You know what I hate about the flea - market???

mckayleesmom wrote: When you get the impression that someone is selling their childrens toys and the children aren't even done playing with them....the parents just need the money.

I can understand needing to sell some stuff for money if times are really that hard....but why sell stuff that is obviously new and still being played with and better yet....why bring your children with you to see their stuff sold?

There was a little girl and boy at the flea market today and the dad was selling their stuff......A girls bycycle that was obviously brand new..probably a xmas present. When Mckaylee looked at it...the little girl flipped because it was obviously still loved. The little boy had an one of those table football games and it was obviously still loved too because it was brand new and he was still playing it.

I have had broke times too, but I could never sell my kids toys that they still played with and look like they probably got just at xmas time. Find another way.

Also...he was way overpriceing the stuff.....There were a couple cube shelves and he wanted 10 bucks for them....Ya right.

gr33n3y3z replied:
Very sad like you said dont bring the kids to watch it be sold.

Hello Mr. is a FLEA MARKET some ppl. make you stop and think dont they Bri?

sparkys2boys replied: I have seen that to. I can't imagine doing that to my children.

msoulz replied: That's sad - but because in my mind the people are desperately in need of money, so they have to sell the kids' good stuff. And that may be why it was overpriced too. But who really knows why they were doing it.

mckayleesmom replied:
I can understand being desperate for money....but honestly,,,if it were me....I would do a number of things before selling my kids stuff.......and if it were the only option...I at least wouldn't bring the kids to watch their new beloved toys get sold in front of them.

msoulz replied:
No doubt about that.

Teesa®© replied: Awww, the poor children I think I'd probably buy the bike and the football game and give them back to the children.

I wouldn't care HOW desperate I was for money, my children's things would NEVER get sold!! Even if we had to move someplace smaller, their bikes and large stuff would go to Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Crystalina replied: Ok, I'm going to play devil's advocate here...

Or they can be toys that the kids never play with but when it's ready to be picked up by another child all of a sudden that is their favorite toy. My sister's kids do that. They are all for selling this or that or she has said that she's going to get rid of something and they could care less about it but the minute they realize that it's really going they are all of a sudden loving that toy. She's even said, Ok, keep it and the minute it's all over the toy is unloved again.

I'm sure some parents do it for the money but you have to realize how kids flip-flop with things like that. If it's a young child though I don't think they understand what "selling" is so they probably shouldn't be there.

msoulz replied:
This is so true! That's why I know the story I made up may be completely wrong. Plus I thought, maybe these kids have been just awful and they are learning a hard lesson. One just never knows.

mckayleesmom replied:
Ya....but these were obviously really really new....the bike even had the price sticker still on it in mint condition.......

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: When we moved form CO we told teh kids they could pack one box of toys. everything else was getting sold at a garage sale. THey did....they packed up their toys and I made a couple exceptions (another box of stuffed animals and two big trucks that didn't fit in the box) but everything else got sold. NOw it had nothing to do with needing the money and a bunch of the toys were being played with right up until they got put on shelves at the garage sale....and lots were getting played with during. I think that could very possibly be one of those times where judgment is best saved for those who know the whole story.

mckayleesmom replied:
I can even see that....if your kids were fine with it...great.....But this little girl was crying. Mckaylee went to sit on the bike and the little girl practically pushed her off of it and said it was hers.....I think that is just plain mean to sell a toy your kids still love, especially if they don't want it sold and your doing it in front of them.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: I never said my kids were fine with it. I said we did it. We were moving and there was not a chance I was taking a basement full of toys to a different state. Maybe money was tight and they needed it. I have never had to choose between feeding my children or not so never thought of selling anything of theirs to do so. But it's also not my place to judge them when I have no clue what the circumstances are surrounding.

mckayleesmom replied:
Well you have your opinion and I have mine and what I saw was clearly not a nice thing this guy was doing. Like I said, I can see needing money and needing to get rid of things, or just plain needing to get rid of clutter, but to see a little girl and boy clearly upset about their dad selling their possessions (obviously new) right in front of them was in my opinion wrong.

I just can't see buying Mckaylee a bike or someone giving her one and selling it 2 months later and making her watch while I do it. Sorry, but I just couldn't do it and if that makes me judgemental, then so be it.

mckayleesmom replied: I just think there was a different way they could go about it instead of the way they did.