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The Furniture Factory Outlet Guide

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This book is an excellent guide for anyone wanting to save money on furniture. It gives excellent reviews of each furniture outlet, and became the crucial foundation for planning a trip to the furniture capital--North Carolina. Telephone numbers along with the lines of furniture carried at each outlet helped me save time by knowing exactly which outlets I wanted to visit prior to arriving. It also distingushed which outlets accepted telephone orders. Excellent source for information in one location. I saved $650 on 3 pieces of furniture; it was well worth the cost of the book!

This book is a "how to" book on buying fine furniture at deep discounts. The author reviews many separate outlets, providing the information you need, such as phone numbers, reputation, brands carried, and payment methods. The index is a cross reference to the outlets that carry the brands you want. I have actually followed the author's suggestions and bought furniture by phone - with great satisfaction.

This book was well-organized and informative. We saved about 20% on the cost of a whole suite of furniture for our bedroom including headboard, footboard, night stand, dresser, mirror, chest of drawers and an armoire - even after shipping costs! We also purchased a special-order sofa and loveseat at just over half the cost at a local retail store based on the author's suggestion. The only down side to using an outlet is the time you have to wait for your furniture - about 6 to 12 weeks. However, this book will help you cut down on search time. This book saves countless hours surfing the net for furniture outlets! A great buy!

I have purchased items from several of the stores reviewed in this book and have visited a number of them. My experience has been consistent with the author's comments. While I have owned several guides on NC furniture, this is the best that I have seen. I wouldn't shop without it. It will pay for itself many, many times over.

My husband and I were fairly certain we would go to North Carolina to purchase some new furniture. After reviewing Causey's furniture shopping anthology, we are VERY certain. She has detailed information about most discount furniture stores in the USA, payment methods, shipping information and whether or not the store has in-store financing, plus a complete list of manufacturers carried in the store. I am so impressed by this compilation. It is a discount shopper's dream come true!

I recently bought The Furniture Factory Outlet Guide, and it is fantastic. Well written, organized, thorough. Painfully easy to locate a number of Furniture Outlets that carried what I was looking for, with store addresses, email addresses, phone numbers. WOW!

One thing a buyer should know is that this book is a GUIDE. You have to do all your research before you call a company. Luckily, most manufacturers have web sites where you can view their collections, get product information and get the item numbers that you need before you call for a quote.

A note about old information: I do not consider this to be a defect of the book. I have the 1999 edition, which I have been using all week to look for a bedroom set. Many of the companies I called were listed in the book as carrying the Stanley line. Many of the stores I called no longer carry Stanley. After a few of the same responses, I finally asked why many stores no longer carry that line. The answer was simple-- Stanley asked for more room in the showrooms and if the showrooms didn't enlarge the Stanley line within their companies, Stanley pulled the line from that store. Since many companies didn't have the extra room (plus they didn't agree with Stanley's practices) they were no longer able to carry Stanley. How is that a problem with the book? I don't hold the author of the book responsible for the politics that go on within the furniture industry. I do believe that the information was correct at the printing of the book and that if the information has changed, it will be reflected in newer editions.

Since I have to buy furniture for every room in my house, I also have ordered Ms. Causey's other book "The Insider's Guide to Buying Home Furnishings".

I am saving about ...including freight on the queen bed, dresser, mirror and nightstand that I plan to buy. ...x a house full of furniture is a lot of money and I am grateful a book like this exists to help me find the best deals!

My friend and I plan to visit High Point and Hickory next year and we do plan to call companies first to verify they still exist and if they carry a particular line I want. I have heard visits in person to North Carolina save you more money because you can buy from the outlets and the savings on the furniture (including freight) more than pay for the trip to go look. What fun!

This is the BEST resource book about buying furniture at discounted locales. I travel to North Carolina to buy furniture for my home and directs me exactly to where I want to go to buy what I am looking for. This book contains helpful info for which stores to visit directly or better to call in offers around the nation. I still use this book for all my decorating needs, fabrics, accessories and tips. A must for all furniture/decorating bargain hunters who look for top of the line needs at bargain prices.