BARGAINS : SETTING TRENDS IN SERVICE, SAVINGS.Byline: Trisha King & Deborah Newmark With so many stores struggling to survive, consumers are often met with high-pressure sales techniques instead of genuine service. But there are still places that offer friendly, pressure-free service, and one of them is Furniture Trends in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . Furniture Trends offers furnishings at prices usually lower than ``sale'' prices at large furniture chains. For example, a traditional cocktail table in a mahogany mahogany, common name for the Meliaceae, a widely distributed family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees, often having scented wood. The valuable hardwood called mahogany is obtained from many members of the family; in America and Europe it is imported for finish runs $129 ``on sale'' at a large chain. The everyday price here is $99. Family owned and operated by three generations, Furniture Trends offers first-quality merchandise from many of the manufacturers used by medium-priced furniture stores. Most goods come from local factories that offer real delivery dates on special orders. You'll also see goods not available to mass merchandisers from local factories. A very thin accent chair with mosaic work See Mosaic, n. os> See also: Mosaic , featuring an iris and greenery on a red background, is $559 instead of several hundred dollars more at specialty boutiques. Plus, as long as the pattern remains the same, you can have the mosaic made in other colors at no extra charge. A 42-inch-wide upholstered chair with three pillows is $499, plus $199 for a matching ottoman. Similar sets in standard sizes usually start at $850 retail. Anyone who has priced down-filled furniture will be amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at the prices here. Depending on the choice of fabric for the pre-washed slipcovers, down-filled, 8-foot sofas start at $1,200; an overstuffed o·ver·stuff tr.v. o·ver·stuffed, o·ver·stuff·ing, over·stuffs 1. To stuff too much into: overstuff a suitcase. 2. To upholster (an armchair, for example) deeply and thickly. 52-inch ``chair and a half'' runs $799, and the matching ottoman is $399. During Memorial Day Weekend (today through Monday), Furniture Trends will waive To intentionally or voluntarily relinquish a known right or engage in conduct warranting an inference that a right has been surrendered. For example, an individual is said to waive the right to bring a tort action when he or she renounces the remedy provided by law for such sales tax sales tax, levy on the sale of goods or services, generally calculated as a percentage of the selling price, and sometimes called a purchase tax. It is usually collected in the form of an extra charge by the retailer, who remits the tax to the government. charges. Special orders must be paid in full to receive the tax-free offer. In addition to bringing in extra merchandise, Furniture Trends will reduce prices for love seat sets, starting at $799 instead of the usual $1,499 (retail $2,200 and up). Furniture Trends is at 2585 Cochran St., Unit E, Simi Valley, Calif. 93065; (805) 584-0116. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Discover, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. Inside info Advanced Liquidators Inc. has a large inventory of office furniture and equipment at prices as low as $40. They also carry new office furniture at 30 percent to 50 percent off retail. Best of all, their prices are negotiable NEGOTIABLE. That which is capable of being transferred by assignment; a thing, the title to which may be transferred by a sale and indorsement or delivery. 2. . Advanced Liquidators Inc. is at 10631 Magnolia Magnolia, city, United States Magnolia (măgnō`lyə), city (1990 pop. 11,151), seat of Columbia co., SW Ark.; inc. 1855. Its oil industry has been important since 1938. Blvd., North Hollywood; (818) 763-3470. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. MEMO: Trisha King and Deborah Newmark are co-authors of ``Buying Retail Is Stupid.'' Bargains appears Saturdays. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Furniture Trends in Simi Valley offers plushness atbargain prices. Bob Halvorsen/Daily News |
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