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TexasTowelie

(118,517 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:12 PM Jan 16

Has Furniture Gotten Worse? We Tested It. - More Perfect Union [View all]

If you have ever bought a Wayfair couch or tried to assemble an IKEA anything, you know furniture sucks now. Fast furniture has taken over — meaning cheap quality for customers and low wages for workers. Meanwhile, companies like IKEA and Wayfair are raking in huge profits.

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Has Furniture Gotten Worse? We Tested It. - More Perfect Union [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 16 OP

My wife started helping her sister with her LuvLoogie Jan 16 #1

I worked in the furniture business for decades. sheshe2 Jan 16 #2

With a side order of toxic chemical outgassing that is carcinogenic mahina Jan 17 #3

Fun fact: Managing the toxic insecticides in boxes of imported goods LastDemocratInSC Jan 17 #5

I wish I had known that last month. mahina Jan 17 #8

it's all part of MAKE PEOPLE HAVE TO REPLACE PRODUCTS MORE OFTEN Skittles Jan 17 #4

Some items like the lower priced home vacuum cleaners LastDemocratInSC Jan 17 #6

that is covered in the documentary BUY NOW - THE SHOPPING CONSIPIRACY Skittles Jan 17 #7