People try to sell the weirdest used baby/toddler stuff

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, asking money for most of this stuff is weird. Especially things that are only like $20-30 new. People on my neighborhood list serve will ask $5-10 for a used training potty. And it's never people who are hard up for cash, either. They are just stingy.

When I got rid of stuff like that I just gave it to friends with younger kids, donated it to a local shelter if they were taking the items in question, or curbed it. A lot of it was stuff I had received as hand me downs to begin with. And it's not like we're rich. I just don't try to nickel and dime people over something my kid peed in for the last year. So weird.

/rant

My guess is not that they are stingy. It’s that they’re overextended and up to their eyeballs in debt trying to not appear to be hard up for cash.

Oh well then they failed because if you live in a home worth a million+, drive nice cars brand new cars, and dress in designer clothes and wear nice jewelry, and then post your toddlers used potty on the neighborhood listserv for $5, I will assume you are either stingy AF or that you're in debt up to your eyeballs.

Seriously folks, in most neighborhoods with lots of families, you can put this stuff in a box on the curb with words "Free" on the side and post a little "free item alert" to the list serve, and it will be gone in 20 minutes. I once put an old stroller out on our sidewalk with a "free" sign and it was gone so fast that I had to double check that I'd actually put it out because it didn't feel possible someone had already taken it.

If it went that fast, someone took it to sell. Thats the thing about giving stuff away free that has value. People will take it and then upcycle it to sell. I tend to bundle everything so Ill be like $20-25 for training potty for the house, two car travel potties, multiple toilet toppers (hard plastic seat covers), and a toilet seat with a ladder plus 5-6 potty kid books.

I think a bundle like that has added value because then someone can save the time of comparison shopping for items and gathering everything they might need to potty train. Different from trying to get people to give you $10 for your used travel potty.

I personally would not care if someone took the used potty I curbed and then re-sold it. That's their business. But if they listed it on the list-serve for $5, I'd roll my eyes because that's overpriced.

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Anonymous wrote:There are people that believe that if there is a cost to an item, like $5, buyers are less likely to flake than if they were giving the item away for free.

Sometimes it’s more exhausting to give things away. 10 people want it, no one shows up. Then sell it for $5 and someone comes right away and you are done.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, asking money for most of this stuff is weird. Especially things that are only like $20-30 new. People on my neighborhood list serve will ask $5-10 for a used training potty. And it's never people who are hard up for cash, either. They are just stingy.

When I got rid of stuff like that I just gave it to friends with younger kids, donated it to a local shelter if they were taking the items in question, or curbed it. A lot of it was stuff I had received as hand me downs to begin with. And it's not like we're rich. I just don't try to nickel and dime people over something my kid peed in for the last year. So weird.

/rant

My guess is not that they are stingy. It’s that they’re overextended and up to their eyeballs in debt trying to not appear to be hard up for cash.

Oh well then they failed because if you live in a home worth a million+, drive nice cars brand new cars, and dress in designer clothes and wear nice jewelry, and then post your toddlers used potty on the neighborhood listserv for $5, I will assume you are either stingy AF or that you're in debt up to your eyeballs.

Seriously folks, in most neighborhoods with lots of families, you can put this stuff in a box on the curb with words "Free" on the side and post a little "free item alert" to the list serve, and it will be gone in 20 minutes. I once put an old stroller out on our sidewalk with a "free" sign and it was gone so fast that I had to double check that I'd actually put it out because it didn't feel possible someone had already taken it.

If it went that fast, someone took it to sell. Thats the thing about giving stuff away free that has value. People will take it and then upcycle it to sell. I tend to bundle everything so Ill be like $20-25 for training potty for the house, two car travel potties, multiple toilet toppers (hard plastic seat covers), and a toilet seat with a ladder plus 5-6 potty kid books.

I think a bundle like that has added value because then someone can save the time of comparison shopping for items and gathering everything they might need to potty train. Different from trying to get people to give you $10 for your used travel potty.

I personally would not care if someone took the used potty I curbed and then re-sold it. That's their business. But if they listed it on the list-serve for $5, I'd roll my eyes because that's overpriced.

Np, a bundle like that is also different because it is a big discount when you add up the cost of each item.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, asking money for most of this stuff is weird. Especially things that are only like $20-30 new. People on my neighborhood list serve will ask $5-10 for a used training potty. And it's never people who are hard up for cash, either. They are just stingy.

When I got rid of stuff like that I just gave it to friends with younger kids, donated it to a local shelter if they were taking the items in question, or curbed it. A lot of it was stuff I had received as hand me downs to begin with. And it's not like we're rich. I just don't try to nickel and dime people over something my kid peed in for the last year. So weird.

/rant

My guess is not that they are stingy. It’s that they’re overextended and up to their eyeballs in debt trying to not appear to be hard up for cash.

Oh well then they failed because if you live in a home worth a million+, drive nice cars brand new cars, and dress in designer clothes and wear nice jewelry, and then post your toddlers used potty on the neighborhood listserv for $5, I will assume you are either stingy AF or that you're in debt up to your eyeballs.

Seriously folks, in most neighborhoods with lots of families, you can put this stuff in a box on the curb with words "Free" on the side and post a little "free item alert" to the list serve, and it will be gone in 20 minutes. I once put an old stroller out on our sidewalk with a "free" sign and it was gone so fast that I had to double check that I'd actually put it out because it didn't feel possible someone had already taken it.

If it went that fast, someone took it to sell. Thats the thing about giving stuff away free that has value. People will take it and then upcycle it to sell. I tend to bundle everything so Ill be like $20-25 for training potty for the house, two car travel potties, multiple toilet toppers (hard plastic seat covers), and a toilet seat with a ladder plus 5-6 potty kid books.

I think a bundle like that has added value because then someone can save the time of comparison shopping for items and gathering everything they might need to potty train. Different from trying to get people to give you $10 for your used travel potty.

I personally would not care if someone took the used potty I curbed and then re-sold it. That's their business. But if they listed it on the list-serve for $5, I'd roll my eyes because that's overpriced.

Np, a bundle like that is also different because it is a big discount when you add up the cost of each item.

Agreed. I also like when someone puts together a punch of kids clothes of a certain size and sells the bag for $20 -- as long as the clothes are in decent condition, it's worth it to stock up this way and I always look for those as we enter summer because it's such a handy way to stock up on shorts and tees and tanks without having to bother shopping. Plus I feel good buying used.

But I also sometimes see people selling kids clothes for unrealistic amounts. It's so easy to buy kids clothes for not that much money. I don't even put that much effort into it but I know when all the major stores have good sales plus I can shop consignment or thrift stores where everything is really inexpensive. When I see people in the neighborhood who want to sell things for $20 or more, I don't care if it's Hanna or Kate Spade or Baby Boden or whatever -- that's too much for used clothes and probably no one will buy it.

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I never sold underwear or potties but see no issue with selling used baby items in general. If people want them, they will buy them. If not, they won’t. Why should I donate something that someone will pay for?

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Anonymous wrote:I never sold underwear or potties but see no issue with selling used baby items in general. If people want them, they will buy them. If not, they won’t. Why should I donate something that someone will pay for?

+1 I never sell anything because I'm too lazy to manage and track the money transfers (also why I either buy from a store or use buy nothing -- no fb marketplace for me at all) but I don't see any reason why someone else shouldn't sell if they want to.

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Anonymous wrote:I never sold underwear or potties but see no issue with selling used baby items in general. If people want them, they will buy them. If not, they won’t. Why should I donate something that someone will pay for?

I think the implication is that people won't pay for it. Are there really people who will pay $5 for a used potty that they have to go to someone's house to pick up when you could get it new and delivered to your home for like $12 from amazon?

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Anonymous wrote:I never sold underwear or potties but see no issue with selling used baby items in general. If people want them, they will buy them. If not, they won’t. Why should I donate something that someone will pay for?

I think the implication is that people won't pay for it. Are there really people who will pay $5 for a used potty that they have to go to someone's house to pick up when you could get it new and delivered to your home for like $12 from amazon?

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you expect people to give everything away for free. I give plenty away but have generally sold baby gear. Its expensive and adds up. Clearly you are wealthy if you can use something for a short time and not think twice.

I used to and the nice family across the street with young kids would often take it. Then I noticed their yard sale was half my stuff! Now I donate. I would rather goodwill made money on it.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you expect people to give everything away for free. I give plenty away but have generally sold baby gear. Its expensive and adds up. Clearly you are wealthy if you can use something for a short time and not think twice.

I used to and the nice family across the street with young kids would often take it. Then I noticed their yard sale was half my stuff! Now I donate. I would rather goodwill made money on it.

Why?

Once they’re done with it they have to keep it forever just because you gave it to them?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, asking money for most of this stuff is weird. Especially things that are only like $20-30 new. People on my neighborhood list serve will ask $5-10 for a used training potty. And it's never people who are hard up for cash, either. They are just stingy.

When I got rid of stuff like that I just gave it to friends with younger kids, donated it to a local shelter if they were taking the items in question, or curbed it. A lot of it was stuff I had received as hand me downs to begin with. And it's not like we're rich. I just don't try to nickel and dime people over something my kid peed in for the last year. So weird.

/rant

Why do you look at ads for baby stuff people are selling if it bothers you so much?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, asking money for most of this stuff is weird. Especially things that are only like $20-30 new. People on my neighborhood list serve will ask $5-10 for a used training potty. And it's never people who are hard up for cash, either. They are just stingy.

When I got rid of stuff like that I just gave it to friends with younger kids, donated it to a local shelter if they were taking the items in question, or curbed it. A lot of it was stuff I had received as hand me downs to begin with. And it's not like we're rich. I just don't try to nickel and dime people over something my kid peed in for the last year. So weird.

/rant

Why do you look at ads for baby stuff people are selling if it bothers you so much?

What are you talking about "ads". This is just stuff on neighborhood list serves. You have to wade through it to get to posts about soccer sign ups and babysitters. My neighborhood parent list serve is probably 95% people selling used crap of questionable quality, 5% essential info that I really need.

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Anonymous wrote:I buy used underwear so I can throw it out when there's a poop accident.

Sometimes people really need cash. It's a kindness to buy their stuff.

Walmart exists.

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As someone who list a lot of used stuff online, I list 95% of it for free unless it's a legit, in good shape, higher value item. The main value to me is getting it out of my house. Sometimes I've though about listing stuff for like $5-10, but seriously, why? I just want it gone and unless you're selling like 10 used toilets at $10 each and you're getting $100, it's almost pointless. Otherwise listing things for $5 doesn't get any bites, and it just sits.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who list a lot of used stuff online, I list 95% of it for free unless it's a legit, in good shape, higher value item. The main value to me is getting it out of my house. Sometimes I've though about listing stuff for like $5-10, but seriously, why? I just want it gone and unless you're selling like 10 used toilets at $10 each and you're getting $100, it's almost pointless. Otherwise listing things for $5 doesn't get any bites, and it just sits.

+1, my experience too. Anything I'd sell for $5-10, I will get rid of faster if I list for free and say it goes to the first person who can commit to picking it up. I'll charge for some items but use my judgment -- I only ask for money if it's something I'd be willing to pay for used. I buy a lot of stuff used and am pretty frugal, so this is usually a good litmus test.

Also, I am definitely among the less well off people in the neighborhood. We're middle class but the vast majority of people on our list serve are UMC or just plain wealthy. I know a lot of them from school and activities so I am aware of their economic standing. Obviously people can do what they want, but I do find it surprising when people I know to be pretty well off try to sell things for these amounts of money that I know are trivial to them. It does come off as cheap, or at least oblivious, at least to me.