Thieves went into Kevin Peterson's garden while he and his wife were out, making off with the old, green, three piece suite that he had put there last week after he got a new one.
Mr Peterson's Lingfield Road garden looked slightly larger after the sofa as well as two chairs that were also there were taken.
The victim, who has lived in East Grinstead for 25 years, hopes he never sees the items again.
The 71-year-old said: "I was the first one home and knew straight away what had happened. The garden was missing the suite that had been located there previously.
"I am really happy they took the sofa and chairs because I put them there last week and telephoned West Sussex Council to come and collect the items. They said they would collect the suite by Monday afternoon but they never turned up.
"The yobs have done a better job than the local council, I am actually shocked at this.
"I am hoping to track down the people who stole the items so I can give them a cash reward for their actions."
Mr Peterson confirmed the break-in happened between 10.30am and 1.30pm on April 17.
The homeowners returned to find the three piece suite which consisted of a sofa and two chairs, had been stolen.
Mr Peterson is now urging residents that if they have unwanted sofas, to just simply put them out onto the garden and not bother contacting West Sussex Council as that would just "waste money".
Mr Peterson continued: "When me and my wife discovered the items were gone we were so happy we threw a party to celebrate and invited the entire East Grinstead Pensioners Society over.
"As you can imagine, after one week of having a three piece suite in the garden we started receiving complaints from neighbours that our garden looked a mess and they were concerned that the sight was decreasing property value in the area.
"In fact we now wonder if maybe one of our neighbours orchestrated one of East Grinstead's local gangs to get rid of the sofa.
"Well either way we are just happy that it is gone.
Mr Peterson confirmed the break-in happened between 10.30am and 1.30pm on April 17.
The homeowners returned to find the three piece suite which consisted of a sofa and two chairs, had been stolen.
Mr Peterson is now urging residents that if they have unwanted sofas, to just simply put them out onto the garden and not bother contacting West Sussex Council as that would just "waste money".
Mr Peterson continued: "When me and my wife discovered the items were gone we were so happy we threw a party to celebrate and invited the entire East Grinstead Pensioners Society over.
"As you can imagine, after one week of having a three piece suite in the garden we started receiving complaints from neighbours that our garden looked a mess and they were concerned that the sight was decreasing property value in the area.
"In fact we now wonder if maybe one of our neighbours orchestrated one of East Grinstead's local gangs to get rid of the sofa.
"Well either way we are just happy that it is gone.
"If anybody in East Grinstead has an old unwanted sofa, don't bother wasting money ringing the council, this is Sussex, they will never turn up. Just throw it out onto the front garden and we guarantee that it will be gone within a week."
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