Monday, September 22, 2008

Company C Sale!

Saturday was the annual Company C sale in Concord, NH. For years, Company C has made handcrafted wool rugs using natural dyes in colorful, contemporary patterns. The tent sale had hundreds of rugs in all different sizes, 75% to 80% off the retail price! I picked up two (shown here) along with some bedding at an incredible deal.

Because of all the people and general chaos, there is definitely need for a strategy. Here are my tips for you:

*Get there early! The line starts forming at 7:30am and doors open at 8am. Rugs immediately start flying out the door.

*Head to the “Blowout” section first. Here the rugs are design and floor samples as well as second qualities. The employees are helpful and the rugs are well marked to know exactly why the rug is in that area. I found a beautiful 5x3 Lehar rug (shown above) for $69 that had been on a wall in the showroom.

*Know what you want before you get out of the car! Take a look at the online catalog before you go. Don’t expect to see the New Intros – but be sure to check out the other sections because they will be there. Measure your space ahead of time and know what type of rug you are looking for: area rug, mat, runner etc.

If you live within driving distance, it’s worth making the trip. Hope to see you there next year.

- A

P.S. I was just looking on Ebay and obviously there where a few people who went to the sale just to buy things to resell for a considerable profit. For some reason I find this disappointing -- especially knowing that a queen size sheet set was $20 at the sale and they want a starting bid of $79.99.

(Pictures from companyc.com).

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