dresser shopping is proving irritating. on the one hand, i don't want to put the money down at walmart. on the other hand, i don't want to pay $200 for $20 worth of wood at a pawn shop. i'd be ok with paying $50 for $20 worth of wood, at the very most, and am hoping kijiji bails me out, eventually.

it's sort of ironic. i bet there are antique dealers shaking their head at these kijiji ads, saying "don't they know that's worth ten times as much?". if i was the dealer, i'd be out there buying the stuff up and marking it up on the floor, but then i'd be a special kind of asshole, wouldn't i? meanwhile, i'm walking through the antique shops shaking my head, saying "that ought to be worth a tenth of the price it's listed for, i bet i could get it cheaper on kijiji.".

so, what is the correct value of the thing?

if we're talking labour theory of value here, i can understand the cost as applied to a new dresser, but from my perception an old dresser is really legitimately just a chunk of worthless wood and these antique dealers are really running an unethical business...