Shopping Lessons From Black Friday 2007
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I went to seven furniture stores and learned a few things.
- Anything that I immediately think will be perfect furniture wise … will require way to much money.
- Rooms To Go is a no go for me. I was a breath away from getting a couch. I got up from sitting on it and “pop” a board came loose in the arm rest. I have had that experience with them before.
- Sales people don’t pounce … right away. They wait for you to get sufficiently inside so that they can position themselves between you and the door. Kind of like a den of lions surrounding a wildebeest (sp?). Show no fear and don’t look them in the eyes. Whatever you do… don’t scream.
- If you actually ask for their card and they cry … you know their mortgage is late.
- The lady who was at La-Z-Boy seemed really frustrated when I said that I didn’t want furniture that looked like my parents furniture. It’s cool for them … but … you know? I felt bad for her when she had nothing in that whole store that didn’t remind me of my parents but I am not spending that much money for that furniture no matter how nice she is. I love my parents furniture … at *their* house.
- If you veer left upon entering the front door of any furniture store, immediately, you will find all the best stuff in the store. Once you figure out that you can’t possibly afford any of that, you can continue counter clockwise to the back of the store. That is where you will find the two items on clearance because they were dropped off of a four story roof or would look good with a Bud Light neon sign hanging over them.
- If their is a soccer Mom eying the frame in your hand because it is the last frame of that style at that price… Just smile and offer it to her. It’s the best thing to do to … you know … to stay alive.
- And the number one thing I learned, or actually remembered, today … I don’t have to buy anything I don’t really really really want and I don’t have to go into debt for instant gratification.
Number 8 is the real reason for this post. I know what it is like to have to work work work to pay off stupid debt I accrued earlier in life. It took four years and two miracles to be out of debt today. I am not against responsible use of credit cards or financing but even then “responsible use” is never better than saving up for.
I did end up buying some knick knacks at Home Goods and Kohls. You can click on the picture above if interested in seeing more.
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Debt-free is a great feeling and no piece of furniture is worth stealing that feeling away. I know.
#3 - Taking notes…. no direct eye contact, and no screaming.
#5 - So true
#7 - I knew you were full of wisdom and insight and this proves it.
Ha! Great shopping posts. I found a $249 camera online for $160 at 2 a.m. on Black Friday while my relatives were camped out in minivans at a nearby Best Buy. Suckers.
Now, if the stupid camera’s ever in stock again, maybe I can actually go pick it up at the store. That, and some much-needed memory for my laptop are the only things forcing me to go near a shopping center this weekend.
LOVE the mercy shown to your family! ::: laugh ::: I have to believe there is some other compelling force that makes people want to camp out and stuff.
Good job on the camera and I pray your memory trip is quick and painless.
oh and Susan, thanks but I am not wise… just … self-preserving.