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Re: Once upon a ripoff

  • AquaFlowersAquaFlowers

    imageMissNikki007:
    I feel like they are all a ripoff. If I wasn't so lazy, I would just sell everything on eBay.

    I would too. 

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  • Wufroggy79Wufroggy79 member
    I totally agree.  I'd rather give my stuff to Goodwill than sell it for next to nothing at a shop.  I've tried three different places and found all to be a poor trade.  I've had better luck selling in a mom swap group I belong to on FB.
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  • ShellShockedMamaShellShockedMama member

    I'm just confused why some are so shocked. I mean, I see things new with tags for $5. Doesn't that make one think that trading stuff in would not result in heap big money?? I've rarely seen any single thing for more than $10. Stands to reason that the way they make it cheap for you to buy is bc they don't pay out much. 

    I just don't get the outrage.  

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  • Wufroggy79Wufroggy79 member
    imageShellShockedMama:

    I'm just confused why some are so shocked. I mean, I see things new with tags for $5. Doesn't that make one think that trading stuff in would not result in heap big money?? I've rarely seen any single thing for more than $10. Stands to reason that the way they make it cheap for you to buy is bc they don't pay out much. 

    I just don't get the outrage.  

    I brought in a bag of at least 35 items once, and I got 20 bucks.  They were going to sell things in the bag for more than approx $2 a piece.  Several Gymboree and Baby Gap items were in there, and they always high end them at $6-9 a piece.  Basically, I got way less than even 50% of what they will mark it up for.  
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  • Wufroggy79Wufroggy79 member
    imageMissNikki007:
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    imageMissNikki007:

    I'm not dumb; I realize they are a business and they have overhead. But IME, it's a ripoff.

    I took my Chicco Trevi Stroller to a local consignment shop. It had been used maybe 10 times. They offered me $20 for a $180 stroller that I know damn well they were not going to sell for $40.

    No offense, but that kind of stroller isn't going to fetch them a ton of money used. It's not a product like a BOB stroller or an ergo carrier that has a high resale value, KWIM?

    I can't imagine they'd get significantly more than $40 even if the stroller was in good shape.

    People tend to overexaggerate what their products are actually worth.

    ...but then you look around the store and see a beat up Cosco stroller that they are selling for $50. Meh.
    I totally agree.  You'd do better selling your stroller on CL.
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  • blondek8blondek8 member

    I've sold tons of the twins' sh!t to OUAC. I usually get $60 for half a tupperware tote full of clothes. The other half they don't buy, I end up donating to Goodwill. It's worth it for me. I don't care if they give me 0.50c for a piece of new clothing. I just want it the H out of my house. We've got far too much baby sh!t laying around here. I figure I may as well get a couple bucks for all of it.

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