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Verbatim

We couldn't sell outgrown clothes or toys, ever, if it was theft!

skintchick

tabath wrote:

Totally agree with skintchick. Does Comtains Mild Peril even have kids??

The irony being that I don't have kids, but if I did, I'd DEFINITELY sell their stuff on eBay if they left it lying around.

Come to think of it, I could do it to my lodger......hmmm, there's tempting...

moozie_2

A lot of serious discussion around this unusual ebay item which may be a lot more innocent than it looks! In any case, good on her :T

5limJim

skintchick wrote:

Oh for goodness' sake, what liberal PC nonsense is this?

They are kids, they leave the stuff everywhere, she is the parent, she warned them, she can do what she likes with it.

That's the toshiest* post I have ever read.

* Yes, that IS a new word!! I made it up all by myself!!

Agreed with the above.... If you confiscate something from a child what are they goin to do, call the police and say you stole it...Not a chance... That would then make grounding a child false imprisonment as well.... PC gone mad!

Contains_Mild_Peril

Verbatim wrote:

We couldn't sell outgrown clothes or toys, ever, if it was theft!

If her listing is truthful (and I really hope it's not), she's planning on spending the money on herself. Most parents I know who sell their kids' outgrown toys or clothes use the proceeds to buy them new ones, and don't go selling stuff their kids still use to teach them a lesson! Anything belonging to my son which I sell is always with his consent, the money is spent on him (he usually gets it to spend himself, though I sometimes have to insist that sales of outgrown school clothes go towards new ones that he needs, but he's fine with that), and I also encourage him to donate things he doesn't really use to charity.
I did ask this woman about the ownership issue, and she says she herself bought and paid or every single item in the box, but I say if she then gave those items to other people, they now belong to the recipients.

skintchick

This really ought to be moved to the Arms if we're going to have a big discussion, but there IS already a thread on it on the eBay board, so perhaps we should just drop it?

ContainsMildPeril - we understand what you're saying, but it seems most if not all of us disagree with you and think your viewpoint is unusual and misguided.

You can keep telling us what you think, but I'm guessing it won't change people's opinions and we'll just keep going round in circles.

Sorry, but there you are.

Omertron

Contains_Mild_Peril wrote:

In the first place, I doubt she herself bought them every single item that's going into the box, and in the second place, if she gives something to someone then it is theirs. She is no more entitled to sell something she gave to her children without their consent than I would be to sell something I gave my husband years ago without his consent. Unless everything she buys for them is lent to them rather than given to them (which is most unlikely to apply to birthday and Christmas "presents"), she has no right to reclaim it.
In practice, of course, ownership would be very difficult to prove (though there may be inscriptions in books or other evidence which would establish ownership of some items) and sadly, police tend to take the same attitude towards "domestic" theft that they used to take towards domestic violence in the old days.
If she were doing this to donate the money to a worthy cause that would be bad enough, but she plans to spend money that does not rightfully belong to her on herself. I consider her actions quite despicable. I don't know how anyone can bring themselves to bid.

There speaks someone who's never had to clear up after the kids, time after time after time. I appreciate that to the letter of the law you are correct, but let's face it she's warned them, and if they ignore the warning and she treats the items as discarded not wanted, then the items are no longer theirs are they?