No, the Average College Grad Wasn't Making $100,000 in the 1980s

[Pats20]

As someone who has moved MANY times, I'll take cheaper (not totally cheap crap) any day, because chances are, it's not going to survive the move.  OR, and this is even more common for me, I'm not going to like it in 5 years, let alone 10 or 20.  If I buy a fairly inexpensive couch, and don't like it in 5 years, I'm ok with replacing it with something I like better because I didn't spend a fortune on it.

True to an extent. I don’t think furniture is much if any cheaper than it used to be, yet it’s junk. We bought new in 2006  And Replaced the recliner 2 years ago. I don’t believe it was any cheaper than the one it replaced. It actually probably cost more and is already falling apart. 

I want a couch to last longer than 5.  Even if I am tired of it. It can go to the basement or to my kids or whoever.