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greenfreak
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Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
We've been looking for living room furniture - square coffee tables and a console table.
We had a good coupon for Pottery Barn so we looked there first and found a coffee table set and console table that were perfect for our needs and taste:
So I look at the coupon and find out it's only good for in-store purchases.  So I call two PB's and they don't have them. Then I see the "Catalog / Internet Only" on the page.
Great. We decide to do it anyway, order it sight unseen which I hate, so I start ordering online. And I notice there are two "delivery surcharges" of $40. each. What the heck?
I figure, well their shipping is pricey but lets see what the total turns out to be. And I find that those delivery surcharges are NOT shipping costs. In addition to them, there's 10% of the total for shipping!
It broke down to $142. in shipping! For items that I could pick up and carry out on my own! The total of the order would have been $690. 
So I go looking around and find these from JCPenney.com:
Look pretty similar, right? Not only do they look almost exactly the same, but the dimensions and even the construction are EXACT to Pottery Barn.
JCPenney has a store right by my house, so I choose the option to ship there. And shipping? $32.!!
We were saving over $200. since some of the items were cheaper than PB anyway so we decided to splurge and get the matching side table also:
I make the order to JCPenney (again sight unseen) and only two days later I get a call that it's at the store ready to pick up.  That was quick!
When we put it together, we were happily surprised at the construction. It's very sturdy, and I think it looks pretty good, what do you think?
(excuse the mismatching stuff... it's still a work in progress) 
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sunnyplus3
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
I think its looks great!!! The tables look really well made! I'm loving the dark brown with the green, very pretty!!!!
I can picture botanical prints or matted ferns or something "garden-y" on the walls!!!
LOOKS GREAT!
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:01 AM |
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TaraHutch
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
that is awesome that it worked out for you!! I was looking at the same tables at PB and was just as shocked and disgusted as you were at the surcharges. INSANE!!
I wish I would have seen those at JC Penney!! DH decided he wanted us to have round tables so I stopped looking for ones that reminded me of the PB set.
Worked out great for you!!
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:13 AM |
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MadDogMrsT
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Those look awesome. I can't believe the charges that PB was adding on. You definately got a deal. I think they look great!
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:21 AM |
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orchid24
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
very nice...
i actually like the legs of the JCP tables better!
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:24 AM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Posted by KellyFG
I think its looks great!!! The tables look really well made! I'm loving the dark brown with the green, very pretty!!!!
I can picture botanical prints or matted ferns or something "garden-y" on the walls!!!
LOOKS GREAT!
Thanks ladies!
You know, I was thinking exactly that when I saw these in a catalog:
And I realized I'm an idiot. As someone who is a photographer and has probably hundreds of flower pictures, who happens to have a husband who is a graphic designer among other things, WHY would I pay anyone else for prints? 
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:30 AM |
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sunnyplus3
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Posted by greenfreak
Posted by KellyFG
I think its looks great!!! The tables look really well made! I'm loving the dark brown with the green, very pretty!!!!
I can picture botanical prints or matted ferns or something "garden-y" on the walls!!!
LOOKS GREAT!
Thanks ladies!
You know, I was thinking exactly that when I saw these in a catalog:
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And I realized I'm an idiot. As someone who is a photographer and has probably hundreds of flower pictures, who happens to have a husband who is a graphic designer among other things, WHY would I pay anyone else for prints?
I know you've got plenty of beautiful shots you could frame for that room!!!!
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:40 AM |
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ml110
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
looks great!! most of our furniture is from JC Penny- our couch, bedroom set, mattress.... and i just got some curtains from there, too.
they have really great stuff at reasonable prices... good for your for saving some cash! 
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| Posted 2/11/08 8:41 AM |
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MST9106
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
They look great! But you know what, I think its a hit or miss with JC Penney's delivery charges...for example, I wanted to order my livingroom couches from them and the delivery came out to almost as much as couches! So I guess it depends on what you're ordering. But there have been many instances where JC Penney holds almost the same exact items as PB for about a fraction of the price.
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| Posted 2/11/08 9:31 AM |
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skew
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
good for you. PB is INSANE with all their extra charges.
Message edited 2/11/2008 9:37:52 AM.
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kerrycec03
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
I def. find JCPenney's more affordable than Pottery Barn for similar stuff. The room looks great!
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JldDolphin
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Great find! love the JCP ones. Great choice! Love how your room is coming along.
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| Posted 2/11/08 10:08 AM |
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stickydust
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Looks great.
Just a tip regarding PB - if you go into the store and place the order there then you don't pay all those extra charges. That is what I have done for all PB furniture we have and you save a ton of $$ that way!!
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| Posted 2/11/08 11:07 AM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Looks great!!!!!! Good shopping and searching skills too!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 2/11/08 11:13 AM |
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NoStressMom
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
looks great love the colors of the room
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| Posted 2/11/08 11:16 AM |
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MrsPornStar
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
I love the tables from JCP! I like them better than the original ones.
What color is on your wall?
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| Posted 2/11/08 11:21 AM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Posted by MST9106
They look great! But you know what, I think its a hit or miss with JC Penney's delivery charges...for example, I wanted to order my livingroom couches from them and the delivery came out to almost as much as couches! So I guess it depends on what you're ordering. But there have been many instances where JC Penney holds almost the same exact items as PB for about a fraction of the price.
I elected to have them ship the furniture to the store - you probably had home delivery, right? For that, I would expect to pay much more than $32. but to have it be almost as much as the couch is a bit crazy! Since these were small pieces that needed assembly, I figured they'd probably fit in my Passat. I was right. 
I didn't know that JCPenney made it a practice to stock similar stuff! That's pretty smart. I wonder how often stuff like this happens. I'm definitely going to them first from now on!
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greenfreak
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Posted by stickydust
Looks great.
Just a tip regarding PB - if you go into the store and place the order there then you don't pay all those extra charges. That is what I have done for all PB furniture we have and you save a ton of $$ that way!!
Great info, thanks!
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| Posted 2/11/08 11:48 AM |
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greenfreak
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Posted by MrsPornStar
I love the tables from JCP! I like them better than the original ones.
What color is on your wall?
I like them better too.
That color is Behr Rejuvination. It looks grayer in the picture because I was using the flash. But it's really a yellow/green, at least in good light during the day. It's a little overwhelming when it's wet - I likened it to a grass stain - but I like the way it looks now.
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
They look great. And I LOVE your couch, it's gorgeous!
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| Posted 2/11/08 12:02 PM |
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
They had that console table at the pb outlet a couple of weeks ago.
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| Posted 2/11/08 1:37 PM |
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Elizabeth
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Very nice!! I notice JCP carries a lot of PB lookalike stuff. I got collector shelves for my boys' room at JCP and they were $17.00 each. They are $69 each at PBK. I've seen quite a few other things as well.
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| Posted 2/11/08 3:57 PM |
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HappyWife
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Posted by Mssissy
They look great. And I LOVE your couch, it's gorgeous!
Great tables but I LOVE your sofa!  Would you mind sharing where it's from?
Thanks!!
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| Posted 2/11/08 4:22 PM |
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mcl916
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
Wow, they look awesome!! I love JCP. We got our LR and DR furniture from the and never had any problems. One DR chair was broken and they just sent us a new one, no questions asked.
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| Posted 2/11/08 6:10 PM |
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2Pisces
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Re: Pottery Barn vs. JCPenney (long)
I have bought some great things from JCP. Our LR furniture came from there and it is really nice, very affordabvle and came in three days!!!
Also...I recently purchased an entry bench and coat shelf ( a Pottery Barn look-a-like) and it is great! My BIL thought it actually was PB!!! 
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