Review of Shopping for Furniture: A Consumer's Guide (Paperback)

As a person looking to make several major furniture purchases, I bought this book looking for a way to learnthe difference between a $600 and a $1000 sofa, as well as other furniture items.The book was only a little helpful in this regard.The author is a retired retail furniture salesman, and the book comes across somewhat as his personal swan song.It has atone of "the good old days of retail when service mattered and a brand name like X really meant someting."The author definitely favors big brand names, and especially those at the high end of the spectrum.He includes some information about shopping for furniture in North Carolina, some info. about furniture care, and a little information about furniture prices and getting a good deal.I learned a little about what to look for in purchasing furniture, and figured out that furniture stores play all kinds of games with pricing, but that is about it.Still, if you are like me and are starting with very low level of knowledge and can't stomach spending one or two thousand dollars without doing some product research, this book will at least provide some information.

Product Description
Of critical interest to anyone considering a major furniture purchase, this guide seeks to make consumers experts on buying residential furniture. Focusing on informed purchasing and shopping for value, not simply price, it covers topics such as differentiating between two seemingly identical pieces of furniture at vastly different prices and recognizing the features comprising a quality piece of furniture. Open stock items, the differences between bona fide sale prices and everyday pricing, and discounters in North Carolina are addressed. Comparisons between several name brands are also provided.

About the Author
Leonard Bruce Lewin worked in the residential furniture industry for 35 years as a sales representative for Drexel-Heritage and is considered an expert in the retail furniture industry. He lives

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