On Mar 28, 1:49*pm, SMS wrote:
djay wrote:
All,

Have you tried the direct buy warehouse? *I hear the radio commercial about
saving thousands on a single purchase. *If you've tried it or know someone
who has, what's been the experience? *Positive? *Negative? *It seems like
another type of Costco to me.

Hardly a Costco. The membership is thousands of dollars. The savings are
minimal, if any, _unless_ you're someone that normally buys everything
at MSRP from a high end store, and even then it won't benefit you
because they don't sell high end stuff. They charge high shipping and
handling fees on each purchase as well.

The informercials are so distorted that they are amusing. Always avoid
any product that relies on testimonials from clueless people. I.e., as
most people in "alt.home.repair" know, granite is actually one of the
cheapest materials for counter tops, with the massive amounts of Chinese
granite being sold ate very low prices at many smaller building supply
stores. Yet many clueless people buy granite only from stores like
Lowe's, Home Depot, Expo Design, or similar stores that are selling the
same Chinese granite at much, much higher prices (Italian granite is
another story). The DirectBuy informercials have one guy explaining how
thanks to DirectBuy he was able to have granite countertops in his kitchen..

Do they also sell carpet? That's another item where the big box stores
charge far higher prices for the same product than smaller stores.

They suck in clueless consumers with their slick sales presentations.

Our impression; based only on TV advertising, never met anybody who
has actually signed up, is that its a complete antithesis of the idea
of shopping around for the best price and best service!

Sells a sort of a 'snobby' exclusive idea that you are getting a
bargain?????

The amounts of dollars that some, in the adverts, say they have saved
exceed what we would be willing to spend, in total.

Keep looking around! Also tieing oneself to a single supplier doesn't
sound like good business.