Just been searching on Craigslist

[quakerboy]

And I have come to the conclusion that people must love ugly. So weird. There wasn't a piece of furniture there that I wouldn't rather have a plywood and milk crate version of. Which is lucky, since thats about the level my home furnishings have reached. Someday I may make the upgrade to cinderblocks, 50 gallon drums, or even those wooden wire spindles. Now theres some food for thought.

[qnr]

1. I just go to laugh at their posted prices for used electronics and photographic items. n/t

[kentauros]

2. You should check out this site:

Instructibles :D

[gmoney]

3. that's why they're for sale?

But yes, I wonder about the chain of events that went into the creation of ugly furnishing and clothes...

Someone has to design the fabric...
Someone has to approve it...
Someone has to buy it for use in their garment/sofa...
Someone has to approve that...
Someone has to want to buy the finished garment/sofa for their store...
Someone has to approve THAT, too...
Someone has to buy the thing with their own money for their own use (or think it would make a great gift even)...

You think SOMEONE in that chain would say "WTF? Who on EARTH would want THAT?"

[quakerboy]

7. Yes.

But then I remember my mother in law. And then I understand.

[LeftyMom]

4. I love the people trying to charge money for furniture I'd want to be paid to haul away and burn.

But my personal favorite is the person on Sacramento CL who has been trying to sell the rusted shell of an old sewing machine for months now. http://sacramento.craigslist.org/atq/1594670955.html

In repairable condition that sewing machine would be worth a fair bit of money. As a rusty pile of crap, it's worth whatever 8# of scrap metal is worth. Yet whoever that is has been dutifully reposting that ad for months, just in case somebody decides to buy the rusted, destroyed wreck of a Singer Featherweight.

[kentauros]

5. Someone needs to introduce that person to Freecycle

:)

[LeftyMom]

6. I'd be embarrassed to Freecycle that.

And I adore old sewing machines, so every time I see that it just pisses me off how neglected that one is. I mean, I lovingly repair, clean, polish the wood and shine up old machines. I have been known to break out the paste wax and buff them out like one would a car.

If that thing were at all repairable I'd have taken it in and fixed it up, because that particular model is the most desirable old sewing machine on planet Earth. But it's not in repairable condition. At all. It's garbage.

[kentauros]

8. If any of the parts are salvageable, maybe it would be worth giving away.

Otherwise, junk it!

Maybe some sculptor will buy, repaint it and make a profit :P