Showing posts with label Quality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quality. Show all posts
Monday, November 30, 2020
Friday, November 24, 2017
Rug Sale Reality at Bucks County, PA Oriental Rug Store Brandon Oriental Rugs. Value is REAL not Made-Up. | PHOTO EVIDENCE |
You do NOT have to wait for a "SALE" to get the best price on the best quality area rugs. Just call or visit Bucks County, PA rug specialty store Brandon Oriental Rugs anytime for the best of everything (including service.)
Rug Sale Reality: Example 1
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| BrandonRugs.com_Rug #66923_Hand-knotted Pak-Persian_True 16/18 Contract (used for comparison below) |
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| "Rug Sale" Reality featuring evidence from a popular rug "sale" host. |
Rug Sale Reality: Example 2
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| BrandonRugs.com_Rug #65307_Hand-knotted 200-line Sino-Persian "Silk Flower" (used for comparison below) |
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| The "sale season" is always a GREAT time to consider what is REAL. |
If quality is important in your purchase decisions, you are going to want REAL oriental rugs. Likewise, you deserve honest offers with real prices on the rugs you'll be considering (not some phony markup price to offer you an equally phony discount.) Afterall, if the price on the tag isn't true (and was never meant to be true) what else can you really trust about the rug you want to buy, or the company trying to sell it to you?
Your buying strategy need not be holding out for "70% OFF" when the next SALE rolls around. Instead, discover and learn about what quality or style of rug you like. Then pursue finding the best value (in reality) that is being offered to you for that kind of rug. This goes for antique and one-of-a-kind rugs too. Though their uniqueness places them in a class that brings intangibles to their pricing, you can with a little research find information on comparable examples, and establish a sense of price to make you comfortable about the value of the specific rug you are considering.
For over twenty-five years at their one and only location, Brandon Oriental Rugs has consistently offered the best values available based on QUALITY. Plus, Brandon's pricing beats the super discounted "SALE" prices offered by other sources. Not once in all that time has the company ever resorted to phony discount price offers to lure shoppers.
If you have a hand-knotted rug in good condition that you want to offer for consignment sale, please contact us. We do not accept in-store consignments, but do maintain a data base of used/old rugs to help customers who are trying to sell their rugs.
Saturday, August 19, 2017
"There is no new thing under the sun..." "Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy." "Fashion moves forward by looking back."
BrandonRugs.com (via Instagram):
"...no new thing under the sun..."
It's a misnomer to call fashion "New!" that is clearly inspired by centuries old textile design -- in this case a Persian handmade oriental rug design.
Want your home to really have a fashionable new look ? Try the solution that has NEVER gone out-of-style: REAL oriental rugs.
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
Rug Quality: Survival Matters When You Want Tomorrow to Look As Good As (or Better) Than Today (a Comparative Study)
(The advertisement shown below is based on a true story.)
Several years ago, our customer in Richboro, PA purchased the rug seen on the left side in the ad. She recently invited us to clean the rug, which we declined to do because it looked as good as new when we went to pick it up, and didn't need to be washed yet.
At that time she told us about her next door neighbors who purchased a low quality tufted rug from another rug dealer at the same time she bought her rug from Brandon Oriental Rugs. She related that the neighbors had just thrown their rug in the trash. It had worn badly, and they had also discovered it could not be cleaned easily. She told us the neighbors expressed regrets to her about not having spent a little extra to get a real hand-knotted rug like hers. She added that she was proud to admit she had no regrets about her own decision.
Several years ago, our customer in Richboro, PA purchased the rug seen on the left side in the ad. She recently invited us to clean the rug, which we declined to do because it looked as good as new when we went to pick it up, and didn't need to be washed yet.
At that time she told us about her next door neighbors who purchased a low quality tufted rug from another rug dealer at the same time she bought her rug from Brandon Oriental Rugs. She related that the neighbors had just thrown their rug in the trash. It had worn badly, and they had also discovered it could not be cleaned easily. She told us the neighbors expressed regrets to her about not having spent a little extra to get a real hand-knotted rug like hers. She added that she was proud to admit she had no regrets about her own decision.
When you're making a significant purchase of fine furnishings for your home, you expect your acquisition(s) to possess qualities of durability and permanence. Ability to survive day-to-day use in your home matters. And your expectations will be realized when you make quality decisions.
Avoid impulse purchases; especially those motivated solely by (usually misleading) offers of BIG savings at some "SALE" event.
Buy what you really want when you're comfortable about what you are getting; not in response to high-pressure, limited-time offers, and "now-or-never" SALE tactics.
Remember that poorly made products still are not being given away for free; and can have long-term costs much greater in reality than better quality goods. Consider too the wisdom forged from the experience of countless shoppers that, "good things are seldom cheap, and cheap things are seldom good" and "too good to be true seldom is."
Don't make the mistake of "shopping for a price". You'll likely wind up with an inferior product; or be directed down a narrow path of options that prevents you from discovering the best possible solution to your need.
REAL savings ARE realized when you take the time to do comparative studies based on quality. Choose the the right quality required for your specific applications and tastes. Then hunt for the best price you can find for that quality.
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REAL savings ARE realized when you take the time to do comparative studies based on quality. Choose the the right quality required for your specific applications and tastes. Then hunt for the best price you can find for that quality.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Taste for Makers - A Cross-Discipline Exploration of Design Concepts
This interesting essay "Taste For Makers" (http://www.paulgraham.com/taste.html) by Paul Graham reveals the stuff it takes to make good stuff. It details concepts pertaining to what makes things beautiful, functional, useful and desirable.
Fine rugs - especially traditional quality hand-knotted rugs - are all those things, and so must have these principles woven into their creation, and into our ultimate enjoyment of them.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Symphonies In The Round: New Inventory Selections at Brandon Oriental Rugs (Bucks County, PA)
Check back for our soon to be posted essay: "Oriental Rugs Are Exemplary Demonstrations of the Principles of Information Science" (which will also include a video presentation.)
Briefly, organized complexity is more interesting and appealing to us than simplicity (provided randomness is avoided). A symphony is more appealing and interesting than a commercial jingle. We'd rather have a seat watching Mother Nature's majesty than one viewing the four corners of a white room. The Mona Lisa's smile will hold us enthralled much longer than a "smiley face" logo. And a REAL hand-knotted oriental rug has a lot more to say to us than wall-to-wall carpet, or cheaply made imitations.
With that as preamble, we present the following "Symphonies in the Round".
Briefly, organized complexity is more interesting and appealing to us than simplicity (provided randomness is avoided). A symphony is more appealing and interesting than a commercial jingle. We'd rather have a seat watching Mother Nature's majesty than one viewing the four corners of a white room. The Mona Lisa's smile will hold us enthralled much longer than a "smiley face" logo. And a REAL hand-knotted oriental rug has a lot more to say to us than wall-to-wall carpet, or cheaply made imitations.
With that as preamble, we present the following "Symphonies in the Round".
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| Symphony #9: This piece is SOLD. Selected by our customer for use at the doorway leading to the pool in their backyard. . |
Saturday, February 12, 2011
How Is A "SALE" Really Measured ?
The following ad (one of many in a similar vein by Brandon Oriental Rugs) deals with -- and plays with -- contrasting marketing styles of companies and their choices regarding how they promote themselves.
Many companies by their promotions choose to say -- in effect -- "Come see us. We'll give you a BIG discount compared to what we can really, or usually do, charge for what we offer." What they don't say, is that the discount is taken from a number that's usually made-up, manufactured from a formula that allows the discount to be offered.
For example: a company wants to sell a product at price= $X, claiming it is 70% OFF the "regular price". But, "regular price" doesn't exist until it's made up from the targeted selling price. So if you want to sell at $300, and want to broadcast that the "SALE" price is 70% OFF of the "regular price", you create the "regular price" by multiplying $300 by 3.33333333 (or so) which equals the awesome, "who could hope to afford it", regular price of $1,000. $300 looks SO good compared to that "regular" $1,000 that folks can't wait to spend $300. It's a conditioned response, and marketers play the market with it constantly.
Other companies (and Brandon Oriental Rugs has been one since our founding) have decided that they are not going to use the model above of "decoy luring prey to the trap through smoke and mirrors." These companies (and Brandon Oriental Rugs has been one since our founding) realize that they have something REAL to offer their customers. They are offering products with tangible value and benefits that can satisfy the unique wants and needs of the customer (including price) based on REAL Quality points that enable comparisons between products and vendors. They are not selling a targeted price-point or manufactured discounts, or other "made-to-look-real" gimmicks to the public (e.g.: "Liquidation Sale"; "Going-Out-Of-Business Sale"; "Retirement Sale"; "First Day of the Month When It's a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday Sale"; "The Prior Sale Extended for the Remainder of the Month Sale"; etc..)
It's important to realize AND remember that the Quality Price Model provides the customer with purchase prices every bit as good as or, usually, better than the Discount Price model. The difference is that it's rational not impulsive; it's providing pricing related to tangible benefits which can be compared, and not arising from some whim of the marketing department trying to manufacture demand by relating unrelated things. Really, what does a day on the calendar have to do with the the underlying reasons for why things cost what they do? Truly, businesses using the Quality Price Model know that President's Day, or Memorial Day, or Mothers Day, or Fathers Day or the Fourth of July or Thanksgiving or Pick-A-Day or the Final Day is coming when the discount stores will be trumpeting incredible percentages off of their so-called regular prices. So the Quality Price Model businesses (and Brandon Oriental Rugs has been one since our founding) make sure that their prices are as good as it gets everyday, all of the time; that way no competitor's manufactured discount event can ever represent a better value to the potential customer.
For example: a company wants to sell a product at price= $X, claiming it is 70% OFF the "regular price". But, "regular price" doesn't exist until it's made up from the targeted selling price. So if you want to sell at $300, and want to broadcast that the "SALE" price is 70% OFF of the "regular price", you create the "regular price" by multiplying $300 by 3.33333333 (or so) which equals the awesome, "who could hope to afford it", regular price of $1,000. $300 looks SO good compared to that "regular" $1,000 that folks can't wait to spend $300. It's a conditioned response, and marketers play the market with it constantly.
Other companies (and Brandon Oriental Rugs has been one since our founding) have decided that they are not going to use the model above of "decoy luring prey to the trap through smoke and mirrors." These companies (and Brandon Oriental Rugs has been one since our founding) realize that they have something REAL to offer their customers. They are offering products with tangible value and benefits that can satisfy the unique wants and needs of the customer (including price) based on REAL Quality points that enable comparisons between products and vendors. They are not selling a targeted price-point or manufactured discounts, or other "made-to-look-real" gimmicks to the public (e.g.: "Liquidation Sale"; "Going-Out-Of-Business Sale"; "Retirement Sale"; "First Day of the Month When It's a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday Sale"; "The Prior Sale Extended for the Remainder of the Month Sale"; etc..)
It's important to realize AND remember that the Quality Price Model provides the customer with purchase prices every bit as good as or, usually, better than the Discount Price model. The difference is that it's rational not impulsive; it's providing pricing related to tangible benefits which can be compared, and not arising from some whim of the marketing department trying to manufacture demand by relating unrelated things. Really, what does a day on the calendar have to do with the the underlying reasons for why things cost what they do? Truly, businesses using the Quality Price Model know that President's Day, or Memorial Day, or Mothers Day, or Fathers Day or the Fourth of July or Thanksgiving or Pick-A-Day or the Final Day is coming when the discount stores will be trumpeting incredible percentages off of their so-called regular prices. So the Quality Price Model businesses (and Brandon Oriental Rugs has been one since our founding) make sure that their prices are as good as it gets everyday, all of the time; that way no competitor's manufactured discount event can ever represent a better value to the potential customer.
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