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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mid-twenties poster here--OP you sound a little bit ridiculous.

Like someone else mentioned, you slept on a foam mattress for months, clearly aesthetics weren't a major priority for you (economics were, which sounds reasonable given your financial situation).  And now all of a sudden you won't be happy living in a room that doesn't look right?

Furthermore, as you acknowledged, you could have just asked for a cell phone picture of the bed.

But you didn't, and your aunt drove hours to drop it off, which is a major sacrifice on her end in its' own right.  If she "just wanted to get rid of it", she wouldn't have made the effort.

In my mind, the moment your aunt made a long trek to deliver the bed, was the moment you have to suck it up for 6-months.

Consider it a lesson learned.[/quote]

I don't know about that - I've had hoarder-type (or borderline hoarder) people in my life who would go to extraordinary lengths to give away things they couldn't bring themselves to throw away. It wasn't that they valued the things qua things - it was, I think, they couldn't bring themselves to throw anything away.

I would agree that after your aunt drove all that way, it'd be shitty to say you don't like the looks of the bed. You probably should have asked for pics before having her make that trip. But, those are sunk costs, as it were.

At this point, I think you really do have an easy out here. A semi-easy out. You can say that the box springs couldn't make it up the stairs, which means you can't really use the bed - and would your aunt prefer you bring the bed back to her, donate it, or put it in storage. All these options could end up costing you more than buying a damn bed in the first place - but, again, those are sunk costs, so no point getting to upset about them. (I remember being 22 and broke. Sometimes it's stupidly expensive being broke.)

Agree with the others: don't buy a bed off craigslist. There are pretty cheap ones you can get at Ikea that might suit your needs better, next time you want to go through this. Or just stay on the foam another six months till you can get out of dodge/DC.[/quote]

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