Need an Upgrade. Has anyone tried cabinets from Wayfair? IKEA won’t ship here.
Looking for a new file cabinet with with thin drawers-need help
Debunk this: wayfair is apart of a sex trafficking trade and sells the kids right in front of us
So as it understand it, the theory goes like this:
These cabinets are super expensive.
Their product names include the first names of some children who happen to be missing.
????
Therefore child trafficking is occurring.
This is a pretty textbook example of how a conspiracy theory in the Pizzagate mould can start out with seemingly unrelated and circumstantial facts and weave them together using suspicion and paranoia to come to a wild, unwarranted conclusion. Before we entertain the notion that this is indeed indicative of child trafficking, we should first explore more likely explanations, for instance:
Wayfair explained that these are industrial grade cabinets, which are indeed a lot more expensive that something consumer grade that you'd buy from Ikea. Secondly, with products which are clearly listed at prices far higher than you would expect, such as this cushion, isn't it far more likely that this is either a way for retailers to keep certain out-of-stock items listed in the database, or else that the prices are controlled by some algorithm which adjusts them based on availability or demand?
Edit: captaintoasty gives a plausible explanation of the pricing question in this thread on r/OutOfTheLoop.
Edit 2: deputydrool seemingly has industry knowledge and gives another good, reasonable explanation along the same lines.
2) According to ABC news, 800,000 children are reported missing annually in the US, so the fact that at least one child on that list had the same name ( and only the first name, at that) is most likely sheer coincidence. Isn't it widely known that furniture manufacturers give their products quirky, cute or otherwise relateable names to make their products sound more identifiable than just using an SKU number? Like how Ikea call this filing cabinet ERIK, rather than 703.410.05.
So isn't the rational explanation that Wayfair thought that using female names would make their products more personal, like calling this $499 ottoman "Sarah". It also begs the question - do all products named on Wayfair's site represent actual children, or is just the super expensive ones? Could a child trafficker potentially be getting a super deal on Sarah here, at just $450? I need answers.
While you're at it, I could use answers to other, highly relevant questions, such as:
If you ran a child trafficking operation, why would you employ a huge commercial retailer which meticulously keeps records of who bought what, from where, and for how much? Surely the risk of discovery would be far too great.
Has anyone inadvertently bought one of the "suspicious" products and found a child inside? Surely that must have happened at least once, seeing as these are publicly listed for anyone to see and buy.
So yeah - I think we can file this one under "an extraordinary claim which requires extraordinary evidence, despite offering none". Or, to answer the person quoted in OP directly:
So y’all mean to tell me that Wayfair just “happened” to have products named as real people that are actually MISSING on their website???
The most likely answer here is "yes", by a long sea mile.
On top of that, the products are being sold at $9k and up!!!!!
Again, yes.
Do y’all not know how sex trafficking works?
Well, I'm no expert - but traditionally, I'm pretty sure it is an industry that does its best to stay covert and underground, as opposed to openly advertising its victims online via a billion dollar company.
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Depending on how much paper you have, a plastic file box with sealed lid is cheap, stacks well, and can prevent damage to the paper if you're storing it for long periods of time or in a garage or attic space. I started withe two plastic file boxes while renting and bought a wood file cabinet when we bought our house.
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