Sofas

[L3nny]

Anyone know anything about sofas? Moving into a new gaff in a cpl of weeks and need something to sit on.

Looked around SCS, DFS Furniture Village etc.

Stuff seems okay, if bit expensive but I don't trust the slimy sales staff.

Anyone had any experiences buying from the above places? Or recommend any others?

Seen some cheap things on ebay but don't fancy shelling out for something before I've tried it out for comfort.

[maviczap]

I wouldn't buy online, I'd sit on a few first before deciding.

Yes the sales folk aren't great, although you might find them ok.

Go to Ikea, they don't have slimy salespeople.

Me I like leather sofas, just for that plush feel

[L3nny]

Last lot of sofas I bought were from Ikea and although cheap, fell apart in about 5 years.

Looking for leather as well.

[maviczap]

Our last Ikea leather one we gave away and was still going strong.

Our current leather one was bought from a local independent shop, and has survived a child using it as a springboard and trampoline for the last 6 years.

But there can't be that many manufacturers of leather sofas in the world, maybe go to an independent shop, won't be as cheap, but that maybe a good thing in the long run.

Apart from being used for sporting purposes, the one thing this sofa has suffered from is a lack of care, the leathers still pretty good, but if it had been cleaned and fed with leather stuff it would still be in tip top order

[Wideboy]

Nothing ikea sell is built to last thats why its cheap.

I think we went to DFS. It was a relatively painless ordeal but we picked out the ones we wanted online and went to try them before buying. They'll try all the usual **** of throwing stuff in for X amount and then try to get you to take it all out on finance. We paid cash and it allowed for haggling. Turned up only a day after they said it would but the delivery guys were ****ing useless. They couldn't get one of the sofa's in but I managed to when I got home from work.

go for dfs, all our sofa's have been purchased there annoying staff but all the sofas are good quality

I have just ordered another sofa from Harveys - both times been helpful and I haven't ever felt ripped off.

The current sofa lasted 5 years - moved house several times, left in a storage locker for 6 months - and had my fat **** on it far too much -

I felt a bit chav using the 0% finance but I have just sepnt 40k on an extension so its not like there is actually any money left and hey its 0% so it doesnt actually cost me anything

[Bibio]

unless your willing to pay good money then you will get carp furniture. yes i used to sell the stuff and mainstream stuff is carp. they are designed to last about 3-5 years.

cheep leather is just that and while the stuffing/frame might last the leather will stretch and go saggy within about a year. don't buy white leather whatever you do as the dye from jeans etc.etc turns it mucky looking very quickly.

i have one of those ikea sofas that you can change the covers and replace the cushions and it's not bad for the money.

Got my electric leather reclining sofa from CSL. Service was excellent. Price was good (less than a grand) and tick was 4 years free so thirty quid a month. Painless. They even came out next day when a part of the wiring loom failed and replaced it no questions asked after 2 years. Spot on.

[Bibio]

there is no such thing as interest free, it's lumped on with ticket price. if your paying cash then try your local independent for a haggle. put it this way the places i worked took cost price then doubled it and added interest for ticket price, cash customers usually got a good 30% discount.