Kyrene Corridor residents will have a new option in coming months when they go on the prowl for discount furniture. With the economy showing signs of life but still in a recovery pattern, a new, more economical option for purchasing furnishings is about to become available.
Customers can satisfy their thirst for a bargain at The Dump, a division of Virginia’s Haynes Furniture Store, when it opens next month at the former site of Costco Home, adjacent to the Costco Warehouse store at Priest and Elliot.
The store, which will occupy 230,000 square feet, is set to open Feb. 24.
While much about The Dump’s operation is similar to other such stores, there are a couple of major differences.
Instead of being open six or seven days a week, The Dump operates only on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 8 p.m. on Sundays.
The Dump says it eliminates overhead with the shortened-week concept, and keeps its prices low by having no showroom or salespeople.
The store says it sells thousands of pieces of name brand furniture every weekend at 30-60 percent off the regular price.
The company will open its ninth store in Atlanta this month. It also has stores in Dallas; Houston; Hampton, Norfolk and Richmond, Va; Langhorne and Oaks, Penn; and Turner, N.J.
The company started as an outlet through which the Haynes stores could dispose of their slow-moving merchandise.
It wasn’t long before the store began to gain in popularity, people began buying and business boomed. The company made its name on buying discounted closeout stock from manufacturers and retailers and selling them on the floor at a low price.
The Dump will sell thousands of pieces of furniture and other merchandise such as rugs, mattresses, living room and dining room pieces, genuine leather and home-office and home- theater pieces.
The inventory, which typically sells out, is fresh and different each weekend. Customers can find a variety of different pieces of merchandise each week.
