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Keyword there is "find"
If your hobby is trawling second hand and antique stores, yard sales, estate sales and online classifieds looking for just the perfect high quality but affordable end tables that match your decor. Then go on with your bad self, I bet your house looks sweet.
I can go onto the Ikea website, find some cabinets that will do the job, I can check the measurements, pick my color, click a few buttons and they arrive at my house in a few days.
I bought most of my furniture used and got some really good pieces at great prices.
After a certain point though, I’m fed up of spending ages searching online and having to instantly jump on good deals. And if you’re not careful, you also end up with a load of random furniture that doesn’t fit together.
Depending on the item, it’s quite literally not worth my time searching for a good used piece. As in, if I was charging an hourly wage for searching/collecting, overall I’d be net negative.
And thats assuming you also have a vehicle to move it and the seller doesnt dick you around at all.
Yeah, getting fucked about by sellers was also one of the worst parts. I’ve arranged to collect stuff before, then gotten a message saying they’ve sold it to someone else.
Having sold stuff on marketplaces myself, if you agree to something then stick with it, even if you get a better offer.
You could always rent a truck for a few hours. Though that does raise the effective coat you paid for it, but not by much.
Wait till you rent the truck, turn up at their house to collect the item and they tell you they just sold it. But you can have your deposit back...
Yep. I've found high quality old furniture at estate sales, but it's never matched my decor.
I'm not gonna complain about paying $50 for a couch made back in the 1960s that still feels brand new, though. Even if it's dark purple.
Thats when you go to the hardware store, get a 1L tin mixed up in the same purple and paint some other shit in your place so it looks like its by design.