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Sofas: how to uncover value.(purchasing)

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| January 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

You don't have to spend thousands of dollars to get a well-made sofa, our tests show. Two of the best sofas we tested cost $800 and $1,050. We also found that you may want to took beyond the traditional furniture store to find good values in upholstered furniture.

Only our two CR Best Buy sofas came from a traditional furniture store, the kind that used to be a mainstay of Main Streets nationwide. Those stores now face severe competition from the likes of Ikea (gargantuan stores selling every kind of home furnishing), La-Z-Boy and Ethan Allen (manufacturers' stores), Rooms to Go and Value City (selling private-label and branded furniture).

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