How To Buy Furniture Online Tips Provided by Rathwood Furniture Store

(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 04, 2012 ) Tullow, Ireland -- Knowing how to buy furniture online and following some basic guidelines is key for a happy online shopping experience, according to rathwood Furniture Store. Located in Tullow, County Carlow, Rathwood specialises in high quality oak furniture in Ireland.

“Technology has given us access to much greater choice and information as consumers. We can browse an ever growing range of styles, shapes and sizes at the click of a mouse,” says James Keogh, director of Rathwood.

“But we must keep certain factors in mind. This is particularly important when buying high quality products, such as our oak furniture.”

How to buy furniture online - Top 10 Tips:

1-Selection and Style

Keogh recommends customers select sites that have a good range of furniture collections to find a style to suit their home: classic, rustic oak furniture, contemporary, French style… “Make a shortlist of possible furniture online shops with styles that match what you are looking for,” he says.

2-Furniture Quality

When selecting furniture online stores, customers should keep in mind the type of quality they are looking for: budget furniture or high quality pieces? Self-assembly or solid built oak furniture? The quality will be the main factor in the price.

Furniture quality should be specified in the product information, such as type of wood (solid oak furniture, solid ash, pine) and finish (natural oak effect, antique).

3-Pictures

Another ‘how to buy furniture online’ essential tip is good photography, according to Keogh. He recommends customers should buy from sites with a selection of good quality and detailed pictures of the furniture pieces, from different angles.

“Many customers are concerned about how to buy furniture online without getting a feel first for the pieces. A good option is to buy from a furniture online store with a bricks and mortar shop, where you can see, touch and feel the furniture pieces in person before you buy them,” adds Keogh.

4-Measuring Tape in Hand

Another key tip is making sure the selected furniture fits the space available in the room.

5-Compare Prices

Comparing prices is also highly recommended, like for like. Keogh explains: “If you are looking for solid oak furniture of certain dimensions, you must compare prices for furniture of similar quality and size.”

6-Delivery options and costs

How much will it cost?

Is it delivered to the area?

How long it would take?

Is there a support number one could ring if need to?

When comparing prices, customers must keep in mind the delivery costs, as a lower initial price could be hiding a high delivery cost. If it sounds too good or too cheap to be true, it probably is!

7-Return policies

Before buying furniture online, customers must make sure they read the store’s return policy and sounds reasonable.

8-Guarantee

Another essential ‘how to buy furniture online’ tip is guarantee. Before purchasing, buyers must check if the furniture has a guarantee, especially if they are investing in high quality furniture pieces.

9-Secure websites – Safe payments

One of the most important points on how to buy furniture online successfully: buy from reputable sites with safe payment options. How can customers spot a reputable site? Keogh shares useful tips: Do they have a phone number to can ring? Or an office/store one can go to? Do they get good reviews online? Are they an established offline business?

10-Someone at the end of the phone

Sometimes doubts can arise or plans can be altered due to unexpected events (ie. weather conditions, etc). Another recommendation on how to buy furniture online is to purchase quality products such as furniture from companies with a ‘face’: someone at the end of the phone customers can talk to if there is any hiccup or if there are any questions - before or after buying furniture online.

About Rathwood Furniture Store:

Located just outside Tullow, in County Carlow, Rathwood Furniture specialises in high quality and handcrafted furniture, both for interiors and outdoors. Rathwood has one of the biggest collections of oak furniture in Ireland. To see the collections, visit: http://www.rathwood.com/OakFurniture.aspx

Rathwood
James Millman
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info@rathwood.com