Buy sneakers or a shirt, a piece of furniture or a Barbie Doll, and it probably has Made in China stamped on it.
Regardless of how unique or innovative a new piece of jewelry or a piece of furniture is, these items remain commodities in the eyes of the retailer, he adds.
Assistance could be as minor as retrieving a pill that has fallen behind a piece of heavy furniture or as major as rebuilding a senior's home.
And think of the poor set: crouched like a convict inside a dubious piece of furniture.
If we successfully repaired their furniture, they hated us for ruining their chance for a receiving an exchange for a new piece of furniture.
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The cabinet, described by the seller as "a quality piece of furniture which would look great in anyone's home" had to be removed from the club during refurbishment.
Many come for the Cyclone, a rickety, wooden, 80-year-old rollercoaster, which has been likened to riding a really dangerous piece of furniture.
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In the same way that a dining-room table can be terribly lonely when not in use, the garden table often finds itself a rather forlorn piece of furniture.
The metal and leather headphones have a timeless look, like a piece of high-end furniture designed by Le Corbusier or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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He knows how to lift a prized vase so as not to leave behind trace oils and whom to call if a 17th-century piece of furniture needs to be moved (the historians at the local museum).
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When they got to the chaise longue, Arianda spent a long time playing with the heavy piece of furniture, at first leaning against it like a cat on a scratching pole, then kicking and pushing the cumbersome prop until it was properly angled.
For the next ten minutes, she turned the piece of furniture into a laboratory for various dramatic ideas.
In one such room, where the only piece of furniture is a low workbench, 10-year-old Akbar sits on the floor and mixes two powders into a doughy adhesive, his fingers blackened by the chemicals.
The Office in America became a funny, sometimes awkward piece of the television furniture.
Time constraints can also be a factor, with many furniture makers unable to turn around a custom piece in a matter of weeks.
Most of the furniture, a blend of classical and contemporary, is custom-made, including a three-piece dining table with a finish of faux shagreen, or stingray hide.
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