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When local customers buy new furniture by 5 p.m. from ClassicFurniture & Sleep World in New Albany, Indiana, the salespersondelivers the merchandise to their homes by 8:30 the same night.

"We send the sales person because he knows exactly what wasagreed to, and customers appreciate it," says owner ToddColeman, 32.

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