To be irritated I can’t sell my sell ICandy pushchair

[TwinklyGiraffe]

Before anyone says it I’m an absolute idiot for not buying from gumtree in the first place but 🙄🙄 I wanted a nice shiny new one!

For first baby we got loaned an ICandy as we thought we were only going to have the one dc.

Then got pregnant with dc2 and HAD to have a new pushchair!

We got an single to double as had two under 2 and eldest child not walking when dc2 came.

As Sod’s law would have it, dc2 hated the buggy and refused to sit in it after 12 months.

The whole thing including cost us £1100 including car seat bits.

I’ve been trying to sell it in gumtree for £400 and not one enquiry apart from one cf who asked if he could borrow it🤔

I’m going to have to give it away for next to nothing, aren’t I?

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It's a used pushchair with no warranty. £400 is wildly optimistic.

check the selling price of similar buggies on ebay to get an average. It's pure luck, some sellers sell 2nd hand ones for double or triple the price than others, for similar items. It must depends if someone is desperate for one locally.

Our single Concorde travel system only sold for around £150 but it had done two babies so a very fair price. However our double mini city jogger really held its value.

The other thing is that I’m not sure Icandy are in fashion anymore so that might impact its resell value.

Nothing wrong with anyone spending however much they want to and can afford on whatever pram they choose.

I can understand why you are irritated and disappointed.

Hopefully you can sell it via ebay/Facebook

My iCandy peach was £750 - I would never have considered £400 for a second hand one to be honest.

I'm not fussed about resale value though, I get why people don't want to pay a lot the state some buggies get in to!

Do you still have the original receipt? I've seen quite a few Ebay listings with pics of receipts and I think it's a good selling strategy.

What model is it Twinkly? Whether your price is fair or not depends on current averages,I'm a pram a holiday seriously I've had like 20 prams/pushchairs so far in 19 months! I'm on most of the Facebook pram groups and just sold my iCandy Peach 2016 (Butterscotch ❤️) for £500 and that was only 10 months old and cost me £1k to buy but that colour is sought after. Prices currently for Peach 1 is around £75 the Peach 2 around £120 the Peach 3 around £200 upto £350 depending whether a single or double and what it comes with the prices are based on average condition used but no damage or stains etc. For £400 in needs to be chassis,seat unit,carrycot with raincover and a Peach 3 and in good condition and preferably with extras such as seat liner and footmuff or a double pram.

• pram a holic not holiday!

Hiya, I can sympathise - I had a new very good condition ICandy Peach 3 double (two toddler seats, no carrycot) which i struggled to sell. I paid approx £900 for it from John Lewis and for ages I just kept getting enquiries as to whether I had a carrycot to go with it even though the advert clearly stated several times I didnt..! In the end I sold it in two parts - sold the main buggy as a single for £450 to a friend who had left it really late in getting a buggy (thank goodness for me!) And then I sold the second seat to a nice lady from a local mums facebook group i'd advertised it on for £100. Stick with it and post it everywhere...! Use ebay as last resort as they do take a huge fee. I sold my Bugaboo Donkey on there and got a good price luckily but i lost 10% in fees. The problem with facebook groups is that most people want something in really good condition but for a bargain price and haggle you down loads...! Goodluck.

You were a mug to pay £1100 for a pram. Not anyone else's fault.

I was so intrigued about what icandy prawns we’re like, I googled. They are rather lovely looking aren’t they.

Rather than sell it, display it proudly in your breakfast room as testament to your baby making years

I have never gone for these mega expensive prams, but if you can afford it I don't see why you shouldn't buy them.
If you can get a few hundred pounds back after you've done with it I'd consider that ok!

Stop having a go at the OP for buying a new pram. Plenty of people do. Their money, their choice.

I know it doesn’t help, but there is so little interest in 2nd hand prams. 3rd/4th/5th hand yes- but 1-2 is where the real losses are.

£400 on a pram with 0 warranty 0 returns policy etc. I'd never spend that much second hand. Not because it's not worth but because it's a lot of money for something with no fallback.

Why are people saying people are mugs for buying them?! If no one bought them new then there wouldn't be any second hand.

I could afford it, I liked it and I wanted a new icandy. No mug here.

And yes I’m one of those who spend 1k on a pushchair that didn’t even come with a rain cover or cosy toes. It wasn’t even a travel system. But I love it and grateful for it each time I use it.

I bought my prams second hand. One was £20 the other was £40.

It doesn't matter what you paid, a used pram is a used pram and your used pram is way over priced.

iCandi prams not prawns.

bigfatchips - why?

Lots of people pay that. We did. We researched loads of them and that was the price of what we wanted. It's easy and comfortable to push (when we use a cheap one on holiday, we really notice the difference), and it's been used almost every single day for 2.5 years so far. By the time DC2 is finished with it, it'll have lasted about 5 years.

What's "muggish" about finding something you like, can afford, enjoy having and use every day for 5 years?

Oh and I currently have a Bugaboo Buffalo true black chassis and petrol blue hood and footmuff and seat liner and I paid £400 for it second hand as it's immaculate and cost £1300 18 months ago and that was a fair second hand price.

What is the deal with those bloody icandys anyway - they're beasts. Can't even steer them one handed!

I bought our twin buggy for £160 and sold it for £180 two years later. That’s how it’s meant to be done.

Why are some posters so bitterly jealous and rude? Expensive travel systems are top quality, cheap ones not so much. It depends what you need them for, and how you use them. I had expensive travel systems, worth every penny.

Nothing wrong with reselling baby items. Just because you can afford them doesn't mean you should waste them and chuck them out when you no longer need them.

maybe My icandy was light as a feather and I could swirl it one handed easily?