Grrrr >:(

[paula1961]

Some people!!! I don't blame you for not giving in and paying the extra money for it. Keep looking..you'll find another one. They should've looked on ebay or something to see what they were going for used. That's what I always do anyway.

[DianaB]

That's really rude of them....whether they need the money or not. They set a price and they should have stuck with it. I don't blame you for giving up.....I would have too.

[Lindsey]

It's too bad because the set is EXACTLY what I want! Oh well!

[DianaB]

Keep your eyes open......something will come up.

Our pastor's wife got a really nice set. She found a table at K-mart that was nicely priced and then got chairs from Lowe's for like......$50 each!!! Just keep looking!!!!

[Lindsey]

I just did a quick search and found the same patio set at Walmart for $498. That should be going on sale in the next month or so! I'll keep an eye out for other good deals too!

[judy]

That couple are going to have bad karma!!!

I gave up searching for an affordable patio set this summer. I can buy one at the end of the season, like you are going to, but I realized that my $30 green hard plastic table, and 4 hard plastic white chairs ($7 each), sat out there all winter, through all of the snow, wind and rain, and they are just fine! They needed a wash down, and one chair needed to bee replaced. I cracked the leg. So...what I will look for is a really beautiful patio umbrella on sale.

I also put lots of plants out there, and lounge chairs.

Another plus for the plastic kinds is that they don't need to be packed away and stored in the winter.

[Lindsey]

Judy, we had a plastic set at my old house before I moved to the condo, and I forget whether it was fall or spring, but still cold enough that it was freezing overnight, and the table tipped over in the wind and the whole top cracked! My parents have lots of the chairs at the cabin though and they do hold up pretty well!

I was browsing on the same classified site this morning and came across a glass-top table with 6 chairs for $75. Can't beat that! They're taupe in color and the chairs are kind of weaved cloth. I wish I could copy the picture for here but they already took the ad down after we replied! We're going to look at it tonight and they'll hold it for us until we can get a truck to pcik it all up! The table has a hole for an umbrella but no umbrella comes with it. That's okay though. there's a nice big tree that shades the part of the deck where we'd put it anyway!