I don’t like people “fixing” and reselling items unless they were unusable to begin with, but it doesn’t make sense for the original seller to demand money because they aren’t the victim, the victim is the person with less money who now can’t afford the dresser.
but to be fair i don’t think there’s any real shortage of cheap furniture, at least not in my area, so it doesn’t really matter in the end
tbh I’d rather people fix and refresh older real furniture rather then just toss it. people continue getting trapped in the quality that is… Ikea. giving the good furniture new life is better then anything new these days
Except this wasn’t someone fixing up a piece of furniture that was going to get tossed. This was someone buying a cheap piece of furniture, touching it up, and selling it for a nearly 9x profit. Meanwhile removing it from the pool of cheap furniture available to someone who can only afford to buy the $25 piece.
Depends on what “touching it up” means. If they did no prep and just painted it, that sucks and probably won’t last long.
If they sanded, repaired, prepped, painted, and replaced or restored the hardware and slides that is a significant amount of time and effort. A bad paint job would take a half hour. A good restoration prep and paint could take 3 hours or more depending on how detailed or meticulous it is.
Its not just about the materials, but the labor and time that goes into it.
There’s a huge supply of cheap, shitty furniture out there. I don’t think refurbishing one $25 piece is going to make a dent in that. I could go to habitat restore and pick up a half dozen for around that price today.
I don’t like people “fixing” and reselling items unless they were unusable to begin with, but it doesn’t make sense for the original seller to demand money because they aren’t the victim, the victim is the person with less money who now can’t afford the dresser.
but to be fair i don’t think there’s any real shortage of cheap furniture, at least not in my area, so it doesn’t really matter in the end
tbh I’d rather people fix and refresh older real furniture rather then just toss it. people continue getting trapped in the quality that is… Ikea. giving the good furniture new life is better then anything new these days
Except this wasn’t someone fixing up a piece of furniture that was going to get tossed. This was someone buying a cheap piece of furniture, touching it up, and selling it for a nearly 9x profit. Meanwhile removing it from the pool of cheap furniture available to someone who can only afford to buy the $25 piece.
Depends on what “touching it up” means. If they did no prep and just painted it, that sucks and probably won’t last long.
If they sanded, repaired, prepped, painted, and replaced or restored the hardware and slides that is a significant amount of time and effort. A bad paint job would take a half hour. A good restoration prep and paint could take 3 hours or more depending on how detailed or meticulous it is.
Its not just about the materials, but the labor and time that goes into it.
There’s a huge supply of cheap, shitty furniture out there. I don’t think refurbishing one $25 piece is going to make a dent in that. I could go to habitat restore and pick up a half dozen for around that price today.