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The Facebook police.

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My husband came home the other day long enough to grab my keys and take off again in my car. As his truck is in temporary garage prison waiting for the new driveway to set… this did not bode well.

As I suspected, he returned home with something we did not need.

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Why did he buy a Lane cedar chest dated 1943?

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Because it was $20 at a yard sale up the road….

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And he had visions of reselling it for 6 times what he paid.

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The fact that it was for sale at a low price because no one wants or uses Lane cedar chests anymore never crossed his mind.

Undeterred by my cynicism, he spent an hour polishing it and then loaded it back in my car with a small assortment of miscellaneous crap he thought he could sell at a flea market. Early the next morning he drove an hour and a half south, paid $20 to rent a table, sat in the heat until 3:00pm, and drove an hour and a half back home…. with the Lane cedar chest and the majority of his crap still in my car.

Ever hopeful, he bade me list his precious chest on Facebook marketplace for $120 … sure that the right buyer would snatch it up.

Alas… Facebook had other ideas.

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What…?

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The listing was pulled as it was in violation of a recalled product policy.

A recall from 1943?????

I have no idea what the Hell that was about and though I questioned FB, I don’t have an answer.

What I do have is an old moth proof piece of furniture in the back of my car.

Lucky me.

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42 thoughts on “The Facebook police.”

  3. That is gorgeous! I’m a minimalist, no tchotkes, multi-purpose person and at the very least that chest has two useful purposes – storage and seating (plunk a cushion on top). Years ago I bought a blanket chest from an unfinished furniture store and I’ve been carting that thing around and won’t give it up. It’s been used in bedrooms, offices and currently in the living room. When I had cats, it was their favorite place – under the windows for excellent bird watching and napping on a cushion that was covered in crocheted blankies. Surely someone needs good looking extra storage and seating?

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      3. Because he’ll never sell it for $500 and I’m certainly not shipping something that big. We have a cellar, a garage and a barn full of these “treasures” he thinks he’s going to sell…

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  8. I have 2 old hope chests sitting in storage on the property. One is a similar vintage to your husband’s find. I love them both and would gladly use them but lack the floor space to store them in my tiny place! Not even at the foot of my bed, sadly…

    Deb

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  11. It looks like it is in good shape. I would buy it but I live too far from you to make that work. But if you ever go through central N.Y. perhaps we could make a deal. 🙂

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  12. Hubby needs to target selling his wares at vintage markets – his stuff is mostly vintage or “retro”. I remember doing a small business course and that was the biggy – knowing your customer demographics. Onward and upward to an empty basement!

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  13. I had one of those hope chests that I inherited. You could barely give it away to St. Vincent de Paul. I took off the tag like the one you have, removed the lock, and they begrudgingly took it. No one wants those things, as you’ve learned.

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      1. You can try to give it away to a charity. Maybe yours are less fussy than ours. Or burn it up, adding carcinogens to the atmosphere. We did toy with that idea, briefly.

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