Another Peeve I Have

hollydolly said:
I did the same with a perfectly good and well cared for sideboard when the charity shops said they didn't take 'dark wood''.. the sideboard would have brought them in at least £300 even second hand, it was very good quality.. but if I'd had a £50 composite Ikea unit they would have taken that..

...so out mine went to the end of the drive...

I wrapped it up in cling film in case it rained, and put a ''Free'' sign on it... and a guy knocked the door, couldn't believe it was going for free, and came to check .. he was absolutely delighted.. he said he'd just got a new home with his small children, and little money to furnish... so the charities loss was his gain..

Very nice looking piece! It wouldn't fit on my luggage though!

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The few times we've put things out, we've always added a "free" sign... most recently it was a huge artificial Christmas tree (with a LOT of light strings in the box to go with it) and a desk chair in good shape. Both times they were gone within an hour. I've never stopped to pick up things that other people had out, but when I see it by the curb and it's not marked, I assume it's free or sitting there for trash pickup.

For what it's worth, Deb, that lady was foolish to sit something out she sold on Marketplace at a place where people usually put freebies.
 
CallMeKate said:
For what it's worth, Deb, that lady was foolish to sit something out she sold on Marketplace at a place where people usually put freebies.
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I wondered myself how she knew I wasn't the Marketplace customer, but then she may have known that person. It's a small community.
 

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hollydolly said:
I did the same with a perfectly good and well cared for sideboard when the charity shops said they didn't take 'dark wood''.. the sideboard would have brought them in at least £300 even second hand, it was very good quality.. but if I'd had a £50 composite Ikea unit they would have taken that..

...so out mine went to the end of the drive...

I wrapped it up in cling film in case it rained, and put a ''Free'' sign on it... and a guy knocked the door, couldn't believe it was going for free, and came to check .. he was absolutely delighted.. he said he'd just got a new home with his small children, and little money to furnish... so the charities loss was his gain..

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People around here would take that and chalk paint it. I think it's a travesty to cover beautiful wood with paint. I let a sale go because the woman that came to get this Federal style dresser mentioned she was going to paint it. I told her if she did that, no sale. People these days don't want dark wood furniture.

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debodun said:
People around here would take that and chalk paint it. I think it's a travesty to cover beautiful wood with paint. I let a sale go because the woman that came to get this Federal style dresser mentioned she was going to paint it. I told her if she did that, no sale. People these days don't want dark wood furniture.

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I understand what you mean..about the chalk paint, everyone does it here too.. .. but in reality..if someone buys something from us, we can't dictate it's use...
 
Free Free Free. I don't think it's annoying at all. We don't have it as much in California I think. But watching Freakinfrugal dumpster diving channel on YouTube, it's more prevalent in their area, New Jersy. If it's something someone can use, it's a good thing.
 
I had to get rid of a lovely Night-N-Day lounge, it was too heavy to carry. The neighbour across the road said he would buy it from me for $100.00, I agreed and helped him carry it over to his place. The next day a large truck arrived to take all his furniture. I didn't know he was moving to Western Australia. That was the last I saw of him; he left without owing me the money. Some people are just no damn good.
 

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