Spring Texas News – The Woodlands Texas

Replacing Our Pine TV Stand After Hurricane Ike

There were varying degrees of damage in our neighborhood during hurricane Ike a few years ago, and we pieced our home back together over a few months. The family room and the guest bedroom received the most damage in our home, and everything had to be replaced as they exterior walls had been breached, so the storm made it’s way inside. One piece that we had been trying to replace for months was our pine TV stand. We had bought it at Star furniture a few years prior, and it was no longer carried by Star or any other home furnishing store in the area Houston area.

Apparently we had bought a stand that was discontinued and was almost impossible to find. My daughter then suggested that I look online for a new one. We had the manufacturer’s name, model, and number from the invoice that the store reprinted for us, so I sat off in search for this solid pine corner TV stand. The search resulted a few possible deals, but during my project, I happened upon a used on Ebay, and the seller was local. I contacted them, and made arrangements to come see it in person the following day.

After making the trip over to Sugar Land off Highway 59 from Spring Texas, and finding the sellers home, I was greeted by a lovely lady who walked to the driveway to greet me. The stand turned out to be in almost perfect condition and I logged into my account while at their house, and bought it via paypal. Mrs. Harrison helped me load piece into the back of my SUV and bid her good day. We saved about three hundred dollars from this little serendipitous shopping spree, and used the money to buy a bigger LCD TV for the stand. Used pine furniture as long as it is in good condition and doesn’t have to have expensive shipping and handling thrown on top the price is a good deal.

One thing a friend of ours told me about buying online, is that always go with the sellers that have an established presence online, and have possibly hundred of positive feedback comments on their profile. If you do buy from a local seller, be careful when going to their home, and if the exterior looks unkempt, then most likely the product will not be in the best condition either. So when that red flag appears, just keep on driving. There are many great furniture resellers online, but you have to get a feel for who you can trust, and maybe buying something small and insignificant from them first will let you know how they conduct their business.

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