Facebook seller frantically asks buyer to return wife’s pricey furniture sold for cheap amid viral restoration: ‘Plot twist’

If you build it, they will travel … back.

A vintage furnishings restorer claimed that a female who sold her a mid-century dresser connected Facebook’s marketplace wanted nan portion backmost aft she had started refurbishing it for a profit.

Kandra Sobel, who remodels homes and refinishes antiques for her complete 11,000 TikTok followers, shared nan bizarre acquisition successful a now-viral video wherever she said nan sellers knew she planned to hole nan portion of furniture.

“When I picked it up I told nan seller like, ‘I’m going to refinish this’ and he said ‘yep. My woman looked you up. We cognize who you are and we cognize you’re going to refinish this,’” Sobel said connected Oct. 10.

The micro-influencer said that she already owned nan three-drawer Kipp Steward Drexel dresser for 2 days and vanished stripping and sanding down nan portion erstwhile nan original proprietor sent a panicked connection wanting nan point back.

“I person ne'er done thing for illustration this earlier but my woman has been upset and crying for 2 days that she sold her wood dresser,” nan seller wrote successful nan message.

“Is location immoderate measurement imaginable that I could springiness you 100 dollars to get it back? Or salary you to redo it [?] I cognize you said you were going to redo it? But [I’m] not judge what that costs is. I would do thing astatine this constituent [.] I didn’t understand really overmuch this meant to her. Please, is location thing I tin do. Thank you truthful much.”

“I consciousness really bad if his woman has seller’s remorse now and didn’t- and you know, feels bad astir trading a portion from her childhood,” Sobel said.

In nan message, nan seller offered to springiness her $100 of what she spent but Sobel knew nan point was a collectible and worthy $1,500 successful a restored state.

Sobel was torn whether she’d waste it backmost to them because she questioned if nan seller’s woman was genuinely upset aliases if they conscionable Googled nan point and realized they could person made large bucks connected nan dresser.

“The point that’s benignant of sitting uneasy pinch maine is that he sent maine that connection nan evening aft I posted, um, a reel showing really unthinkable nan wood atom is,” Sobel said.

Sobel told nan seller that she wouldn’t waste it backmost having already spent clip and money connected nan restoration project.

However, she said nan mates would person nan first opportunity to bargain nan dresser erstwhile it was fresh to sell.

On Oct. 24, Sobel revealed she yet “made a deal” pinch nan mates — at a discounted price.

Sobel didn’t regret nan determination to suffer retired connected a monolithic payday aft she met nan wife, who she considers a “ray of sunshine.”

“Now that I’ve met her, like, I consciousness really, really bully astir it. It’s astir apt bad business because I could person gotten double for what I sold it to them for but it’s not ever astir nan money,” Sobel said.

TikTok users suggested she waste it astatine nan afloat refurbished value pinch nary discount aliases correct of first refusal.

“Absolutely not. All income final. It’s truthful weird that he’s moreover asking tbh,” 1 personification commented.

“Girl it really sounds for illustration they’re benignant of trying to scam you. The timing is excessively overmuch of a coincidence. Offering a discount goes supra and beyond connected your part!!” different personification wrote.

Others praised Sobel’s compassion to waste nan point backmost to nan couple.

“You did nan correct point and it will travel backmost to you tenfold! You are a typical seller,” 1 personification wrote connected TikTok.

“You LOST OUT connected thing . . .we ever GAIN by expressing kindness and love! Just hold and spot nan awesome rewards you’ll spot from nan blessing you bestowed connected that bully couple!” different personification added.