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Second hand Lego with shit in it. Literally. WWYD?

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JesusInTheCabbageVan · 21/12/2015 15:19

We bought a huge box of Lego for DS for Christmas a few months ago on eBay. Had a quick look inside at the time and it seemed fine.

I got it out today to wrap it and noticed that the blocks were a bit grimy, so filled the bath with hot water plus a lot of bleach and spent a good long while stirring it round, then took it out and left it on a clean duvet cover to dry.

While sifting through it I found quite a lot of detritus - fluff, sweet wrappers, chewing gum, a dead battery, a drawing pin Hmm... By this point I was less happy but thought at least I'd sorted out all of the nasty stuff.

Then I found two small 'nuggets' of what was unmistakably shit. I know, unfortunately, because I smelled it. Either human or cat/dog is my guess.

So now I'm just fucking disgusted. It's been dripping all over the carpet upstairs and touched god knows what else. I've been sorting through it with my bare hands all day. DH thinks it will be fine if we give it all a good clean again, but I feel sick at the thought of DS playing with it. I want to at least contact the fucking animal that sold it to us and try to give it back to her, and get our money back.

In this situation, would anyone consider keeping it? I am just not looking forward to giving it to DS now. Feel horrible.

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Tigger365 · 21/12/2015 22:02

What if the woman had found the poo before she sent it? And just picked it out? How would you have known? At least this way you know the Lego is clean!!

Paddingtonthebear · 21/12/2015 22:12

Bleugh. I would bin it. Life is too short to be cleaning some random poo off of plastic toys for your kids Christmas. And double bleugh about putting it in the dishwasher. That'll be nice, all the germy shit will be washed off the Lego but sat in the dishwasher filter instead.

And I'm pretty lax generally Grin

DixieNormas · 21/12/2015 22:13

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SatsukiKusakabe · 21/12/2015 22:19

At least this way you know the Lego is clean

^ That's some silver lining you've sieved out there, tigger365 Xmas Grin

DayToDayShit · 21/12/2015 22:21

i would be throwing the whole lot in the bin. Every time your ds plays with it, you will be reminded of the horror. How much did you spend on it? Seriously do not wash it in the dishwasher either. Just chuck it out, that is beyond vile.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 21/12/2015 22:25

Ewww. Who advised washing it in the dishwasher. Yuk!.

ottothedog · 21/12/2015 22:26

I'd just keep it. Wouldnt even bother me tbh. It's worth hundreds, you paid £50 bargain, its plastic, its cleaned now, the poo was obviously tiny or it'd be the first thing you noticed. Meh.
Def dont chuck it. At least give it away now it is clean

Just went thro our lego box today. No poo. Quite a few crumbs/bits of rubbish/dog hair. Weird. It just appears

5madthings · 21/12/2015 22:35

Oh god that's gross. But I would do as you are bleach it, shower, put in pillow case and put through washing machine.

Have had to do this with some of our own lego when ds2 puked out the top bunk, he managed to lean over the side of the bed... But there was a massive box of lego by the bed... We use those under bed storage boxes on wheels for lego and one hadn't been put away. Dh got the job of showering all the lego off before swishing it in bleach solution and then putting it in washing machine...

Mrsfrumble · 21/12/2015 23:09

If you really couldn't stand to keep it Cabbage, and I was in the UK I'd offer to buy it from you. It will now be cleaner than most of our Lego, and as I didn't have the trauma of discovering the poo myself I could live with its "history".

I think it's pretty unlikely that the seller knew there was shit in the box and sent it anyway. Of course they should have checked, especially if they have pets, but I doubt it was a deliberate act. I would let them know; they may well be mortified and offer to refund.

(I hope you don't mind me calling you Cabbage OP; shortening to Jesus feels a bit weird to me!)

MamaLazarou · 21/12/2015 23:15

Contact the seller and get your money back! Dirty tickets!

TheWitTank · 21/12/2015 23:18

I just couldn't keep it. Would be in the bin I'm afraid (and I'm not the squeamish type). I wouldn't give my child shitty lego for Christmas. As for the dishwasher comments reels woozily Shock.

happylittlevegemites · 21/12/2015 23:21

Could you sell it on eBay to recoup costs - the new owners would be thrilled with how spotlessly clean it is!! Then you can put the money towards a nice new set :)

GeneralLeia · 21/12/2015 23:28

I'd keep it.

It's gross but you've cleaned it now. Plus it sounds like it was tiny bits. You didn't even notice it for ages so must have been small.

I know any sized poo is gross btw, I'm not a weirdo. Grin

The Lego is probably much cleaner than your DS now. Wink

DeckTheWallsWithLotsOfMolly · 21/12/2015 23:30

If you bought it a few months ago and it's been sitting in the box, is it possible that the poo got in there after it was already in your possession?

Could it be mouse or rat poo?

SirRodneyEffing · 21/12/2015 23:30

Ewwww, nasty. This is why I've gone right off eBay. I wouldn't dream of selling anything unless totally spotless, but 95% of other sellers seem quite content with posting any old junk.

daphnedill · 21/12/2015 23:32

Just wanted to say.... PLEASE PLEASE don't pour boiling water on LEGO or put it in the dishwasher. I sell second had LEGO on Ebay (not with sh*t I might add) and always clean and disinfect it before I sell it. Wash it in warm water with normal washing up liquid. You can bleach it if you want, but I wash mine in Tesco Value disinfectant. If you want to do a thorough job, especially if it's discoloured, use hydrogen peroxide with Oxy-action. Put in a glass jar with a lid in sunlig but be careful when you take the lid off because it fizzes all over the place. The only problem is that you can't buy hydrogen peroxide on the high street (unless you're a hairdresser), because it's used to make bombs, but you can buy it online (weird!)

daphnedill · 21/12/2015 23:36

Sorry about typos:
had = hand
sunlig = sunlight

ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 21/12/2015 23:49

No way!!!! It would be in the bin straight away, carpets woukd be getting washed then the bath scrubbed and finally myself scrubbed...twice. Thats absolutely disgusting!!

It's possibly whoever sold it just didn't look through it and had it in a kids room that was just shoving anything in it. Depending what I paid, I'd probably be inclined to write it off as now there's no proof since you washed it and they'd probably just deny it!

ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 22/12/2015 00:02

Ffs I'm actually 😷at the people suggesting putting it in the fucking dishwasher, seriously!

Damselindestress · 22/12/2015 00:06

Absolutely vile. I couldn't keep it after that and would have to say something to the seller even if the deadline has passed to take action. Provided that it would not be an economic hardship for you to buy another present, then your DH should respect your feelings. What if your DS put the lego in his mouth? While logically I know the germs will have been washed away, it would never be clean enough for me. If your DH doesn't understand that, just tell him you used his toothbrush to clean the toilet but it's OK, you washed it afterwards!

sallysparrow157 · 22/12/2015 00:34

as a reply to the person who made a comment along the lines of if everyone reacted like this to poo there would be no one in the caring professions...
I work in healthcare. I've wiped arses, been pissed, pooed, puked and bled on, Ive dealt with full on lakes of shit, I've put poo-catching tube things up people's bottoms, I've never felt in the slightest little bit disgusted by this, we do what people need us to do.

The idea of putting something that's had shit on it in my dishwasher, or giving something that's had unidentifiable shite on it to my child to play with makes me feel quite sick.
bin it. Please. How can you watch your kid playing with something a random stranger may have shat on? i will buy your kid new shit free Lego myself before I will accept that it's ok to put something a stranger has shat on in your sodding dishwasher.

JoelyB · 22/12/2015 00:41

I am not remotely precious about shit, and I am pretty sure my kids played with / among quite a bit of it, being on a smallholding and pretty free range.
However. I wouldn't like the idea of unknown shit in Lego. Just wrong.
I know my dogs my cats my chickens my sheep and Uncle Tom Cobleigh and all have been dewormed and are healthy and if they did do a little bit of pooh flinging as toddlers, it's not harmed them. But that's different.
Maybe that is insane, but there we have it.

Tartyflette · 22/12/2015 00:52

Please contact eBay and /or Paypal for advice on this, I'm sure this would not be in line with their selling regs. (And how!). I hope you also make some pertinent comment on the seller's feedback page, OP. I think a Negative would not be out or order, myself.

Tartyflette · 22/12/2015 00:53

....out OF order, sorry..

littlefrenchonion · 22/12/2015 00:56

Ask your local vet for a small bottle of their surgical cleaner - we use it to soak all sorts out of surgical instruments, including shit! I imagine it would work a treat on Lego.