To think that if you honestly think you bought a brand new Phil & Ted's Vibe WITH doubles kit for £275 then you are a twat?

[BarredfromhavingStella]

Just that really, have put my lovely P&T Vibe on FB for sale (yes I know FB is shit which is why I do not have a profile & it's posted on DH page) & have had comments saying 'I'm sure I bought mine new for that price"

Of course you didn't you fuckwit, a simple google would tell you that!!!
DH refuses to put this reply much to my irritation-do you see why I don't have a FB page?

[notimefors]

jambalaya I bought my silver cross sleepover brand new from kiddicare for £150 when it was £600 plus everywhere else.

I have no idea why they had it so cheap but I am very pleased I spotted it! Yay for bargains!

[SolomanDaisy]

Oh, I've just seen montmatre's post and realised this is one of those joke threads where everyone posts the classic dim AIBU response.

[Bearfrills]

I have a P&T Dot, best buggy I've ever owned. I used it for a newborn and a massive 2yo, it was lighter to push with both of them in it than a Maclaren with just the 2yo in. Now I just use it for 18mo DD, part of the attraction was that it can convert back down to a single buggy, and when we have DC3 I'll be using it as a double again. DS still jumps in from time to time, he was poorly a few weeks ago so dived in the main seat while DD was having a little walk around. He's 3yo and 38lbs and still seemed to have plenty of room, he was comfortable enough to fall asleep. They're well worth the £500 in my opinion for the mileage that you get from them. Cheaper doubles are heavy, cumbersome and usually can't be made into a single buggy so you end up having to buy a new one further down the line. Side-by-side doubles with two different sized children are the same. I looked for features that would suit my needs and I had the money.

If you don't like expensive buggies that's up to you but no need to be so rude about it. It doesn't make you look outspoken or clever, it just makes you look like a pathetic nobhead to be honest.

And people who claim they paid £275 for a brand new P&T are twats who are trying it on.

[complexnumber]

Just an aside, did anyone else not have a fucking clue what a brand new Phil & Ted's Vibe WITH doubles kit was?

[montmartre]

paradise- one can deduce which social group they wish to be seen as part of. The modern buggy is a shibboleth.

Not everyone needs money, some people are taken care of by others their entire lives. For those of us that need money to survive, even some of those are not motivated by money, that helping someone else is more important to them than making money back on a purchase.

Perhaps the person that commented on the OP's fb page genuinely paid that, because they bought theirs in a sale 8 years ago?
I am well aware of the second (third, fourth) hand buggy market. I actually think barred has a good chance of gettijng the sum she wants for it.

[BarredfromhavingStella]

Ooooh yes, forgot about the cocoon-it has that too.

I'm glad that my buggy choice says so much about me & no I wouldn't give it away-I work hard for the money I earn to buy things so why shouldn't I be free to sell something on when I no longer have use for it?

[pumpkinsweetie]

Yanbu, and i do see where you are coming from but unfortunately people will always try to lower the price. Maybe if you price it slightly higher than £275, say £295, people may barter you down to £275 the price you want.
If that doesn't work, maybe £200 would be a more affordable price for cash strapped mummy's.

I have the old sport one, with everything with it. Going to sell it for about £50 as the top seat is stained and tbf it isn't in great condition, ive had it 3 years now. But if it was like new, id expect about £100 for it.

Thing is when we buy these expensive prams, we have to accept we may never make any money back on them.
Ebay is your friend, you may get a better price if you arrange for a courier as people will be more willing to buy.

[Theicingontop]

Complex I thought this would be a thread about a double-sided vibrator.

[VisualiseAHorse]

Probably that if I did have £500 to spend on a buggy, I wouldn't buy a buggy - I'd have kitted out my LO in clothes for the next 3 years. I spent £60 on a 3 year old Jane Solo buggy (with infant carseat and carrycot). Have used it pretty much every day for the last 11 months, on grass, gravel, through snow and stupid icey slush. Love it.

[blueballoon79]

People always do that on the Facebook selling pages. A friend of mine was selling over £200 worth of tools and wanted just £40 for them. All he got were tons of posts asking him to lower the price, so instead he took off the ad and replaced it with one asking for £50 for the tools.

He again got tons of replies asking him to lower the price and he said ok, I'll let you have it for £40. It sold!

I think people just like to try it on really.

Also I really can't understand the people who commented on your advert saying they could get a brand new one for that price. If that's the case why don't they just go and buy the brand new one for that price and ignore your advert? Doesn't make sense to me!

[cloudy99]

Yes rrp means nothing. When i got my phil and teds I got buggy change bag and cocoon for less than rrp. And it was new.

[ParadiseChick]

Blue that's why I'd I'm selling anything I put it for five or ten pound more than I want and people feel they're getting a deal!

[DigestivesWithCheese]

What can you "deduce" about buggies?!

I have just bought a second hand Phil & Teds with all the accessories (£210, as new condition, less than a year old, the owner hadn't really used it). What does that tell you about me?... That I was fed up with getting stuck in doorways with a side by side double. That's it.

[HeadfirstForHalos]

I had a Phil & Teds when our youngest dc4 was born. I loved it after years of clunky, shitty doubles. I gave mine to a friend when we were done with it but they did have a high second hand resale value even then.

I also didn't think £500 was a lot of money for something I had to push 6 miles every day for three years was excessive. I don't drive, people spend far more on cars and their running costs.

[HeadfirstForHalos]

I certainly didn't buy it for the "name" attached either. It was the one buggy on the market that met our needs at the time.

[pumpkinsweetie]

For all the haters, if you try a Phil & teds, you will notice the difference straight away and not having the hassle of getting stuck in doorways is phenomenal. They last 3 years or more too x

[HappyMummyOfOne]

£275 for a used buggy, no wonder people are commenting.

I'd rather buy new, no stains, bleaching from sun or germs etc and a guarantee should anything go wrong with it.

I never understood the whole buggy thing. Some on here seem to swap every month or spend hundreds for the name or latest cover design.

[Goal]

Have just googled to see what the hell the fuss is about. Didn't realise we were talking about those hideous double decker things where the poor child on the bottom looks utterly trapped and uncomfortable.

[3MonthMaid]

In 2009 I bought a brand new vibe with doubles seat for £329 from Kiddicare.

So I can see the problem.

Some prams don't hold their value. Sadly the vibe was never one of the more popular ones as it has so many issues.

[youarewinning]

Visualise I had a Jane for DS - also had carrycot and car seat.

Bought it second hand for 50E - DS used it for 3 years (loved the lay flat style).

[IneedAsockamnesty]

I struggle hugely with pushing p&t and don't really understand why they are popular but they are and they do have a decent resale value. My friend just paid £250 for one that's a year old,so they obviously do sell well.

Unless you can actually get them at that price new the person is obviously trying it on

Just like the person who offered me £30 for my brand new not even used wheels still not attached pram who wanted to bung it on eBay for £260.

[IneedAsockamnesty]

Oh I pissed off that 'friend' by then donating it to the refuge as one of my clients was about to drop and didn't have one so it was given to her via refuge staff pretending it was a private donation.

I do that with all my baby stuff when finished with. But only because I can't be arsed with selling stuff fair play to anybody that can be arsed to.

[MrsLouisTheroux]

Paradise bugaboo frogs were born in 2001. Our was given to us new in 2003.
My DH hated pushing it because he said it looked poncey. It has been in the garage now for 8 years.
The last 10 or so years have seen buggies become a status symbol which is what I object to. They say nothing about the person other than that they have money to spend. Who cares if a person has a little fold up mclaren or a P&T?
The OP is so sneering about the person who dared to question the value of her buggy on FB. It shows that she takes her material posessions annoyingly very seriously.

[youarewinning]

This thread has amused me somewhat! So I googled P&T's.

£65 for the changing bag [bushock]

Thing is if I could afford it there's no reason I wouldn't have spent it.