If a person wanted to buy a nice recliner . . .

[Jenny in Florida]

. . . one with power controls and preferably heat/massage and also wanted it delivered before Christmas (meaning no special ordering required), where would one shop? 

 

[ScoutTN]

Lazy Boy!

[MercyA]

La-Z-Boy for sure!

Edited December 9, 2020 by MercyA

[Jenny in Florida]

I haven't ventured into the showroom yet, but looking at the website made me believe I would have to order and that nothing would be ready in time for Christmas.

[Harriet Vane]

I was able to get one for my beloved in-laws through Macy's last year.

[itsheresomewhere]

Lazy boy!  Worth the wait. 
 

QVC sells some lazy boys that are ready for shipping. 

[SanDiegoMom]

La-z-boy.  They have some things in stock.  Special order if youwant the fabric customized.

[Jenny in Florida]

Well, I went to the Lazy Boy showroom today, and they did not have anything in stock that would work for my husband. Honestly, I can't say money is "no object," but I've done some research on prices, and I have enough room on my credit card to get more or less anything I think he might like. It's just frustrating (and, to be clear, I'm mad at myself, not Lazy Boy or "the world") that I actually have a good idea for a gift for him for once, and I can't make it happen.

Before anyone suggests it: Yes, I know that I "could" order the chair and gift him the info or a picture or whatever under the tree, but my husband being who he is, that would take enough joy out of the gift for him and, therefore, for me that I would rather just skip it. 

If it were a question of waiting until the next day or a couple of days later for delivery, that would be one thing, but the two models I looked at today that the salesman thought he could possibly get quickly still wouldn't be delivered until mid-January at the earliest. The one I liked better wouldn't be here until February.

[Starr]

How frustrating for you. Are there other stores in your area that carry Lazy Boy?

[PeterPan]

Can you buy a separate heat/massage pad? We got a power chair for my dad, and I can tell you the salesman warned us that the more power functions we included the less he would be doing for himself. Now a BIG recliner for a BIG man, that's stellar with power to get that leg thing down. But yeah, a good one has to be ordered. You could order it and possibly be surprised if it arrives, however around here that's at least a 3-4 week wait.

I think if your dh is that picky about how Christmas has to be, again I'm back to that suggestion that you ask whether he has social thinking issues. Why is everything aways YOUR fault if it doesn't suit him? Like seriously? You can't please him if you don't do it perfectly? You need some freedom from that.

I don't know if that's going on, but you could be asking. https://www.socialthinking.com/Articles?name=social-thinking-social-communication-profile

[Jenny in Florida]

3 hours ago, PeterPan said:

I think if your dh is that picky about how Christmas has to be, again I'm back to that suggestion that you ask whether he has social thinking issues. Why is everything aways YOUR fault if it doesn't suit him? Like seriously? You can't please him if you don't do it perfectly? You need some freedom from that.

I don't know if that's going on, but you could be asking. https://www.socialthinking.com/Articles?name=social-thinking-social-communication-profile

Yeah, he has recently been diagnosed as being on the spectrum -- very high functioning. As I said in the other thread, this explains/confirms a lot of things I have been dealing with for years in our relationship, but doesn't really change anything. 

And I don't want to give the impression that he is somehow an ogre or super demanding or anything. It's not like he suggests anything is my "fault." I have just learned over a lot of years (we've known each other since elementary school) that there are some boxes that need to be checked if my goal is to give him a good gift.

[MooCow]

Have you tried a local furniture store that carries Lazy Boy? 

[mmasc]

How about Walmart.com? The quality won’t be La-z-boy, but it looks like there *might* be some available for immediate shipping. My second suggestion would be to call all of your local/not chain furniture stores. My mom’s local store had what she wanted; whereas, when I went looking for a couch in my area at the big chain stores everything is out of stock until Feb/March!

[Selkie]

Have you checked wayfair.com? We've ordered furniture from there several times and they usually ship it quickly.

[prairiewindmomma]

Costco might work.... https://www.costco.com/massage-chairs-cushions.html

But, I'm kinda with PeterPan....get an adequate chair for him and take yourself on a vacation. It isn't your job to make everyone else happy.  It's flat out an impossible task, and it just leaves you on eggshells. I think you need to put your oxygen mask on and get yourself to a better place.  If your relationships are all challenging right now, then go to a place that would feel refreshing to you. By yourself. 

[katilac]

Around here, you would just have to go to every place in town that sells furniture, and hope for the best, lol. 

We ordered a recliner, not one that's La-z-boy type of popular by any means, on September 1. They told us it would be December at best, and that the supply chain is all kinds of messed up. It's not here on December 10, not shipped, and no predictions in sight. We've started to just look at what's in stock. 

Maybe a Sharper Image/Brookstone kind of place if the furniture stores let you down? 

[mathnerd]

20 hours ago, Jenny in Florida said:

Well, I went to the Lazy Boy showroom today, and they did not have anything in stock that would work for my husband. Honestly, I can't say money is "no object," but I've done some research on prices, and I have enough room on my credit card to get more or less anything I think he might like. It's just frustrating (and, to be clear, I'm mad at myself, not Lazy Boy or "the world") that I actually have a good idea for a gift for him for once, and I can't make it happen.

Before anyone suggests it: Yes, I know that I "could" order the chair and gift him the info or a picture or whatever under the tree, but my husband being who he is, that would take enough joy out of the gift for him and, therefore, for me that I would rather just skip it. 

If it were a question of waiting until the next day or a couple of days later for delivery, that would be one thing, but the two models I looked at today that the salesman thought he could possibly get quickly still wouldn't be delivered until mid-January at the earliest. The one I liked better wouldn't be here until February.

Any interest in these recliners? I am sure that they have some of it in stock in one of their stores:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/reclining-chairs-47359/

 

[Jenny in Florida]

40 minutes ago, mathnerd said:

Any interest in these recliners? I am sure that they have some of it in stock in one of their stores:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/cat/reclining-chairs-47359/

 

Thanks. We have looked at this before, but he doesn't like them. They are not built for a man his height.

[Starr]

How about one of these with a note for January? https://www.etsy.com/listing/766656618/dollhouse-recliner-doll-house-barbie?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=miniature+recliner&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&pro=1

 

[popmom]

Wayfair might have something like that in stock. They ship fast. I've never ordered a recliner from them, but I've been pleased with what I did get.