WOODCARVING & ACCESSORIES

Everything A Salesman Tells You Isn't True

There was a huge sale going on. She had been planning for months to go out and buy a new bed. The ad in the paper said if you spend more than a certain amount, you get a TV for free. You can get a bed, mattress and box spring and get a free television.

They finished their ham and eggs and refused a second cup of coffee. They paid the check and went right to the furniture store. They looked at mattresses and box springs. Then she saw it. It was standing there in front of her. It was the most fantastic looking sleigh bed she had ever seen. The carvings were intricate and the wood was soft, gleaming cherry. It was the bed of her dreams.

It wasn't just any wooden bed, it was carved with curves and swirls on the sides and the headboard and foot-board had a curve that met in the center of each in a fancy carving. It was so perfect that she couldn't believe her good fortune.

She looked at a few others trying to keep the grin off her face. Did she want the designer name bedding? She spent a few minutes lying on the different mattresses. She and her husband both liked a rather hard mattress. They agreed on the name brand mattress but not the one that was signified to be a designer mattress set.

Oh look she told her husband there was a twin sleigh bed over in the next aisle. Another furniture salesman said no one manufactured twin-size sleigh beds. Maybe he didn't want to earn a commission on her sale. He hadn't seemed at all interested in helping them. Now, there it was, making a liar out of him.

She would have to remember to tell the neighbor next door about the good looking loft bed on sale here. They saw it on their way to the front desk. The neighbor wanted one for her young son. He needed more room to set up a racing set in his bedroom.

At this time she was so excited about finding that lovely bed that she forgot all about the free television. But her husband hadn't. He was as excited about the big screen TV as she was about the bed. They spent about twenty minutes hearing all the details about the different television sets. The high definition was the one they took home.

The friendly salesman made out the sales slip. Of course, the one they got was not on the display floor. It was a new, dust free absolutely perfect bed. The mattress and box spring were, of course, protected by plastic. They walked over to buy a mounting device to put the new TV up on the wall at home. It was definitely a good shopping trip.

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