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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She'll be fine and that's a great lesson to teach her. You lose the nice stuff, you don't get the shiny new stuff again. [/quote]

Yes, on this theory, if you really have an aversion to buying used, you can get backpacks, lunch bags and water bottles at Five Below each for under $5, so you can replace the whole set for less than the $15 water bottle.  Yes, they are cheaper quality, but as the PP says, teach them that they only get nice ones once per season and if they lose it, they get the cheaper things until next time.

Although we buy from consignment and thrift stores regularly, we only buy when we can find a good deal on a used item that is higher quality.  If it was something of poorer quality, I'd just get new ones at the discount stores like Five Below.

Note: these are only what's on the web-site.  You can visit your local store and often find different varieties of the same categories:
[url]http://www.fivebelow.com/crafts/backpacks.html[/url]
[url]http://www.fivebelow.com/sports/56oz-jumbo-water-bottle.html[/url]
[url]http://www.fivebelow.com/now/back-2-school/lunch-totes.html[/url][/quote]
And all the cheap quality crap from 5 below ends up in the landfill in 6 months when it breaks.
I'd rather buy from a thrift store, or buy quality that will last and I can give to friends or thrift stores.[/quote]

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