Buying gift for daughter.

Primrose

The problem with that idea is that by the time she's old enough to enjoy a cd it may be obsolete technology and you may no longer have the equipment on which to play them !

meer53

Batman2017 wrote: »

thanks sea shell i like the idea of the playlist. I might have a look for some now CDs as I dont know if I can download my apple music streaming service songs onto a cd

You'll be able to do this when the time comes, using the technology of the day. No need to do it now, i can find songs from my year of birth, and i was born in the 50's :eek:

Sea_Shell

Primrose wrote: »

The problem with that idea is that by the time she's old enough to enjoy a cd it may be obsolete technology and you may no longer have the equipment on which to play them !

You only have to think back to the turn of the century to see how quickly things have moved on since then and the technology that has developed....heaven only knows what the next 18 years will bring.

We might all have embedded chips in our head connected directly to our neuro systems....and we'll all be speaking with an Arnie accent!!!!:eek::rotfl::eek:

barbiedoll

Tomorrow’s collectibles are today’s “throwaway” items, usually everyday stuff that no-one thinks twice about.

Maybe pick up a 2017 phone, and keep it for the future....do old handsets do have a collectible value? If it was boxed and never used?

We tend to think of “heirlooms” as valuable stuff such as jewellery, paintings or expensive china/glassware, things that have tended to be lost or damaged, which obviously inflates the prices now. What about stuff that is going to be obsolete in years to come? A plastic bag from a retailer that may not be around in 17 years? A pack of plastic straws?
A tv listings magazine? (Better than a newspaper which basically shows yesterday’s news anyway)

It’s hard, isn’t it? My son is 20 now and when he was born, 2018 seemed to be a lifetime away. As I type this, I’m drinking tea from a Millwall mug that is older than him, wearing a skirt that I’ve owned since before I met his dad (a short, stretchy Lycra number which cost me £3.99 from Woolworths kids dept!) and listening to a CD which came out in the year of his birth. None of which he would consider an heirloom!

If you want to buy shares, try a forward-looking company....like Tesla!

suejb2

It’s hard, isn’t it? My son is 20 now and when he was born, 2018 seemed to be a lifetime away. As I type this, I’m drinking tea from a Millwall mug that is older than him, wearing a skirt that I’ve owned since before I met his dad (a short, stretchy Lycra number which cost me £3.99 from Woolworths kids dept!) and listening to a CD which came out in the year of his birth. None of which he would consider an heirloom!


What an image, it's called vintage now! I'm in pyjamas (it's half term I'm allowed) that are older than my children. Doesn't make them worth anything only to me, they are so comfy.

Auntie-Dolly

What about a piece of pottery or artwork from an young maker? Could be the Picasso of the future!

Brookside88

I have a friend whose parents bought a tiny diamond every year on her birthday and on her 18th she went to a jewellers and chose something to make it into. She chose a cluster type ring. I think that's s nice idea

kerri_gt

My parents bought me a charm bracelet with £ given as gifts when I was born, the idea was they were going to add a charm each birthday until I was 18. Although that part went by the wayside, the bracelet is still special to me. It's prob worth something now but I'd never sell it anyway.

sn1987a

I was given some jewelry when I was born by relatives. They are inside a box and were worn only when I was a teenager. The value is small and anyway it would more of a hassle to try to sell them. Even if you give her something that it turns out to be a collectable, she may not be able to sell it. It's better, in my opinion, to buy her something that means something to you and hopefully it will mean something to her as well in the future. A pendant with her initials and her date of birth, or something similar? Something that will not showcase her initials so her children could use it as well.

pearl123

Open a bank account and put in x amount every year until she is 18 or 21.