Aibu to want this sofa dumped at front

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Hi moving into new place and one of the houses in new street has a sofa sitting out the front and from what I can see it looks fairly good and I can't pluck up the courage to ask them if try getting rid of it.
I am short on money and need a sofa am I pathetic or not.

Well it's out the front because they don't want it... Just ask

Not at all, just ask them. Something nasty might of been spilt on it or they just couldn't sell it and have bought a new one.....always worth asking or it may well just end up in the dump.

If I were them, I'd be grateful if someone took it away for me. Go on, be brave and ask, you'll feel good after!

Definitely ask! I did similar with a carpet years ago, hoping it would be good enough to do us a year or so until we could afford a new one. it was so good we still had it when we moved out about ten years later!

Ask them. On our local fb selling groups there’s always people trying to either sell or give away when they don’t sell.

If I have stuff I’m giving away for free, I’ve left it outside my front door for people to collect.

I did it hooray

They even carried it over for me

Great well done have a great time in your new home

I did it hooray

This made me feel happy. Enjoy your new sofa!

Saves it being chucked away! Well done for asking.

This post makes me disproportionately pleased!

I'm even happier I made a few mumsnetters day

Well done, what a great way to meet the neighbours - a thank you card a small token wine/chocs/flowers would be a nice gesture.

Yay!

I'm all for reuse and recycling - well done!