To eBay rare LOL doll - DH says I'm awful

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Our 4 year old is into LOL dolls and has lots of them (all bought and paid for by me)

I gave her one the other day - it cost £10 but when she opened it we realised it's very rare and going for £50 on eBay

When we realised this, I said to DH I'd sell it, which he said was "awful" etc as our daughter would miss it, blah blah blah. After this conversation I put it away to see if she'd miss it (she didn't as she had 15 others and they all look similar!)

Anyway I didn't take this conversation very seriously as it seemed a bit ridiculous for him
To actually be annoyed with me, and since our daughter hadn't even noticed it had gone I popped it on eBay and now someone's offered £30 and there's 5 days to go

When I mentioned this just now in front of his family, he kicked off and got all cross, whereas they backed me up

I said he was overreacting, joked he could bid for it if he wanted it that much, said I'd paid for it and no one had even realised it had gone etc, but he'd properly annoyed!

I said I could by her give more with the proceeds and they all look the same anyway. He said she knew it was rare (she's only 4!?) and how could i...

AIBU? Sorry for long post, struggling to explain this concisely!! Seems like a bit of a storm in a tea cup

You're welcome!

Oh well, thank you for the link! Some people really seem to underestimate children, which is really quite sad.

I think there is a point where it'd be justifiable to sell. Like if OP was desperate for the money, or if the figure would sell for a few thousand.

But for £40 when you obviously don't need the money, just for some personal satisfaction at your child's expense, is pathetic.

Crass and greedy, IMHO.

Skip the agro and keep the doll. Such a fuss for the sake of maybe getting £40?

Surely there's some 'benefit' to it being rare, which is why people are willing to pay. Why shouldn't your daughter get that benefit.

Also, to the people saying buy her four more... Really? That is a disgusting attitude, quantity over quality and everything that is wrong with Christmas.

My kids have collected all kinds of things and got rare versions. You can't sell the rare ones!

The second post "is he a horder"?
Seriously where the fuck do these posters come from? Is he s horder, for fuck sake. What a thick conclusion to draw.

I'm with your dh on this. Nasty, greedy thing to do. You should be ashamed of yourself.

The other thing id like to know is how do you know its rare, do you have to open them? So are people paying all this money for the opened ones? I thought opening them was part of the fun.

I'd sell it, and the lot of them if I could.

Im with your DH. It's not yours to sell, it belongs to her. How mercenery to take from a child to sell. Very different when they are older and ask to sell items on.

Personally I think the only thing you did wrong is mentioning you had actually done it!

Kids all have phases of things that are 'worth' ££ now and in 2 years are worthless. As she has so many others would sell and stick the cash in her savings as a head start to buy somethibg else when she finds her next fad!!

Sell it...It's not an awful thing to do. It's a very sensible thing to do.

It's only a £20-40 increase. Why take away a present for your child for that little profit? I thought you were going to say like £100 or something but that's not even worth the effort.

Man these kids are very advanced. My 6yo is mad into the little Hatchimals and this year I bought a bunch of knock-offs off AliExpress along with a couple of real ones. They are now all playing happily together. She wouldn't know a rare if it bit her on the bum.

If she's not noticed it's gone, I'd get it right on eBay.

Everything isn’t about money.

My dds lol doll ended up under the sofa...I binned it. She never even noticed.

Fucking shit that your first thought when she gets something nice is to sell it

That was your daughter's rare collectors item that she should have had a chance to sell and profit on herself. Could have been a nice little learning/earning opportunity for her in a few years.

But you stole it. Are you green, bitter and furry?

I think you've got a death wish messing with a 4 year olds LOL dolls. You just know she'll ask for it as soon as you sell it. Plus it's just a bit mean spirited, whether she has loads or not.

Sorry everyone for disappearing, been busy with all the Christmas goings on!

Good to get everyone's opinions

Just to be clear, she has only just turned 4, has no real concept of what 'rare' means, and hasn't given it a second thought or noticed it's gone

I take your points tho and will take it off eBay for now and ask her if she'd rather keep the rare one or swap it for 5 others

She actually prefers the ones which do something anyway like change colour

My mother did this on occasion. We had very little money and to make ends meet sometimes a new toy would go missing (not one I would have gotten from her as my parents normally gave me clothes or something I needed.). I understood that we needed the money but it also meant I never trusted in anything to actually be mine. And for a long time I kept hiding the things I really loved

noandnoagain That’s an awful way for a child to live. I’m sorry you went through that.

That's terrible OP, you should be ashamed blah, blah..

By any chance is it lol Lil punk boi ???? 💸 💸💸 😁

The venom from some posters on this topic.