Anyone at Sherwood CenterParcs?...

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...that fancies picking up a toy that I really should have bought my DD at the time? We came home yesterday.

I didn't, thinking I'd secretly nip back for it, then surprise her on her Birthday, but I didn't clock that the Just Kids shop closed at 6.00pm.

I've called the store, and they won't post it. It's not available anywhere in the flipping UK, and charges from the US are £25.

It's a Polly Pocket set, about £15.00. If anyone is kind enough to pick it up and post it to me (I'll obviously pay the P&P) I would be eternally grateful.

It didn't occur to me how tricky it would be to find one!

I'm there in 2 weeks if you haven't sorted

Bear in mind that there's planned Royal Mail strikes in December. Might not arrive in time...

I have a next day courier I can use through work, you’re absolutely right that RM wouldn’t be reliable at the time!

Thank you so much!

And good advice about the post strikes - I'll happily pay for an overnight courier if I'm still searching by then!

Who would ask for payment for time and effort for that. It is an act of kindness. Putting something lovely out into the universe.

I am nowhere near there sorry op. Hope you find someone!

If you have lots of money it’s much easier to donate to charity (and tell everyone) than actually go to any effort at all to put yourself out even a tiny bit to help someone.
I give far less than £40000to charity each year but if I was at CP (unlikely as I hate it) I would happily have done it for you OP.
Anyone remember the Mog cats Sainsburys had a few years ago? I saw a thread about them on here and an hour later I was in my local one and there were loads so I bought 5 and sent them to the first people who responded to my offer. I only took what I paid plus postage. It made people happy

I'm at Elveden CP at the moment, I'll have a look in the toy shop tomorrow and will happily post to you if they have it. If you send me your number I will WhatsApp/text you to let you know x

I've responded to a similar post in the past. Someone wanted a baby comforter/raggie for a friend's ASD. I had the identical one they needed so posted it to them. Why wouldn't I? DS didn't need it anymore and it's good to do something nice?

Oh thank you so much! I'll PM my number x

I can’t help at all, but I love threads like this and people looking out for each other. I hope you get it sorted, OP.

OP I live 20 minutes away from Sherwood Center parcs...I could drive there on Monday see if they will let me in to buy it for you?
A long shot but I don't mind trying x

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Oh my goodness, that's incredibly kind of you. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the people actually at CP now and next week, rather than put you to that trouble, but that's so warmhearted of you, thank you x

"I doubt they even have the ability to process payments from the toy shop on the phone"

Eh? 🤣

So many lovely posters on here, OP please let us know if you manage to get hold of one :)

I absolutely will - I'm so touched by the kindness on this thread.

Sorry I can’t help but I hope you manage to get it!
If you join the Sherwood Forest Center Parcs group on Facebook I’m sure someone will help you, I’ve seen quite a few similar posts and people have helped

Thank you! I have just joined that group and sent my post to Admin.

I feel as though my cry for Polly Pocket help is sprawled all over the Internet tonight

I'll give them a call on Monday and see if they will bring one to the gate x
My dd is nearly 18 but she LOVED polly pocket as a little girl so I get it!
I also remember many Christmas's where I HAD to get her the one toy she wanted...I always succeeded thank goodness! 🥰

Can you buy from USA Amazon without a USA address? Genuine question because last time I tried they wouldn’t post.

That's so incredibly lovely of you! I've got such a silly, grateful smile on my face now. My DD has been drawing a picture of it today - she is completely enamoured x

Nice thread rather ruined by one giant arsehole and a second one who joined in towards the end but at least only did one arsehole post from what I can see

I live a mile away from a different CP, and if they'd let me in I'd happily look in their toy shop. But security is really strict so I'm not very hopeful. Happy to try if you draw a blank though.

Similar story, on a Singapore Airlines flight home from our first trip to Australia with my young (at the time) DDs, I wanted to buy them each a SIA cabin crew Barbie-style doll each from the duty free catalogue as a souvenir of such a big and exciting trip. But they didn't have them on board and it wasn't possible to order and have them sent. But the lovely young flight attendant said that she'd get them for me when she got back to Singapore, and post them to me! And she did! I was bowled over, and the kids were ecstatic to get their surprise parcel!

So yes, there are some really kind people in the world.

It's simply a favour. People don't charge for their time when doing favours.
That's why it is a favour and not a business transaction.
If people don't want to go to the effort, then they simply don't volunteer to do it.

And as for the lack of privacy, people can NC on here before making contact with the OP and can use PayPal if they don't want to share bank details.

This is the sort of thing I used to do a lot when my children were very little and I wasn't at work. It's really not a biggie at all.
And if I were at CP, then I'd have no problem in helping out the OP.

That's a lovely experience! What a gorgeous surprise for your DDs.