Any Experience with Direct Buy?

I was going to do it, but the $3500 up front - meh.. not worth it. There is a custom carpenter here in town who will build GORGEOUS cabinets, custom, for a normal 10x10 kitchen for right at 6 k - about the same cost that Lowe's charges for their cardboard laminate 10x10 kitchen... and 8 times the quality, easily. These cabinets last 50 years.

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Prices are okay but heaven help you if you have a problem with anything. Their customer service is the pits. It took many letters and follow up phone calls to resolve what should have been a minor problem. Good luck if you decide to use them.

If you google Direct Buy, you will see many negative posts about it. I personally wouldn't do business with them.

http://www.infomercialscams.com/scams/direct_buy_scams

http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/175/RipOff###-###-#...

And many, MANY more...

We have been members a long time--back when it was named United Consumers Club! We have used it for some materials for redoing things in our home and it is cost effective--almost like half off what it would be elsewhere, things like wallpaper, tile, etc. They have local showrooms for tiling, carpet and countertops that you can actually go and order from their stock and so you know exactly what you are getting--not just looking at catalog pictures like you do with furniture. I am not sure how much it costs to get in, though, these days.

Would you be better off negotiating your own prices and doing your own homework?

I had an older couple do this because they planned on remodeling their kitchen. After wards, and after the remodel, she wished they hadn't done it. So much money for someone else just to get a little discount. She said she would never make up the money spent on it.
Maybe others would do better.

Good luck, c

No personal experience for me but I would certainly NOT go after the experience my friend had.

The ads make it sound GREAT, however, it is a very high pressure sell to get you to join upwards of $2000 and THEN you get to shop. Much like the dreaded time share sells with super high pressure. You MUST have the strength and will to say NO and be prepared for them to make you feel like a piece of ______.

From all I have heard....you can do much better shopping around and doing it yourself.

Good luck.

My husband and I visisted there about five years ago. We were impressed with the materials and things you could buy there, but we did not have the $3500.00 fee to join. It seemed a little excessive to me. I am all for saving money, but how much do I save when I have to pay $3500 up front. We were then told that if we didn't join at that moment we would not be able to ever come back. So we decided to pass.