Bloody sofa ads

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:51 pm 0

They are getting right on my tits!

Col · Post by **Col** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:53 pm 0

Don't forget, the ScS sale is only on for one day!

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:55 pm 0

They spend all the run up to xmas trying to flog bloody sofas in time for xmas, then all the time *after* xmas trying to flog the same sofas at a discount that makes you think that the before-xmas prices were a ripoff anyway.

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:56 pm 0

You know you want one

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:58 pm 0

nah, I brought a proper sofa last year, in summer, and a decent one too, not the kind of tat you get from DFS made of chipboard and leather from special thin skinned cows.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:59 pm 0

DFS... Thing sofas, think Deeply Fucking Shit.

We went in there once - what a load of crap.

And the adverts are justification for murder... kill.

snaff · Post by **snaff** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:09 am 0

How come sofas are so expensive? They must cost 30 quid to make. Is there some cartel or what?

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:13 am 0

Was with the folks over christmas, and I swear there must be about 5 times the number of sofa company ads in the ITV central region compared to where I live down here in the ITV London region.

Col · Post by **Col** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:13 am 0

snaff wrote:How come sofas are so expensive? They must cost 30 quid to make. Is there some cartel or what?

They need to be manufactured to a certain standard so they can withold my big fat arse sitting down on it every day. That's why they're so expensive

piku · Post by **piku** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:41 am 0

Oh yes, it's time for "HURRY! While stocks last! One day only!" prattle and "Buy now, pay in ten years time!" type crap.

Sales are a con, they're just a convenient way for shops to clear out their old crap ready for some new crap.

That and the "This is barney the dog... he was abused by his owner. Give us three quid a month and you can help dogs like Barney. We've saved over 2000 starving African Children this year and your donation of a fiver a week can help save many more". I have no objection to these adverts, I just wish they'd not all cluster around Christmas praying on people's conscience. You never see the adverts during summer, do you? It's like someone says "right, it's Christmas... Bert, bring out the guilt-trip advert reel and the one with the bloke from Eastenders selling sofas".

They showed Back To The Future today, so Christmas telly is following its usual pattern. Now for a Wallace and Grommit film.

Driller · Post by **Driller** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:52 am 0

I did three days of sofa-moving for SCS in Dartford last year as part of a Manpower contract. Put me off sofas for a few years

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:27 am 0

snaff wrote:How come sofas are so expensive? They must cost 30 quid to make. Is there some cartel or what?

Depends what sofa you buy and what is made of.

If you buy a sofa that is too cheap as a friend of mines says it has
"a pre-determined number of times you can sit on" ... then it will collapse or
it will form a "hole" where you seat.

Sofas are usually made "on custom request" so you can choose some
materials, colors, fabric/skin, etc. etc.

If you want to go cheap then use futon and some pillows

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:56 am 0

True. A good sofa will have a skeleton made from good solid wood. Cheepo ones are just soft woods that if you are lucky will last the year. As for leather, there's 3 basic types, the cheapest being pressed together cut offs, then theres like a semi skin, and a full skin (most expensive one). Then the padding, size, profit margin, delivery and VAT on top.

Some cost is just totally out of the ballpark mental though. Take that nice wavery sofa in the radio station on tonights movie "night of the comet" - yu can buy those from a stockist in manchester.... roughly Â£50,000 if you please.

Rich persons only need apply. I think DFS's most expensive is a fluffy soft circular white one for around Â£4,000. Caveat though - fluffy new they may be, but once that filling foam has worn in and flattened... a shitty looking flabby deflated ugly unsightly sofa it will become.

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:42 am 0

Shit yeah, I looked at DFS and they all looked the same under the fabric
except for a couple which were slightly less uncomfortable but they were all
going to die within the year..

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:44 am 0

snaff wrote:How come sofas are so expensive?

There's a lot of manual labour.