my bargain christmas 2009

uolypool

I've been buying most of my presents from ebay over the past year my best buy though from ebay hads got to be the replacement psp i got my son whos had unfortunately broken and because we had been quoted £60+ to get it repaired he was going to throw it away , anyway i saw an auction on ebay replace your broken psp for brand new one buy now £35 or make an offer, so I made an offer of £20 and it was excepted so low and behold a new psp was delivered this week for the grand sum of £20 all wrapped up ready for xmas

fly_dragon_fly

i'm the same as you honey i have to tell myself i'm not in thousands of pounds worth of debt like my friends.

he's got this year a leapster 2 (£20 in argos with a game) a leapfrog leapPad and a my first LeapPad both with 3 books which in total cost me £10, a pedal go kart which my brother has sprayed for us which cost £15 a ben 10 sweet watch which cost £1.50 but looks like the watch he uses, 7 boxs of magnetix which cost 10 pounds in total, a Wii pack which should cost £20 but i got it for 99p on ebay and a stock full of stuff coming to about £15!

just got to buy him some pj's and some chocolate coins and a kitchen he wants (which cost my friends £170 which i have found on ebay for £10!!!!) and then he's done.

he's getting a Wii from his dad parents (they live in hampshire and spoil him with money, i spoil him with love) so this christmas he doesn't care about anything else so haven't gone mad!

be proud and shout it from the roof tops i always do!!!

Tootsiepops

Well done on all your bargain-hunting, at least you can sit back after xmas and relax an know there's gonna be no big CC bill in january, ive got my girls loads of great books and dvd's from the carboots and toys from the charity shops, i think its great and no bl**dy packaging to get rid of afterwards x

kate83

Mummyroo wrote: »

Well done you¬:j I bought my ds a little tykes police car from ebay last year for his birthday at £15 it was a snip, I thought I would feel guilty about palming him off with second hand toys but infact I felt great, I was giving him a great toy for less money and helping the environment by stopping it going in landfill! He was only 2 so had no idea even if it had a few scratches, and it has many more now!
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That's what I think. The people who turn their noses up about buying second hand are also normally the ones that show off about how environmentally friendly they are. Just point out how many resources (and carbon) you are saving by recycling toys.

My family (grandmas) drives me mad by buying loads of cheap clothes and toys for my daughter that she will never wear or play with. I'd much rather have quality stuff second hand that I know I can pass on/sell to someone else when we're finished with them.

coco1980

i havent bought anything from charity shops but i did get most of my shopping from amazon this year for ds and didnt pay full price for anything, didnt even pay for postage .

sh3ri3

Love this thread, glad to see imnot alone. I have also found most of the presents this year from car boot sales, NCT nearly new sales and with offers/sales that i have had stashed from Jan sales.

I have had the best run up to christmas i can remember as doing things this way has made me less stressed about money.

My utter bargin has been a leappad with 7 books for my daughter, pristine condition just not box for £7!! from a local car boot.

legio11

im so glad everyone is enjoying this thread, i took my son to see father xmas today and when he asked him what he wanted i could have cried as my son said a dvd and blanket to use on sofa with mummy and daddy xx