YSaC, Vol. CXLIX (no, really, that’s what 149 is!)
ELEGANT FURNITURE 🙂 MUST SEE – $550
MOVING SALE, BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE EXCELENT NEW CONDITION.
LIVING ROOM SET $450.00 OBO
DINNING ROOM SET INCLUDES 4 CHAIRS AND 2 BAR STOOLS $600.00 OBOCONTACT ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SERIOUS INQUIRES PLEASE. THANKS
This one has it all … misspellings (including my beloved “dinning” room!), a price in the title that doesn’t correspond to anything in the listing … and for a bonus, a random baby picture in the listing. (Maybe the baby is actually going for $550?)
And don’t get me started on the “beautiful” and “elegant” descriptors applied to the furniture. The people who buy those kinds of sofas are also the ones who worry about whether the art on their walls matches the sofas and the carpet, and then the whole room ends up very, very beige. These photos are Exhibit A. There isn’t a single real color in there. That poor child is going to grow up thinking that he’s profoundly colorblind.
That’s not beautiful OR elegant. It makes me want to run amok armed with paint rollers in multiple bright, saturated colors.
In the meantime, folks, don’t sell your baby on Craigslist, mmmkay?
Sigh. I do the walls/sofa/art thing, but most because I’m a photographer. I have no current pictures of my livingroom to show you, so you’ll have to settle for my bedroom.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2606023133_4c7a2565cc_b.jpg
None of my furniture is as bland or boring as this ad though. But I could probably use a new baby in my bathroom, my old one is wearing out.
At least they don’t dress the baby in beige…”Have you seen the baby? I can’t find the baby! Is that the baby?? Ack, no, that’s just a throw pillow!”
Or worse yet, what if the baby doesn’t match the sofa?
Hello Seller, I’m seriously inquiring about the baby for sale…Yes, the one that comes with the beige living room…
Hey, babies aren’t cheap these days. It’s really tough to find an elegant, beautiful baby like this (even a used one) for under $800.
The sofas aren’t terrible … it’s just that everything blends in, to the point you really can’t see any of it. If you’re going with an uber-neutral for your furniture, then slap some color on the walls!