.. that beeline furniture is going out of business due to work on the beeline?
I'm thinking of opening "Eminent Domain Chevrolet" right next to I-44.
No, not really. I think they will re-emerge as an annoying furniture store at 51st & Sheridan and keep closing and re-opening every six months from now on.
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No, not really. I think they will re-emerge as an annoying furniture store at 51st & Sheridan and keep closing and re-opening every six months from now on.
From what I've gotten from investigative news stories on TV, that whole "Quitting Business" sales thing that furniture stores do so often is little more than a gimmick. I wouldn't be at all surprised if so many of them reopen with the same owners under a different name.
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Originally posted by Conan71
No, not really. I think they will re-emerge as an annoying furniture store at 51st & Sheridan and keep closing and re-opening every six months from now on.
From what I've gotten from investigative news stories on TV, that whole "Quitting Business" sales thing that furniture stores do so often is little more than a gimmick. I wouldn't be at all surprised if so many of them reopen with the same owners under a different name.
All the time...
I have thought it deceptive, or at least odd that their TV/newspaper advertisements say a "forced" going-out-of-business sale. They may have to relocate due to highway bridge or overpass construction, but no one is forcing them out of business or preventing them from relocation.
I think I read that the owners say they can't stay in business with the name "Beeline" if they are not on the U.S. 75 beeline. Pretty lame excuse. I am a past customer of theirs; all the mattress sets and LazyBoy sofa/loveseat in my den came from Beeline. This bit of being "forced" out of business is just a marketing tactic.
Still not as bad nor as annoying as car dealers. "Test Market Pricing!" "We will take all offers to the sales manager" (no crap, that's pretty much how it works) "We accept all credit applications" (doesn't mean they can get the paper bought by a lender) "Selling a distressed dealer's inventory" "Repo sale"
My all time favorite though was: "Bring your wife and your title and we'll dicker"
I had to run out the beeline on business this morning and dropped off at Beeline Furniture to see if there were any deals. As suspected, it looked like they had marked everything up to double retail so they could cut the price in half. No deals there folks, keep driving.
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Originally posted by Conan71
I had to run out the beeline on business this morning and dropped off at Beeline Furniture to see if there were any deals. As suspected, it looked like they had marked everything up to double retail so they could cut the price in half. No deals there folks, keep driving.
So they pulled a "kohl's"
Kohl's fine print on their "markdowns':
http://www.mouseprint.org/wp-content/ads/kohlsregprices.jpg
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Originally posted by Conan71
I had to run out the beeline on business this morning and dropped off at Beeline Furniture to see if there were any deals. As suspected, it looked like they had marked everything up to double retail so they could cut the price in half. No deals there folks, keep driving.
So they pulled a "kohl's"
Kohl's fine print on their "markdowns':
http://www.mouseprint.org/wp-content/ads/kohlsregprices.jpg
Couldn't open the link...
Do you get jumped as soon as you walk in Beeline like Mathis Bros? I know they gotta make a livin' but when like 6 salespeople annoy you in course of 15 min, forget it!
Aint that the truth on Mathis Bros. I would rather take a beating than walk in there.
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Do you get jumped as soon as you walk in Beeline like Mathis Bros? I know they gotta make a livin' but when like 6 salespeople annoy you in course of 15 min, forget it!
Yep, two or three of them were reaching for their fly when I walked in.
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Originally posted by Kashmir
Do you get jumped as soon as you walk in Beeline like Mathis Bros? I know they gotta make a livin' but when like 6 salespeople annoy you in course of 15 min, forget it!
Yep, two or three of them were reaching for their fly when I walked in.
Boy they did not know who they were messing with did they....heh...
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Originally posted by Conan71
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Originally posted by Kashmir
Do you get jumped as soon as you walk in Beeline like Mathis Bros? I know they gotta make a livin' but when like 6 salespeople annoy you in course of 15 min, forget it!
Yep, two or three of them were reaching for their fly when I walked in.
Boy they did not know who they were messing with did they....heh...
They fled when I got out a tube of KY.
Having worked at one time for the largest holding company of home furnishings manufacturers, I can say that going "To Market" in High Point, NC is absolutely Faaaahb-Yoo-Luss....
I never knew what the "Friends of Dorothy" reception was before that....
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Originally posted by Conan71
I had to run out the beeline on business this morning and dropped off at Beeline Furniture to see if there were any deals. As suspected, it looked like they had marked everything up to double retail so they could cut the price in half. No deals there folks, keep driving.
That is the truth.
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Originally posted by Conan71
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Originally posted by Breadburner
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Originally posted by Conan71
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Originally posted by Kashmir
Do you get jumped as soon as you walk in Beeline like Mathis Bros? I know they gotta make a livin' but when like 6 salespeople annoy you in course of 15 min, forget it!
Yep, two or three of them were reaching for their fly when I walked in.
Boy they did not know who they were messing with did they....heh...
They fled when I got out a tube of KY.
At Mathis, the trick is to walk into the store with one of those blue invoice sheets you get from a prior purchase in view of everybody. Salesmen leave you alone, I think, because they think you are there to return something...Loss of commission risk
I always wanted to take a sales order from Mathis Brothers into Riverside Chevrolet and say: "Beat this" and see how quick they call Parkside...
Beeline had some nice signs out front.
Didn't stop, was enroute to College Station, Texas.
Research found that Kohl's sales prices are a lie. They list "retail" prices that they specify are made up. If a shirt costs $20 elsewhere, they sell it for 50% off of $50.
The trick to Mathis brothers is to walk to the left directly like you're going to customer service, maybe even point that way if a salesman makes eye contact. If you get past the front without a salesman, you're set.
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Beeline had some nice signs out front.
Didn't stop, was enroute to College Station, Texas.
Yup, they were straight from the furniture store "going out of business sale" mill.