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A video about a woman’s regrettable furniture purchase blunder has gone viral on TikTok.

The clip was shared by @sydneyyelaiine3 and has amassed more than 3.6 million views since it was shared on May 13. Text overlaid on the footage says: “Still thinking about the time I accidentally bought a couch made for toddlers off of Facebook marketplace.”

The camera pans across a living room featuring an L-shaped small couch with a dog laying on it. “I hate it for the person who bought it from us after,” reads the caption shared with the post.

The global secondhand furniture market size was estimated to be at $34 billion in 2023 and projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.7 percent from 2024 to 2030 This is according to a report by Grand View Research, a market research and consulting company headquartered in San Francisco.

The market growth is driven by rising environmental awareness …

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