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Yosemite_Scott OP t1_iws3bid wrote

Reply to comment by LurkingShadows2021 in In Swartzentruber Amish communities when you purchase a casket you get a matching rocker. So you buy it for life and for death by Yosemite_Scott

There are a lot of third party sellers like some high end furniture stores I have Daniels Amish furniture brand in my house . There is a pretty big mark up if you buy from stores that carry it. You can buy straight from the Amish community for a huge discount a lot of the time the furniture is unfinished but you save 70% compared to the furniture store . For example I bought my parents a queen four post bed frame made from solid red oak for $330 . I had it finished for another $300 from a guy I found online and I bought the metal side runner rails for $150. So I spent $780 in total and a frame similar goes for over $2k .

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himmelundhoelle t1_iwuagep wrote

So the Amish are getting ripped off big time

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leviwhite9 t1_iwudt3q wrote

Yeah but they can't check here or eBay to confirm pricing.

Shady ass middlemen as always.

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mithrilbong t1_iwuttir wrote

Ya'll have no idea what you're talking about.

Amish people know exactly what's going on, and are happy to rip you off. The fact is, "amish made" as a whole is a big scam, with few exceptions. They know yuppie tourists will pay anything for "amish made" goods. They can use internet and just about any other technology if it's for the purpose of business, otherwise they'd never stand a chance in todays world.

The truss plant I worked in had an Amish guy doing the marketing, and the CAD/Engineering.

Oh, and they also treat animals like absolute shit (again, few exceptions). Animal abuse, inbreeding, overbreeding, etc. Drive through any Amish area around spring time and you'll see a "free puppies, unknown mixed breed" sign on at least half the houses you go by.

Source: grew up in Lancaster PA, worked for multiple Amish companies, 5 of my 6 closest neighbors were Amish.

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mcmaster93 t1_iwv6c2z wrote

Appreciate this. Love how people just believe anything they read on here without verifying

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itoddicus t1_iwvtyud wrote

Another thing people don't understand is there is no such thing as "The Amish".

They are not a monolithic group.

The churches that drive their lives have broken up and re-formed into various combinations and iterations a great many times.

So each church and each community in that church has different views.

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TorrenceMightingale t1_iwun6uw wrote

They should hire consultants to do the “devil’s work” of keeping them from getting ass-raped.

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ILikeBumblebees t1_iwv8n7z wrote

No, the customers who buy from downstream distributors instead of from the Amish directly are the ones getting ripped off. The Amish folks themselves are still selling their furniture at their own prices either way.

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