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LurkingShadows2021 t1_iws2bfa wrote

I have to ask, where do people buy Amish furniture/ goods? I live in the US, and presumably the Amish wouldn't be using the internet to sell things.

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Yosemite_Scott OP t1_iws3bid wrote

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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nwoh t1_iws4gie wrote

Just go into Amish communities if you're close by, you'll find great stuff at great prices.

Yearly we go full our entire suv with pumpkins for about 40 bucks, which includes touring the Amish farm and a horse and buggy ride into the pumpkin patch.

I also get it if you're not nearby, you'll need to find a 3rd party.

I live in Ohio but grew up way deep south, so just going into Amish country was wild for me the first time.

Now we do it at least once a year.

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oldspicehorse t1_iwttzyl wrote

Question: what can one do with an entire SUV full of pumpkins?

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toborne t1_iwulhwf wrote

Just about anything one sets one's mind on

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effinnxrighttt t1_iwsi2sx wrote

Directly from Amish communities. There are a lot of them in Ohio, PA and western NY.

Some Amish also partner with English folk and the English person sells the goods online while the Amish person sells them in store or only does the crafting and sells based on commission.

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remainsofthedaze t1_iwssm65 wrote

I'm in central PA. Amish people may not use the internet, but Amish businesses absolutely do. They can also hire non-amish folks to do things like build websites.

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pqrs234567 t1_iws759z wrote

They do! Lots of modern workarounds these days. Depends on the specific church/pastor within the religion I think. Like, if someone else charges the computer they can type on it. I don't have a rec, sorry! But I bet you can find an actual Amish person.

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NEDsaidIt t1_iwsimpc wrote

Their “pastors” are called Bishops for what it’s worth. Grew up Mennonite in Amish country

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pqrs234567 t1_iwvk1wv wrote

Excellent. Grew up atheist in Amish country.

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Hell_in_a_bucket t1_iwshgng wrote

Definitely seen some groups using modern networking tech as buisness only.

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drmcgills t1_iwtfpzt wrote

Some communities are even starting to use cell phones. There are specific apps that they can use to limit the functionality to only the features that their community wants to access.

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brenndog t1_iwu1zdk wrote

There’s a whole tourism industry built around the Amish here in Lancaster, PA. Tons of stores to buy Amish furniture, quilts, foods, etc.

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JAK3CAL t1_iwszck9 wrote

there are outlets; and they work with english suppliers to distribute goods. I have lived in both NY and PA close to their communities and there is a wide degree of Amish-ness if you will. Different sects (this post referenced the Swartzentrubers specifically) have different degrees of strictness. The Amish I just worked with to log my property were of a belief that they could use their mobile phones for work purposes, and frequently did. But would leave outside the home, etc etc

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SCP_5009 t1_iwtcsai wrote

As a Pennsylvanian, many Amish businesses do use parts of the internet. Since it’s for work they are allowed to according to some of the churches (at least here in Lancaster). Some use the same “loophole” to own phones and some cars.

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OzarkHiker1977 t1_iwuq1j1 wrote

Where are you located?

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4x4b t1_iwus593 wrote

Pennsylvania.

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OzarkHiker1977 t1_iwuu80q wrote

my family said in Ephrata they have a places out in their neck of the woods you can find stuff...I will talk to my cousin here after breakfast and ask her more...

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Havingfun921 t1_ix4ccbf wrote

I live about an hour and a half from Lancaster PA, and there are several places there that sell very high quality stuff.

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