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This pisses me off so hard. This isn't some poor person needing a couch, this is downright irresponsible on the buyer's part, and then they complain about the p

by untom 12y ago

This pisses me off so hard. This isn't some poor person needing a couch, this is downright irresponsible on the buyer's part, and then they complain about the pricing. I can hit craigslist and get free couches that are perfectly usable all day long. My house is almost entirely filled with craigslist and garage sale furniture. I have a beautiful solid wood armoir for my 26" flatscreen tv. It and everything inside it cost less than 60 bucks. I don't go out buying 1000 dollar 60" tvs for 5000 dollars. That's rediculous, nobody needs to, it's just consumerism at it's worst.

noahl 12y ago
You're certainly right that buying an expensive item without having the money to do it is a bad idea, but think about the infrastructure and amount of time you needed to find those cheap items. You had a working computer or phone, an Internet connection, and enough knowledge to know to look at Craigslist. When you found your item, you probably had to arrange shipment, but it was no problem for you because you either had a car that could carry it, had a friend with one, or in the worst case, were able to rent one. Finally, you had several blocks of time that weren't already filled with things you had to do to handle searching Craigslist, maybe searching again, and finally going to pick up and take home your new piece of furniture. I don't know your specific circumstances, and I apologize if the points above don't all apply to you. But it's important to realize that there are a lot of non-obvious resources that people from wealthy backgrounds have that they don't even think about which allow them to save money.
- MrZongle2 12y ago
  ...but think about the infrastructure and amount of time you needed to find those cheap items. One can purchase a local paper for $1.00 or less. Yard sales and Goodwill stores are free and easy to peruse on a weekend morning. Let's not pretend that finding a couch is a herculean task, or saving up the cash for a couple of months is nigh impossible.
  - bitJericho 12y ago
    You could buy a minivan to haul it (and finance it at a reasonable rate), and buy a craigslist couch for the amount she spent on her couch.

by untom 12y ago

noahl 12y ago

You're certainly right that buying an expensive item without having the money to do it is a bad idea, but think about the infrastructure and amount of time you needed to find those cheap items. You had a working computer or phone, an Internet connection, and enough knowledge to know to look at Craigslist. When you found your item, you probably had to arrange shipment, but it was no problem for you because you either had a car that could carry it, had a friend with one, or in the worst case, were able to rent one. Finally, you had several blocks of time that weren't already filled with things you had to do to handle searching Craigslist, maybe searching again, and finally going to pick up and take home your new piece of furniture. I don't know your specific circumstances, and I apologize if the points above don't all apply to you. But it's important to realize that there are a lot of non-obvious resources that people from wealthy backgrounds have that they don't even think about which allow them to save money.

MrZongle2 12y ago
...but think about the infrastructure and amount of time you needed to find those cheap items. One can purchase a local paper for $1.00 or less. Yard sales and Goodwill stores are free and easy to peruse on a weekend morning. Let's not pretend that finding a couch is a herculean task, or saving up the cash for a couple of months is nigh impossible.
- bitJericho 12y ago
  You could buy a minivan to haul it (and finance it at a reasonable rate), and buy a craigslist couch for the amount she spent on her couch.