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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2011 19:50:47 GMT -5
Lena, I think she is just a mindless shopper. When she asked me if I was familiar with Pottery Barn and I said yes, mentioning the cost of just the ottoman ($299), her husband went, "Huh?" That's when she said the color was so wrong. He said, "We could keep these . . . " and she said, "Why? The color is wrong." Lol. End of story.
My husband said the same thing about why did she list these. But she did say in her ad that she paid $400. I don't see how unless she bought them ten years ago, but maybe she had a sale and coupon. I honestly don't think she remembers how much she paid for them; she has a Pottery Barn "thing," remember. . . .
It ultimately doesn't matter except as a glimpse how the Joneses spend their $$$. I could buy new furniture for the price they are paying, but neither she nor they are asking my advice.
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Post by blackcard on Feb 20, 2011 20:57:48 GMT -5
I never said it was that particular person. Try reading my post again.
From the start.
<<As long as you are spending your money I agree>>
FIRST LINE. Maybe you just need glasses?
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Post by schildi on Feb 21, 2011 1:37:38 GMT -5
Riiight, bc there is no way on this planet that someone can actually afford it and enjoys spending money on the things the like. Since YOU don't get it, they, of course, have to be a fool Lena All I read here was blackcard expressing her opinion - that it was foolish to spend a thousand bucks on slip covers. What's the problem? I thought people here were doing that all the time, kind of a typical thing for a message board. Lena, did you have a bad day?
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 21, 2011 8:17:50 GMT -5
No, I did not have a bad day. I understand that this is YM, where if you don't drive a $5K RELIABLE car, don't live in 1300sf house and don't max out 401K there is something wrong with you. I understand that in YM world you can't buy crab leggs and soda using food stamps and you have to furnish your house for more than $500 from Goodwill and never ever EVER re-decorate. I get it.
But once in a while I get really tired of people making such big generalizations and judgments about someone they know nothing about. In two posts BC said that that's how people end up in BK and basically that they are fools. Seriously?? Just bc a woman was selling something that she bought for $400 for $40?
One time I was selling a brand new meat grinder (retail price $100) for $10 on Ebay. Wow, I must be on the way to BK court as we speak.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 8:36:24 GMT -5
I never find deals like that on CraigsList. I always find the ads that are scams for some reason! I don't even look for stuff there because I found so many scams. No, I didn't send anyone any money. I found out before anything happened.
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Post by kimber45 on Feb 21, 2011 11:11:26 GMT -5
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Post by readsalot on Feb 21, 2011 11:12:16 GMT -5
It is SOOOO obvious that Lena is one of those women in real life who is SO uncomfortable to be around and no matter how much you try you just can't like her. Uck.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 21, 2011 11:18:32 GMT -5
Kimber, Oh, I believe it. We used to live in a fairly nice area in MD and you wouldn't believe what people gave away on freecycle, all they cared about is that you just come and pick it up from them ASAP. They just didn't want to be bothered with it. That's why I was kind of surprised that someone would spend the time to be listing things, spend time to make arrangements for Susana to come, etc. for such little return. But, I could be wrong. I've been wrong before Lena
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Post by formerexpat on Feb 21, 2011 11:48:10 GMT -5
Lena, you mean like: Like a dog, cat and leather furniture [to some people]? Or the interest cost from having nearly 25% of their worth in cash LT? Just to name a few Awesome find, Susana - just did a search on Craigslist for ourselves. We're looking for slip covers for a sofa and love seat that we have downstairs in the basement. I'm quite jealous of your find!! [/size]
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 21, 2011 14:05:13 GMT -5
It is SOOOO obvious that Lena is one of those women in real life who is SO uncomfortable to be around and no matter how much you try you just can't like her. Uck. I doubt it actually. Most people are way more obnoxious online than off. When the people speaking can see each other the person speaking moderates what they say if the person they're talking to starts looking uncomfortable, and the person listening can pick up tone and meaning more easily, which can keep somebody giving a blunt opinion from sounding as insulting. Or, in other words, if you invited Lena over for barbecue and a few beers on a Saturday you'd probably get along fine.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 21, 2011 14:06:38 GMT -5
Case in point. Go read the P&M board for a bit. Those people have significant others, jobs, friends (presumably), etc. If they were as obnoxious in real life as they are on that board, they'd be complete social pariahs.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 21, 2011 14:11:22 GMT -5
I seriously doubt that.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2011 14:28:14 GMT -5
Throwing something out is the absolute easiest way to get rid of something. Selling something on craig's list takes quite a bit of work.
I give what I think is usable to the thrift store, but only because my mom works there, so I just call her and she'll come and pick it up for me and bring back a receipt later. I have never sold anything on Craig's list. I wouldn't sell anything for $40 - what a total PIA and what do I really get out of it? $40 isn't that important to me. If the thing cost me $800, I would lose $760 on the deal. How does that $40 make it so much better that I now would be okay with it. I tried to freecycle once - what a PIA. Now I stick stuff on the curb - take it, or let the garbage man take it - I don't care, just get it out of my house.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 21, 2011 14:32:58 GMT -5
We've put some stuff on freecycle and Craigslist. It's really not a big deal. Only takes a few minutes to take a picture and post the ad. Plus I don't have to load the thing into a vehicle and get it to the . Our garbage here might be different though. If I put an old couch on the curb it'll sit there until somebody takes it, because the garbage men won't. They take the cans and that's about it, there are some exceptions like Christmas tree pickup on certain weeks and stuff. For the most part though if it doesn't fit you have to get it to the landfill yourself, and pay a fee to leave it.
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Post by illinicheme on Feb 21, 2011 14:34:45 GMT -5
Selling something on craig's list takes quite a bit of work. True that. When I was in grad school and early in my career, I used Craigslist to sell quite a few things, because even $20 was fairly important to me at the time. Although it's a pretty easy way to sell things, dealing with the emails and the phone calls and the people who don't show was a hassle every time. Craigslist was great for selling my old car ($1400), DH's gently-used snow tires ($475), and various pieces of decent furniture (~$100 a couple of times). But it's now too much hassle to try and get every $10 and $20 I might have coming to me from various crappier items like pressboard bookshelves. All of my Craiglist ads in the past year have been of the "CURB ALERT!" variety.
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Post by seriousthistime on Feb 21, 2011 16:08:46 GMT -5
I just posted some things on Craigslist today. I've sold a car through Craigslist. Hoping to sell some furniture now.
What seems odd to me is that if the color of the slipcovers just wasn't right, why didn't she return them to Pottery Barn?
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2011 16:35:41 GMT -5
Yes, posting the ad is simple. It is answering the phone calls, and arranging a time to meet up with the person, and having people come to my house - or having to meet someone elsewhere, and haggling. I can think of 900 other ways I'd rather spend the time.
We have quarterly big item pick-up. The city will take anything that is out there, so if I want to something big, I wait no more than 10 weeks and put it out. It is usually gone in a few hours. Takes less than 2 minutes to walk to the curb, unless my neighbors are outside, then we sit around and drink for an hour.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 21, 2011 16:49:35 GMT -5
I don't know, the only stuff we've put on Craigslist is sold within a day after only one or two phone calls. The ads always say something to the effect of buyer responsible for pickup and we won't help load. We're usually pricing stuff pretty low though, just to get rid of it, so we don't get a lot of people wanting to haggle.
I'd rather make $20-40 and get rid of the thing, than have to get it to the landfill myself and pay $5 to leave it. We've freecycled stuff for the same reason. You can usually get rid of it within a day or two, and I think it's less hassle than having to haul it ourselves. If we had large item pick-up or owned a truck, maybe it would be different.
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Post by formerexpat on Feb 21, 2011 16:58:41 GMT -5
Same here. Took us a few days to sell a nicely Amish made bedroom set that my wife bought years ago and no longer fits our taste. Had a nice, older couple come over to look at it and buy it for 50% of the price we paid...I use "we paid" jokingly with my wife as it was one of the credit card purchases she made in her "pre financial awakening days", so while she purchased it before we met, I indirectly helped pay for it.
The couple came over one night on the weekend and picked it up 3 days later when they got a mover to help them.
We've also bought a number of things for our children on there like a couple strollers, diaper bag and a baby carrier. Pretty nice and convenient each time and saves us a lot of money compared to the retail prices of some of these things.
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2011 17:12:39 GMT -5
Still more work than none.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Feb 21, 2011 17:17:54 GMT -5
Well sure, but I think it's less work than taking the stuff to the , and I make a little bit instead of paying a little bit to it.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Feb 21, 2011 17:25:07 GMT -5
Throwing something out is the absolute easiest way to get rid of something. Selling something on craig's list takes quite a bit of work. I give what I think is usable to the thrift store, but only because my mom works there, so I just call her and she'll come and pick it up for me and bring back a receipt later. I have never sold anything on Craig's list. I wouldn't sell anything for $40 - what a total PIA and what do I really get out of it? $40 isn't that important to me. If the thing cost me $800, I would lose $760 on the deal. How does that $40 make it so much better that I now would be okay with it. I tried to freecycle once - what a PIA. Now I stick stuff on the curb - take it, or let the garbage man take it - I don't care, just get it out of my house. I agree! And people are so unreliable and some are so scary... I just let the monthly charities that come through our neighborhood take it if none of my friends or neighbors want my stuff. Or we can just set it by the curb and it will be gone by night fall. I look at it as paying it forward to somebody who really needs it since I'm no longer in that boat. I was when I was really young and can remember getting cool stuff that I could never afford.
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Post by bean29 on Feb 21, 2011 17:27:04 GMT -5
I am sorry, but I don't believe this story for a sec. If you pay $850 for some covers, no way you would be listing them on CL for pennies. Why would you even bother? You would either give them to your maid to make some uniforms or your 5 yr old DD to play dress up or something. Or.... you would return/exchange them in the store. You either don't care about that $850 or you don't. If you care, you won't be selling it for $40 and if you don't, you won't be selling it for $40. Lena You know when I read Lena's words above I did wonder if the person selling them on CL shoplifted them or something. I have to say, I would have tried to exchange them and Had I paid that much for them I would have Had second third and fourth thoughts about selling them so cheap. Maybe someone else picked them out and she just wanted to get rid of them...like the BF's ex wife?
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Post by thyme4change on Feb 21, 2011 18:04:51 GMT -5
She probably could have gotten them professional dyed to another color cheaper than buying new ones that were another color.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2011 18:27:04 GMT -5
I don't post ads on freecycle or Craigslist either. I just put things on the curb with a free sign on it and it is gone before morning.
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Post by blackcard on Feb 21, 2011 18:39:30 GMT -5
Hey, if they are ketting stuff go at 10% of what they paid for it, I would keep checking their driveway for a $50K Benz or BMW. If they don't like the color of their new car, maybe they will sell it for 10% of its value, for about $5K.
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Post by debtheaven on Feb 21, 2011 18:46:34 GMT -5
I've never used CL to buy or sell "stuff". I'm pretty cautious / paranoid (you choose LOL). But I don't like inviting strangers to my home or telling them where I live.
My close friend's neighbor's son put his really expensive sneakers up on CL, very worn (on his own initiative, he did NOT vet it with his parents, obviously). Well they sold, at asking price. One week later the house was robbed. Maybe a coincidence, maybe not. Again, you choose LOL.
We take our old stuff to the Salvation Army. I'd rather take my old stuff there than have people I don't know from Adam pick it up, but maybe that's just me. If I did sell stuff, I'd make an appt on the street or something. I don't like the idea of encouraging strangers on the internet to come by my house.
I'm sure the majority of people out there are honest, but, some are not, and I'd rather not invite them to my home. I'd happily meet them on a street, at my job, at a parking lot, at a Starbucks, whatever, but not at home.
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Post by blackcard on Feb 21, 2011 18:48:18 GMT -5
<<It is SOOOO obvious that Lena is one of those women who in real life who is SO uncomfortable to be around>>
I get that way also, once a month.
As Lena said. "If it is your money, do with it as you will." I agree.
But! If they are borrowing on credit, and then file BK, it was our money! Not theirs!!! I have seen too many of my old college classmates already do this once. Some twice!
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Post by upstatemom on Feb 21, 2011 20:03:34 GMT -5
My sister lives on the East end of Long Island. She frequents the thrift stores in the area. Its amazing the expensive items she finds with the price tags still on them and she gets them dirt cheap. She frequently will sell them on Ebay for a nice profit but still way below the original price.
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Post by schildi on Feb 21, 2011 20:37:33 GMT -5
Well sure, but I think it's less work than taking the stuff to the , and I make a little bit instead of paying a little bit to it. Yes, true, in many / most cases it does make sense to sell stuff on craigslist. I think what some people don't like is that uncertainty of selling on craigslist, meeting strangers, haggling. Going to the ? You know exactly what will happen. :-) Not necessarily the best way, the cheapest or the quickest, but definitely the most certain way of getting rid of stuff.
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