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Austen Glapa
Jun 22, 2026
Do you want to be hounded by salespeople? This is the place for you!
I recently bought my first home, and I’ve been meaning to look for furniture to get started. Looking online is one thing, but actually seeing and feeling out different couches is what helps me make a choice. There’s only so many places that offer exclusively furniture, so I visited schneiderman’s thinking it would be a great experience.
When I went there, I made it clear that I had a style in mind I was interested in, but I was primarily there for further inspiration and to get a feel for my type of furniture and figure out what shape/size worked for me. It wasn’t just couches but also dining sets and barstools.
For what it’s worth, the staff is relatively friendly. The store is also very well kept. Clean bathrooms, a functional layout, clear sections for each type of furniture. It’s a great store and that’s WHY I wanted to come look around, it’s exactly what I wanted.
But seriously, can you people leave me alone?? I went there with family to get their opinions, and was greeted by a kind saleswoman. I know she’s just doing her job, but man it was incessant, they need to lay off of people who just want to browse. I told her about my plan to just look around and get some ideas, and at first she let us be by ourselves. Less than 2 minutes later, she comes up and starts telling me about how the custom orders work, and couch shapes and modular orders… alright, thank you. I see the flyers on every couch, but it was helpful so whatever.
To be fair, she started off with genuinely helpful information (like what each tag represented as far as availability and price), but it slowly got on my nerves. After that first interaction, she left us alone again for about 3 minutes while we browsed. I said I liked the texture of a couch and she appeared around a corner to tell me about how I can custom order fabric on any couch. Wow, thank you! I fully understand! Please, leave me alone!
Any time I’d make a comment on a piece of furniture, it’s like she would spawn right behind me to follow it up with more options like it. I felt like I was constantly being eavesdropped and couldn’t be truthful to my family about what I liked/disliked, because it would be brought up by the saleswoman. It quite literally felt like I was a fish being followed by a shark, and left me rather uncomfortable.
It felt like the 45-60 mins we were there resulted in at LEAST a dozen intrusions by the saleswoman. Again, I know this is just her job and it’s probably commission based, but there’s a line.
I ended up inquiring about a sectional and a sofa for two different rooms in the house. Come to my surprise that the sectional wouldn’t be available for another 4 months despite a floor model existing right in front of me. Wonderful! So that one was a bust.
However, the sofa was quite nice and I liked it enough to think about buying it.
At that point, I was debating this sofa and a sofa I found online through Target, because I liked them both a lot. I was whispering to my family, because the saleswoman was hovering nearby to eavesdrop as per usual. But I inquired to her about it after taking into account the red tag.
I was told that any item with a red tag (or “closeout” written) was available from the floor. This sofa had that red tag! But lo and behold we were gonna have to wait 2 weeks to receive it.
I know that sounds impatient, but there’s only two places I can sit down in my house, the bed and computer desk. I think it’s reasonable to want a standard sofa as soon as possible. The sectional doesn’t bother me as much, but the sofa? It’s right there! C’mon! Why couldn’t I grab it like I was told?
So I gave her my info and we headed out so I could think about it, but honestly my mind was made up. I probably would’ve purchased the couch and dealt with the 2 weeks of waiting had I not been hounded and annoyed the entire time. It completely ruined my experience and I felt on-edge most of the time.
Please leave people alone and take a hint, your sales tactics actively drove me away.