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Originally Posted by asianthree
So have bought the occasional small item furniture, and been very happy. Counter chairs, small corner bath cabinet, closet organizer.
In looking for new small oval 4-6 person table for kitchen nook, maybe with a leaf, all the furniture stores are failing my endeavor.
Most tables are too large, poor quality, or not in stock for months. I have been to Babette’s, White’s, Rooms to Go, Kent, and couple more. Kent had the most available, but just not exactly.
So did you buy furniture like, tables, tv table, couch, chairs, from Wayfair? If so, good, bad, ugly? If bad how was the return process. If you didn’t like it could you return?
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I’ve purchased a wooden dining table for two kit, a 6’ long tv stand kit, a complete backboard with shelves for a bed, and several area rugs from Wayfair with good results. Note that a lot of this furniture is made of medium density fiberboard coated with thin melamine, not solid wood. The fiberboard is prone to damage in shipping, but mine has been well packed.
I have a friend who has bought a lot of her furniture from Wayfair. A few months ago she bought a four person game table covered with mirrors. In the box it weighed 120 pounds. Made in India. Cost $1,000. It seems to have been dropped from a truck in shipping, and one corner was slightly crushed. Wayfair sent another. Same problem. Not Wayfair’s fault you understand. It may have been damaged in India. Wayfair sent another. Same problem. They wouldn’t send any more, but they didn’t charge her a penny! The tables were potentially repairable, but damaged, and they wouldn’t look perfect. Wayfair told her to give the tables to Habitat for Humanity or something similar. She did.
If you use Wayfair, read the specifications carefully! Another friend bought a dining table. Again, from India. When it arrived, it was left at her front door, and it weighed 350 pounds! Turned out the top was solid marble, 3x6’, and 1.5” thick, and she hadn’t noticed that detail. Friends helped her move it into the living room, but in laying it down sideways it slipped out of their hands and scraped her ankle, leaving her with a wound that got infected and took a couple months to heal. It was nearly a month before she could bring together four old guys willing to lift and flip the marble and set it on top of the table legs.