How come, at least 10 TIMES A YEAR, furniture stores find themselves overloaded with stock (OUR MANAGER SAYS SELL - NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED!!). Don’t they have a fuckin’ clue how to control inventory?
Really, how stupid do they think we are?
P.S. - Has anyone EVER paid full price for furniture? Is there such a thing?
And you’re angry about this because …
Stupid commercials. Stupid marketing. Makes you afraid to buy a mattress - next week it’ll go on DEEP DISCOUNT…and you’re screwed.
Does anyone think they actually overstocked? If I remember correctly, the law says that an item can only be “on sale” for a certain number of days before that becomes the regular price and thus can’t be advertised as something special - and furniture stores push it to the limit from my experience.
Well, except for places like Norwalk.
State law? If it is in my state, it’s never been enforced.
super_head: look for a guy called the Norwolk Jingoist. He’ll give you all the answers you need.
I had a friend who worked for a furniture store breifly, they do it all the time to try and draw attention to the store. Furniture is a pretty low volume business. People buy a kitchen table or a sofa and keep it for 10-15 years. If you don’t make it sound like you’re committing a crime by not visiting the store people just don’t come in. The people who need something are probably going to go to the place that is curently pitching loudest on TV or has the full page ad in the paper about “Deep discounts and no reasonable offer blah, blah, blah.”
As far as the inventory control issues, many items you would only need a few units of any given item. As an inventory type person I know that the name of the game is forecasting, lead time, and return on investment. So its not that they can’t manage their inventory, they are trying to sell 6 mattresses for $500 that cost $400 wholesale rather than 1 mattress for $1,000 that wholesales for $400. Businesses need steady cash flow and sitting around praying (and paying employees) for that one sale is a disaster waiting to happen.