Anyone of a certain age, who grew up in Chicago, remembers a furniture store called Polk Brothers. For about $599.99, you could buy a complete living room set, including couch, (which was usually a 2-piece deal known as a "sectional"), easy chair, end tables, coffee table, lamps, maybe even a rug. They were rather ugly, but it was an instant room full of furniture. A gold plaid and/or hideous floral comes to mind when I try to visuallize the old ads.
Now fast forward 50 years or so, and you can get almost the same deal, at some of the "discount" furniture stores that have popped up.
My question is "How good can this furniture be, if it's the same cost 50 years later?" Think about it...take inflation into account...was Polk Brothers rather expensive, or is this "new" stuff made out of balsa wood, and paper mache?
I'll just stick with my old furniture, that did not from Polk Brothers, on Day 207!
Now fast forward 50 years or so, and you can get almost the same deal, at some of the "discount" furniture stores that have popped up.
My question is "How good can this furniture be, if it's the same cost 50 years later?" Think about it...take inflation into account...was Polk Brothers rather expensive, or is this "new" stuff made out of balsa wood, and paper mache?
I'll just stick with my old furniture, that did not from Polk Brothers, on Day 207!
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