Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 06, 2018

Awfully cheap for a lamp Leslie is thinking there.

Gunther absolutely has to be Borenice’s long lost brother. Less is being more again!Winner: Le$$

As Joel and Liza sang in “Cabaret” …

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PIAXG_QcQNU

Poor Gunther you get out smarted at every turn by Less!!

A lot of money eventually or a little money quickly? Much poverty is tied to the most commonly chosen path.

Preparing my comment in advance. As of this writing, I do not know what arc is running on 06-Aug-18. Opening salvo: I took a week off from Luann and I hope you guys enjoyed it!

“Make offer sale?” Bad idea, very bad idea. They’ll be lucky if they get enough to buy a couple of cheap, put-it-together-yourself pieces of particle board furniture. If they’re trying to get as much money as possible, they should follow Gunther’s list. They STILL wouldn’t get enough to buy a houseful of new furniture, but they would get more money.

Unless of course, this being a comic strip, two crazy, rival antique dealers show up at the same time and start trying to outbid each other for the sofa or something.

I was really hoping for a new arc that focused on the wildfires in California, and sent either Toni or Brad out to fight them. Oh, well. Maybe in a few months…

Okay, so Le$, is all up for a quick sale starting with a lamp, (that they should KEEP by the way) which will probably sell for mere pennies on the dollar at their Yard/Garage Sale. Never mind that one gets much, much le$$ selling stuff at a Yard Sale. Oh No. Le$ has got to have that quick buck. I think it’s pretty clear that lad hasn’t priced any “new” furniture lately.

No Appraisal, No cleaning or repairing to make the stuff look attractive, no researching value. Just a quick sale, which in the end, just might net them a few bucks. MAYBE.

So, tell Me again, “Le$ Lovers,” why your boy’s, plan was such swell idea. Because unless your “hero” plans to make up the difference money-wise from his OWN pocket, when they invariably fall short of dough from the sale, the ONLY thing they’re gonna be able to afford is milk crates for the chairs and particle boards for the tables.

In the meantime, I’ll get a fresh pot of COFFEE brewing…….. ;)

At least Les is realistic.

If only that middle panel said “make over”… totally misread that the first time through.Les, what’s the hurry??

Boring…boring…boring. Snoozefest. Who cares. There are so many other things that would be more interesting than “Gunther and Les have a garage sale.”Like, “Puddles meets a skunk.” “Dad gets new glasses.” “TJ burns the pot roast.”

I have no idea at all about furniture value. I do know a little about stuff like musical equipment. It’s often a bit of a downer for people who have older guitars, etc. They think they have something special when the truth is that they have an old guitar. It wasn’t special in 1970 and it isn’t special today. If the guys need to know what they have. Is it stuff bought at a rooms to go styled store or it is “take it to antiques roadshow?”

They might be able to get some good money for the big solid pieces, but small stuff like the lamp is going to go for thrift store prices ($5-$15). And Les shouldn’t get ANY of the money because it’s not his stuff. It’s Gunther’s stuff.

One dude’s trash is another dude’s treasure.

More like ¢¢¢¢¢, I suspect, guys. :)

I read Luann everyday just for the comments. It’s Dear Abbey for the make believe!

Bernie! Bernie! I want Bernie!

This is very ironic here, and I think what could congeal a compromise between Les’s quick money methods, and Gunther’s research to properly price method is someone coming along who has a good idea of value of these items, and says something that combines Les’s mercantile instincts, and Gunther’s informational and research ones, resulting in them making far more money than either might have thought. These items are drawn to represent various periods in furniture history; the lamp is 1920s Art Deco I think although I am not an expert. My point is that ironically Gunther is thinking lots of money for a quick sale, Les is willing to accept a little money for a quick sale, events might end up they get a lot, based on serendipity. This might end up being the serendipity arc.

What Gunther’s going to end up with is a Make-Do list…

Hopefully, Luann’s art teacher will stop by the boys’ furniture sale, assess several pieces as museum quality antiques & the money will roll in.

My wife and I have the same type of disagreement when pricing things for a garage sale.

My guess they’ll collect about $200 plus they’ll still have the high chair.

“Folks” have talked about Gunther getting a job. I think that MAY happen. But unfortunately It won’t be a job closely related to his chosen field or interests. Nope. Too, easy and not “funny.” Gunth’s “job” probably be something MENIAL. Like cashier at Weenie World, or worse, bus-boy/dishwasher at the Fuse.

And Uncle Al may MAKE Gunther take the Job to teach him a bit “responsibility” after he and his “roommate” practically give Irma’s furniture away. And all of this will be right down Le$’ alley because Gunth will end up working Le$’ shifts on his off days, leaving “Poor Le$lie” free to be alone to entertain Tiffany or any other young lady at the Gulag on the “New Furniture” paid for by Gunther’s new job.

It’s to be a Thug………., ;)

The fight will be over Tiffany.

The lamp, this time.

Worth over $2,000

Do your Google research, people, before you start commenting.

Welcome to a continuation of the G and L Mercantile Arc.

Wouldn’t it be funny if the only thing sold was the high chair and they were stuck with the rest of it???

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1. An interesting unfolding of ideas over the last week. Gunther, originally very sentimental about his childhood furniture is successfully guided by Les into seeing how unfortunately unsuitable it really is for his new “bachelor pad” that he is sharing with Les. Whatever his actual motives, Les did a pretty good thing here.

2. Gunther seems to have lost his “attachment” to his childhood furniture rather rapidly. I was surprised. I am glad, because I thought it was rather hideous for him to have in the new place.

3. Today we see the disparity of perceived value of the furniture between Gunther and Les. Gunther sees the furniture as very pricey and will want to demand top dollar where as Les has what I feel is a more realistic assessment of its value.

4. I suspect the furniture is probably “budget friendly” renditions of Victorian era furniture and of very limited (other than sentimental) value. So, I think Les is probably accurate.

5. With the limited budget those two will likely have, they themselves will really need to go rummaging around at garage sales for furniture. They can if they give it some time, likely find more “regular” styles of furniture to purchase cheaply to fill their new abode.

6. However, Greg may take this a myriad of different ways…. Perhaps he will make the furniture “collector pieces” and the duo will get oodles of cash. Perhaps with whatever cash they do obtain, we will see Les pick out equally hideous “man-ie” furniture (I keep thinking some of the mirrored leather and cheetah printed stuff from the 70s.). Or perhaps the duo will find some reasonable stuff, but Irma will be devastated about the loss when she returns.

I was trying to be fair—kept thinking everyone immediately accused Gunther of caving to Knox before the strip indicated that. But yes—this makes Gunther look pretty bad. I can figure out: you don’t use a yard sale to sell “Victorian” furniture unless you want idiots demanding to pay one cent for the entire lot (for each piece if they have some class). And idiots like Knox who would immediately accept that.

Les is not expecting to get much money for the entire lot of furniture. I wonder how he expects to pay for the new stuff to fill an entire guest house…

They need to put prices on all the items for sale. No one wants to guess at the prices at a yard sale. Most people will leave without buying anything or asking the prices. The few people who do ask will offer extremely low prices.

Wait, so Les will get to keep proceeds from the sale of Gunther’s mother’s furniture? And is corrupting Gunther in the process. OTOH I don’t feel any sympathy for the Mom putting him in this situation.

I wish there was a way to block posters here, like there is at ArcaMax

Yes they’re young and stupid, but I repeat myself. This is part of growing up, making a dumb choice and then seeing how dumb it was.

@Kenhense: No, that’s not how it works. It gives a reader the ability to block the posts of particular posters so they can’t see them, but others can. I try to scroll past the haters, but some days, it would just be easier to see ‘this poster blocked’, instead of having to keep scrolling…

@Squoop: I’m not sure which ‘situation’ you are saying Irma Berger put her son in. If you mean she shouldn’t have put him in the situation of having to fight Les to keep their old furniture, he started out saying he didn’t want it. There are those who will argue that his mother ‘guilted’ him into accepting it because she was crying over it, but then again, he may have realized that he didn’t have enough money to buy lamps and things right then, so he figured he’d take it until he had a better way to get furniture. And his acceptance of Les’s idea to sell quickly was his acceptance; his mother didn’t make him do that. When Irma returns from her honeymoon, it’s likely that her old furniture will not be the first thing she is thinking of!

As far as Irma being the reason why he’s living in that guest house; I still say that if he really wanted a better situation, he could use his computer smarts to get a job and move into an apartment. Since his mother had encouraged him to go to Peru, I don’t see that she would have a big objection to him living in an apartment in the same town she lives in. It’s funny how people are eager to blame 6 year old Shannon for not behaving well, even though Shannon has a less than great homelife due to her father always leaving for auditions and dumping her on Toni and Brad. But Gunther, who is older, is never responsible for his actions; it’s always his mother’s fault. My late Mom was widowed young and raised me and my bro alone till she remarried. It wasn’t always perfect, but watching all this ‘blame Irma for everything’ stuff turns my stomach…

Gunther is right about doing some research. Some of this may have been handed down to his mom as she obviously didn’t have much money being a widow. Some of the furniture could actually be antiques. An hour of research could make them a lot of money. Also, as a courtesy to his mom, he should text her at least about doing this. She gave it to Gunther to use, not to sell, and she may have some info about the furniture’s history. I don’t think it’s bad that Gunther sells it for more modern stuff, but he should take a bit of time before doing it. A day won’t kill them.

I’ve just been through a flood, and I think that altogether combined, all my molded, ‘water-warped’ albums, comics, warped and wet DVDs, Vid-Games, ruined power cords, and assorted furniture….not to mention an old bubblegum wrapper laying under a pile of junk that I was going to throw away anyway, probably _still_comes closer to Les’ thoughts on the actual total depreciated retail value of Ma Berger….uh, I mean Ma Grey’s old furnishings…. Than Gunther’s…..

“The Price Is Hiked”

“Gunther Stumbles Into The Double Jeopardy Problem”

‘The 2,500% Pyramid Scheme”

“How Much For This Old Gong?’

“The Beauty Of The $1.99 Sale”

or

“Let’s Not Make A Big Deal Out Of This”

Perhaps there’ll be some sort of irony sprouting up, in the difference between Ann’s ‘charming but dishonest’ boutique selling tactic, and Les’ ‘Hurry up, man!’ back-of-a-van-in-a-dark-alley’ approach.

@JayBluE: I hope you and your family are okay. Take care of yourselves!

Yard sales are fun as a ‘goer’ but as a seller y’know, if you have the Klopman Diamond (famous comedy trope) for $10, y’gotta deal with the jokers that want it for a dime.

My old boss and his wife had a lamp exactly like that. They purchased it in the early 1980’s at Gemco for about $40. Someone above mentioned that it was “Art Deco”. Not even. More like “early inlaw”…

⇧ “a myriad of different ways”

keep writin’ that classic literature, pipe…

Do not expect to pull in Big Money, Gunther. In fact, your only reasonable objective is to get rid of the Old Stuff.

And Beware of Leslie!

Here’s a thought. Offer Ann Eiffel a piece of the action and let the professional con job artist auction the furniture. She’ll convince everyone that it once was a part of Downton Abbey, or Al Capone’s safe house.

sounding like a broken record, but I really am tired of Gunther and Les, especially Les – he could leave and I doubt he’d be missed