hi in this video I'm going to go over my favorite 7 essential tips every
Craigslist or a e-marketplace shopper needs to know so that you don't get
scammed you get what you pay for and you get it at the best price
ok so truth be told the reason I'm making this video is because I made some
silly mistakes that you just don't have to make now I know enough about
furniture as an interior decorator and as a professional organizer and as
someone who loves to furnish a home at a great price I've done this enough to
know but there I went I went wanting this piece so badly I don't know if you
can tell but there's a great detail up here that I fell in love with I love the
black with the gold handles I love all the drawers because it means more
hardware and more detail it was gonna be perfect for my space so before I even
saw it I got emotionally hooked which was silly because I made silly decisions
when I got there I wanted the sale to happen so that the seller could get it off of her
hands and I could bring it into my space that I was furnishing but at the end of
the day there were things that I missed because I was emotionally involved in my
head wasn't clear and there are things about it that I could change but took me
a lot of time and additional money and there are some things that I just can't
change that I don't know that I'm completely happy about so I'm gonna go
over those tips with you now
tip number one is probably on the forefront of everyone's mind when they
go and they shop at someone else's home it's your safety so don't go alone and
if you're going to go alone make sure you tell someone else what time you're
gonna be there what the address is and then give them a text or a phone call
when you're done so that they know you're safe
but not only for safety reasons not going alone gives you someone else to
see the product as well hopefully they're not emotionally attached to it
and they can help you make a smart decision I did not do this I fell in
love with the piece I went I forgot about all the things that I want to make
sure this piece had because of my emotional involvement and I made a silly
purchase so don't go alone it's a great way to bounce ideas off of someone have
someone else see it with their eyes hopefully they're not emotionally
involved it's just better all around
tip number two is make sure there's good lighting in this space so I knock on the
door a really friendly woman answered I felt safe
I felt comfortable my husband Nick knew where I was everything was fine she let
me in and she had a beautiful home it actually reminded me like I was in the
pages of Restoration Hardware she had really dark grey walls she had big
beautiful lighting but it was all Edison bulbs they were all set really low gorgeous
space not ideal for shopping for furniture because of the low light I
couldn't see the terrible paint job that was on this baby so when I got her home
this space has a lot of light especially in the afternoon I could see how
splotchy the paint job was I'm thinking it's something that she had done and
because her home was dark she didn't know how bad it was but I certainly knew
and I was really disappointed because not only was it going to take me a good
day and a half to sand it down to paint it to paint it again for a second coat I
mean all those things that need to happen I also had to pay for more paint
turn the lights up use your smart phone if there aren't a lot of lights don't be
afraid to ask don't be silly like me actually see the
thing that you're gonna go buy so you know exactly what you're getting
tip number three is to make sure you're getting the kind of construction you
want now if you know a little bit about furniture you know there's different
ways to to join pieces together I want to make sure that this at least had
dovetail joinery so that it would last me a while some joinery is just glue and
staples or glue and nails I wanted it to be solid construction when I emailed the
seller and I asked her if it had dovetail joinery she said yes I don't
think she knew what that was because I don't believe she was trying to scam me
and when you when I went to go purchase it I could have double-checked but I
forgot to ask so not only was it dark and I couldn't really see what I was
buying but I also forgot to see if it indeed was what I thought it was which
was dovetail joinery so when I got home and I started taking the drawers out
because I had to start painting them because the paint job was bad I noticed
it's not dovetail and part of the price that I paid once I got to the end
of the conversation those at her home part of that money went towards decent
construction it's not dovetail it's like staples and glue and I don't think this
is gonna be rough house enough for it to be a major deal but it's still
what I paid for and I know better
I'm making beef stew I was talking about the spoon. Is it made of wood
he's it all would seems like a silly question to ask if you're looking at a
dresser like this but I just didn't think to ask and/or look what's wrong
with me I got this home and because of the paint job I was taking the drawers out
and I noticed underneath each drawer it's just cardboard I mean it's not even
like plywood it is cardboard in the back cardboard underneath cardboard so the
only thing that's wood is really the top here in the face of each drawer and the
bottom detail everything else is cardboard which just means that whoever
made this made it as cheaply as possible super cute upon first glance but it's
not a substantial piece of furniture which I thought I paid for so yes ask
that in your email when you when you go to inquire about a piece of furniture
but when you go to pick it up or to look at it in person before you take it home
make sure it's all wood remember that person you came with because I told you
not to go alone that person can hold up the furniture for you while you take
your flashlight and look underneath pull it away from the wall and make sure the
back is all wood Now I know you're probably saying well didn't you pick it
up and take it outside well yes I did but she helped me pick it up
we took it outside together I was talking to her the whole time I didn't
look at the back and what was I thinking so you think because I didn't look at
the piece of furniture an entirety in good light and you won't make the same
mistake I did
tip number five let's say you see a piece of furniture and it's by a great
designer or an awesome maker or they swear it's Restoration Hardware whatever
and they even include a picture of the Restoration Hardware mark on the
furniture or whatever designer made it and which number furniture it is or the
serial number great but again don't be like me and not look when you get there
because you want to make sure that picture came from the piece of furniture
that you're gonna pick up and take home so you know I would do is make a list of
all the things you asked about in the email or maybe you didn't ask about in
the email but you want to make sure you do when you get there and you don't
forget about asking those things because you get in a great conversation with the
seller or if they've got a lot of kids running around the house and it's hectic
and whatever it is you want to make sure that you hit those points I knew this
wasn't a fancy designer or a piece of furniture I even though I was looking
for dovetail joinery and I wanted something all wood but in case you are
or you're enticed by someone saying it's a designer piece make sure you can find
that maker's mark and know I'm not talking about the Bourbon although if
they give you bourbon with the purchase win
okay tip number six I'm just going to throw in there because it's actually one
of my favorite tips especially with furniture because you're gonna take it
home and you might know where I'm going with this but you want to be careful
about bedbugs sometimes people think that okay someone came in they sprayed
or they bombed the place but I just want to get rid of this furniture so that I
you know I can just start over and start new whatever the case may be
now bedbugs are hard to see you can try to go in the person's apartment or home
and go with your flashlight and look for bedbugs but you probably aren't going to
find them because I like to hide until everyone's sleeping but that being said
the biggest tip you can look for is to make sure the person doesn't have a
bunch of bites all over the body not everyone reacts the same way the bedbugs
in terms of getting bites in their body I mean I've had them this is why this
tip for me is important to share with you and I had them because my roommate
brought home a couch that was infested she when she got bit she didn't have a
reaction I did so this isn't foolproof but if you go into someone's home and
they're itching a lot if they have red bumps you just get a feeling in your
stomach you ask them why you're getting rid of this and hopefully they'll be
excited to tell you I bought a new piece of furniture that's more expensive or
we're moving or where we were decorating the probably had love enthusiasm but if they
feel weird about it in their response and your stomach just doesn't feel right
just know the bedbugs are out there they like to hide in furniture and in
crevices and you don't want to bring them to your home take it from me
tip number seven is pricing if you follow all of these tips I've given you
when it comes time to negotiate the final price to take it out the door you
can go over all these things in your head because unlike me you've made a
list of everything that is important to you about this piece of furniture and
you can say okay cool so I turn the lights up and the paint job is splotchy
I'm gonna have to repaint this I know it's gonna take me about a day and a
half plus the cost of paint I need to deduct this much from your asking price
because of that or hey it's not Restoration Hardware or it's not Pottery
Barn not a big deal I still love the piece but it's not worth what you're
asking would you take this all those things can come into play now that you
have actually gone through everything is a dovetail joinery is it all wood
because if not I could have gotten this piece for a lot less than I paid for it
it looks good but I can't I'm not gonna reconstruct I'm not gonna put plywood
underneath every drawer I'm not gonna put plywood in the back of this it's
just not worth it for my project the reason I have this in this space it
looks fine it's gonna last fine I probably have a not gonna keep anything
in the drawers it's for an air B&B space I did repaint it it took me a day and a
half to sand it down because felt gritty and it just wasn't done right that just
took me a long time plus I did chalk paint so that even if I couldn't get
everything off the chalk paint is sticks to everything and I just love the way it
feels but it's a more expensive paint so I had to pay more for that it just
wasn't the best purchase I've ever made and I'm smarter than that and I know
better but in the end it made for a great video that I could share with you
so thanks for tuning in I hope you can learn from my mistakes you don't have to
be an expert antique shopper or an expert furniture shopper to make smart
purchases with people on Craigslist or Facebook marketplaces or what have you
just make sure you know what you're getting and do a little research between
the time you email the person and the time you go pick it up and write that
list down of what you want to double check and
you want to look for and know what you want to pay for it say okay just in case
this isn't a Restoration Hardware piece this is what I would pay for it instead
and take out that exact amount in cash and say this is what I have to give you
Deal or No Deal not a big deal if you want to try to get someone else to pay
more because at the end of the day it's not personal it's a business transaction
and you don't want to have buyer's remorse like this girl does
we're working on a lot of how-to videos and I'm always looking for content I've got
four apartments that are renovating right now so if there's something you
want to see like Sarah how do you patch a hole in the wall or I want to replace
a toilet and I want to do it myself and all these videos that I'm finding online
are missing this or they're boring or they're too long or too short let me
know because we'd be happy to make videos that are tailored to what you
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we are lifelong students of home-improvement we're learning things
every day about houses they're all made differently there's so many ways to get
a project done so we would love to show you what's working for us so that you
can do it yourself or if you're having a contractor come over to do this project
for you like taking the toilet out you can still watch a video on how to do it
so that when they do it you're like oh yeah I remember they did that in the
video or oh yeah I remember Sarah said to make sure they do this the
contractors not doing that you're a little more educated and you're not
blind to what they're doing so we'll see you next time thank you so much for
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