January 19, 2012

OKL Madness: Chairs

My friend Tish gave me the heads up on these old chairs on OKL. OKL5Anyone who has ever had a meeting in an old church basement is very familiar with chairs like these. They are rickety, uncomfortable and ancient. They’ve probably been set up for every church event since the 1940’s when they were brand-spanking new.

You could buy the chairs from OKL, or you could spend about five minutes looking on Etsy, and find these THREE chairs for a mere $112, a savings of $787. NO OKLPretty damn similar, I am thinking!

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  1. Peggy and FritzJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:18 PM

    I love One Kings Lane but as an East Coaster and someone that is in the import business there are days I'm horried at the prices that some designers charge for stuff that I know you can get for so much less. I always enjoy your posts. Church chairs for $800 plus PLEASE!

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  2. colleenJanuary 19, 2012 at 10:23 PM

    I'm sorry, but the ones on OKL are waaaay better. I would rather pay the extra $787.

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  3. littlebadwolfJanuary 19, 2012 at 11:40 PM

    next, they will be peddling those old funeral parlor hand fan paddles for $500 per.

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  4. ShelleyJanuary 20, 2012 at 4:50 AM

    Very similar, though the dark chairs are more attractive. I'm sure some sort of stain or paint would fix that for much less than $700!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:31 AM

    So agree with you Meg. However, I have to wonder about the people who will shell out money to pay for OKL's overpriced items.

    ~Monique

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  6. Jill/The Welcome HomeJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    I like the less expensive set better. They seem to be made of wood and you can appreciate their natural beauty. The OKL chars are either old metal or many layers of dark paint.

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  7. flwrjaneJanuary 20, 2012 at 8:25 AM

    Cray cray way to start my day! Love it. off to the bus with a smile on my face.

    xo J.

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  8. Mary@BarnBugStudioJanuary 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM

    Too funny! I too, looked at the pic and thought, you could walk into any church and find a stash of those behind the stairs. Unbelievable! There's gold in "them thar" church basements!!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 9:11 AM

    If people are willing pay it OKL and designers are more than happy to charge it.

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 10:09 AM

    I hate to say this about anything because each person's taste is different .... And I REALLY hate to be negative .... But those chairs are just plain butt-ugly. I wouldn't cart them off of a trash pile let alone pay over eight hundred dollars for them. Sorry.
    Best -
    - Mike

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  11. Vickie H.January 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM

    Just wondering how Colleen knows that the OKL offerings are "way better"....a small question that came to mind since they appear to be identical. Whatever the case, one may certainly spend ones discretionary income on anything one chooses...and for me, these old chairs would NEVER make the cut....at ANY price.

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  12. colleenJanuary 20, 2012 at 10:38 AM

    I'm joking, Vickie H.!

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  13. Gwen DriscollJanuary 20, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    You always find a way!

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  14. Chemin des MuguetsJanuary 20, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    WHAT??!!!!!!!

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  15. Vickie H.January 20, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    Oops! Sorry Colleen!!! I have no doubt probably EVERYONE ELSE knew your comment was "tongue in cheek". I feel like such a dummy! Good to know we are all on the same page on this one! (Meg! Why didn't you save me from myself?)

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 1:22 AM

    OKL was originally asking $1,800 for the pair before they were marked down to $899.
    Yowzers!

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  17. Rebecca GraceJanuary 21, 2012 at 6:29 PM

    Oh man! I had never heard of OKL until I saw the Million Dollar Designer's episode with Martyn Lawrence Bullard shopping for One King's Lane in London. This is pure craziness. Is everything on that site a rip-off, or do they ever truly have unique, interesting items with price points somewhere in the vicinity of reality?

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  18. MarchelineJanuary 22, 2012 at 10:36 AM

    I collect vintage kitchen linens. Yesterday I found a nice tablecloth on ebay for ten bucks. I put it on my watch list. Further on down the list, I found the exact same tablecloth in a different color (same pattern), and the seller was asking $125 (marked down from $225!)

    (!!!)

    I couldn't stop myself. I sent the second seller a question asking what, exactly, made their tablecloth worth over $200 when an identical one was being sold for ten bucks. Haven't received a reply yet.

    What this all makes me think is... "Why don't I collect up a bunch of old stuff and make a fancy website where I sell it for a thousand percent profit and laugh all the way to the bank?"

    The fact that OKL is still in existence proves that some people, somewhere, are stupid enough to PAY those prices for stuff anyone could get at a thrift store for five bucks...

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  19. ElaraJuly 27, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    This is an old post, but I keep catching OneKingsLane selling things at astronomical prices. A faux crumpled-map paperweight that sells online on UncommonGoods and elsewhere for $10, for $150 at OKL. An old, beaten-up Ikea lamp (the Stranne) that sells brand new for $39 for $299 each! Completely ridiculous. The latest and last straw for me was their so called "fine art" sale. I found a "rare print" selling on OneKingsLane for almost $3,000, but was very common on Liveautioneers for "Sold" prices of $110-$130. Inexcusable.

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