Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To get cross about bloody Prime?

77 replies

imagemini · 27/02/2023 08:34

DS asked me for a fiver this morning so he could pay for the bottle of Prime that his friend bought him last week. His friend bought it In Sainsburys, so it cost two quid. He wanted to make £3 profit!!!
I told DS he was an idiot for agreeing and that he friend was being an unreasonable sod for charging him that. He's taken £2.50 and told his friend I won't let him pay more for it. (I know the friend and his mum very well)

DS is a confident kid so if he friend gets huffy about this he'll deal with it. But FFS! DS asked me what I'd think of it was the other way around and he'd been the one expecting to by paid a fiver but wasn't. I know he's a teenage boy and they can be pretty stupid but come on, you really need to ask? If I found out he was trying to get 150% profit out of his friends I'd be furious!!!

Not sure if my AIBU is to be incredulous that kids are selling a soft drink on the bloody black market, that I can't believe DS was so silly to agree to this, or to think that the people (yes KSI, you) who make the bloody thing should be ashamed of themselves and their limited stock?!

OP posts:
PilarPalabundar · 27/02/2023 08:36

That's mild. Some kids are selling and others buying for £20 a bottle

Gwen82 · 27/02/2023 08:37

No problem with this at all.

what my son (13) does with his money is his business. Whether he falls for the marketing blurb or whether he decides to leverage it.

It’s capitalism Op. every day you will be paying way over the odds for items and services that are profit making

TheGirlWhoLived · 27/02/2023 08:38

If his friend would have sold it on eBay then he would have made his fiver easily! I think YABU for not letting DS take his own fiver and learning a lesson. That all depends on whether he’s 7 or 15 I suppose but what you are currently teaching him is that it is ok to promise one thing and give another… not a great life lesson!

LilLilLi · 27/02/2023 08:38

That’s really cheap - it’s a tenner a bottle at my sons school and whether you agree or not, if that’s what your son said he’d pay then that’s what he should pay. People are charging that because of supply and demand.

I agree it’s ridiculous and it tastes like shit too.

Wolfiefan · 27/02/2023 08:38

Saw some in a shop the other day. DD said it’s nothing special!
It isn’t Prime. It’s your son’s decisions and attempt at manipulating you that you’re annoyed by.

KimberleyClark · 27/02/2023 08:39

What is it about this stuff? What is it, what does it do, why all the hype?

BillyMack · 27/02/2023 08:39

So your DS agreed to pay a fiver and now you are showing him that his word means nothing. Kids will soon stop trusting your DS for behaviours like this.

Gwen82 · 27/02/2023 08:40

I told DS he was an idiot for agreeing and that he friend was being an unreasonable sod for charging him that

Nothing like your mum telling you’re an idiot for doing something she does every day. Buying something that someone else will be making a profit from

TheGirlWhoLived · 27/02/2023 08:42

Gwen82 · 27/02/2023 08:40

I told DS he was an idiot for agreeing and that he friend was being an unreasonable sod for charging him that

Nothing like your mum telling you’re an idiot for doing something she does every day. Buying something that someone else will be making a profit from

Yeah good job you are buying food, skincare, make-up, cleaning products etc at cost price… that would be embarrassing otherwise!

AllOfThemWitches · 27/02/2023 08:46

Wow I'm out of touch, I thought you meant Amazon

BertieBotts · 27/02/2023 08:47

Give him pocket money, and then you won't need to get involved in whatever he is wasting his money on?

AllWorkYoPlait · 27/02/2023 08:47

Was this regular money you usually give to him or was he asking for extra to cover his debt?

If it's usual money then I'd class it as his problem.

Ours get monthly pocket money and when it's gone it's gone. If they were "in debt" with a friend, friend would be waiting until the next pocket money day. If they choose to spend all their money on stupid things then they live with consequences of having none left.

Original poster
imagemini · 27/02/2023 08:47

BillyMack · 27/02/2023 08:39

So your DS agreed to pay a fiver and now you are showing him that his word means nothing. Kids will soon stop trusting your DS for behaviours like this.

His friend knows it was me that stopped him. As his mum would have done to.

Interesting replies and yes people are right that I'm cross with DS.

OP posts:
myveryownelectrickitten · 27/02/2023 08:48

I also thought this would be about Amazon. No idea what this is! 😂

Domino20 · 27/02/2023 08:51

So out of order. You can be angry with your son but still pay the agreed amount. The other kid could have made his sale elsewhere.

MyLittlePonyWellies · 27/02/2023 08:51

Until quite recently, I worked in a school and we had to confiscate Prime (even if it was just empty bottles with water in it) as it was getting so silly.

I don't know. On the one hand, yes it's capitalism and your son shouldn't have agreed to it, there are kids selling it on at much higher prices than a fiver. It may be a bit embarrassing for your son having to tell him his mum wouldn't let him pay more than £2.50 etc etc. But at the same time I can see why you did that. I wouldn't want my child getting into the habit of falling for this sort of thing, so I'd be wanting to nip it in the bud. Since he asked you for the money and didn't have it already, I'd also be inclined to say no. He agreed to spend your money on something silly, so I wouldn't enable that

MyLittlePonyWellies · 27/02/2023 08:52

If it's his money though (like pocket money he gets regularly, I'd also class it as his problem as @AllWorkYoPlait says)

Original poster
imagemini · 27/02/2023 08:53

Gwen82 · 27/02/2023 08:40

I told DS he was an idiot for agreeing and that he friend was being an unreasonable sod for charging him that

Nothing like your mum telling you’re an idiot for doing something she does every day. Buying something that someone else will be making a profit from

Hmmm i don't really agree with this comment I'm afraid! Don't really have much choice but to buy stuff from shops as we live in a capitalist society not a communist one.
If a kid was buying multipacks of Mars bars then selling them at full price I guess I'd see it as enterprising. But 5 quid for something that cost 2 quid is just not on.
Maybe it's because I'm not a teen and just do not get the Prime thing at all...

OP posts:
butterfliedtwo · 27/02/2023 08:55

AllOfThemWitches · 27/02/2023 08:46

Wow I'm out of touch, I thought you meant Amazon

Me too. I feel very old right now.

BeautyGoesToBenidorm · 27/02/2023 08:55

Our local shop charges £8 per bottle. DS1 is obsessed with the idea of it, it's batshit.

Swiftswatch · 27/02/2023 08:56

If a kid was buying multipacks of Mars bars then selling them at full price I guess I'd see it as enterprising. But 5 quid for something that cost 2 quid is just not on.

You’re just splitting hairs here and seem to only be against it because it’s your son paying the premium.
A multipack of mars bars resold and the single bar RRP probably has a very similar mark up to the £5 prime drink.

BeautyGoesToBenidorm · 27/02/2023 08:57

KimberleyClark · 27/02/2023 08:39

What is it about this stuff? What is it, what does it do, why all the hype?

It's a YouTube thing. From the look of the stuff, it's basically Powerade and nothing else.

YouTubers can sell absolutely anything to kids, it seems!

Original poster
imagemini · 27/02/2023 08:58

MyLittlePonyWellies · 27/02/2023 08:51

Until quite recently, I worked in a school and we had to confiscate Prime (even if it was just empty bottles with water in it) as it was getting so silly.

I don't know. On the one hand, yes it's capitalism and your son shouldn't have agreed to it, there are kids selling it on at much higher prices than a fiver. It may be a bit embarrassing for your son having to tell him his mum wouldn't let him pay more than £2.50 etc etc. But at the same time I can see why you did that. I wouldn't want my child getting into the habit of falling for this sort of thing, so I'd be wanting to nip it in the bud. Since he asked you for the money and didn't have it already, I'd also be inclined to say no. He agreed to spend your money on something silly, so I wouldn't enable that

Interesting to hear a teacher's perspective!
Had this been for a child that I don't know then I maybe would have begrudgingly let DS pay it but still tell him it's ridiculous, don't do it again etc. But this is a friend we have known literally his whole life and I know his mum would be furious with him if she found out he was trying to make that much profit from DS (or anybody) so i came down a little harder.

OP posts:
picklemewalnuts · 27/02/2023 09:00

I think you have every right to tell your son not to buy or sell it.

But your lad owes his mate a bottle of prime, not £2.50.

Seriously.

picklemewalnuts · 27/02/2023 09:02

If you/DS aren't prepared to do the multiple trips to the shop and queue in the hope of getting one, you can't take advantage of someone else's lucky find.