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<p>[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4059757, member: 5170"]Komo's not wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an unusually nice example, and worth what you're paying. If you've been following this site, you know that brown furniture has been in a pricing free fall for something like 15-20 years. Komo did a good job of summarizing why.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you're planning on keeping this piece, and obviously have the aesthetic sense to give it value, then $300-$400 isn't bad, though of course from your point of view cheaper is better. There are signs that the long furniture depression may slowly end in the next few years, but I'm not counting on it recovering in my lifetime. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, like you, I've been buying the pieces I love, and love to live with. Prices are still generally low, as long as you don't plan on ever seeing that money again. Because you may or may not. Regardless, look at your purchase as in investment in you and your happiness, and if you make your money back in 30 or 40 years, call it good. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now if you want to talk about the very top of the market, which we're not, then that's a totally different thing.....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 4059757, member: 5170"]Komo's not wrong. This is an unusually nice example, and worth what you're paying. If you've been following this site, you know that brown furniture has been in a pricing free fall for something like 15-20 years. Komo did a good job of summarizing why. Since you're planning on keeping this piece, and obviously have the aesthetic sense to give it value, then $300-$400 isn't bad, though of course from your point of view cheaper is better. There are signs that the long furniture depression may slowly end in the next few years, but I'm not counting on it recovering in my lifetime. So, like you, I've been buying the pieces I love, and love to live with. Prices are still generally low, as long as you don't plan on ever seeing that money again. Because you may or may not. Regardless, look at your purchase as in investment in you and your happiness, and if you make your money back in 30 or 40 years, call it good. Now if you want to talk about the very top of the market, which we're not, then that's a totally different thing.....[/QUOTE]
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