They already ruined democracy, can't techbros just leave us this little corner of the internet?
Dammit I already wrote out a bunch of stuff!
I've had great luck buying furniture from Wayfair. Just watch the prices because they fluctuate and things go in and out of stock. They also own Joss & Main, AllModern, Perigold, and Birch Lane and sometimes those direct sites will have the item in stock or for a different price. Bought a bed and two couches (loveseat and recliner couch) from Wayfair with no issues and steals of a deal compared to new furniture elsewhere. Also just bought a couch from Costco at a great price if you have a membership there. But if you can find what you want used (with no potential for infestations coming from it) then thats always the best deal. Being rural I'm guessing your second hand furniture market probably doesnt have a ton of options though.
Second for Wayfair. I would have loved to buy used like everyone else but I didn't want a standard sofa. Our old house deserves something with at least a modicum of style. It is amazing how rare it is to find a Chesterfield-like sofa in a store or second-hand! Our 100k population area had essentially nothing and we looked for a couple months. Between our four furniture stores there was literally one sofa with tufting or brass upholstery tacks--a conversation couch for $3,000 and 3-month lead time. BTW I love the conversation couch style and will seek it out in the future.
Anyways, on Wayfair we were able to find a loveseat plus sofa combo for just under $900.
https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/greyleigh-bosworth-cheadle-2-piece-living-room-set-w004690639.html?piid=1917695653The quality is of course disappointing in a way, but given the price...it is amazing! That price includes shipping! I would totally be willing to pay $3,000 or whatever ($1,000 used preferably) for quality furniture but we have a dog and kids so no sense splurging on that now. Maybe in 15 years.
The couches were delivered in a pile of big boxes, maybe 15 of them. I got halfways through putting together the first couch and realized we had enough boxes to build 4 couches. It turns out they had mistakenly doubled our two-couch order. First they asked if we wanted to pay for the extra couches..."no, I don't want four couches". Then they said they would send someone to pick them up. Then they called back and said to just keep them. I suppose it would cost a few hundred dollars for a company to ship a couch back to themselves and process it, and even then somewhat likely to mess up the process . And their cost on a $850 MSRP item is probably $500.
A very long way of explaining why I ended up buying new, and that Wayfair had the lowend option I needed. (and they probably have good high-end options too)
