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Experience with "Direct Buy?" djay 03-25-2008
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Posted by djay on March 25, 2008, 10:21 pm
All,

Have you tried the direct buy warehouse? I hear the radio commercial about
saving thousands on a single purchase. If you've tried it or know someone
who has, what's been the experience? Positive? Negative? It seems like
another type of Costco to me.

Djay



Posted by djay on March 25, 2008, 10:29 pm

>I don't have any experience. But a friend joined and loves it, as he
> bought many thousands of dollars worth of furniture for his business
> office.
>
> He said it cost him $5,000 to join, so you have to plan to buy a lot of
> stuff for it to be a good deal.
>
> James
>
>

I'd heard the membership fee was "significant" but WOW! $5K? I guess you'd
have to be ready for some major purchases!

DJay



Posted by Robert Neville on March 25, 2008, 11:50 pm

>Have you tried the direct buy warehouse? I hear the radio commercial about
>saving thousands on a single purchase. If you've tried it or know someone
>who has, what's been the experience? Positive? Negative? It seems like
>another type of Costco to me.

It's not. It's the latest incarnation of the old United Consumers Club
franchise. They suck you into a high pressure, you must sign up tonight or be
forever banned from ever joining visit to their showroom. The membership costs
whatever they think they can get out of you - between $5000 - $8000. They show
you lots of catalogs you can order from with an emphasis on furniture and other
items that can't easily be compared, even if they let you have time to do
comparison shopping before joining.

Learn more by Googling on DirectBuy or United Consumers Club.

Posted by mm on March 25, 2008, 11:54 pm

>All,
>
>Have you tried the direct buy warehouse? I hear the radio commercial about
>saving thousands on a single purchase. If you've tried it or know someone
>who has, what's been the experience? Positive? Negative? It seems like
>another type of Costco to me.

I bought 10 lightbulbs once, and saved 2000 dollars over the regular
price.

>Djay

Hmmm. They don't tell you how much it costs on their webpage, so it
must be expensive.

Sometimes I call a store and they won't quote a price on the phone,
and so I say, You must be expensive if you won't tell me the price.
They usually tell me after I say that.


Posted by Lou on March 26, 2008, 8:40 am
It makes you wonder if they have a price match
guarentee.
Lou

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