I went to visit my friend today and we got on topic of how skint I am at the moment and she started raving about Ebay and how she had recently been quite successful with it to make some extra cash. So I asked her what kind of things she sells to get some inspiration, and she replied with, 'Allsorts. If I think someone might want it, I sell it. I've even sold DC's christening gifts'. I think she sensed my surprise at the last bit and so she said, 'Oh, I only sold all the keepsake type gifts. I wish people would be sensible and give us useful things or cash like you did'.
Que an awkward looking me who then had to confess that I had actually bought her a keepsake. She asked me to remind her what I'd bought and she said that she had kept that as it was so lovely, etc etc. but I felt she was lying.
Her DC was christened only a short while ago so she hasn't wasted any time in flogging the gifts. Additionally, I am on my arse financially right now (which she is well aware of), I took the time and effort and spent money I don't have to pick her DC a gift I thought they would like, only for it to end up on Ebay. It feels like a slap in the face.
She is quite money orientated anyway but these were gifts for her DC, not her, so does she have the right to sell them? I know that when our DCs were christened years ago, we got many keepsake type gifts. I have kept them all for my DCs. Incidently, she bought my DCs keepsake gifts too. I'm quite tempted to look on Ebay to see if she has listed my gift but not sure if that crosses a line into Ebay stalking?
So AIBU to expect that people should not Ebay gifts or should I accept that I bought a crap gift and it is the done thing to sell this type of thing on?