For sale: one red couch

July 7, 2006 By

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Yes, we’re selling the infamous Red Couch, among other things, at a garage sale that starts tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. at our house. 14414 86th PL NE Bothell, WA 98011.

This couch is infamous cause it was used on stage at Gnomedex last year and has had famous and interesting people like David Allen sitting on it.

Photo credit to Dylan Greene.

Yeah, I guess I should list this on Edgeio which is the cool way for bloggers to sell their stuff.

Oh, and feel free to drop by. Patrick is selling Lemonade and Cookies.

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  • http://cavemanzog.blogspot.com/ CAVEMAN ZOG

    CAVEMAN ZOG NOT THING DAVID ALLEN ALL THAT INTERESTING. AND MAYBE ONLY FAMOUS TO SIX BLOGGERS THAT CAPTURE NERD ATTENTION LIKE ZOG CAPTURE ANTELOPE. HOWEVER CAVEMAN ZOG THINK RED COUCH VERY CLASSY, WISH SCOBLEIZER WOULD KEEP AS MEMENTO OF OLD DAYS. MAYBE SOMEDAY MERLIN MANN SIT ON COUCH.

  • http://cavemanzog.blogspot.com CAVEMAN ZOG

    CAVEMAN ZOG NOT THING DAVID ALLEN ALL THAT INTERESTING. AND MAYBE ONLY FAMOUS TO SIX BLOGGERS THAT CAPTURE NERD ATTENTION LIKE ZOG CAPTURE ANTELOPE. HOWEVER CAVEMAN ZOG THINK RED COUCH VERY CLASSY, WISH SCOBLEIZER WOULD KEEP AS MEMENTO OF OLD DAYS. MAYBE SOMEDAY MERLIN MANN SIT ON COUCH.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Caveman: how about you? I need more cool people to sit on my couch. BTW: is your Shift key broken? My son broke one of his keys on his Mac and has a similar problem.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Caveman: how about you? I need more cool people to sit on my couch. BTW: is your Shift key broken? My son broke one of his keys on his Mac and has a similar problem.

  • seanbohan

    Dang!

    Chris Pirillo said the couch was ruined after last year’s bloggercon and we believed him. Shame on us – it was a dodge so he could keep the couch to himself.

    Congrats and good luck on the move.

  • seanbohan

    Dang!

    Chris Pirillo said the couch was ruined after last year’s bloggercon and we believed him. Shame on us – it was a dodge so he could keep the couch to himself.

    Congrats and good luck on the move.

  • Guest

    Robert, do you have a preview of other items you’ll be selling tomorrow? Anything else that Pirillo said was “ruined” that might be cool? :-)

  • http://blog.nordquist.org Brett Nordquist

    Robert, do you have a preview of other items you’ll be selling tomorrow? Anything else that Pirillo said was “ruined” that might be cool? :-)

  • http://in-cider.spaces.msn.com/ Cider

    Caveman Zog may well be the best blog I’ve ever read.

    FANTASTIC

  • http://in-cider.spaces.msn.com Cider

    Caveman Zog may well be the best blog I’ve ever read.

    FANTASTIC

  • http://bloggingforbusinessbook.com/ Ted Demopoulos

    Not selling online? That would be probably impractical, but cool :)

    Have a not too stressful move. Do you need a new URL for the book blog now?

  • http://bloggingforbusinessbook.com Ted Demopoulos

    Not selling online? That would be probably impractical, but cool :)

    Have a not too stressful move. Do you need a new URL for the book blog now?

  • http://sp2p.net/ Hemant

    Somehow I feel you should have rather listed it on freecycle, things which are as good as this either should be auctioned on ebay or should be given free
    not sure why i felt like saying so…

  • http://sp2p.net Hemant

    Somehow I feel you should have rather listed it on freecycle, things which are as good as this either should be auctioned on ebay or should be given free
    not sure why i felt like saying so…

  • http://onecoolsoul.wordpress.com/ onecoolsoul

    Nice couch, blinding red though it is!(Rubbing eyes now!) Still though a nice one indeed.

  • http://onecoolsoul.wordpress.com/ onecoolsoul

    Nice couch, blinding red though it is!(Rubbing eyes now!) Still though a nice one indeed.

  • http://payara-confessions.blogspot.com/ Payara Confessor

    I don’t think I am in the same league as Caveman Zog but I _have_ sat on that very couch (Robert even moved off it to make room for me) and can attest to its comfort.

  • http://payara-confessions.blogspot.com/ Payara Confessor

    I don’t think I am in the same league as Caveman Zog but I _have_ sat on that very couch (Robert even moved off it to make room for me) and can attest to its comfort.

  • Dmad

    uhhh..do you happen to know the definition of “infamous”?

  • Dmad

    uhhh..do you happen to know the definition of “infamous”?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Dmad: yes, I can use Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infamous

    This is a marketing trick. First, it gets you to correct my grammar, which makes me realize you still read me. :-)

    Second, things that have a “notorious reputation” are more interesting than things that are “good.” After all, it’s a red couch. What makes it marketable is a good story. Or a good lie. Oh, wait, I saw that in a Seth Godin book somewhere.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Dmad: yes, I can use Dictionary.com. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/infamous

    This is a marketing trick. First, it gets you to correct my grammar, which makes me realize you still read me. :-)

    Second, things that have a “notorious reputation” are more interesting than things that are “good.” After all, it’s a red couch. What makes it marketable is a good story. Or a good lie. Oh, wait, I saw that in a Seth Godin book somewhere.

  • http://chodavarapuravi.wordpress.com/ Ravi Chodavarapu

    Scoble,

    When I read the title for this post, I was sure it was a play on the one red paper clip news that hit today (that he got to the house): http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ . Guess not.

  • http://chodavarapuravi.wordpress.com Ravi Chodavarapu

    Scoble,

    When I read the title for this post, I was sure it was a play on the one red paper clip news that hit today (that he got to the house): http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ . Guess not.

  • http://www.daviddalka.com/ David Dalka

    Aren’t you going to inventory and provide full disclosure of each item for sale and how you obtained it, Robert? ;)

    Looks like you’ve got nice weather there today for a garage sale. Have fun.

  • http://www.daviddalka.com David Dalka

    Aren’t you going to inventory and provide full disclosure of each item for sale and how you obtained it, Robert? ;)

    Looks like you’ve got nice weather there today for a garage sale. Have fun.

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    It should be donated to the Smithsonian.

  • http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/paul/default.aspx paul

    It should be donated to the Smithsonian.

  • http://www.grouchyblogger.net/ Paul

    Well, maybe not the Smithsonian just yet. Perhaps you could create a blog for the red couch and run a series of posts about the couch’s experiences hosting all the people who sat on it. You could call the blog “The life of a red couch” or something like that.

    Could be quite an interesting perspective on all the famous people who got to sit on the couch?

  • http://www.grouchyblogger.net Paul

    Well, maybe not the Smithsonian just yet. Perhaps you could create a blog for the red couch and run a series of posts about the couch’s experiences hosting all the people who sat on it. You could call the blog “The life of a red couch” or something like that.

    Could be quite an interesting perspective on all the famous people who got to sit on the couch?

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com/makeitgreat Phil Gerbyshak

    Robert – Will you ship it to Wisconsin? If so, how much?

  • http://makeitgreat.typepad.com/makeitgreat Phil Gerbyshak

    Robert – Will you ship it to Wisconsin? If so, how much?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    I’d rather not, it’s too much of a pain to ship anywhere.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    I’d rather not, it’s too much of a pain to ship anywhere.

  • http://polizeros.com/ Bob Morris

    And here, in all its historical splendor, is a photo of aforementioned couch from Gnomedex 5, with JD Lasica, Chris Pirillo, and Scoble apparently playing ‘see no evil, hear no evil.”

    http://polizeros.com/2005/06/26/gnomedex-extreme-silliness/

  • http://bobmorris.wordpress.com/ bobmorris

    And here, in all its historical splendor, is a photo of aforementioned couch from Gnomedex 5, with JD Lasica, Chris Pirillo, and Scoble apparently playing ‘see no evil, hear no evil.”

    http://polizeros.com/2005/06/26/gnomedex-extreme-silliness/

  • http://www.dead20.com/ Skeptic

    How can this many people care so much about a couch? Isn’t this blog supposed to be about Microsoft… er, I mean.. that new podcasting site?

  • http://www.dead20.com Skeptic

    How can this many people care so much about a couch? Isn’t this blog supposed to be about Microsoft… er, I mean.. that new podcasting site?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Skeptic: I told several people that that red couch was #1 on Google for “Red Couch” and they all said “you’re pulling my leg” or something like that.

    Why do geeks care about it? Cause it’s one baaadddd couch. Heheh.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Skeptic: I told several people that that red couch was #1 on Google for “Red Couch” and they all said “you’re pulling my leg” or something like that.

    Why do geeks care about it? Cause it’s one baaadddd couch. Heheh.

  • http://rockwatching.wordpress.com/ rockwatching

    Looks like you had a couple of beers before you got started – having a grand old time.

  • http://rockwatching.wordpress.com/ rockwatching

    Looks like you had a couple of beers before you got started – having a grand old time.

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  • http://cavemanzog.blogspot.com/ CAVEMAN ZOG

    CAVEMAN ZOG LOVES IDEA OF SITTING ON COUCH. BUT SCOBLEIZER LONG WALK FROM ATHERTON. AS FAR AS SHIFT KEY, BLAME ZOG’S ASSISTANT – ZOG DICTATE THESE COMMENTS.

  • http://cavemanzog.blogspot.com CAVEMAN ZOG

    CAVEMAN ZOG LOVES IDEA OF SITTING ON COUCH. BUT SCOBLEIZER LONG WALK FROM ATHERTON. AS FAR AS SHIFT KEY, BLAME ZOG’S ASSISTANT – ZOG DICTATE THESE COMMENTS.

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  • Bea

    I need a red couch. I will buy your red couch for 5o dollars.

  • Bea

    I need a red couch. I will buy your red couch for 5o dollars.