[SoHoVe]

Originally Posted by yellowsnow

http://cccfurnishings.com/

Sorry to see them close. They had some great furnishings. Last week they were still picking up furniture. A friend just paid the $75 to come pick up her furniture to sell. She is probably out the furniture and the $75 too. I would guess bankruptcy is coming?

Anyone know?

Agreed. I always enjoyed stopping in there to see what they had, made quite a few purchases over the years. Not an inexpensive place but at least they always had stuff that was at least a little different than everywhere else.

I will miss their hit or miss selection...shopping is way more fun when you aren't sure what they will have each time.

[Prosze]

Originally Posted by airics

What did they do to you? Did you ever buy anything from them?

They didnt do anything. Most everything was overpriced especially for used and what was cheap wasnt anything I personally wanted. I have good luck buying my stuff online.

[beachhead]

Wow, we've only lived here 3 years, and here goes another of our favorite little "gems" (glaziers being the first). Whenever we went to Lowes, we would stop in and browse looking for deals. We have a very nice wall unit that we paid just over $400 for (over $3K new), a big coffee table we paid $20 for, and a nice Lane cedar chest we paid around $60 for that we got from them. Their prices could be very good, or very expensive. We'll certainly miss our treasure hunts.

[OmegaSupreme]

Originally Posted by Dltordj

They didnt do anything. Most everything was overpriced especially for used and what was cheap wasnt anything I personally wanted. I have good luck buying my stuff online.

Agree, mostly overpriced poor condition furniture. I guess not enough people were fooled that that is the definition of antique.

[airics]

Originally Posted by OmegaSupreme

Agree, mostly overpriced poor condition furniture. I guess not enough people were fooled that that is the definition of antique.

Guess they were fooled for 23 years!

[SoHoVe]

Originally Posted by OmegaSupreme

Agree, mostly overpriced poor condition furniture. I guess not enough people were fooled that that is the definition of antique.

LoL I don't think I ever saw anything that would actually qualify as an antique.

Stuff seemed to fit three categories.

New.

Average used stuff.

Used nouveau riche stuff that made one wonder what the rest of residence looked like.

I really don't think many looking for with antique furnishings of value would be shopping at a used furniture consignment store in Las Vegas. Antiques worth moving here to begin with would remain worth taking with you and in the event that isn't possible that is where estate sales or other auctions come into play. I don't recall Colleen's advertising as advertising as anything other than a consignment store for used stuff but I really haven't seen any of their ads in years.

What is amazing to me is how many long established businesses around town survived the bubble only to close now.

Times really are changing.

[orca17]

Originally Posted by PinkString

They have some really nice furniture donated to the new Salvation Army store in the Big lots shopping center at Craig/Revere. The prices are higher there, like $100 for a coffee table, but the furniture is really nice. Very good quality. And the proceeds go to helping the homeless, feeding and housing them.

The Salvation Army uses the money for what it was intended for. Charities like Goodwill only give a small fraction of what is donated to those in need.

[jjameson922]

Many of the pieces of furniture at Colleen's comes from the World Market and is brand new demo pieces. Practically everything on the floor was originally very high quality. It is much higher quality than you will find at some of our new furniture stores here. Like the ones who claim you can buy a couch from them for $800. Keep in mind I'm not comparing them to good stores like Ethan Allen, Lazboy and Basset.

[OmegaSupreme]

Originally Posted by jjameson922

Many of the pieces of furniture at Colleen's comes from the World Market and is brand new demo pieces. Practically everything on the floor was originally very high quality. It is much higher quality than you will find at some of our new furniture stores here. Like the ones who claim you can buy a couch from them for $800. Keep in mind I'm not comparing them to good stores like Ethan Allen, Lazboy and Basset.

Did you not read the title or first post, the store is closed.

Therefore no one cares about how good their furniture is/was now that it is unattainable.

[PinkString]

Originally Posted by orca17

The Salvation Army uses the money for what it was intended for. Charities like Goodwill only give a small fraction of what is donated to those in need.

I used to like Goodwill. Then Goodwill International(Greedwill) took over, and wrecked the concept of it. Now we go there maybe once or twice a year, when it used to be every week up to a year ago.