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Original poster

to think people should just not buy pushchairs if they are going to try to sell them on a couple of months later?

39 replies

reastie · 14/08/2012 13:50

I keep seeing in local childrens items for sale groups on fb and the like people trying to sell prams/buggies and often they say things like 'barely used' 'only 2 months old' etc - I just don't get it - why would you bother buying a buggy, especially if it comes with car seat/pram/cosy toes/rain cover etc etc etc if you're only going to use it for a few weeks then flog it for half the price? Are they all just stolen off the back of a lorry and trying to be flogged quickly or do people genuinely spend a few hundred on things like that that they then decide they don't want? I'm genuinely confused. If it were just one or two ads I could maybe think they perhaps had an uncooperative DC who suddenly refused pushchairs or they came into money worries but I see them all the time Hmm .

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drtachyon · 14/08/2012 13:58

Some people do buy them just for a month or two.

Someone I know is buying a new buggy because the footmuff on the old one is dirty and they can't be bothered washing it Hmm
And then she complains about being short of cash....

Someone else I know bought a buggy on-line without checking whether it would fit in the car or not first. It didn't fit. I think they were having a bit of trouble returning it because there was nothing at all wrong with the buggy as well.

Kladdkaka · 14/08/2012 13:59

Maybe they realised it wasn't suitable for them. I had a big pram, carrycot type system. Hated it as it was too heavy for me to manage. So hardly used when I eventually got rid of it.

My sister had one that she did use for a few weeks. Then her car died and she got a new one. The pram wouldn't fit in the boot of the new car, so she sold it and bought one that did.

Lilicat1013 · 14/08/2012 13:59

Sometime it isn't until you get a pushchair that you realise it doesn't suit you or your lifestyle.

I had a Luna Mix for about six months, it had a 'freedom harness' which meant my son could hang out the pushchair and grab whatever he wanted which got dangerous. I also found the pushchair tipped a lot, I hated it and sold it on.

I had researched it carefully before I had chosen and read loads of reviews. Most families seemed to love it but it didn't suit us.

AbsolutelyNotHoneyDragon · 14/08/2012 14:00

Why does it annoy you though? People like to try new things. You see this with mobile phones, tablets and clothes too? Why particularly push chairs?

Thistledew · 14/08/2012 14:02

Never having bought a buggy I can't say for certain, but I would imagine that it is because they have started to use the buggy and the realised that it doesn't fit properly in the boot/ it's too wide for the hallway/ it is too heavy to lift up stairs etc and have decided to cut their losses and buy something more suitable rather than struggling with something that causes them problems every day for the next 2+ years.

Or they could be ridiculously rich and like wasting their money on expensive items. Or amazingly philanthropic and enjoy providing cheap buggies for those who can't afford new. Or have bought shares in a buggy company that they are trying to boost ...

Take your pick of theories- but does it really matter?

BeeBee12 · 14/08/2012 14:04

The vast majority of people swap a pram or travel system for a lightweight buggy so sell quickly.

LIZS · 14/08/2012 14:12

There used to be (may even still be going) whole threads devoted to this. Posters would buy the latest plus various accessories only to sell them on , sometimes unused. Occasionally they might even buy back their original some time on ! Every so often there would be issues about the condition of those sold on or non payment. Wonder what those people are now into 5 or so years on and presumably post pushchairs - clothes, phones, shoes ...

Goldenbear · 14/08/2012 14:16

Well I have one here, it is barely used. I used it for three months from November to the New year and it was a couple of hundred. My DD was 8 months when I bought it. I had to buy one as the buggy she had inherited from DS broke on the school run (nightmare) and despite my DP's protests I wanted a more cosy three wheeler, rear facing pushchair so I could talk to her (ha, ha). My DP wanted something more akin to a toddler buggy that we had had previously as he said the thing I had chosen was too big, unnecessary and that she wouldn't want to face us for much longer! I still bought one according to my criteria but I have to say he was right.

We went up to London in March to take my DS to museum we needed to go on the tube and it wasn't practical at all. Even shopping locally DP hated it as he said it was too big so we bought a maclaren that is very, very light and DP won't use the Other one. I equally prefer the lighter one as does DD. DP wants to sell it along with a leapfrog disco centre and a baby swing that looks new as DD didn't like the swing as a small baby. I am finding this very difficult as she is our last baby (almost definitely) and I don't want other babies having their things but I can see how this occurs.

danteV · 14/08/2012 14:16

Sometimes its not until you use it, you realise it is not the best one for your lifestyle.
Sometimes people just want to

Why does it bother you?

FalseStartered · 14/08/2012 14:18

YABU

unless they are asking you to buy them in the 1st place, it really is of no consequence to you is it?

arf at 'genuinely confused'

LittleWaveyLines · 14/08/2012 14:23

I bought a pram while pregnant. I think it's been used about 6 times as DD hated/hates it - so we use slings instead.

I keep thinking we should sell it as it's just been gathering dust in the garage!

(DD is now 14 months...)

CrunchyFrog · 14/08/2012 14:33

I've never bought a new one, but I used to enjoy trying different prams out. I think I more or less broke even.

I also used to buy dirty/ broken ones at car boot sales and service them, then sell them. It was fun. Well, what passes for fun when you're spending 8 years pregnant or breastfeeding so can't go out drinking. Grin

doublevodkaandcoke · 14/08/2012 14:34

I sort of know what you mean OP, although it has never registered enough to get annoyed by it!

I know someone who has a 15 month old DD and in that time she must have gone through about 7 pushchairs. I dont get it! We got given a second hand bugaboo when DS was born, and now he is about to turn one we have bought a quite cheapy, but more lightweight stroller as well.

LackingNameChangeInspiration · 14/08/2012 14:36

I sold one I'ld had for a few weeks, I thought it was awesome in the shop, it was the biggest ball ache in real life, but I'ld used to too much to return it so sold it

so what? was my first baby and I was dazzled by the sales pitch, it wasn't what suited my lifestyle at all but I didn't know what DID suit my lifestyle then

second time round it's less likely to happen

Viviennemary · 14/08/2012 14:38

People might find them unsuitable for some reason or another. Like maybe too heavy. Or perhaps they had one already and somebody gave them a spare which they then didn't need. And sometimes grandparents or other relatives keep one at their house which might not be used much.

Goldrill · 14/08/2012 14:38

wot littlewaveylines said...

I very sensibly bought two while pregnant with DD1 - a light one for around town/day to day use and a big off roader as we live in the middle of nowhere and like walking. Did get them both second hand off ebay, but as much from necessity as choice.

I then discovered slings and did not use either...
It is quite hard to know what you really need for babies when you've not had one!

tethersphotofinish · 14/08/2012 14:41

I don't know but I'm glad they do.

thisisyesterday · 14/08/2012 14:42

i think people can do whatever they like with their money.

so yes, YABU.

if someone enjoys trying out new pushchairs and has the money to do so then why on earth would you care??

Original poster
reastie · 14/08/2012 15:03

absolutely tbh it does actually annoy me a bit with mobiles/tablets etc too - maybe I'm a bit old skool but if I spent that much on a phone/buggy etc and it wasn't quite what I wanted I'd just stick with it and put up with it until it broke before I got a new one rather than buy a new one and lose money selling the old one at a much reduced cost.

I think it's just as I see these ads all the time and the more I see them the more I just feel Hmm at why people sell them so quick, I guess alot of people do and have lots of reasons for doing so, and alot of people seem to be far more disposable with their belongings than me it seems.

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FartyMcTarty · 14/08/2012 15:21

I've got a new double here which I'll need for a short time when DC2 arrives. I chose the model based on extensive reading around, but found that on eBay they were selling for just £50 or so less than brand new. I decided I'd be better off selling a nearly new second hand one, as opposed to a more heavily used third hand one.

Is that ok? Hmm

EssexGurl · 14/08/2012 16:41

I bought a Maclaren as everyone raved about them and needed a back up to my adored M&P as it was getting a bit old. When the M&P broke a wheel I used the Maclaren. Hated it with a passion. Too lightweight, no storage, tipped over (even with weights). DH ended up paying a fortune for a new M&P wheel and we are still using that with DD 7 years after buying it for DS.

I agree with other people that only when you actually use one day to day do you know if it is going to be "right" for you. Until I'd had children I naively thought all buggies were the same. How wrong was I!

shesariver · 14/08/2012 16:52

Ah you are obviously not a pramaholic or frequent this board then

Moominsarescary · 14/08/2012 17:16

I have a britax b smart, hardly used. Although I did buy it from donnington Market, it has a scratch so couldn't be sold in the shop.

I've seen them 2nd hand on eBay for £200, not bad to say I bought mine new for £220 so will pretty much make my money back.

OutragedAtThePriceOfFreddos · 14/08/2012 17:20

I don't see what difference it makes to anyone else what people do with stuff they have bought and paid for themselves.

I bought one of those big mamas and papas travel systems for ds1 that cane with a carry cot and a chair. The carry cot hardly got used at all apart from a few newborn walks. After that he was on the car seat that attached or the chair as he got older, and then when he was big enough we got a mclaren. So when we stopped using the travel system, apart from the car seat, it was all still as good as new. Someone got a bargain. How's that not a good thing?

BeeBee12 · 14/08/2012 17:46

Its easy to make your money back though.You can sell for near what you boight it for so it works out about 20 to 50 quid of price so its just like a hire price.

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