My wife wanted a La-z-boy recliner for Xmas. We went to the store yesterday, picked one ought and bought it. They asked if we wanted the floor model, we said no, want a new one. Ok, we'll have to order it from the warehouse. It'll be on the truck tomorrow. Call in the am to make sure it arrives. I called this morning and was told truck had not arrived. They called back an hour later, saying that it had arrived. We go down to pick it up. As we walk in the showroom door, we see a worker sliding the floor model off the showroom floor into the back of the store. We go up to the desk, show the paperwork. They say go around the back to the loading dock to pick up our chair. Chair is in a plastic bag when we get back there. My wife thinks the color looks different so asks the worker how the color compares to the one on the showroom floor. Worker replies that this is the one from the showroom floor so the color must be the same!
Everyone denies they were attempting to fool us. "We were just trying to accommodate you by giving you the floor model." Jeeezuz. They must have a lot of practice lying to their customers.
Needless to say, I gave them a piece of my mind and got my money back. It's so damn irritating when people try to take you for a fool.

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1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

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1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
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Not that La-z-boys are low end but they are normally sold in lower end furniture stores so you get the lower end of the food chain when it comes to integrity. I've had the agony of doing loans for a few furniture salespeople and learned a few things from them, first being they make sick money by almost any standard, second they lye for absolutely no reason, third they try so hard so make you believe #2 that you end up with a huge cluster fuk.

I'm a pretty frugal guy, so my knowledge of low end versus high end furniture stores is meager. But it wasn't a generic furniture store, it was a La-Z-Boy store exclusively. I was definitely left with the impression that lying was a way of life for those people (except for the poor naive teenage dock worker caught in the middle).

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

furnuture store here tried that to my mom.she might be 80 years old but she is sharp as a tack.she was loooking for an entertainment center for her tv.she liked the floor model but it had a scratch on the top of it so they said they would get one in and deliver it 40 miles to her house.they get it in the house pull the box off and sure enough same scratch.she said send it back and she got her money back and went somewhere else.a-holes.

You saying furniture sales are like car sales then Kerry?

Oh wait, that's right, you wouldn't know the first thing about walking into an auto dealership.

Heh you're a funny guy, or at least I make you out to be that way.

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Most retail is going to be like this, some places doing more so. I know the a-holes at Sears do this all the time

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1999 Toyota Corolla VE (Mine)
2006 Honda Odyssey (Wife's)
1979 300CD (sold)

Hey, I did buy my TD from a dealership! But you're right, I'm still really a virgin on this issue.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I have been ripped off every time I have bought furniture from a furniture store. You have to really be sharp. I even had one place run my credit card through twice for the same purchase.

Now I buy everything at estate sales or antique auctions.

I don't mind owning a car that is 20 or 30 years old as long as it is built to last that long. Finding quality furniture from the 1930's and 40's is not easy, but it is out there.

Pooka

I am a retailer of Printing & Signs. I always tell the truth. thats why I am still in business after 20 years.

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And the sad part is, if anybody got fired over the incident it was probably the poor kid

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What company?

My Company.

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Are you kidding? They don't care. Crap like that just rolls off their back. They shrug it off and look for the next target.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

From my experience, the La-Z-Boy stores are very very proud of their product and their prices are not cheap. They do make a very good recliner and will cover it in whatever fabric you want.