Furniture packages in Canberra?

Spend the money where you’ll need it. Before we had kids (ten years ago) we bought cheap Fantastic Furniture couches and armchairs – they’re sturdy and still going strong, but not exactly fashionable. Our dining table we got some sort of sturdy hardwood arrangement from a more $$$ place because we figured it would need to take the abuse. Avoid fantastic furniture beds and dining suites – not very sturdy.

Frisco have some decent middle of the road type furniture. Furniture Direct (?) down the road in Fyshwick also have semi-decent stuff.

I would also stay away from Fantastic unless you were desperate for very cheap stuff and don’t mind if it breaks easily and have to replace it..

Skidbladnir said :

Cheap, fashionable, durable.
Pick any two.

If you’re expecting durability avoid Fantastic Furniture like they were bleeding from their eyes.
Anything you buy will need replacing fairly soon after purchase.

What type of furniture are you talking about?

I’ve got a bed and associated stuff from Fantastic Furniture that’s still going strong 7 years after I bought it. It may have been fairly cheap and nasty but it hasn’t fallen apart yet.

Cheap, fashionable, durable.
Pick any two.

If you’re expecting durability avoid Fantastic Furniture like they were bleeding from their eyes.
Anything you buy will need replacing fairly soon after purchase.

And if there are still things you need after you get your package, there’s always canberra.gumtree.com.au . It can be a bit hit & miss, but with 700+ listings of furniture for sale in Canberra today, you could well find a bargain!

This thread is useless without a better idea of your budget beyond “reasonably inexpensive.” Do you, for instance, think Freedom Furniture or any of the other national chains are expensive?

That said; try the Salvos, Gumtree, AllClassifieds, trading post, etc. There’s always people with money/nice stuff leaving and selling half their household items after a couple of years working here..

Don’t bother with Fantastic Furniture. Its cheap, but you’ll be buying more furniture soon as the ‘Fantastic’ stuff breaks. My husband and I decked out our house with Fantastic crap when we first moved in together 4 years ago, and all of it was broken or on its way to breaking within a year.
Drive around Fyshwick, there are heaps of furniture places that will be reasonably cheap.

My wife and I paid cash for our furniture in Fyshwick on 30 June about three years ago. We picked out our target store and walked in. We picked out the display furniture we liked and made a rediculously low cash offer. After a little haggling we picked up furniture with a floor value of $8000 for under $2500. They even delivered it on the same day for free, complete with all receipts and warranties.

The basic strategy is to target those stores that appear to be struggling, but still have nice display stock. Wait until the last days of financial year and walk in with cash. Make an offensively low offer and get ready to haggle. Never pay more than 50% of ticket price for floor stock – ever. In fact on 30 June I would be looking for NEW furniture at minimum 50% off.

Be a tight ass, but don’t be a butthole when you are haggling. And try not laugh when they agree to your insane price. Being nice to the sales staff will help you get what you want, for the price you want. Sometimes it can be helpful to remind them it is the last day of financial year too. You should be using every bit of leverage in your favour right down to making sure you have an attractive female with you … with her clevage almost jumping out. Amazing how boobs can mess with a mans maths!

Good luck 🙂

Fantastic Furniture in Fyshwick

If you have a really low budget and are in Gungahlin there is some surprisingly good stuff at Mitchell Resource Centre (i.e. a second hand furniture shop at the tip).

Also Salvos, and classifieds like ANU Billboard, Canberra Times, AllClassifieds, Ebay. A lot of the time you can find people moving out of Canberra wanting to sell most of their furniture at once. If they don’t manage to sell it before they move, it often ends up at Mitchell Resource Centre or Salvos. We used these options and got a number of as-new really lovely pieces at great prices (though it does involve some searching and trailer-renting to pick things up)

In relation to Fantastic Furniture – I prefer Furniture Direct Warehouse across the road from the Fyshwick store. Great prices and much better quality.