if you read reviews, theyre all garbage....
I dont want to spend flexsteel money & at the same time really nowhere to even sit on a flexsteel couch here in san diego....
Most retailers in my area off their website can order flexsteel but minimal on display if any....
Frustrating....
Pricing is ridiculous & if you read reviews, theyre all garbage....
I dont want to spend flexsteel money & at the same time really nowhere to even sit on a flexsteel couch here in san diego....
Most retailers in my area off their website can order flexsteel but minimal on display if any....
Frustrating....
Posted on 1/21/24 at 3:59 pm to member12
I believe it. Early in our marriage, we tended to get our stuff at Ikea because we didn't want to spend a lot of money on things while we had small kids. We knew exactly what we were getting and had no expectations of heirloom quality pieces that would last for decades. My mother in law would make condescending comments about us buying cheap stuff. Meanwhile our "cheap" sofa outlasted the three very expensive "quality" sofas she bought in the same time frame.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 4:22 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:
The average person is an insect to the elites, an infestation causing climate change.
Climate change: a made up problem to cause all the sheep to follow their made up solutions, straight to the slaughter.
Oh and vote them in continually bc all the sheep are too dumb to think for themselves
And if Biden really won a fair election, we have ALOT of dumb sheep around
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:06 pm to LSU Neil
Found a promising article:
https://www.thespruce.com/best-made-in-america-furniture-1391263
Their top pick :
https://floydhome.com/products/the-sink-down-sectional
https://www.thespruce.com/best-made-in-america-furniture-1391263
Their top pick :
https://floydhome.com/products/the-sink-down-sectional
This post was edited on 1/21/24 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:10 pm to slackster
quote:And the prices for this shite furniture is ridiculous.
Furniture quality absolute sucks. Couldn’t agree more.
If it was inexpensive and trash I could understand, but it’s fricking expensive. For absolute crap.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:17 pm to DR93Berlin
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Not so much anymore. United Furniture and Mitchell Gold closed all their plants in the last 12-18 months.
Didn't one of them lay everybody off on Thanksgiving? ??
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:21 pm to usc6158
quote:Yeah, we shopped for a sofa and a chair recently and my head about exploded at the prices.
The price of furniture, even mass produced crap, is one of those markets that I just don't understand.
A sofa we liked was on sale from like $1,500 marked down to $800, but the matching ottoman was $500. I was like “WTF? $500 for a fricking ottoman?” It’s fricking outrageous.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:25 pm to choppadocta
quote:Yep. Had two La-Z-Boy “leather” recliners in our RV. Within 4 years, the bonded leather on them literally flaked off and turned to dust. fricking trash.
La-Z-Boy recliners have gone to shite in quality as well. Their recliners used to last forever. Now not so much.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 6:26 pm to member12
This is why I buy my Furniture at Costco and Sam’s.
I know exactly what I am getting. And where to get its replacement in a few years.
I know exactly what I am getting. And where to get its replacement in a few years.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:33 pm to Sev09
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Find a Nadeau store and buy from there. One of the last places selling handmade pieces made from real wood at a good price.
Kinda. We have some furniture from there and I like it. It's wood and pretty good quality, mostly built in India
Posted on 1/21/24 at 8:35 pm to Rick9Plus
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bought a couch from Ashley and the frame collapsed when a 160-lb person sat down a little hard. After the flood i researched and got a brand made in Texas. It’s indestructible.
This thread is discouraging.
I'm in the market for furniture and don't want to get burned.
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