2026-11-11 14:54 UTC
Replies (14)
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@Golfnbrew@lemmy.world 2026-11-11 14:57
First question Did you misrepresent yourself during purchase? Ethics matter.
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@Sims@lemmy.ml 2026-11-11 15:14
It’s honestly annoying when you try to help poor people get cheap or even free stuff, and some grifter just hoards it and marks it up for them selves at whatever ‘market price’ they can squeeze out of it. You/she should not see everything as free resources to take advantage of, that’s just selfishness. There are people scouring these places for profits, and they should at least be honest about their grifting…
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@slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2026-11-11 15:15
This is why the people that want crypto love crypto, the first seller can make some money using the contracts. If you didn’t know that painting it would get you 250$ I hope you have learned that lesson now. So, no, get bent.
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@orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-11-11 15:51
Everyone in the comments acting like the seller is righteous and isn’t lying. The seller relinquished ownership. End of story. The poster painted and re-sold it: new story. A) why is seller stalking painter? B) fuck off and put the work in yourself. There’s so much entitlement and sour grapes in this.
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@turbowafflz@lemmy.world 2026-11-11 15:55
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
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@KingGordon@lemmy.world 2026-11-11 15:57
Once you sell an item it’s no longer yours. Simple as that. A neighbor sold his house then came back a year later to scold the buyers for cutting down a nuisance tree. If the tree was so important to you, you shouldnt have sold it. Duh.
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@EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 2026-11-11 16:07
This is really, really stupid. I’ve sold a lot of stuff second hand and I price it for what I want out of it / how fast I need it gone. If I want it gone fast, I price it really cheap. If I don’t mind holding onto it for a little while, I ask more and I wait. I don’t, like, ask or check on the neediness of the people buying it. That’s ridiculous. If i want something gone fast, but then someone else is willing to put more time into it, I don’t get mad about that. I am happy for them and glad the item is being recycled.
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@gegil@sopuli.xyz 2026-11-11 16:30
If by “fixing” it means restoring old vintage dresser, then i dont see a problem with selling it for significantly higher price. Also, demanding money for something that person does not own is stupid. The moment the person sells it to another person, they are no longer own this thing, and the other person is free to do anything they want with it.
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@EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-11-11 17:38
People who buy cheap items on marketplaces and resell them for ridiculous up charges are gross, regardless of whether they painted a piece of wood or not. Original seller is ridiculous for asking, regardless of buyers’ grossness.
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@ImmortalColeSlaw@lemmy.today 2026-11-11 20:34
Block and move on is my opinion
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@Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2026-11-12 15:57
If a dresser is in poor condition (chipped wood, rusted hinges, stained, damaged handle, wobbly leg, etc.), then repairs can genuinely add to the value of an item. It might go from something that’ll be dumped in a year when the owner can afford something better, to a treasured long-term possession. Or it might just be bought by a richer person and get gentrified. I hate that we live in a society where making something better and more valuable can hurt people. Craftspeople who repair old furniture are good! I want everyone to have well-maintained antique furniture! I ain’t gonna fault the crafter who repaired an old broken thing. 200 bucks for a good repair job is a fair rate. And I’m suspicious of the wording “painted it and whatever”. That makes it sound like other stuff went into the job, something less visible to the first owner but maybe more valuable. And even painting something to protect the wood from water damage will increase the longevity of the item. But “fixed it up” is equally vague, if less malicious in appearance. I hope it was a good repair job. Some people in this thread are using the demand theory of value, which is easy because we can see the numbers for that before us. I want to use the labour theory of value, but there’s so little info to gauge it. Anyway, remember that Facebook isn’t the only way to rehome a piece of old furniture. Donate to your local thrift shop!
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@Okokimup@lemmy.world 2026-11-12 18:34
Art store: we sold you this canvas for $25. We see you’ve painted over it and are selling it for $200 but we think you should split the profits with us. Get fucked.
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@yuri@pawb.social 2026-11-12 19:30
she very well could’ve needed it, specifically the $215 profit from refurbishing and selling it! i know folks who do this kinda thing instead of getting a second job. imagine the same thing with like, vintage hifi stuff. i buy an old turntable for $25, replace all the belts, and sell it for $100-200. if the original seller hits me with this idk if i’d even reply lmao
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@moxyy@lemmy.world 2026-11-12 22:19
It is called ‘adding value’, kinda been the principal our entire economy has been built on since Adam Smith.