How to politely ask Auntie to stop buying stuff for DD

[Hunterrose]

So my DDs Auntie is lovely, totally dotes on her and often buys her small gifts.
A lot of the gifts she buys are from super cheap websites like Shein and Temu. I never buy from places like this as skeptical on how ethical the companies are and worry about sustainability etc. I mainly try to buy 2nd hand etc.
For xmas she got her loads and I said oh that's far too much but she said it's OK it was from these places so was super cheap.
I really want to ask her to stop buying her so much especially from these places... but really don't want to sound ungrateful! Any advice?

Well are you opposed to her having anything from there for ethical reasons, or opposed to lots of stuff because of space or jealousy or unfairness etc?

I have the same predicament OP. DM buys expensive things. Toys £30-50 once a week.

But it’s all tat. Too much tat. DD is a pain when we take her anywhere as she asks for even more bloody tat! I’ve asked DM not to, especially close to Christmas so she switched to bloody clothing 🤦🏼‍♀️

You have an odd way about this post.

Cheap stuff is sold for more money in expensive shops - the price does not make it ethical.

Why not approach it differently - she could take he out for experiences - or she could start a savings account.

Reframe it!

A bit of both I guess. I don't want her to have sooo much tat that will not get used much. A lot of the stuff breaks quickly and ends up getting chucked out.
For example she bought her a big bag of hair bobbles with bows on. All the bows were stuck on with glue dots and fell off instantly leaving the sticky dot behind so unusable. It was a bag of like 100 or something! Such a waste :(

I would just say it. Don't buy any more things for dc because it's too much. We don't have the space and they don't play with it. Thanks though.

I get it, and it's a tricky conversation to have isn't it because at the end of the day it's wonderful that she's such a kind and involved person. Approaching it wrong could cause offence but I'm sure nobody has unlimited space for so much stuff that's not really useful. Why not try and steer her a bit more towards other thing that are useful or wanted. Or approach it from the space angle and say how nice it would be if she had stuff that's kept at aunties house for special playtimes there!