Anyone use them? Is it worth it? How much is the membership these days?

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No - but am occasionally interested in how it all works.

Made contact with them not long after we had arrived in Canada - and they would only set up an appointment for mr and mrs m - which got my back up immediately I'm afraid (I'm as capable of spending our money as we are )- and also no kids - which was impossible as we didn't know anyone here!

That kind of put me off really and we never went back.

Be carefull. Watch this

http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2009/t...mise/main.html

or read this
http://discuss.50plus.com/ipb/index....7&hl=directbuy

We were interested until we looked into it, then watched the Marketplace report. Prudent shopping and Costco works for me.

Wow thanks Flashman, I will avoid then!$5000 membership!!!!

Hi Louise - don't know if you have found Surplus Freight but we have bought some great stuff from them in Calgary at pretty good prices. I can vouch for their beds!! They do have a branch in Halifax ..... J

We just googled Direct Buy - that was enough to put us off, anything that requires money up front makes us run a mile.

Thanks Jingle! just had a quick look and their prices seem great!! Do you have to be a member there too?

Scam .... too many horror stories. Use Craigslist ... bargains galore!

We have been in here and to be honest a lot of the stuff is really overpriced..crap.lol. And the sales men follow you around the whole time - which brings out the evil side of me as I hate being pestered whilst shopping!

Blimey it's a minefield isn't it! I hate being pestered too

yeah you're right, think I'll stick to Craigslist and Kijiji!

LOL We must have hit them at a good time - our beds are fantastic and they were a really good price. My OH is pretty good in stores like that - whenever he walks into a store like The Brick (which is very, very, rare .. ) he immediately looks for a salesman and instructs them that he is only there to look and he will find them if he has a question

It can be a bit embarrassing but it seems to work - he uses a very loud "outside" voice

J

LOL can I borrow him the next time I go furniture shopping - I always end up being the one talking to the salesman, usually about how they know someone in London and gosh isn't it always foggy there...lol

My bf is a member and I've saved a fortune on kitting out my basement with a plasma TV, hometheatre system and sofas, etc. If you are coming over and will be furnishing a house from scratch or even building a home, then the membership is totally worth it. You can buy just about anything through Direct Buy and make a saving. You do seem to save more on the higher end stuff though. Just as an example, I saw a couple of sofas I was interested in at Ashley Furniture - the 3-seater sofa was $800 plus tax and the loveseat $600 plus tax. I got them both, tak in for $800 through DB.

If you only have one or two things to buy, then the membership isn't worth it.