Cheap Furniture
Need new furniture for your new home? Don’t be fooled by the giant furniture stores you see around town. A lot of these are overpriced, or else you can find cheaper alternatives elsewhere. You want to find dirt cheap furniture for sale that’s also in good condition. Here is how.
Buy second hand if you can.
Do you really need that brand new dining table? Good furniture is durable. Your parents may still be using the same dresser that your grandmother gave them as a wedding present. Go look for used cheap furniture for sale online. A great place to hunt for these is Craiglist at www.craigslist.com. Be sure to pick the area nearest you when you filter your searches.
Use comparison stores.
There are many online comparison stores. What they do is they search the whole web for the products you want and compare their prices in a list. You can see at a glance where the cheap furniture are at. So before you bid on that living room set on eBay, check out Shopzilla at www.shopzilla.com or NexTag at www.nextag.com. Epinions and PriceGrabber are worth a look too.
Assemble.
Go to IKEA at www.ikea.com for lots of nice-looking yet cheap furniture. They will list each item’s individual price. So if you’re determined to save every last penny, you can put the items together yourself.
Salvation Army
Look for a local Salvation Army in your community. You can rest assured you’ll be getting decent but cheap furniture there. They accept only furniture in good working condition, then sell them at low prices. And because it’s a charity, you will also be supporting a good cause.
Go bargain hunting.
You can tell if a store is catering to the unabashedly rich. Run away from these as fast as you can. Go to discount furniture shops like Bob’s Discount Furniture.
eBay is also a good choice. Competition is tight there so prices can get low. But don’t forget to count in shipping fees.
Visit the flea markets
Flea markets are a great place to find anything at dirt cheap prices. Here you will find both store-quality and homemade furniture. Their price tags will vary considerably, as will their quality. Look for used furniture in decent condition, or craftsmen’s products. If you learn to get along well with individual vendors, you improve your odds of winning a bargain.
Do it yourself
Yes, the oldest solution in the book! If you have fair woodworking skills or know someone who does, you can build furniture and save oodles. Go to any good hardware store to shop for materials and compare the total cost with what you’d pay for prebuilt models. You’d probably save more than with any cheap furniture for sale. If this is too much work for you, you can hire a carpenter.
