Just a small moan about people buying and selling popular toys

[ALemonyPea]

Why do people buy the latest toys and sell them in for more, other than to make other people's lives a misery on the run up to Christmas

Several friends are struggling to find Hatchimals, a few today can't get a Nintendo minis.

Luckily I preordered mine, one yet to arrive, doesn't mean I'm not sitting on edge until it gets here.

Wish EBay would enforce a rule in November and December that the top 10 toys can only be sold for the market value, rather than for silly amounts.

[TupsNSups]

Nintendo Classic Mini has been restocked this morning in Game.

[Whatdoesaturkeydo]

The Irish market is not flooded take 2 minutes to check online and you will see they are having the same problem - sold out no more pre orders limited stock etc etc

Honestly stop believing every single thing you hear or read on this thread it's not fact because someone's granny's next door neighbours hairdressers sisters cousins best friends dog says he know a man bringing them in from Ireland

[Floggingmolly]

Or do they just see it for what it is?

[Floggingmolly]

Why is the Irish market flooded with these pieces of crap? Hasn't it being advertised over there, or what?

[MsVanRein]

Aww that's a shame OP I'm in NI and struggling to get one and it's only thing DS has asked for so I'd have been happy to go down to Dublin or whatever to get one. If you happen to find out let me know, I'd be happy to buy a couple and post them over to anyone who wanted - without the £20 charge!!

[Pulchra76]

I'll keep an eye out on Argos for hatchimals and I'll reserve one if it becomes available and give whoever wants it, the reservation number

[ALemonyPea]

I don't MrVan, sorry.

Selling baby milk for a huge profit is disgusting. I know there was a tommee tippee dummy that was selling for £20 a few years ago as they were hard to get.

[Imchangingmyname]

I reckon teacherbob has got a few hatchimals on eBay..

[MTWTFSS]

Toys and baby milk are different. Selling toys to make a profit is business, whereas selling baby milk to make a profit is evil!

[happymumof4crazykids]

It's not just toys a couple of years ago I really struggled to get baby milk (Aptimal comfort) for my daughter after a fire at their factory. People were selling them for 3 to 5 times the retail price on amazon and eBay, buying up already limited supplies and trying to make a profit :(

[MaryPoppinsPenguins]

Would also like to know that!

[MsVanRein]

OP do you know what shop the guy is getting them from who's getting them in Ireland?

[PirateFairy45]

Hatchimals even...

[PirateFairy45]

Hat humans are creepy AF

[Propertyquandry]

It's just basic economics though surely? If you can buy something and sell it on for more then why wouldn't you? You're not pretending it isn't cheaper anywhere else. If people are crazy enough to go to extremes to provide the latest Christmas tat then it's their look out. If nobody bought them they wouldn't sell them.
We once bought a flat from a guy desperate to sell as he was in massive debt. We offered low, he reluctantly accepted and we sold it on 2mths later for a large profit having only hoovered. Market economics.

[TeacherBob]

they are unaffordable because people keep buying them at inflated prices.

The buyers are the problem, not the sellers

[GizmoFrisby]

Isn't that the same with every parent?

You want them to have what we can afford?? Which is the ops point,that these are unaffordable because are being sold for ridiculous amounts... therefore they won't get them.

Totally done with this thread now.
Bah humbug

[TeacherBob]

Yes I have kids.

My kids get what we can afford and what they show an interest in.

We decide as a couple what to get them. If they don't get exactly what they want then tough, they are grateful for what they do get,

[GizmoFrisby]

ALemonyPea

I totally agree. Children don't have any concept of money either.

Those that are slating buying toys for Christmas are you real. Please inform us what your kids get for Xmas?? Or another question do you actually have children

[TeacherBob]

They aren't parasites, they are people earning a little extra money.

They aren't making money from other people's desperation, they are making money from other people believing they need the must-have toy at all costs because Darling wants it.

[Celticlassie]

I always wanted a pony. Every year for years. We couldn't afford to keep a pony so it didn't happen. I always vaguely understood that I couldn't have a pony but that Santa would choose what I got instead. My parents always managed our expectations so we weren't disappointed when we did not get the 'must have' toy. I think, while I understand the desire to make your child happy, perhaps teaching them that, Santa or not, you can't always get what you want, would mean less disappointment on Christmas morning, and take the power away from these parasites who try to make money out of others' desperation.

[monkeyfacegrace]

You can get Hatchimals from the German Amazon. They are 75 Euros delivered, which works out at about £65. They don't talk, so there is no language barrier.

Easy

You can thank me via wine.

[ProfessorBranestawm]

Totally agree about managing expectations too. Santa brings surprises in our house which gets round the whole thing really. Just don't have the money to waste on something that I know isn't the best thing for them. They always get a big 'wow' toy, but it's not something advertised on TV generally and they get played with for years

[ProfessorBranestawm]

(I do agree it's greedy to buy and sell on BTW, just that I don't think people doing that to make money is the root of the issue IYSWIM)

[ProfessorBranestawm]

It's not nice, but TBH I think the really sad thing is that advertising is so powerful that it makes such toys into the must-have thing of the year, that there is so much pressure to have this particular thing even though a lot of parents know in their hearts that the toys like the Hatchimal will probably be played with for a week and then left festering on a shelf. There are threads every year about it, but still it goes on.