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Can this be real - Just bought a Stokke Xplory for £132!!!

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Greengirlforever · 30/11/2006 12:07

I've not posted on this topic before but I'm still pinching myself! I've been keeping an eye on Stokke Xplory pushchairs for about a month and even used ones never go for less than ?350. This one was from an American seller (has 5 diff prams still on there - also all ridiculously low). The buy it now price was the same as the start price for bidding so I bought it now! All listed today. Seller's feedback seems fine, postage only ?22 from USA. Nothing now can go wrong..... can it???

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Greengirlforever · 30/11/2006 14:44

Don't worry ladies - I am on the case and in contact with both Paypal (problem already registered) and my credit card company, who have told me I am covered and what to do. Worst case scenario - I don't get the money credited back for about 7 days.

Gutted, though.

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Piffle · 30/11/2006 14:47

credit card does offer you some degree of protection
Rally hope you get your money back and so sorry you did not get a bargain (although I think explory is FUGLY pram )

misdee · 30/11/2006 14:49

xplory os wierd lol

you decided yet piffle?

Baconbaps · 30/11/2006 14:51

FWIW I just did a search for Stokke Xplory on ebay and there are plenty going for less than £350 as far as I can see.

Hope you get your money sorted out.

Piffle · 30/11/2006 14:52

icandy misdee
they are bring out icandy cherry in january which is lighter looks the biz, although colours are bit ugh
I really want bug chameleon but no way can I justify spending that amount of dosh on a pram, plus carseat, attachments and bugy baord would cost nearly £800 new although resale would be ace I know

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Greengirlforever · 30/11/2006 14:52

See - all been pulled from Ebay! And thank you for all your help everyone - and it's not an ugly pram, it's lovely and I still haven't got one!!

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misdee · 30/11/2006 15:52

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Piffle · 30/11/2006 16:06

misdee, just what you needed
another pram
well if you tire of it by next feb
Let me know!!!!!!!

misdee · 30/11/2006 16:08

lol, i sold 3 to get that one.

wont tire of it, well not unless dd3 has a very sudden growth spurt and outgrows it (not very likely). i wanted a rear facing one, and its wonderful.

keep an eye on ebay, you might get a bargain.

fatfeet · 30/11/2006 16:19

Call me practical and sensible if you like but spending £399 on just one pushchair in the run up to Christmas sounds like rash retail therapy.

There are loads of cheaper options out there.

I'd get that post deleted if I were you before someone less sensitive like Cod sees it.

Piffle · 30/11/2006 16:20

what did you do with your loola, it only lasted a few weks then?
What do you think of the chameleon btw?
I tried it properly in mothercare, thought it was bloody great, despite the fact that I would feel like a pretentious twat here in little rural town

Piffle · 30/11/2006 16:21

We are not scared of Cod
And Misdee has done all the cheaper options, infact I think misdee has doen every single other option perhaps by now ?

Yorkiegirl · 30/11/2006 16:22

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hoxtonchick · 30/11/2006 16:23

what about the mountain buggy misdee ?

misdee · 30/11/2006 16:23

loola was heavey rearfacing, i couldnt phsically get it up the kerbs.

have asked for the post about to be deleted,tho i dont know why really, AS i am not in finacial differculties anymore and have not asked for anyones help. I buy and sell a heck of a lot on ebay to fund stuff i want or need. i restore dolls which i can buy for pennies, then sell on at a profit. buying something like that in the run up to xmas is probably the best time to buy it as no one will be bidding on such an item.

i am selling off my bears just because i dont enjoy collecting anymore.

misdee · 30/11/2006 16:24

what the £35 frame hoxtonchick lol.

still no covers. looking for a bargain, i expect i will sell that on for a profit in the spring.

Piffle · 30/11/2006 16:27

I don't think (or I hope) that Fatfeet was not making a personal judgement against misdee tbh
What colour is yours misdee?

fatfeet · 30/11/2006 16:28

well that's precisely the point, she sold 3 other buggies, generated some cash about a month before Christmas but was somehow unable to hold onto the cash due to a bout of retail therapy.

misdee · 30/11/2006 16:29

but i am all sorted for xmas, my bills are paid etc etc.

what is the problem?

Yorkiegirl · 30/11/2006 16:31

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Piffle · 30/11/2006 16:32

oh that's judgemental fatfeet and bang out of order

hoxtonchick · 30/11/2006 16:32

i'll keep an eye out for covers for you. once you push it you'll be converted i predict!

fatfeet · 30/11/2006 16:48

Oh I give up, I know when things are difficult at home, spending on nice things is therapeutic.

It's just that I voluntarily deal with people in debt on a weekly basis and I started off saddened by their plight but am now somewhat hardened to a lot of the clients' plights but still see plenty of the "run of bad luck" cases where you really want to help them out of the financial hell they have ended up in, even more than you are actually able to do.

Impartial advice is offered to try and sort out the financial problems. I've seen examples where a debt arrangement plan has been arranged leaving a family with less financial strain at the end of each week/month to see this freedom from worry lead them to believe that they can then afford a new 3 piece suite.

The run up to Christmas is a strange time as you know that there'll be people needing help in January because they've treated the kids to x or y or z and now can't pay utility bills or rent etc. Some will make it through to the summer by getting behind with this to pay that but eventually their imprudent spending at Christmas will cause them to need financial assistance.

I used to get a warm fuzzy feeling out of helping people with their money worries but now I get frustrated by some recurrent cases.

I'll get of my high horse now and stop depressing people.

Piffle · 30/11/2006 16:53

Fatfeet, I help out with asylum seekers locally and often find myself wanting to throttle some people on here who complain about how shite their life is.
I never say anything though as I know in context it has no impact.

fatfeet · 30/11/2006 17:13

piffle, therein lies the problem, no-one says anything because we know as a good citizen one is not supposed to judge anyone else for anything they do.

Society just has to eventually deal with the fallout after the event and the families concerned have to suffer worry/stress/misery in the interim period whilst they in financial decline.

We shout "lookout" or grab hold of a person if someone is physically heading towards the edge of the cliff in case they fall over but we are supposed to sit politely by and do nothing about the financial hell that some people teeter uneasily close to for many years before a series of events finally causes them to need emergency financial assistance.

It's the misery/stress of poverty that I hate to see and sometimes it is self-inflicted but I agree with you that no comment would have had any impact on the individual(s) concerned during the period of their financial decline.

I sure that we'd all agree that all asylum seekers should be treated equally, hence as with any benefits system some fraudulent claims will mean less funds available to assist the genuine but such is life.