August 25, 2009

You Break It, You Buy It.




So, before I left to go to Winston-Salem, I went to Marshall's to pick up some things I needed. I passed by this sign in the furniture section. I thought it was pretty funny. I mean, I get it—they don't want people coming in and lounging on the furniture. At the same time, do they really think somebody is going to buy a chair they haven't sat in? Would you buy a car without test driving it? Would you buy a house you hadn't stepped foot in? Would you marry a girl you haven't...(I'll let your mind wander on that one)? Absolutely not. So what makes them think somebody is going to buy a loveseat their butt hasn't mingled with?
I'd hope they're not worried about the furniture breaking when a customer tests it out. If so, why are they selling it in the first place? I know Marshall's isn't Furniture Warehouse, but I don't expect my recliner to crumble as soon as I sit in it. God forbid you find out the stuff is crappy before you get it home. Then you can't return it. They're probably working on the "you break it, you buy it" principle, and all sales are final. I kept looking for a fat guy in the back ready to jump out like Chris Farley in Tommy Boy, "What'd you do," should you sit in it and it breaks. They should be more worried about selling shoddy furniture than somebody sitting in it. But maybe that's just me.

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