is overstock.com too good to be true?

[mashenka]

We need new sheets for the guest bed [where grandparents sleep when visiting]. I feel like since my parents mostly come here to run themselves ragged playing with the kids all day, cooking, cleaning for us, they deserve sheets that aren't riddled with holes : I am poking around on the web and see that WOW are sheets, even full-sized $$$$$$$$$! [we got ours as gifts here and there and I just don't shop for sheets]. I got onto overstock.com and wow are they cheap, but something inside me says: if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. These sheets are easily 60% off what they normally sell for. What gives? Anyone know how they can be so cheap? We pinch our pennies tight, but I don't ignore where things come from. Am I hearing the siren song of overstock.com, or would I be foolish to pay 3 to 4 times more at Mr. Bean for sheets [I've tried Target, but I'm kind of picky and feel what they have is too $$$ for the quality].

[mightymoo]

I've bought things at overstock and been very happy, but not sheets per se.

I bought my sheets at Kohl's, in store, but they are having a sale online right now: http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/sale...34374752654560 I don't know how those sheets compare price / thread count wise to the overstock ones, but I got their 600 thread count luxury collection about a year ago and they are so soft and I've been very happy with them.

[Naturalyst]

I've gotten good deals on overstock.com, but am always careful to read through the comments other buyers have left (if there are any for the item).

[momto l&a]

I bought earings from them and was very happy.

[maymorales]

Definitely check out the reviews online before purchase. I used to be a loyal Overstock.com customer because of the shipping. But I stopped taking my chances because it's 50/50 that I get what I thought I was buying.

HTH.

[newbymom05]

I've bought sheets, a down comforter, mattress covers, and a foam topper from Overstock and been very pleased w/ the price and quality. The down comforter was so cheap I was sure it would be horrible--$40 for a king I think it was--but it's great and we're still using it. I agree--read the reviews for the product and also read the product info carefully.

ETA Tuesday Morning stores will have amazing sheet deals IME

[loriforeman]

oh, i LOVE overstock.

last year, i got a king-sized down comforter with four feather-pillows for less than a hundred bucks. i also got my dresser and entertainment center...i love that i only had to pay three bucks for shipping on an item that was extremely heavy.

downside, of course...i had to put them together.

[dbsam]

I've only purchased once and felt the quality was not worth the price. I bought a kid's comforter. It was cute but cheap looking.

[mashenka]

Wow, great! I just hadn't heard people talking about it much. I was checking the feedback and only going with items that had nearly five stars. It's just so to me that the prices are THAT cheap--how can it be? Well, I won't worry about that too much and just get some cheap sheets! The nice thing about sheets is that the thread count is sort of an objective measure of quality.
Thanks!

[loriforeman]

Originally Posted by mashenka

Wow, great! I just hadn't heard people talking about it much. I was checking the feedback and only going with items that had nearly five stars. It's just so to me that the prices are THAT cheap--how can it be? Well, I won't worry about that too much and just get some cheap sheets! The nice thing about sheets is that the thread count is sort of an objective measure of quality.
Thanks!

i can actually answer that a bit...i work in retail, so i see it a lot. when it's time to bring in the new set of merchandise...the previous merchandise is drastically reduced in price. not because there's anything wrong with it...but just to get it out of the way.

if too much is bought, or the market has changed in another direction...then there's even MORE overstock to be gotten rid of...and that's what overstock is for.

[normajean]

I haven't really found that good of deals on Overstock. I have better luck with Amazon.com for better prices, or just shopping sales.

[jocelyndale]

Originally Posted by mashenka

It's just so to me that the prices are THAT cheap--how can it be?

The secret is in the name: overstock. It's the end of season stuff that needs to be cleared from the shelf and warehouse. It's kinda like shopping at TJ Maxx and Marshall's or an outlet store.

I've bought some great stuff from Overstock: cast iron wine rack, gorgeous painted end tables . . . I do buy sheets in person, though. I have to feel them. I go to Marshall's or wait for a dept store homesale.

[blsilva]

I've bought many things from overstock.com, including sheets, and I have always been happy.

[meisterfrau]

I bought a decent set of curtains for cheap from Overstock, and a set of slipcovers that were the very ones I had been about to pay 3x as much for from Penney's. I agree to read the reviews.

[Tradd]

I'm very picky about sheets. Try the outlet areas of the Land's End & LL Bean websites.

[mama kate]

we love overstock - We bought some awesome chamois type curtains tyhat were killer - We left them at our house we sold & our old neighbor said they are still up!

[kijip]

Overstock is legit. Just like most stores, the products can be hit or miss but mostly we have only had hits from them:

-Down Comforter, over 75% off orginal price, we paid $50 4 years ago and it is still going strong.
-Crib, bought one for my son there once his hand me down from a friend proved to rickety. It was a nice one, paid less than $125 and it shipped free at the time. When we sold it on Craigslist a year later, we got the $125 back (similar ones were going on CL for $175-200 so at $125 it went fast!).
-Various shoes and small items.

The only real miss was a set of rings which they sent a size too small and it took forever to get the return completed.

[missi66]

I bought great sheets there 6 years ago I think and they are still great sheets.I have bought some great furniture and a memory foam topper for the bed.Everything was better than I expected and at a great price.Go for it!!!

[Belleweather]

Overstock.com is my go-to Christmas shopping place. I got DH an absolutely drop-dead watch there for 92% off two Christmases ago and have been hooked ever since. We've bought jewelry, clothes, baby toys, our stereo, and most recently a sewing machine there and always been very happy and impressed -- as long as we carefully read the reviews and did our research.

I was NOT happy when we bought books there. Although they are slightly cheaper than Amazon, they charged an ABSURD restocking fee when the book I bought didn't turn out to be what I'd thought it was. We ended up lying and exchanging it at Barnes and Nobel during the holiday rush. I do understand from my more recent visits to the site that they've dropped their restocking fee on these items.

[kittywitty]

I just got a baby ring that looks like my wedding band for dd#2 for 11.99 including shipping. It's her "big" birthday present. It is really nice. I couldn't have even gotten a lesser quality one at Walmart for that price!