Discount wood flooring is often hard to find when one is looking for good quality. The best way to determine if your bargain really is a bargain is to find out how the store you are buying from can offer such a good price on it. There are only a few ways that stores can offer very low prices on products: First, when one particular item seems very low priced, this can be known as a “loss leader,” or a product that is popular that has been marked down to the point where the store takes a loss on it in order to bring customers in the door. Second, the store or dealer could have purchased the material from a close out or a liquidation. This is the best scenario, and is a sign of a quality store. Smart buying allows these stores to pass on savings on first rate products to their customers without compromising on quality or losing their own price point. It truly is win-win.
The final scenario is that the discount wood flooring has mechanical or natural defects that would otherwise make it not viable for standard retail sale. If an outlet store is up front about the fact that the product contains defects, then this isn't necessarily a horrible thing. Sometimes, an application does not require 1st quality materials, in which case getting a good price on product with a few defects is a smart move on the consumer's part. In other cases, it may not even be the retailer being dishonest with the customer, the customer may just assume that the product is first quality after looking at a few samples. The most important thing to do is talk to the retailer about what kind of discount hardwood flooring you are dealing with so you can make the best possible purchase.
