Furniture salesmen are the worst

FogdartFirst mistake: I walked into a furniture store the other day. I already loathe the absurd markups on shoddy quality "furniture" as it is, but we need a couch and new bed so figured that's where we would start. Also looking for ideas for a coffee table to have my dad make for us. Bad decision...

These fucking salesmen hoarded us like flies on rotten meat. We got raped worse than a used car dealership. I said "I'm just looking and don't want help", so fuck off I don't need your card. Quit following me you rat.

Now I consider myself to be a somewhat intelligent person, so when we were looking at a bedroom set that wasn't 10 trillion dollars, I spotted this sales pitch from a mile away. This fucking Russian (yes I said Russian. His accent and Russian colored track suit gave it away) pulled out the oldest trick in the book. "This is a great deal! It's fantastic and you get all this extra stuff with it too. Actually this sale shouldn't even be going and I'm supposed to take this down. I can still offer this price to you if you buy today." We were courteous as we walked out, but I clearly saw the other salesman laughing like he thought they were gonna get a sale from us.... Lmao stfu dude. That's the weakest sales pitch alive and quite honestly I find it offensive and untrustworthy. He also kept pushing the 0% financing like it was a golden goose or something even after we said we would be paying cash in full for anything we bought. This is why Americans are in debt because we have some dipshit pushing financing who doesn't even know what it means or the implications of it.

Yes I understand they're commissioned employees and it shows, but no thanks I don't want some greasy fucker all up in my shit every two seconds I turn a corner. I can read and make my own decisions. If I need help or if and when I decide to purchase something, I'll come find you.

Tldr: furniture salesmen are sneaky fucking cunts who are annoying as fuck. Their sales pitches are elementary at best and their financial knowledge is poor.

bananabrainsJust let out a nonchalant fart when they are following you, that might help them back off.

TnskiWho buys furniture when theres so much used stuff for free

arboriusThere is a very fine balance between being available to answer questions and stalking. most furniture salespeople don't fully understand the personal preferences of the people they are “stalking” in the few seconds that they introduce themselves and welcome you into the store.

in general a salespersons role is to facilitate a sale. You can't do that if you don't ask for it or if you aren't readily available when the consumer is ready to talk. on the other hand mmany consumers are insecure and/or feel like having a salesperson is annoying… until they need one.

CaseyI went to a furniture store and this fucking guy that worked there tried to sell me some furniture so I was like eghhbbb fuck you!!

arboriusThere is a very fine balance between being available to answer questions and stalking. most furniture salespeople don't fully understand the personal preferences of the people they are “stalking” in the few seconds that they introduce themselves and welcome you into the store.

in general a salespersons role is to facilitate a sale. You can't do that if you don't ask for it or if you aren't readily available when the consumer is ready to talk. on the other hand mmany consumers are insecure and/or feel like having a salesperson is annoying… until they need one.

SammyOlsenThis why I love online shopping. I know furniture is not the best thing to buy online, but you can take your time and choose whatever you like without being stalked by a salesman. My favorite place to shop for furniture is https://nyfurnitureoutlets.com and I love that everything is displayed so nicely, and I can envision how it will look in my room. Yeah, of course, it's ten times better when you go see it in person, but with this pandemic, I don't really want to go to stores, except for groceries, so online shopping is my savior.

**This post was edited on Nov 16th 2020 at 4:37:16pm

SammyOlsenThis why I love online shopping. I know furniture is not the best thing to buy online, but you can take your time and choose whatever you like without being stalked by a salesman. My favorite place to shop for furniture is https://nyfurnitureoutlets.com and I love that everything is displayed so nicely, and I can envision how it will look in my room. Yeah, of course, it's ten times better when you go see it in person, but with this pandemic, I don't really want to go to stores, except for groceries, so online shopping is my savior.

**This post was edited on Nov 16th 2020 at 4:37:16pm

Rotten_TrumpkinsFirst mistake: I walked into a furniture store the other day. I already loathe the absurd markups on shoddy quality "furniture" as it is, but we need a couch and new bed so figured that's where we would start. Also looking for ideas for a coffee table to have my dad make for us. Bad decision...

These fucking salesmen hoarded us like flies on rotten meat. We got raped worse than a used car dealership. I said "I'm just looking and don't want help", so fuck off I don't need your card. Quit following me you rat.

Now I consider myself to be a somewhat intelligent person, so when we were looking at a bedroom set that wasn't 10 trillion dollars, I spotted this sales pitch from a mile away. This fucking Russian (yes I said Russian. His accent and Russian colored track suit gave it away) pulled out the oldest trick in the book. "This is a great deal! It's fantastic and you get all this extra stuff with it too. Actually this sale shouldn't even be going and I'm supposed to take this down. I can still offer this price to you if you buy today." We were courteous as we walked out, but I clearly saw the other salesman laughing like he thought they were gonna get a sale from us.... Lmao stfu dude. That's the weakest sales pitch alive and quite honestly I find it offensive and untrustworthy. He also kept pushing the 0% financing like it was a golden goose or something even after we said we would be paying cash in full for anything we bought. This is why Americans are in debt because we have some dipshit pushing financing who doesn't even know what it means or the implications of it.

Yes I understand they're commissioned employees and it shows, but no thanks I don't want some greasy fucker all up in my shit every two seconds I turn a corner. I can read and make my own decisions. If I need help or if and when I decide to purchase something, I'll come find you.

Tldr: furniture salesmen are sneaky fucking cunts who are annoying as fuck. Their sales pitches are elementary at best and their financial knowledge is poor.

WoFlowzMy parents got one of our coffee tables from the art festival in town and it’s got to be the coolest coffee table ever. All hand made by this jacked Asian dude. Super nice guy btw

SofaKingSickyo that thing is sick

SammyOlsenThis why I love online shopping. I know furniture is not the best thing to buy online, but you can take your time and choose whatever you like without being stalked by a salesman. My favorite place to shop for furniture is https://nyfurnitureoutlets.com and I love that everything is displayed so nicely, and I can envision how it will look in my room. Yeah, of course, it's ten times better when you go see it in person, but with this pandemic, I don't really want to go to stores, except for groceries, so online shopping is my savior.

**This post was edited on Nov 16th 2020 at 4:37:16pm

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JacobthesadskierYou think furniture salesmen are bad? Try going into a warhammer store, employees are ridiculously pushy, you go in intending to buy a few paints, and they try to force as much of their already stupidly overpriced stuff down your throat as humanly possible, whilst telling you what a good deal it is. £200 for 30-odd miniatures is not good fucking value!

On a completely unrelated issue, anybody want to buy £200 worth of miniatures, completely unused?

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