I suppose if the response was "My daughter says she doesn't have room for a console TV." or "We need something that fits in an entertainment center, etc." I wouldn't have had the same reaction. (spoiled brat)
But look at the ad...
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Wanted: 25" or larger television - $50
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That tells me a brand-new 19" set wouldn't have cut the mustard either. As for finding a newer (working) set for $50, good luck. I haven't seen anybody selling used TVs since about 1990. Thrift stores have two choices, old consoles like mine for $99 that never sell, or 19" Chromacolor sets from the 70s.
Understand, I could really care less if she bought the set. It was a fluke that I even found the wanted ad. The reply of "too-old fashioned looking" was what killled me. To me, this would have been the right attitude by dad:
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She turned up her nose and said a station wagon wasn't cool. I just said fine and walked off. After she figured out that I wasn't overly concerned with her motoring style she came back and we had a talk.
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This is what parents are supposed to do, not let the kids call the shots. If they don't learn it young, they'll end up like my neighbors, getting their toys repossessed... Guy next door surprised the hell otta me by comming home with a near-new Dodge Ram truck last year. (I know they have little $$ to spare). Eventually they had to give it back, and probably trashed whatever credit they had. A couple months ago, he pulls up in an '86 K-car. Come to find that his dad offered him the car free years ago.
Oh yeah... The thing needs a tune-up BAD. I told him that an EFI 2.2L is a pretty good engine that will last a while, but he needs to tune it up. I even offered to help. He doesn't want to spend time working on it. OK, keep washing those cylinder walls down with raw gas and well see how long until that car is gone too.
