WTF Craigslist seller

[mrs.jacinthe]

There is a plethora of furniture ruiners destroyers disrespectors refinishers on my CL.

Including this woman, who runs around buying all the good stuff out from under normal people and turning them into catastrophes like these:


"Rare 1800s Dresser"  - $325


"Antique Dresser" - $350

and my personal favorite:

"Retro Cabinet" - $65

SHE WRITES IN ALL CAPS, TOO.  I AM APPROXIMATELY ONE ABOMINATION AWAY FROM SENDING HER A "Craigslist, STAHP.  Go home, you're drunk" EMAIL.  LOL

[thewop]

There's someone in my area that does that too except she paints everything black. And then charges ridiculous amounts for the pieces.

[Deleted]

Yikes! But you all already know that I'm of the school that unless furniture came out of the factory black or white, it's probably not necessarily meant to be then.

At least there's stuff on your CL. There's that. I can buy used (read: junkyard worthy) tractor tires and 1980s sofas on mine!

[TBM]

We have one that does that, (mostly ruining MCM pieces)and everything is turquoise or some other aqua-ish shade, and you can even tell in the photos that they are not painted well.

I just want to tell her to either leave them alone, or at least make them look nice, and not like someone let their 5 year old do the work.

[kristilynnmy]

I have one of those too. She calls it shabby chic. It's more like shabby shit. I always wanted to email her to tell her it's hideous and no one ever buys it so can she stop posting. Then I figured I shouldn't be so mean and just ignore it. Still hate it though.

[mrs.jacinthe]

@crackhabit - that's what I want to know.

Honestly, if I wanted a dresser I immediately had to repaint, I'd get one at Goodwill.

[HeyGrrrl]

Those are horrific. I love the lines on the first piece, but NOT the busted paint job.

[elleblue]

I don't mind painted furniture when it's obvious it needed it (as in the wood was terribly stained, etc). But most people do a terrible job painting so I'm of the opinion it's mean to buy perfectly good pieces of furniture and then wreck it by painting it badly or in an ugly manner.

[pitterwoo]

I blame all the stupid blogs for this crap. I have no idea who buys this stuff.

[TBM]

Mar 21, 2013 19:42:14 GMT -5 pitterwoo said:

I blame all the stupid blogs for this crap. I have no idea who buys this stuff.

I am not sure than anyone buys it....I see the same stuff listed whenever I look at CL, and I don't look that often.