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Can you link to the article in question? Wanting a sofa does not seem unreasonable (you have to sit on something), and I feel I'm missing something. Was it a p
by dghf 11y ago
Can you link to the article in question? Wanting a sofa does not seem unreasonable (you have to sit on something), and I feel I'm missing something.
Was it a particularly expensive sofa? Or by 'sofa', do you mean something other than 'couch', which is what I take it to mean?
- patio11 11y agoc.f. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9689979 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9689979 pointing to here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/16/she-bought-a-sofa-on-installment-payments-now-its-straining-her-life/?src=longreads http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/16/s...
- jasonkester 11y agoThe idea is that one does not need a $1500 sofa if all one wants is something to sit on. As an example, I purchased my first sofa costing more than zero at age 43. But I've always had sofas everywhere I lived before that. Sofas that meet the definition of "something to sit on" can be had for roughly zero dollars and are plentiful at that price point. You would notice the difference if you put one side by side with a new one costing $1500, indicating that perhaps that difference in appearance is the real reason that somebody without $1500 to spare would choose to buy the latter in favor of the former.