Funny how all the positive feedbacks are by their own management staff but not by their own and ex dealers. the bottom line truth is they buy furniture and then resell them to their dealers at a huge mark up price and then their dealers has to sell them at a even higher mark up which in terms your paying full retail plus but try to lie to you and say that their giving you wholesale prices. The items they sell you can actually buy at other store and even Big Lots at a much lower price. BEWARE. Plus their so call name brand does not even exist. They call their so call line of furniture Royal Heritage which is actually a tag they have the real manufacturers put on. Their is no such mattress company called Royal Heritage nor any furniture company called Royal Heritage. Another complete lie they will tell you. Funny how they have a huge turn around on their so call dealer base.


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1. Written by Elizabeth Pire, on 18-10-2009 12:07

I called and visited such a place in Ohio. The mattress advertised was $165 for a Queen. When I went to see it, it wasn't what I wanted. However, there was no bait and switch, what he was advertising was indeed that price and there it was. I told him this mattress was for me and he showed me that he had others there. He had me lay on them and I found one that I really liked. It was a good deal and definately not a bait and switch. I will probably go back and get another in the next couple of months.

2. Written by Kris Craig, on 10-09-2009 13:27

Oh and I remember she did give me this long (unsolicited) explanation at the beginning of the first call, talking about how she has a friend who gets these mattresses in bulk or something. Usually when a salesperson starts answering a bunch of questions you never asked, that's a sign that something fishy is up.

3. Written by Kris Craig, on 10-09-2009 13:25

Thanks for posting this! I just got off the phone with a lady in Tacoma who was posting ads for a pillow top queen mattress on CraigsList for $149. She couldn't give me much info, just said it was a "regular mattress", pointing out that "the pillow top is only 1 inch but we have other models...." 

 

I ran the phone number on Google and found a couple BBB complaints, but the details weren't published. She kept insisting I come in person to discuss the details, but did in the second call mention the brand name was Royal Heritage. I typed the name into Google, and the word "SCAM" suddenly filled my browser window lol. 

 

I had an unexplainable gut feeling that something was wrong with this, but I couldn't put my finger on it. I'm glad I listened to my instincts!

4. Written by Jeff Hosking, on 16-06-2009 08:44

If you want to buy mattress sets and furniture (bedroom, dining room, leather, microfiber sets) at 50% to 80% more than the local stores pay for their product, then I will charge you $50,000 to join PMD Furniture. 

Doesn't sound like a good deal? Why? Yeah, it might be true that over 400 dealers that have joined PMD have went out of business, but I still made a ton of money off them, and thats what matters most. I paid Joe Armetta a little under a million dollars a year to have my company PMD Furniture lose 15% to 25% per year since 2006, so I have to rip off my dealerbase and charge them way higher markups on their product. I need to make my money first, and if the dealers go out of business, who cares.  

Now, it might be true that I yell at dealers and treat them like *** and I mark up their product way to much and rip them off, and over 80% to 90% of new dealers go out of business within a few years, but why do so many former dealers hate me? Why do so many former dealers want to sue me? I know I stole their retirement when they joined PMD and went out of business. You could say I destroyed their marriage and left them broke and in financial chaos, but who cares I got my money. 

HAHAHAHAH all the way to the bank, 

 

Jeff Hosking

5. Written by Tammy, on 12-09-2008 17:06

Thanks for the info - I wa wondering about the label - I never went down there thanks to the comments i have found

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