I need some cheering up.
When we had DS1, I lusted over a super expensive cot (before we realised how little time he'd spend in there but it was back in the day when I used to care that stuff in my house matched). Anyhow, found a much cheaper one on eBay which we bought. In the meantime, my very generous in-laws bought initial expensive cot for us as a gift for DS1. We decided to keep both cots because, you know, first time child worries that one cot is not enough.
Anyway, it turns out that super expensive cot is in fact useless. It does not have adjustable mattress heights, the bars do not come off to make it a cot bed and it's so heavy, it's impossible to move around.
So by the time, DD comes along, we decide to sell useless expensive cot on eBay. We sell for £21 - slightly jarring knowing how much it cost originally, but totally understandable as it is ultimately just a cot. Anyway, the lovely person purchasing has struck a deal where we drop it off for fuel costs as it's on the way to parents house. We take longer to head down than originally planned, as, well, life, so when we arrive with cot, I say don't worry about fuel costs, because feel bad it's late. All good, until we realise that not all the bolts are with the bed. We're missing four - not any old four but four cam lock bolts (scrawled through hundreds of photos of bolts to discover this). Can't return home to find bolts as several hours drive and we've just arrived. Spent hours finding stockists - new bolts ordered to be delivered to buyer. Phew, all sorted. Except, it's not. When bolts turn up, there's only one in the pack. It costs £4.50 for ONE BOLT plus £2.95 p&p. So we order another three to be sent to buyer (we're still away at this point and trying really hard not to get atrocious feedback on eBay).
Arrive back home two weeks later, to realise we forgot to take the unused mattress with us. Cringingly, text buyer to admit mistake, at which point she says she'll get her own mattress - very sweet of her, but she's clearly had more than enough of us for one lifetime.
So we've now paid for someone to take the bed, royally pissed off a nice person and are still stuck with a mattress.
But at least it's gone to a good home and we're one cot bed less cluttered.
Sort of forgot about the whole incident until today when we decided to put up the cot for our DD who has, up till now, been co-sleeping. Went to put up the cot and realised WE BLOODY WENT AND SOLD THE WRONG COT!!!!!