A Used Furniture Store Can Be a Big Help

Shortly after I graduated college, I was pretty desperate to get out of my parents' house and move out on my own. I did not have a lot of money and had just started working at an entry-level salary, but I had been saving some and was ready to look at getting some furniture for a new place I had just rented. I stopped by a used furniture store and went inside. I saw a lot of things that I wanted, and ended up buying a number of them, and I can say in all honesty that the store was a big help!

I think when I first went into the used furniture store, the owners could tell that I was still wet behind the ears, because the woman took kind of a motherly approach to me, while the man kept telling me what I needed. It reminded me a lot of my own parents, but I did not get any type of salesmanship from them. I could tell that they were just trying to help me out, and before long, I had a number of items stacked up that I wanted to bring home.

I knew that I was probably not going to be able to get everything that I was wanting, because even with it being a used furniture store, I had a lot of pieces of furniture that I was interested in, and the best part was that it would fill my apartment perfectly. I talked at length with the owners about my situation and informed them that I had about $1,000 to spend. I knew that everything that I had lined out came to well over $1,000 according to the prices marked on the furniture. I decided to haggle with them, and was able to get a considerable amount knocked off of the original prices.

I called my brother, told him of the location of the used furniture store, and asked him if he could come and help me move everything, as he had a pretty big truck. It took us four trips to get everything that I had purchased back to my apartment and inside. When all was said and done, I got everything that I wanted except for a recliner that would have put me just over the $1,000 mark. I shook the owners' hands, turned to leave, and the man called out to me that I had forgotten something. I turned around and he pointed to the chair. He said it was on him and his wife, and then gave me $50 back for my brother and I to go out and have dinner. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed with gratitude, and thanked them over and over again.

That used furniture store was in business for 15 more years before it finally closed, and the couple retired very comfortably. It was always really busy, and with the way that I was treated when I went there as a younger man, I can certainly see why.

The Discount Tire Store Will Keep My Family in Tires Forever

About three years ago, I realized that my tires needed to be changed desperately when I had a blowout on the freeway and finally examined them closely. I had bought them all at the same time, and I knew that if one of them blew, the others would be soon to follow. I shopped around and realized that most of the places I was checking were trying to gouge me on the price. I then went to a discount tire store and talked to one of the sales reps, and have to say that is where my family and I will go forever.

The tire blew out while I was on the freeway going about 70 miles an hour in traffic. It was terrifying, to be honest, and I sincerely wish it had not happened that way. I managed to get off the road and off the shoulder into a grassy area next to the highway. I changed the tire and put on the spare, and immediately called my wife to let her know what happened. I think she was probably even more scared than I was, and told me to be very careful coming home. At that point, I had not even ever thought about going to a discount tire store, even though I had seen them advertised.

A friend of mine told me about a place that was fairly close to my house that would give me a pretty good deal. I think my friend talked to the salesman ahead of time and told him that I had a good job, because the guy quoted me a price well above the going rate for a new set of tires. When I pointed this out to him, he informed me that was the best he could do, probably thinking that I would give in because I needed the new tires. When I informed him that I was not interested and started to leave, then he began to back-track and lower the price. I told him I would think about it once he reached what I felt was a reasonable asking price, and told him I would be in touch. I wanted to check out the discount tire store.

I made a few more stops before I went to the discount tire store, and while some of the asking prices were better than what I had encountered at the first store, they were still more than I wanted to spend. When I went to the discount tire store, they treated me with respect as soon as I walked through the door, quoted me a more-than-fair price for the set of tires and said if there were any sort of problems to feel free to contact them.

I have not had any problems with the tires I bought from the discount tire store, and now my family always goes through them for our tire needs.