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DD has saved up £70 - should she be allowed to spend it?

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Hulababy · 07/11/2010 10:08

Just listening to 8y DD and DH discussing this matter.

DD has been savng up her pocket money and didn't spend her birthday money in April to put towards it.

She now has about £73 or so.

She wants to buy the Sylvanian Families mill. It is £60 on Amazon at the moment.

She already has SF toys. She is getting some more smaller sets for Christmas. She has now big SF home.

Should she be allowed to buy it now?

If you think no, why not?

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Dansmommy · 07/11/2010 10:29

I once saved up for something my parents refused to buy on the groungs that it was tat. When I'd saved up more than £60, they still wouldn't let me buy it. The money was put into a bank account, the details were lost when we moved and I have never seen the money since. It still pisses me off now.

BlooKangaWonders · 07/11/2010 10:30

Yes, of course but...

Has she got a savings account as well? Maybe have her open one up and put some of her birthday/ pocket money in.

I think she already knows how important it is to save for what you want. OP you should be very proud of your daughter!

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Hulababy · 07/11/2010 10:31

DH has agreed she can buy the mill. Thank you for helping me show him why she should be allowed. We are off out not, but me and DD will sit on Amazon tonight and she can buy it then.

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Hulababy · 07/11/2010 10:32

Bloo - yes, she already has which has a fair bit of money in as we add to it monthly. That isn't for using for this though. Her birthday money is in their, waiting to be used, as it came by cheque and she knew she'd be less likely to spend it on other stuff leaving it in her bank.

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Merrylegs · 07/11/2010 10:32

Christmas must seem like a-a-a-ges away for her.

You can NEVER have too many Sylvanian family homes!

And when/if she grows out of SF you can resell them on ebay, so it will not lose its value. (Perhaps keep the box just in case?)

Goblinchild · 07/11/2010 10:34

Well done to Hulababy's DH who is open to reason.
Not an unfair control freak at all.

Guacamole · 07/11/2010 10:35

Hooray, how exciting for her!

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Hulababy · 07/11/2010 10:36

She is very giddy at the thought :)

Have to say, both of us agreed with, that she is very respectful of her stuff, reallylooks after it - so we know that she will look after it too. And it is currently £15 off which is a bonus.

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Merrylegs · 07/11/2010 10:37

Hooray!

(But she needs the treehouse also. And Chocolate Rabbit's Kitchen. Oh and the cute little caravan with the horse and the bunk beds......and and...)

theyoungvisiter · 07/11/2010 10:43

Hooray!! Good for your DH listening to the voice of MN reason.

Just wandered off to Amazon to admire the Mill and sheesh - those meerkat triplets are scary! They are like the Tombliboos evil cousins - their eyes give me the heebie-jeebies.

firefrakkers · 07/11/2010 10:45

Dansmommy if you're in the Uk you can trace accounts for free. You might get that £60 with lots of interest!

I'm glad your DD is allowed her mill, hulababy :)

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Hulababy · 07/11/2010 11:34

Dd is meerkat obsessed. We have the triplets and the family!

Dd now officially loves mn! Dh is resigned to more SF. I reckon of it was Star Wars or something like that he would understand more.

Now how many stickers does this mill have?!

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DanceInTheDark · 07/11/2010 11:38

GLad your DH saw sense Hula :)

ANd WOW for your DD saving up for so long!

JiggeryPoverty · 07/11/2010 11:38

Late to this but I agree with, er, everyone.

I think as a parent if your dc insists on spending a large amount of money on something deeply unsuitable then one has the right to veto. But a toy? Nope. Spend away!

ColdComfortFarm · 07/11/2010 11:41

How much pocket money do you give? I'm interested in what others give their kids between say, 5 and 11.

TrillianAstra · 07/11/2010 11:51

She would have been allowed to spend it on whatever she wanted if she had spent £2.50 a week since April, right? So of course she should be able to spend it as she chooses now.

Make sure to tell her how proud you are that she has saved up so much and for so long. :)

nottirednow · 07/11/2010 11:55

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SoMuchToBats · 07/11/2010 11:58

I'm glad dh has agreed. I think she has done well to save up for something she really wants. My ds does this with Playmobil sets! The only reason you could possibly have vetoed it would have been if you thought anyone else was going to buy it for her for Christmas. And I think it's great she will have all her Christmas sets as well, and be able to play with all of them together.

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Hulababy · 07/11/2010 17:46

Coldcomfortfarm - she gets £2.50 a week since she turned 8y in April. She gets a 50p increase on each birhday.

Just off to but via Amazon - she is sta her with me.

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ColdComfortFarm · 07/11/2010 18:02

Gosh, she has saved hard, hasn't she! I wondered if £2.50 was a bit measly for my six year old, seems not!

ByTheSea · 07/11/2010 18:03

She's done so well saving her money - I'd let her spend it as she wishes.

SoMuchToBats · 07/11/2010 18:09

Oh dear, my ds only gets £2, and he is nearly 10 . Perhaps I had better give him a pocket money rise!

ColdComfortFarm · 07/11/2010 18:17

I think you can't buy anything for £2 these days apart from sweets, not even a comic.

SuePurblybilt · 07/11/2010 18:22

Yay for the mill . My DD (4) was paid for extra jobs all the summer holidays and cashed in every penny in every piggy she owns to get £60 together for the sylvanian tree house. It's an important lesson I think.

SoMuchToBats · 07/11/2010 18:23

You're probably right! I hadn't really noticed, as ds prefers to save his money up, rather than buying small things anyway.

I don't know how much his friends get btw - maybe I should ask around and see what the going rate is.

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