Cheap Daybeds

How To Buy Cheap Daybeds That Aren't Cheap

You Don't Have To Sacrifice Quality To Stay Within Your Budget

When looking for cheap daybeds, there are several things to keep in mind.  "Cheap" has different meanings to different people and your opinion on this term will affect the selection you make.

But there are a few ways to find a cheap daybed without sacrificing too much.

Quality

You can go cheaper on the quality and still get a good daybed.  Using metal daybeds as an example, there is metal and there is iron.  While many of the metal beds are made in the same styles as the iron ones, a metal daybed will be of lesser quality and therefore a lesser price.

Or if you're thinking about wood daybeds, there is wood and there is oak.  While oak is a kind of wood, when you buy oak you are buying quality and most likely style ... for a much higher price.  This is the kind of trade-off that many people are looking for and are willing to make.  

Price

You can go cheaper on the price.  If you focus on just the price, there are many budget-priced daybeds available.  Most online stores will give you the option to shop by price.  Start with the lowest price bracket and work your way up.  When you find one that you are happy with, you can buy it.  If budget is really a factor, set your limit before you start looking at cheap daybeds and stick with it.  If you allow yourself to look at the more expensive ones, you'll find one that is "just perfect" and then you will blow your budget or end up settling for something you hate.

Extras

You can go cheaper on the "extras".  For lack of a better word, "extras" means things like shipping, delivery, and taxes.  When you walk into a store in your local neighborhood and buy your daybed, there are a lot of extras that you will end up paying in order to get your cheap daybed home.

While many people tend to blow off sales tax, it can actually add quite a bit to your final price.  If you bought a daybed for $500, a daybed comforter set for $100 and had an 8% tax rate, the taxes alone will add almost $50 to your final price.  Then, unless you have a truck and/or several friends who will help you get your daybed home, unpacked and set up, you will end up paying a delivery charge.  Again, this will probably cost you another $50 - $100 or more, depending on where you live. So your $500 daybed is now costing you $600 or more.

Many online stores offer free shipping and since most people also do not have to pay sales tax, you can save quite a bit of money.  If you take the amount that you would have spent on taxes and delivery by buying locally, you can probably get a little nicer daybed online for the same price, thus making your more expensive daybed just as cheap as your cheap daybed would have been.  It's all in how you shop!

Upsells

And don't forget about the upsells that you usually get when face-to-face with a sales person.  Haven't you gone into a store to buy a sofa and chairs expecting to pay one price, but walked out paying almost double by the time the taxes, delivery, scotch-guard, wood finish protector and lifetime guarantee were added into the price?  It's a whole lot easier to say "no" to an online form than it is to a live person, thus potentially saving you a lot of money or allowing you to get more for your money.

If you are really just looking for a cheap daybed, one that is cheap in quality, then you can probably find daybeds on sale locally at a discount store or a going-out-of-business sale.  But if you are looking for a good deal and the best price on daybeds, then shop online and consider ALL the charges that will be added to the final bill and see if you don't get more daybed for your dollar at an online store.