Give me one for reason why I shouldn't buy a pram that costs more than our car?

[TheBeesKnee]

PFB is due in spring next year.

Today DP and I ventured into John Lewis to have a look at the prams and kind of fell in love with the Silver Cross Dune Dream - price tag of £1,430.

Our car cost £1,200 2 years ago 🥴

I used to be absolutely obsessed with the stokke prams and thought I'd got over that, now I'm back in silly price land.

GAH, help me!!

Many will say they bought an expensive pram, used for siblings and then sold on so it was good value. No doubt that is much better value than those who spend £1000+, baby hates pram and then switch to small stroller. However we got a pram being discontinued for £280 which lay completely flat so didnt get carrycot to start then decided I did want one and got second hand. Total cost £330 for pram, matching footmuff, changebag and carrycot. Used it for my 2 children followed by BIL for his 2 children then sold on for £150. You don't need to have an expensive one for it to last, cheaper/second hand alternatives will also see you through multiple children

That's a lot of money!
I got a Cosatto Giggle 8 years ago when we had DD - it lasted through her & her DB.
We're probably going to sell it soon as it's still perfectly usable though well used.
The entire system (frame, carry cot, pushchair & car seat) cost less than a third of the one you're looking at.
Definitely think about exactly how you'll use it - car journeys, walking, off-road, carry space underneath; can you push it easily with a baby/toddler in it with one hand? What's the brake like? Etc. Not just what it looks like. & tbh that colour will mark soooo easily!

We bought an expensive icandy system for a similar price tag partly because it was the only travel system we could work out how to collapse. We sold it for £250 on FB replacing it within less than a year with a stroller that I could collapse entirely with one hand, and you could buy a newborn attachment for it. Had we known that then, we would have just gone for a decent stroller with attachment and not a travel system. Strongly recommend looking into one of those.

Because baby might absolutely bloody hate the pram like both of my little buggers and it'll get next to no use whatsoever while you go around the houses finding the sling/carrier/whatever that does work for you. DS1 hated being "in" anything. DS2 has settled ok in a smart trike type thing.

2 travel systems (9 years apart so couldn't reuse for ds2), all barely used and sold on looking as pretty as they did in the shop!! Don't do it.

Because when your child turns three and no longer wants to sit in it, it will be covered in rust, the fabric will be sun bleached and covered mildew, the wheels will be worn down and the frame will be on the verge of snapping so you won't be able to sell it, the charity shop won't want it and your several hundred £ pram will get thrown into skip!

This happened to both my silver cross prams but I don't drive and used it daily in all weathers so maybe my prams were used to the extreme!

There isn't a perfect pushchair and pretty much everyone ends up with more than one.

Across three children we had:

mid-range travel system - went through all three children

• McLaren buggy again all three
• wrap sling recommended by friend which I hated and was useless
• a shoulder sling which lasted all three
• baby bjorn carrier which turned out I couldn't used at all but DH liked and used
• a new front and back pushchair as rental we were moving to had side passage and I though side by side wouldn't go down - it wasn't great - heavy child at front made curbs hard - used it six months and few times with third.
• buggy board which pfb hated but second child did occasionally use.
• buddy pod which got loads of use with third child
• MN suggest for a very difficult trip a carrier for an older child which was great
• we were given a very light weight stroller and when that broke bought another very cheap and then passed on.

Only waste of money one that I regret getting was wrap sling sold by friend and the front and back pushchair bought new. Everything else was used non stop.

I had really wanted a phil and Ted - but everyone had vetoed due to price and everyone I spoke to later who had one hated it.

why would you leave your buggy outside a shop? Presumably you would have to take baby out and carry them too?

Not helping much with the discouragement but if you really want to go down an expensive pram road, have a look at this little gem of a store that's reasonably local to me but does online orders too...

www.pramworld.co.uk/brands/silver-cross/silver-cross-dune/

Wow that makes my Bugaboo Bee look reasonable. I loved it and it lasted 2 children from birth to 4 before I gave it to someone else.

£130 for a backpack 😂