There was a furniture store a couple of blocks away from a place where we used to rent an apartment. We lived there for 8 years and a going out of business sign was up the entire time.
I don’t think i have ever seen a furniture store without a liquidation sale sign
I genuinely fucking hate “local” furniture stores. That industry seems slimier than car sales honestly. Sell dog shit quality products for hundreds to thousands of dollars and then are allowed to act like they are going out of business constantly. There are always furniture stores around me having “liquidation sales” and “going out of business sales” and literally none of them have ever gone out of business. If anything, they usually raise their prices before their next sale.
It always reeks of money laundering to me.
There’s no way it’s not. Either that or there is some kind of tax loophole they’re able to take advantage of that lets them write all of the furniture off at a loss every year despite turning a profit.
Ashley Furniture in my home town has been going out of business since before I was 18, I’m now 32.
Same. We have an Ashley furniture and an Ashley furniture outlet that are perpetually liquidating their stock
And you can often find the EXACT same items on eBay for a tenth of the price.
Yeah, I bought an 800 couch last year from a place that was allegedly liquidating and it is GARBAGE quality. It’s already falling apart, the staples were noticeable the day we got it, the springs are poor quality, and the frame is cheap. I bought a couch that was easily 20 years old when I bought it and it lasted another three years before having to replace it, and now I’m going to have to replace this couch I bought BRAND NEW after a year.
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My girlfriend’s dad ran a waterbed store. He sold drugs.
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I’m not sure. I can write to him in prison and ask.
Same, in multiple states.
It’s like all the “we’re hiring” signs in every window
Taco Bell down the road from me has had their large sign out front saying “now hiring closers” for going on 4+ years now. Of course they haven’t considered treating employees well and paying them fairly, yet. Prices went up though! Also this is in a very large city with no shortage of people who need work.
It’s literally their main sales tactic 😂
A rug shop near me spent from before 1990 though to 2010 “closing down” then they suprised everyone by closing down. They moved to a cheaper shopping centre, and have been operating there ever since
The same 80% discount they had always advertised was in action during the lead up to their move, and continues today
comes 2078, business closes, new sign: we told you
Reminds me of that store in Men in Black 3 called Always Going out of Business
Or the Zohan’s store of a very similar name
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I wouldn’t call that failure. That’s a pretty good run.
Exactly, the average company lasts around 15 to 20 years. Even very big companies are hovering at around 25 (with a tendency to go down).
Yeah, they really did have a good run worthy of being proud of. I think a lot of people subconsciously think the businesses they see every day will be around forever, forgetting that nothing lasts forever. Least of all an entity whose driving goal is just to make money by any means possible for an aimless mob of shareholders headed by sociopathic elites. Any means possible isn’t how you build the foundation of something that lasts decades or longer like this business.
What’s really funny to me is how the same people who scream about survival of the fittest in capitalism are the first to approve of corporate bailouts. I’m starting to call it corporate socialism to see if it makes them hate bailouts due to the dreaded “s” word.
This isn’t Hades…
To be honest I really just don’t think there’s a place for Doctor Jack Phillip’s Wooden Dentures in this world anymore. Shame to see them close down.
Sometimes it’s a little more complicated than failing to adapt.
Sometimes there are challenges that happen that small business owners just can’t overcome. Things like the price of the rent for the commercial space that goes up 200% because it became a prime location. People stop shopping at a small shop because the prices are a bit higher than mega stores like Walmart who can afford to have smaller profits on sales due to the amount they sell or even Amazon.
Next thing you know, these small shops that support your local neighborhood and pay the local taxes disappear and the big mega corporations, who are registered in tax havens and pay minimum taxes, take their place because they can afford it.
It makes for a great movie though.
Did someone yell Brinkley?
It should say, “We failed to adapt”
Probably more accurately, “we failed to compete with a billionaire backed business who exploits their workers”.
Small businesses generally pay less and in my experience are worse to their workers. Some of the biggest piece of garbage slave drivers I’ve ever seen have been small businesses owners.
It doesn’t matter if the business is big or small. The bourgeoisie all have the same interests and act accordingly.
“We failed to send enough cocaine money to our representatives”
Making a lot of negative assumptions towards the business owner there
Or “The market has decided” 🤣
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remember your oath to increase shareholder value at all cost. silly business
Snark aside, this definitely looks like a smaller business, something like a pub. This is probably more of a covid casualty.
furniture stores are notorious for GooB sales
I guess there’s no “too old to fail”.
Tell that to Kongō Gumi. They had been in business for about 1400 years…
Survivorship bias. Most companies don’t get to 1400…
I’m sure the local Super Wal-Mart is very nice.
Has anyone ever told you, you’re a real FUCKER?
yep👍
Now now, people should know better than to get sentimental about corporations. Redirect that energy to people, not companies.
going out of business after being established 140 years ago and they’re calling that failure. some people just can’t pat themselves on the back huh
To be fair, they probably inherited the place and got to be the lucky person it closed down under, which probably doesn’t feel great.
At least, it’d raise some eyebrows if its had the same owner since 1883.
That’s capitalism, baby! Thanks for playing!
Had a furniture store back where I come from that just kept running the going out of business sale until they made a law about it. After a whole scandal about providing alcohol for his son’s underage drinking party the guy leased the building to a indoor flea market for a while and then eventually turned it back into a furniture store and even has the balls to put his name back on the sign. Bought a mattress from him not too long ago, pretty fucking good mattress actually, especially for the price.
What a rollercoaster
Omaha is a weird city.
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Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
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Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
Yeah so they can cut corners and avoid paying taxes like every other pig shmuck
The only people who find your sniveling humor funny are the other sniveling morons you run with if any
