24-year-old roommate tries to secretly sell $7,000 couch for $2,000, forcing four other housemates to hide it from him and leave $200 behind as payback: ‘I’m nervous about his reaction but I guess we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it’

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Apr 29, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Nothing brings housemates together like furniture, and nothing tears them apart faster than the promise of a cash windfall from reselling that furniture. Enter the $7,000 sectional sofa, the true MVP at the center of today's story and the shared house, brought home thanks to one roommate's office perks and the collective muscle and sweat of everyone else. 

Fast-forward a year, and suddenly, it's less a couch and more a treasure chest on wobbly legs, except roommate Captain Greedy has decided their U-haul receipt is a deed of ownership.

In this house, whoever fronts the transportation cost becomes Lord of the Living Room, retroactively giving themselves full claim to communal property and a starring role in the world's most awkward Facebook Marketplace listing.

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  • The other four’s plan is simple: ninja the couch away while the self-appointed owner is out, stash it in a storage unit, and leave a crisp $200 on the floor as a parting gift and/or ransom note.

    Is it petty? Certainly. Is it justified? Strong yes.

    Polite society might frown, but anyone who’s ever split rent knows that major furniture decisions require more than one person’s accounting wizardry and a selective memory.

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    "AITAH for hiding a couch from my roommate that’s trying to sell it?"

    "He's claiming that the couch is theirs because they paid for the u-haul❞
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    I live in a house with 4 roommates, and about a year ago, roommate "A" got a really nice, sectional couch for free from her work. It ended up being worth $7,000 which was crazy and
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    we all felt really grateful. We had to rent a u-haul in order to move it, which roommate "N" ended up paying for, driving and coordinating. But myself and roommate "A" helped physically
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    move the couch with "N". In order to cover the cost of the u-haul ($200), roommate "N" sold our old couch. Once we all moved out, we'd sell the nice couch and split the profits.
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    Now, roommate "N" is moving out before the rest of us and is planning on taking/selling the couch. I only found out because I saw it listed on facebook for $2000 and they didn't tell us their
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    plan. Roommate "N" is claiming that the couch is theirs because they paid for the u-haul, and apparently the old couch only sold for $55, which didn't cover the cost. They didn't ask to be
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    Clean the sofa instead of staining your reputation

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    reimbursed a year ago, and is refusing to let us pay them back $150 or even $200 now. They're digging their heels in so hard and h I bent on taking the couch.
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    AITAH for planning on moving the couch, with roommate "A", into a storage unit while they're away until they move out and leaving them $200 in cash instead?
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    Update: the plan is in action to move the couch into a storage unit later today - thanks for all the validation. I'm nervous about
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    "N" reaction but I guess we'll burn that bridge when we get to it. Gonna leave $200 on the floor where the couch should be.
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    notsam57 NTA, A's the one that got it through their work, so possession should be A's, not N. N shouldn't be the one that decides when to sell the couch, especially if its communal property.
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    intensitysucks it's neither your nor roommate N's couch, it's roommate A's couch so NTA since roommate A is on board.
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    WholeFuzzy Nta do it and give us updates Edit: Thanks For the Upvotes!! But yes agreed if N had a problem about the amount received for selling the original couch and not getting
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    enough to cover the expenses for the truck they should have voiced it earlier. I repeat my earlier sentiment OP Pull a Houdini and magic that sh away
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    Sufficient Pie7552 They have no right to the couch it was from A's workplace you all helped it's communal property. They can be refunded for the U- Haul and paid a portion for labour but in no way is it their couch
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    obiy88 NTA. All I'm reading is "A got a free couch worth 7000$ from her work and N is trying to steal it and selling it for their own profit
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    after claiming it to be their own for paying 200$ for u- haul when no one asked them to do so" Hide it and give us updates loll
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    RandomReddit97 NTA. I wouldn't move anything to storage. That costs money. The couch actually belongs to A. I'd tell N that if they sold the couch I'll press charges for theft and take them to small claims court.
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    SoMoistly Moist Nta, if a received the couch for free from her place of employment, she has claimed to it in my personal opinion. Give N 150 bucks and say now we're done. Hide the couch.
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    ApricotBig6402 NTA. This is roommate A's couch. N and the rest of you just helped with transportation.
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    Katiejanehansen NTA. This is roommate As property.
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