Fair means a fault the seller has named, and it prices furniture at about 45% of the top grade: $6 to $333 across this category (about £4 to £248). One structural fault: a loose joint, a drawer runner gone, lifted veneer, a torn cover, or a frame that needs a screw it no longer holds.
Where the line falls
Furniture fails at its joints and its surfaces: glue lets go at the mortices, veneer lifts at the edges, and upholstery goes at the seat front where every sitter lands.
For comparison, one grade up is Good Furniture and one step down is For Parts Furniture.
What furniture is worth here
| Grade | Share of top price | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Good | about 65% | $9 to $482 |
| Fair | about 45% | $6 to $333 |
| For Parts | about 25% | $3 to $185 |
Guide ranges, not quotes, at £1 ≈ $1.35 (August 2026). All five grades.
What pulls the price down at this grade
- Armchair — Sagging seats and collapsed webbing
- Bed Frame — Missing fittings, which make reassembly impossible
- Bedside Table — Sticking or dropping drawers
- Bookshelf — Sagging shelves under book weight
- Bunk Bed — Missing fittings, which prevent safe reassembly
- Chest of Drawers — Drawers that stick, drop or fall off their runners
- Coffee Table — Chipped glass edges, which are a safety concern
- Console Table — Wobbling legs and loose joints
- Corner Sofa — One-piece units that will not fit through doors
Listing at the Fair grade
Photograph the fault and give the full dimensions in the same listing. On furniture the size question decides the sale as often as the condition does.
Shots that carry the most weight in furniture:
- Display Cabinet — The cabinet whole, doors closed, front on
- Divan Bed — The base assembled and bare, shot from a corner so both length and width read
- Mattress — The whole mattress bare and flat, shot from above in daylight
- Office Chair — The whole chair from a three-quarter angle
On a typical $170 listing, a marketplace charging 20% takes $34, one charging 13.6% takes $23 and one charging 10% takes $17. WishThrift charges neither side, so you keep the whole $170. Listing is free.
Browse furniture
See every listing at the Fair grade, or the whole Furniture category at every grade. The grade is the seller’s own; WishThrift does not inspect or verify items.
Other grades in furniture: New with Tags, Like New, Good, For Parts.
Common questions
Is the frame itself still sound?
Still standing and still useful, but with something that needs fixing before it is used properly, and it cannot hide it.
What is the difference between Fair and For Parts furniture?
Anything falling short of Fair is graded For Parts Furniture.