My Cringeworthy Lesson At The Furniture Chain Store

For some years we had bought our upmarket furniture from a store nearby.

It was Italian mostly, and we had to wait 6 months for it to be made and shipped halfway round the world.

No big deal. It was worth it because the designs suited our contemporary home just fine, and they were unique too.

Then a couple months ago the store closed and shifted down the street.

They also didn't handle the exclusive brand any longer.

And in its place came a downmarket chain store.

For the first month or two we didn't see any cars parked outside the cheap store.

"They are going to fail in a big way," I confidently predicted to my wife. "Stake my life on it."

And each time we passed I could see that the store was empty.

Today I said to her, "We are going to visit that store and see why it's a failure."

We were looking for a bedside table for our guest room, but knew that we'd not find it there.

Guess what.

It was busy.

And we did.

We found a perfect bedside drawer in the design we wanted. That's it in the photo above.

It was better quality and less than a third the price of equivalent stores we had been to.

As the salesman heaved it carefully into our trunk (heavy too - quality wood, not chipboard), my wife caught my eye and we smiled.

And together in the SUV on the drive home we both laughed out loud.

The store I had criticised daily proved to have the best deal... better than the fancy stores we used to frequent.

And it taught me a lesson.

Sometimes the gems are right underneath your nose, but hidden in a way you don't recognise.

You've got to have the right mindset to find them.

Take my website for example.

Now, I'm the first to admit my lottery site is not that sophisticated. It's colorful and brassy.

My products are a bit in-your-face too.

But my System works fantastically well.

It's the best out there - and at a cheap price too.

If you can get your mind past the garish colors and testimonials (all genuine nonetheless) on my site, you'll find that the System is doing exactly what you need.

And just like us in the furniture store, you're going to love the results!