Saturday, March 1, 2008

Bob's Discount Furniture and Ethan Allen Interiors

From time to time it is necessary to change the interior of our homes. But when time comes to make some innovations there arises a problem where to go shopping, what store to choose, what brand furniture is the best correspondence between price and quality. It is really hard to choose among those numerous furniture companies, since they all claim themselves to be leaders in the industry.

Bob's Discount Furniture. As funny as it may seem, the Bob's Discount Furniture was started due to a motorcycle accident. Its founder Bob Kaufman had a bad injury and he used a waterbed to recover. That bad experience resulted in a furniture company which was founded in 1991 in Newington, Connecticut. Today it is a chain of furniture shops in the Northeastern part of the USA. The company is known for its advertisement campaign and for offering video arcades, home theaters and in-store miniature golf. Among the products offered by the company areseparate beds, bedroom sets, sofas, armchairs and other facilities. Customers are dissatisfied with the quality of the furniture Bob's Discount Furnitureoffers and that is not reimbursed with the customer care. They do not care about the warranties they give and sometimes fraud people selling them one item and in the check mention the other one so that it can not be returned in case it breaks.

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. Ethan Allen is one of the largest chains of furniture stores across the United States and Canada. The company was founded by Theodore Baumritter and Nathan S. Ancell in 1932. It is headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut. From a small factory in Beecher Falls, Vermont the company has grown to operate 21 plants all over the U.S and Canada. However, in 2008 the company announced about closing a dozen stores. The company offers interior design solutions. Ethan Allen holds an ample stock of kitchen furniture, living-room and bedroom sets, appliances and utilities for bathrooms, flooring, and many much more. At the Ethan Allen each customer is assisted by free design consultation. The company offers free local delivery services.

Comparison. You never know until you try. There is no general positive or negative opinion concerning these two companies. If they managed to get on the market and even stay competitive that means that they do have something worthy to offer the consumers. Black PR and the like can not spoil the reputation if the customer is satisfied.

No comments: