But I don't want a bloody sofa!!!!

[Bigtallfatbloke]

...these sale ads for sofas are driving me nuts...if I had a quid for every one i've seen this week I could afford to buy the warehouse....and why do they insist on SHOUTING at me....cant they see I am slobbing out on a perfectly good sofa already????!!!!

 

[pzycoman]

I dont get any sofa sale ads on the DVDs that I have

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

..good point...but then I'd need to get off the sofa (that i already have) to avoid seeing the ads for the sofa I haven't yet aquired (or need).

 

[Dave5N]

Just do your duty and bloody buy one.

Or is the economy supposed to survive by itself?

(I have heard on the wireless that DFS are a reputable merchant.)

 

[spandex]

no if you give in they will keep on and on and on and on till we all buy one

 

[Dave5N]

No, when they have sold them all they'll have to stop. Be no point otherwise.

 

[mondobongo]

Just you try paying cash for one.

 

[Dave5N]

Just you try paying cash for one.

I couldn't. They were sold out.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

Why are there ever only young girls on those sofas in the ads...I mean surely the main user in the household is the couch potato bloke....hmmm...maybe I just answered my own question...but it is still couch potato blokeism

 

[Aperitif]

Bigtallbloke - have you read "Breaking The Chaise" by Willy Voet? It'll have you on the edge of your seat

 

[freakhatz]

...these sale ads for sofas are driving me nuts...

You don't get that sort of thing watching the BBC. Just for that the licence is good VFM IMO.

 

[ColinJ]

How much does it actually cost for decent sofas anyway? I visited an old mate over Christmas and he is planning to spend £2,000 for a 3-seater + 2-seater pair, plus extra for an extended warranty. That sounds like a hell of a lot of money to me. For a couple of sofas that is - I'd be happy to spend that on a new bicycle .

 

[mondobongo]

I had a mint condition 3 seater and 2 seater off Ebay for £98 but know I was lucky spent 2 days worrying it was not going to look anything like the photos, but it was all good.

 

[beanzontoast]

Just before we got married, we were shopping around for furniture one hot sunny summer day. We saw a nice 3-piece suite in the window of a shop, and went in. We'd been in maybe 10 seconds and had just walked over to an armchair when an annoyed-looking sweaty middle-aged salesman who was wrestling with moving a dining table looked us up and down, made a decision about our spending power (we were dressed in jeans, old trainers and t-shirts) and barked: "That chair's £400, the sofa's £800 - got it?" We left.

Strangely, we heard the shop went out of business soon after.

 

[andy_wrx]

DFS = Dodgy Furniture Shop

SCS = Seriously Crap Sofas