The Dump (Houston, Spring, Howe: mattress, Home Depot, buying)

[El Passeaux]

Anyone ever been to the furniture store? How is the quality and price. Had a flyer in the mail.

[vseale]

I've been there looking for a sofa. The quality is okay. The fabric-covered sofas seemed very short in the seat. I have two "teenage" cats, so I didn't even look at the leather ones.

It is huge. It takes an hour just to walk through it. I do kick myself over not buying some of the knickknacks. They had these beautifully carved wooden dolphins. I took too long to make up my mind. When the stock is gone, it's gone.

I've looked some of the brands up on the net and was impressed with what I saw. It's too late tonight for my brain to walk over to where that info is stored, but they did have some quality stuff. I recommend checking it out.

It won't be a wasted trip with Home Depot AND Fry's next door!

[Metro Matt]

We used to have The Dump in Houston. I remember they were always having a "going out of business sale".

Mattress Mack was too much competition for them. He is a monopoly in the Houston furniture business & a millionaire many times over.

[ChristieP]

I was there the other day looking at tables. If you need one with 6 chairs, you're out of luck. Most of theirs only have 4-5 and there's no way to buy more because it's all close-outs! Their Persian rug selection is very good, and the mattreses seemed good, too.

[scyogi]

We thought it was a waste of a drive from Mckinney. Prices were about the same as most other furniture stores. I did not see one thing that may me look twice. We have been twice.....we thought the first time it may have just been us being to picky.

[jpeagle21]

Too expensive for me. The comercials are a little misleading. Sure, they have "lower" prices on furniture, but only if you are looking for desigher furniture. In other words, they might have a couch that would normally cost $8,000 marked down 25%. Great, but you are still paying $6,000 for a couch. I'm more in the market for a $1,500 couch. I guess if you are looking for the more expensive stuff, you could find good deals.

[MaryS80]

I've gotten some really good deals at Bassett, get on their mailing list and they will notify you of when they are some really good sales. I bought my couch, chair, and dresser at an unadvertised half off sale.

[catluvr]

You need to visit a few times to decide. If you go, make sure it's a Friday or early on Saturday. That's when the best inventory is in. We have bought a buffet, matching french table and 6 beautiful chairs, a mattress and a few other things and did get a really good deal. All of our stuff was in great shape. We get rave reviews about the dining room things when people come over to visit.

It's not "cheap" stuff. Moderately priced (cheaper than Ashley, rooms to go, etc.) Some stuff is damaged and junky...some is not. Get there early and you will find great things. Lots of art, decorations, rugs, etc.

One word of caution about choosing delivery. There have been a few issues in the past, but they did rectify them in a timely manner.

[catluvr]

I am on a mission. I wish to retract any positive comments I have made about the Dump! I purchased a Spring Air mattress set from The Dump about 11 months ago. This mattress is the biggest piece of crap I have ever slept on. They came up with a list of reasons I never received about voiding warrenties. The customer service rep at both Spring Air and The Dump are horrible. The only thing I was told was that if I did not purchase a mattress cover with this product, my warrenty would be void (so, of course I purchased a stupid 80.00 mattress cover to protect my warrenty). I even described exactly what type of bed frame the bed and boxspring were going to be placed on prior to purchasing this bed. Supposedly there was a card given to me about things that can void warrenties. Why would I purchase a 1000.00 product (1080.00 after the stupid mattress cover) if I knew the warrenty would be void the minute I purchased it?

I emailed the CEO of Spring Air about the customer service rep and of course, never heard back, and now, of course the CEO seems to have placed me in his spam box or something (I even included my phone number on the email and never received a call from anyone). However, I did receive an insulting and rude email from the customer service manager at Spring Air.

DO NOT EVER PURCHASE A SPRING AIR PRODUCT...ESPECIALLY FROM THE DUMP...EXACTLY WHAT IT IS...THE DUMP THAT SELLS PRODUCTS. I hope they tank with the economy.

[Grainraiser]

I have purchased quite a few items from The Dump. For me they are very hit and miss. Sometimes I see many things I like while others are just wasted trips. You just never no what a trip may bring.