What do you mean now?
It always sucked.
They are making you pay for a chair in game that sucks more than everything else but it looks awesome.
Sims 3 comes with a stuffload of crappy items.
EA keeps all the good items to themselves and makes you pay for them.
They also keep the REALLY good items to them selves and make you pay 5, 20 or 40 bucks for them.