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Regardless of where you purchase the comforter, (for synthetic) make sure the stitching goes all the way through the pattern, much like a quilt. Some stitching is only on the top layer and this leads to bunching and lumpy comforters after repeated washings.
Also check the outside edges for the stitching. You want something akin to a whip stitch to prevent "blow outs" from repeated washings.
Lastly, you should remember that down comforters are not meant to home wash/dry. They are dry clean only. True down comforters are made from the interior feathers of the bird.
You can put it into a home washing machine, but realize that in doing so you will probably only get the outer layers wet and clean, not the interior. Given the weight and heft of a true down comforter, you won't home wash it.
The thread count is not related to keeping the feathers in, the stitching is. The thread count relates to the quill randomly sticking out or not.
The BBB is not a good or bad place to shop but to me it's a trap for those who believe they are getting high quality and they are getting mass produced garbage.
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