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What is wrong with John Lewis?

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Froglady Thu 29-Apr-21 08:04:47

I started shopping at John Lewis after I won a competition with £5,500 of John Lewis furniture as my prize and I saw what good quality it was. Now I get most of my stuff from them. I find the after service is good and the service in stores is good as well.

Grandma70s Thu 29-Apr-21 08:03:52

I agree that it is not John Lewis that is tasteless,

I suppose if you’re used to very expensive furniture John Lewis is thought of as cheap. To most of us, John Lewis is reasonably high up the social scale.

Shropshirelass Thu 29-Apr-21 08:01:11

I must admit that I have never shopped in John Lewis, am I the exception to the rule?

Pantglas2 Thu 29-Apr-21 08:00:47

I’ve come here to avoid the dead cats someone’s whinging about...perhaps John Lewis have a posh wallpaper depicting them!

TerriBull Thu 29-Apr-21 07:59:11

Exactly! I love John Lewis I can do bland, or 50 shades of various greys happily although having visited the store yesterday, there are plenty of bold colours in furnishings, that retro sixties look that's around at the moment or mid century as the younger generation are prone to describe it displayed some vividly coloured items of sofas and cushions etc.

I saw some mural type "gold" wallpaper that was allegedly to Carrie Symonds taste that wouldn't have looked out of place in Versailles. Horrible! imo. Each to their own.

Casdon Thu 29-Apr-21 07:56:37

Whitewavemark2 I don’t think it’s Teresa May’s or your taste that’s questionable.

suziewoozie Thu 29-Apr-21 07:53:46

There is nothing wrong with John Lewis. On the other hand, there is a great deal wrong with Carrie Antoinette as evidenced firstly by her taste in men.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 29-Apr-21 07:50:18

Carrie Symonds was reportedly appalled at the “John Lewis nightmare” after Theresa May moved out. I have seen pictures of May in the flat and I think it looks absolutely fine. Very British in taste as you would expect.

I nearly always shop in John Lewis for stuff, so do I assume my taste is a nightmare?

Apparently John Betjamin that very British poet remarked that when the end of the world came, he hoped to be in a John Lewis store as nothing unpleasant can ever happen there.

Perhaps that it the point - it is all so bland and British that it becomes a nightmare of boredom?