Furniture.com is probably the largest online furniture presence. That is, no doubt, partially a product of having a fantastic domain name (unlike the cheapskates over at Furniture Guy headquarters). That is mainly why I decided to look into furniture.com and see if I could get a feel about whether or not it is worth a look for online furniture shoppers.
Who They Are
First off, if you are not familiar with online furniture stores, you may not realize that they are generally owned or controlled by traditional furniture retailers. In this case, furniture.com is an ecommerce presence for a variety of furniture retailers. In fact, the big seller for them is that they do allow retailers to have an online presence without having to do it on their own. Overall, though, it should also be noted that the brand of furniture.com is owned by Levitz (on stock reports you will see it reported as part of LEvitz, and I don't think it is a fact they hide at all)
Here is an article that gives a little more information on what furniture.com is. Remember, when furniture shopping, information is important to have:
What I found about Furniture.com
I have to say that the site itself is very nice. Additionally, there is some good content there and solid advice for furniture shoppers. Generally I am leary of advice on a site for a particular manufacturer, but in this case there is some stuff there worth looking at. They even have design advice and a site that will help you set up the design of the room you are looking to furniture. So information wise, they have as much as an online furniture shopper could need.
However, as I searched and talked to people about furniture.com, it was difficult to find much of anything in the way of reviews. However, when I was able to find them, they were largely negative. They were examples of my fear about online furniture shopping: customer service and return issues. Granted, I did find that these reviews were several years old so there is really no way to know if things have improved over at furniture.com. For now, I would check them out but would be a little leary of buying from them just yet without more information. I will continue to look into them, but they have a bit of that Levitz rep going already from what I can see.
You Can See One Review of Furniture.com Here
Hope this helps,
The Furniture Guy
Who They Are
First off, if you are not familiar with online furniture stores, you may not realize that they are generally owned or controlled by traditional furniture retailers. In this case, furniture.com is an ecommerce presence for a variety of furniture retailers. In fact, the big seller for them is that they do allow retailers to have an online presence without having to do it on their own. Overall, though, it should also be noted that the brand of furniture.com is owned by Levitz (on stock reports you will see it reported as part of LEvitz, and I don't think it is a fact they hide at all)
Here is an article that gives a little more information on what furniture.com is. Remember, when furniture shopping, information is important to have:
What I found about Furniture.com
I have to say that the site itself is very nice. Additionally, there is some good content there and solid advice for furniture shoppers. Generally I am leary of advice on a site for a particular manufacturer, but in this case there is some stuff there worth looking at. They even have design advice and a site that will help you set up the design of the room you are looking to furniture. So information wise, they have as much as an online furniture shopper could need.
However, as I searched and talked to people about furniture.com, it was difficult to find much of anything in the way of reviews. However, when I was able to find them, they were largely negative. They were examples of my fear about online furniture shopping: customer service and return issues. Granted, I did find that these reviews were several years old so there is really no way to know if things have improved over at furniture.com. For now, I would check them out but would be a little leary of buying from them just yet without more information. I will continue to look into them, but they have a bit of that Levitz rep going already from what I can see.
You Can See One Review of Furniture.com Here
Hope this helps,
The Furniture Guy
