Would you sell your childs xmas present?

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Grandma bought my two DDs (11 months and 2) a Steff teddy for Xmas worth £160 with instructions that DC must not be allowed near it despite my request for clothes this xmas. Money is very tight at the moment and DD2 needs shoes, DD1 is outgrowing most of her clothes and DD2 needs a bed. Would you sell teddy on the grounds that a unplayable toy is usless anyway and the money is needed now or keep it for the DC to decide when they are older as it may increase in value and they would have a little bit of money towards their futures (college fund, first home etc)? I can't make up my mind! Thanks

She will find out if you sell it...are you prepared for how upset she might be?
It's a pain that your DC need clothes etc and you have a valuable item that you could sell to fund this but it isn't your bear to sell is it?

Sell it. Ridiculous to have something they cant even play with worth so much when they need shoes. Mind you, just read the rest of your post and seen it has been bought as an investment for them. Hmmm, dont know.

Sell it - I don't think modern Steiff teddies are going to be a wonderful "investment" - finding an old one is different as they are very rare, but in 20 years time one bought now is only going to be "old", not a valuable antique. I wouldn't sell a toy my DC were attached to, but at 2 and under, selling something they have never really had is fair game to buy necessities.

Depends on how much you would get for it.
What would it go for on ebay? Presumably you wouldn't get the full £160?

I've looked on ebay and I would get £90 which would cover a bed and shoes :-) And she would never find out because she lives 2 hrs away and cares for her elderly mother so I always travel to her house. However, I think I would feel too guilty so I am going to have to find another way to raise the cash.

sell some other things on ebay!! great way of making some extra cash :)

Personally I would never sell a present given to my children. I know they are only little and won't know, but it is still theirs.

I wouldn't sell it. She has given it to her grandchildren as an investment for the future.

I would!

I wouldn't sell it either if she finds out she will be extremely hurt.

Also it is something for them to keep and that will remind them of her when she is no longer here you can't buy that.

It's not actually yours so you have no right to sell it. It wasn't even you that bought it.

I wouldn't sell it, it doesn't seem right. And yes, as others have said, it isn't yours to sell.

Can you have a rummage and see if there's anything else you can sell instead?

if i couldn't afford shoes - genuinley couldn't - i would sell the bear no question.

SELL! YANBU!

I probably would. I always return presents the DC's don't need and exchange them for things they do need. Or it goes in the NCT sale to get a few quid back.

There is no way I would sell them. They were bought to provide lasting childhood memories for her grandchildren. When they grow up and she is dead, you would massively regret selling them.

If you really need the money, yes, sell them - maybe take a photo first so you can tell dcs the story when they're older.

Or could you explain your situation to Grandma, that Dc1 really needs a bed?

Obviously if you can find something else to sell instead that would be great, but if your kids need shoes, they need shoes way more than anything in the future (though Ebay shoes are around £5-7 a pair at that age!)

And the fact that by selling it for £90 means that £70 of your MIL's money will have vanished into thin air? That's nice of you. Sell something of your own.