Furniture ads are generally pretty stupid, especially if they feature large-breasted blonde women and/or ferocious tigers lounging on the furniture. (They never show the sofa after the tiger sharpens its claws on it. I wonder why.)
Ethan Allen, a high-end furniture store, has a television commercial now which shows several quick clips of insanely expensive furniture that you'd find in your grandparents' house, and then ends on the Ethan Allen logo and the question: "Got an appointment?"
Ha. Are they seriously saying that you need a fucking appointment to go furniture-shopping? It's not a Faberge egg, for goodness' sake. It's a dresser. It's a product. I should be able to waltz in anytime between 9 AM and 6 PM and pick something out and have it delivered this Friday from the warehouse.
I certainly shouldn't need to make an appointment to go pick out furniture. It's not like it's a house, or plastic surgery. You walk in when they're open, sit here, sit there, sit over here again, flop onto a couch and pretend to sleep, flip through a catalog, find something you like, pick a fabric and a color, and order it. The salesman waits on you. That's what he's paid to do.
The idea of making an appointment to shop for furniture is simply ludicrous.
I had to laugh when I saw that commercial. Especially because a friend of mine made a point of getting all her furniture from Ethan Allen, and she spent a buttload of money on it. As I recall, I laughed then, also. Not to her face, of course.
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2008-05-22
Ethan Allen: Got a Clue?
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10 comments:
I wonder if you have to make an appointment to sit on it once you get it home? Weird.
Hey...what happened to the peanut butter & pickles! I miss a few days and stuff changes. :)
I think the idea is that they offer design assistance, which affords them an excellent opportunity to suggest that you may be interested in buying that matching ottoman and splendid library bookcase.
I like Ethan Allen, but they are a bit pricy.
After being to MANY houses of friends and family I think people should not be allowed to buy furniture as they please; the horrors they commit in the process are intolerable!! Yes there should be some sort of test which determines the buyer's sense of style and which the buyer must at least pass before being allowed to buy :P
An appointment..I like that. Can I make the appointment and go check out furniture ideas eventho I have no intention of buying??
Drowsey: I know, you've been busy on YOUR blog! "Ask and Ye Shall Receive" reviewed me at my request, and hated my Peanut Butter and Pickles title. They suggested that I'd get more traffic if I had a title that didn't suggest strange food cravings. I left the URL alone, though. What do you think would make a good title, other than PB&P or Alien Mind? (PS - I'm just glad you come back - thank you!)
Anisa: Maybe so. I don't know - I don't have tremendous fashion sense, but I never forget that first and foremost, they're a salesman. They will try to talk me into a $20,000 dining room set when all I wanted was a dinette. ;-) I think their design considerations are always a distant second.
Pru: I know! I've seen enough leopard print sofas and African wall art to make me nauseous. I lived with the Early Milk Crate design school of decor for a long time. Only my darling wife fixed that, by replacing it with Victorian Flamingo. And I do think that by making an appointment, you would subconsciously afraid of disappointing the salesman if you didn't buy anything. Or maybe not.
Yeah, I'm not very good at keeping on top of things ... like visiting blogs, lol.
I like the other title, but what do I know. Look at the name of my blog! It doesn' exactly say what the blog is about but it makes me happy and me being happy is what it's all about ;) So I say call your blog whatever makes you happy.
Hey, "Whatever Makes You Happy" is a good name for a blog! LOL
OMG you said the F word! High five! I wonder how many stupid people will call them for an appointment. It won't be YOU, that's for sure. LOL
Drowsey: Hmmm... I like your blogname - it's descriptive and unique. I might change mine. Hmmm. Thank you!
Corrina: Well, shit [embarrassed, scuffs feet]... ;-)
Hello. I find your blog very interesting. I think that it is better to consult a specialist before buying furniture. The high price does not always mean quality the same as the brand name. I consider Ethan Allen Furniture to be great. It is not that expensive but the choice is enormous and the quality of the furniture ios great. I looked through www.pissedconsumer.com for clients’ feedbacks and I found very few of them. Now, it is up to you to decide what to choose.
Hi Lesly, thanks for stopping by! I agree, I think Ethan Allen furniture is very well made, and will last long after other furniture brands' products have turned to sawdust. I merely think (a.) it's insanely expensive, and (b.) I don't need furniture that will last forever, and (c.) I just think it's snooty to expect a customer to make an appointment. I don't make an appointment to go shopping. I either find what I want, or I don't. And it's not important to me to be matchy-matchy, so I don't need a consultant to help me pick it out. But that's just me. ;-)
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