Its a chance you take.

Brand new furniture can have bedbugs, as can clothing from major department stores.

Personally, I wouldn't be concerned about them.

ML

Hmm, never occurred to me. I personally would not buy something from a "bad" neighborhood, but I know bedbugs can be anywhere.

But see the link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: same question you have

What is a "bad neighborhood" ? And how do you tell based on a CL ad?

If you have any concern, I'd leave it outside and isolate it until you can be sure it is clean.

Pesky, that's the reason for the quotes. It's not exactly an objective term. But who doesn't know of places in their orbit in which they feel less comfortable, for whatever reasons?

Personally, I would hesitate to go to a stranger's house if it were in a neighborhood I was not both familiar with and comfortable in.

I wouldn't go anywhere alone, my husband would be accompanying me.

It's in a nice enough neighborhood and the "surroundings" in the photos look nice enough, but as others have said, that's essentially meaningless.

Lascatx, I could leave it outside. My google research says they die if exposed to below freezing temps for one to two weeks.

I know they sell cleaner for bedbugs, of course leave it in a cold place for a while and you'd be all set.

You could also enclose it in plastic & any bedbugs will die. Enclose it in plastic & leave it outside.

Yep, easy fix now that winter is upon is..kill 'em with neglect. Do the eggs die from freezing? Mosquito eggs and slug eggs do not....

From the EPA:
"While freezing can kill bed bugs, temperatures must remain very low for a long time. Home freezers are usually not cold enough to kill bed bugs. Putting things outside in freezing temperatures can kill bed bugs, but it can take several days when the temperature is 0ð F and almost a week when the temperature is 20ð F."

Someone else suggested to ask the seller point blank: "Do you have bed bugs while looking them in the eye."

I'd also say it may not be only a question of "nice" neighborhood but also of region in the country.

You could drop it off in Wisconsin for awhile, and it will be freeze dried in no time! LOL!