Couch Shopping and The Sales People
My husband and I are shopping for a new couch. It seems easy right? Well, you would be surprised how easy it is not. First you have to actually find a color and style that looks good to you, then you have to sit your butt down on it and see if you could sit there comfortably for an hour or more. Then there are the feature that you want and the layout.
I think in the past two days we have visited six furniture stores and have picked out maybe only three viable options for a couch. Having kids, and pets we have to consider the type of material we wanted. I want the micro fiber as that is what we have had for 16 years and it cleans up nicely, but we are considering leather. With leather, we are afraid we will be too hot and stick to it in the Summer, but there are some really nice ones out there, most of them too dark in color however. And, if the cat decides to puke on something, leather would be easy to clean up, because we all know cats have the habit of throwing up on anything that is fabric vs the tile floor where you can easily get to it. To be fair, the kids manage to throw up on the carpet once in awhile too LOL.
Today, we went on another couch search and when we walked in, the sales people began to circle like vultures. It’s like the whole store begins to crawl with them whenever you walk in. This lady met us at the door, and I think my husband and I and the boys were barely three feet in the door. She begins to tell us about the first couch we look at, and I kindly tell her “if I need you I will let you know if we have any questions, thank you.”
My husband took one of the boys to the bathroom while me and my other son looked around. The sales lady proceeded to follow me around, whenever I sat she would give me a spiel about the couch. The store is massive, like a warehouse, and as we made it in further, I could see her following in my peripheral vision. Eventually, she began to point out the reclining section, and it was then, that I lost my cool. I turned around facing her and I said “I would appreciate it, if you would let me shop, now kindly let me and my family do so!” She finally acted a bit put out and left. I realize they work on commission, but give me your card and I know where to find you if I have a question or want to make a purchase. I do not handle what me and my husband call “vultures” very well.
I hope the couch shopping ends soon, because it feels like I am buying a house. Maybe we are being too picky, but for us, this is a big purchase. Say a little prayer for me that I don’t go psycho on a sales person LOL
I so hate that as well. SO I usually go shopping in sweats and sweatshirts makes me look poor and people tend to think your just browsing and leave you alone LOL
hope you can find a couch soon
Don’t go psycho on the sales person, lol! It was easy for me to get a couch…I knew exactly what I wanted before I hit the stores, and looked for the couch that best matched my vision.
We need new furniture and we both hate shopping for it. I hate furniture stores!! LOL
I love shopping…in store, catalog, phone, computer, where ever.
I dread going couch shopping!
I love furniture shopping. Don’t do it often, of course, and I always know exactly what I want. So I’ve really never had any problems. But I do know how you feel when they “stalk” you in the furniture stores. 🙂
Furniture sales people are pushy! I hate buying furniture.
I would love furniture shopping if someone else was footing the bill, lol.
I don’t want to be bothered by sales people until after I have picked out what I want.
We purchased a new couch after SEVEN years with our old one. While we didn’t have to deal with pushy sales people, I don’t think this couch will last 7 years like our old microfiber one did. Good luck!
We’re shopping for a new washer and dryer and have had the same vultures experience! I’m all about looking around and comparing a LOT before I make a decision…I always feel like I should wear a sign saying “I am not going to buy anything today.”
I know what you mean! We bought a lot of furniture a few years ago and its such an ordeal!
Good luck with it. It takes me forever to pick anything!
I usually tell sales people that I’m just browsing. They usually don’t pursue any further than that, unless I have an inquiry about something. They’re doing their best to get a commission. So, I can’t really be annoyed by that since they have bills to pay like the rest of us. 🙂
I loveee furniture shopping!!
I do not going furniture shopping. I always feel like the salesman stalks us.
I find it a great challenge to try and shop without being sold!
I bought my last couch online and I regret it! I wish I would have spent time at stores and looking and knowing that it was exactly what I wanted.
That is why I really dislike sales people! I understand that they are just trying to make a sale, but it gets really annoying!
shopping for a car is worse! You cant even get out of your own car before you are attacked by a sales person!
I hate that! They’re so afraid that they’re going to lose the commission that they hover until they end up losing it anyhow because you LEAVE!
I think furniture shopping is one of the few shoppings that stresses me completely out LOL and the sales people sometimes are so pushy.
OH gosh! I hate that!!!