From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future

Staffordia

Cheery_Daff said:

I've never heard of CSSC Staffordia! Looks like a useful thing to be part of 😊

It is, joint EH membership alone is £111 I think. We definitely get our money's worth.

Greying_Pilgrim

Well, Staffordia - you've taught me summat I didn't know about 😁  I think I am eligible to join, as a former public sector employee.....  £5 a month = £60 pa, which would give access to other benefits for my family.  Have I read it right?

Greying X

Staffordia

Greying_Pilgrim said:

Well, Staffordia - you've taught me summat I didn't know about 😁  I think I am eligible to join, as a former public sector employee.....  £5 a month = £60 pa, which would give access to other benefits for my family.  Have I read it right?

Greying X

Yes you definitely are eligible. It covers you, OH and children. There are other attractions as well as EH, well worth it IMO.

Greying_Pilgrim

Staffordia - I've joined, thank you so much for the suggestion.  I had no idea this existed!

Greying X

Blackcats

Very helpful @Staffordia - although when I first searched for CSSC I was confused to find Chinese State Shipping Corporation 🤷‍♀️

GP - have you tried V* nted for clothes etc for LG?  Although there are add on costs to the selling price you can clearly see the final price before you confirm your purchase.  there is a huge range of clothing and toys on the site.  Will give you lots of choices and you can choose to filter by condition of the item eg new, very good etc.  you can also offer a lower price.  I've bought and sold on it and find it much more user friendly than the Bay of e.

edinburgher

Also a popular website/app in our house, DD1 almost in adult sizes and nothing lasts long!

Greying_Pilgrim

Ha ha - dearest Blackcats  - you've exposed my cunning plan to have reasonably priced clothing delivered to me cheaply via that shipping company membership I've just bought 🤣 

No, seriously, I haven't explored the world of V1nted.  Mostly because I (perhaps erroneously?) believe that it wouldn't be easy to 'return' clothes.  LG is big/small/tall/short/broad/slim in all the wrong locations, which makes buying clothes an issue - especially when modern children's clothes are obviously designed by computer to get the most clothes out of each bolt of cloth.  They surely aren't designed with fit in mind. My 'O' level needlework mistress would have a hissy fit at the lack of gussets in garments these days!  So whilst I purchase 'new' clothes primarily, I end up taking at least half the selections back, as they just don't fit 😟  I occasionally get clothes from chazzers and I bought a top for LG from teekaymxx the other day.  I have found, when I pick up the odd item from a chazzer - and it's tu or m&$, I generally have to go up several ages ranges to try to ensure fit, and the clothes generally aren't as good/long lasting as they used to be.  

Have I got the wrong notion about v1nted tho?  It's a personal selling site, for preloved things, isn't it?  Not a mixed market place like bayofE?

Greying X

LotsOfTea

I use Vinted a lot but you are taking a risk as you can't return things if they don't fit, only if they're not as described. 

Blackcats

As @LotsOfTea says It isn't possible to retun items on Vin Ted.  I get what you mean about LG not necessarily being an off the peg customer to buy for.
I feel enriched today that I'm probably now on the radar of that state shipping company and have being giving thought to the lack of gussets in our modern world 😉

Staffordia

Blackcats said:

Very helpful @Staffordia - although when I first searched for CSSC I was confused to find Chinese State Shipping Corporation 🤷‍♀️

🤣, perhaps that's why the organisation I was talking about aren't that well known.