# I pit Craigslist Cleveland furniture listings **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 21, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411 "2006-02-21T01:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/1 "2006-02-21T01:25:20Z")
I’m jealous of every other hip and trendy city out there. You see, when I look at furniture listings for Craigslist in those areas, I actually see _nice_ furniture for the most part, at reasonable prices. Not here in Cleveland, though. Furniture that would normally end up on the curb in Denver, Seattle and Portland is being listed on Craigslist for ridiculous amounts. There’s very little jewels among the junk, either - it’s mostly tacky 1960s and 1970s-era crap. Sure, the sellers might say “it’s comfortable.” It’s baboon-ass ugly, too. Go to craigslist furniture listings in other cities, and you’ll actually see nice, neutral, tasteful stuff. Here, it’s furniture straight out of the Brady Bunch house; orange naugahyde chairs, bulky coffee tables, and recliners with Bicentennial eagle fabric. I’m afraid to look at the electronics listings in Cleveland craigslist; it’s probably nothing but console televisions and 8-track tape players. There’s some newer furniture out there - not much, but some. Unfortunately, what little there is is flowery, femmy, kountry foo-foo stff and tacky Rent-A-Center rejects. Prices? Paying $500 for a used couch the original owner paid $600 for – and it’s usually covered by some cheesy, flowery, foo-foo kountry upholstery at that – is no bargain. It’s like computer pricing at the Salvation Army; “Well, that 486 cost $3,000 back in 1995, so we could probably get $2,000 for it now.” People are also asking outrageous prices for used mattresses. Fucking gross. I’ll buy something from the spammed national retailer ads that nobody tags for removal before I spend $400 on some nasty ass used mattress with pee and cum stains. Here’s what passes as good deals for used furniture in Cleveland: [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135525001.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135525001.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135487789.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135487789.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135455378.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135455378.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135446383.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135446383.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/134425688.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/134425688.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/133741641.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/133741641.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/133394977.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/133394977.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/133357868.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/133357868.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135527276.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135527276.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135541924.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135541924.html) [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135576277.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135576277.html) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/2 "2006-02-21T03:05:42Z")
Hey, I’ve been looking for one of them Cleveland Steamer things. If you see one on Craigslist, could you let me know? Meanwhile, concerning the first item you linked to, does that price include the lovely throw with the giant screaming eagle on it? 'Cause that really just ties the whole set together. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/3 "2006-02-21T03:16:16Z")
> [@](#): > > People are also asking outrageous prices for used mattresses. Fucking gross I always assumed the sale of used mattresses was illegal - even on Craigslist. > [@El\_Kabong](#): > > …Concerning the first item you linked to, does that price include the lovely throw with the giant screaming eagle on it? 'Cause that really just ties the whole set together. It looks like it came off the set of Married With Children. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/4 "2006-02-21T03:40:52Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > I always assumed the sale of used mattresses was illegal - even on Craigslist.It looks like it came off the set of Married With Children. Why would you think that? Even some hotels sell theirs. I bought one in college for $30. It smelled like I was a real player. Maybe people are hoping that a set designer for Sanford and Son - The Movie is going to swoop in and make them rich. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/5 "2006-02-21T03:57:10Z")
Well technically you shouldn’t be flaming craigslist, but Clevelanders and their over inflated sense of value. On a related note, I purchaes two very nice bunkbeds off craigsist, barely used for about 30% of new. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/6 "2006-02-21T04:01:42Z")
God I’m so glad I moved out of that crap hole. I mean, Cleveland rocks? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/7 "2006-02-21T04:59:54Z")
What kind of price level do they get in Cleveland for pink flamingos and chrome balls? Hmmm? They gots to be rare in Denver. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/8 "2006-02-21T05:42:13Z")
My friend got that exact same set in the first (minus sweet throw) from the Goodwill in Cuyahoga falls. For $30. You can’t actually sit on the cushions in the table thingy. It’s made of cardboard. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/9 "2006-02-21T05:56:07Z")
Damn. I _gave_ away a sleeper sofa a few months ago – muted green/cream/beige plaid, a bit older but a really comfortable bed – and couldn’t even find any takers. It never would have occurred to me to try to _sell_ the thing. Except apparently if I was in Cleveland; I could have asked $500 for it, easy! ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/10 "2006-02-21T06:24:31Z")
Cleveland is NOT the place for used shit. All of the thrift stores suck here too, as I’ve lamented in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/11 "2006-02-21T06:33:21Z")
> [@Mama Tiger](#): > > Except apparently if I was in Cleveland; I could have asked $500 for it, easy! Cleveland must be where old, tacky furniture goes to die - only it’s given CPR and shots of adrenaline, and goes on to live yet another life, healthier than ever. My question: why are Craigslit furniture listings in Cleveland so bad compared to other cities? Do people here love flowery fabrics more than in Portland and San Diego? Does the cold weather somehow prolong the lifespan of 1970s-era furniture? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/12 "2006-02-21T14:56:11Z")
Dear Lord, it only gets worse. [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135627648.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135627648.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/13 "2006-02-21T15:15:29Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Dear Lord, it only gets worse. > > [http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135627648.html](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135627648.html) My eyes! They burn! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/14 "2006-02-21T15:20:39Z")
> [@Dolores Reborn](#): > > My eyes! They burn! 😃 My God, I live in Euclid. I will persoanlly go and burn that couch. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/15 "2006-02-21T15:38:40Z")
This weekend I bought a [Depression-era walnut server](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/console.jpg) for $50.00, and a few months ago I got a [buffet](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/buffet.jpg) and [china cabinet](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/china%20cabinet.jpg) from the same time frame for $20. We also recently purchased a dining room set for $100.00. Baltimore might suck, but its Craigslist doesn’t. Our Freecyclers, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/16 "2006-02-21T15:49:45Z")
> [@Dorjän](#): > > My God, I live in Euclid. I will persoanlly go and burn that couch. I’m in South Euclid. I’ll buy the gasoline. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/17 "2006-02-21T15:53:50Z")
> [@GingerOfTheNorth](#): > > This weekend I bought a [Depression-era walnut server](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/console.jpg) for $50.00, and a few months ago I got a [buffet](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/buffet.jpg) and [china cabinet](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/GingerOfTheNorth/china%20cabinet.jpg) from the same time frame for $20. We also recently purchased a dining room set for $100.00. > > Baltimore might suck, but its Craigslist doesn’t. Our Freecyclers, on the other hand… I read that and actually thought, "What the hell is a walnut server? People actually have a dish to serve _walnuts?_ Then I opened the link. :smack ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/18 "2006-02-21T16:23:11Z")
Oh my god! We used to own that exact couch (the first one, with the screaming eagle. We didn’t have a screaming eagle though.) Of course this was in the 80’s. The enormously obese brother of my dad’s boss sat on it when I was little and broke the living hell out of all the springs, but of course we had to use it for years and years after that. I can still remember the smell of that couch, and the prickly upholstery! Never knew it ended up in Cleveland, though. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/19 "2006-02-21T19:50:01Z")
The couch coffee table set from your first link also includes an ottoman, a chair, a rocking chair and end tables. I know because until recently I was married to a woman who owned the whole set! one of our earliest arguments was when I casually mentioned how nice it would be to replace the living room set. Take it from me that crap is the most painfully uncomfortable stuff you can imagine. Inurred as I am to the horrors of cheap furniture, even I found it hard to endure. Her’s even had the exact same material! (no eagle throw sadly). During the divorce consultation my lawyer asked me If I wanted to claim the furniture, I said no thanks. 😃 I shudder at the memory. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411/20 "2006-02-21T19:54:42Z")
[This can’t be good](http://cleveland.craigslist.org/fur/135694694.html). “only a few tares.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-cleveland-furniture-listings/345411.md?page=2)