Home & Garden blog readers debate DirectBuy
Since mid-September, readers of the Home & Garden blog have been engaged in a heated debate about DirectBuy, specifically this buying club’s sales tactics, membership fees, and product prices.
The folks commenting—some of them DirectBuy members, many people who went to a DirectBuy open house, others who are just interested in the club—have flooded the blog with tales of their own experiences with and opinions of the direct-buying service with the ubiquitous TV and print ads.
Some commenters are fans of DirectBuy and view it favorably. Many have expressed adverse opinions about the club. Still others have taken a measured view and revealed their reasons for not joining or their experiences after paying the membership fee.
If you’re looking for more telling anecdotes about and user-generated analyses of buying clubs like DirectBuy and other retailers as well as general shopping tips, check out our Home Shopping forum.—Gian Trotta
Posted by: Sally Mitchell | May 24, 2008 4:03:07 PM
I just went to a seminar for Directbuy. the sales pitch is intense. You are in a room with other COUPLES and they close the door so you get real hot. And they don't tell you the price until the end. I being very naive thought it would be about $100.00 per year. I thought the salesman said $490.00 , I remarked that is not bad. my husband said $4990.00 I had to shut my mouth. As soon as it was over we hightailed it out of there and did not look back. My husband is in retail and thought a lot of his message was suspect from the very beginning. All it cost us was a couple of gallons of gas to be a smart consumer ot know that you don't spend $5,000.00 to save money!!!