A used mattress advertised for sale at ₦135,000 has stirred massive backlash online after photos revealed the item to be in poor condition.
The listing was shared by Instagram vendor @ojb_declutter, a platform known for helping individuals sell pre-owned items.
In this case, the seller posted the battered mattress on behalf of a client, but the hefty price tag and the visibly worn-out state of the item quickly drew criticism and mockery from netizens.
Alongside the now-viral post, @ojb_declutter urged their potential clients to be considered by selling only clean products or merely giving out poor-looking ones like the mattress in question.
“Comment respectfully Ejooo 🙏. 135k. Orchid road… Urgent pick.EJO (PLEASE), if you can’t use it or gift it out to anyone, please don’t bring it to us please.“The economy is truly hard but let’s also add emotions and human feelings to whatever we are selling. We muove,” the page wrote.
Social media users flooded the comment section with reactions ranging from disbelief to sarcasm, with many highlighting how out of touch the pricing seemed amid the current economic hardships.
An Instagram user, @iam_mztonia reacted: “Be like seller get one big family problem 😂.”
Another user, @clipper__mbappe__wbb added: “😂😂😂😂Omo na gem be this ooo!!! This thing worth around 16m oooo.!!! Na Artifact be this !! Museum worthy… if to say I don craze I for buy am 😂😂😂😂😂.”
@adaline_.max noted: “Why are we like this as a people? 135k?! Something that aboki will refuse to pick from dustbin s
ef 😭.”