First of all, Wish you all a Very Happy New Year. For all those who made resolutions, Good Luck! And for those who did not, Congrats, Stay Happy.
As part of New Year renovation, we discarded some of our used furniture and bought the new ones. This selling and buying process enlightened me to write this post, which will help you if you are planning to do the same.
How to sell the old furniture:
- Your friends and family would have advised you to give them away for free to the needy. DO NOT fall for it. You have invested in buying, so you ought to earn it back. Use your social network to spread the sale news. Call your friends, mail them the pics.
- Follow up with friends. Lure them to buy. Meanwhile book for new furniture.
- Friends failed to help? No problem. Put up an ad on Dubizzle. Wait for the enquiries and ask the buyer to collect it from your place at the earliest.
- Buyer did not turn up? Problem! Panic.. New set is about to be delivered anytime and not enough space in home to accommodate both sets. Emergency call to friends again, begging them to take them all, for FREE!
- Ultimately the old furniture is gone, friends are happy and you are relived. But did you notice, you are back to point 1, where someone had advised you to give the items away for free? Damn!
How to buy new furniture:
- Hunt for the place with sale. Visit all of them. Shortlist the suitable item and keep a note.
- Wait for the sale to end.
- Visit the showroom again and bargain to get the item in sale price. When they disagree, exchange an online discount voucher claiming the discount.
- Return home happily.. So what if you missed to buy the item at 30% discount during sale, you still got 25% discount from the voucher!!!
Being wise is good. But being otherwise is memorable :D
Ashwini.
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