Comments on: Guilt-free toy-buying for your kids http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/ Personal finance, commentary, and spending less the easy way Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:59:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Laura http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-192773 Laura Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:05:29 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/?p=1757#comment-192773 Spoiling the kids doesn't really depend on the quantity of toys you get them at the garage sales... what is far more important is whether or not you give them the stuff they want EVERY single time they ask for it. Sometimes No is a very good answer. Spoiling the kids doesn’t really depend on the quantity of toys you get them at the garage sales… what is far more important is whether or not you give them the stuff they want EVERY single time they ask for it. Sometimes No is a very good answer.

]]> By: gigi @ best madame alexander dolls http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-191535 gigi @ best madame alexander dolls Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:16:39 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/?p=1757#comment-191535 I am a grandma with 2 wonderful grandkids 5 and 4 years old. When they spend the weekend with me I take them to the flea market our the dollar store to get a few toys. They think grandma is the greatest. I guess I will not be able to get away with that when they become teenages. I am a grandma with 2 wonderful grandkids 5 and 4 years old.

When they spend the weekend with me I take them to the flea market our the dollar store to get a few toys. They think grandma is the greatest.

I guess I will not be able to get away with that when they become teenages.

]]> By: Heather Mortgage Modification http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-188278 Heather Mortgage Modification Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:33:47 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/?p=1757#comment-188278 I love garage sales and flea markets, even the dollar store. When we go there my 7 year old is allowed to bring a couple of dollars that way she learns that she needs to buy within her means. She cannot overspend and beg me until I give in. Since my kids were little we try to go to Goodwill or 2nd hand shops to donate their old toys too because it keeps them out of landfills. I will also make the point that we are going to the garage sale to look for a specific item and her what she really needs. Thanks for the information. I love garage sales and flea markets, even the dollar store. When we go there my 7 year old is allowed to bring a couple of dollars that way she learns that she needs to buy within her means. She cannot overspend and beg me until I give in. Since my kids were little we try to go to Goodwill or 2nd hand shops to donate their old toys too because it keeps them out of landfills. I will also make the point that we are going to the garage sale to look for a specific item and her what she really needs. Thanks for the information.

]]> By: AJ @ acoustic guitars http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-187813 AJ @ acoustic guitars Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:51:41 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/?p=1757#comment-187813 I know that when I was young my parents would buy all my Christmas presents at the salvation army. I was too young to really have a list of stuff that I wanted from the retail stores anyway. I think that yard sales are a great place to buy toys, because they are so cheap. I also think it's kinda tough to spoil a kid by buying him a couple of 50 cent toys. The way I see it, if you're taking the kid to the yard sale, you're probably going to buy them a toy anyway. Your kid might be spoiled though if they're the ones demanding to go to a yard sale and demanding new toys. I know that when I was young my parents would buy all my Christmas presents at the salvation army. I was too young to really have a list of stuff that I wanted from the retail stores anyway. I think that yard sales are a great place to buy toys, because they are so cheap. I also think it’s kinda tough to spoil a kid by buying him a couple of 50 cent toys. The way I see it, if you’re taking the kid to the yard sale, you’re probably going to buy them a toy anyway. Your kid might be spoiled though if they’re the ones demanding to go to a yard sale and demanding new toys.

]]> By: Mike http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-187625 Mike Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:44:29 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/?p=1757#comment-187625 I feel if you buy your children anything and everything they want you can and will spoil them I l used to take my kids to yard sales but I would only give them a few bucks to spend, so they would learn to use their limited budget well! Just my two cents. I feel if you buy your children anything and everything they want you can and will spoil them
I l used to take my kids to yard sales but I would only give them a few bucks to spend, so they would learn to use their limited budget well! Just my two cents.

]]> By: Robert http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/08/13/guilt-free-toy-buying-for-your-kids/comment-page-1/#comment-187516 Robert Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:05:14 +0000 http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/?p=1757#comment-187516 I'm not sure kids will necessarily appreciate "saving money" at flea markets, etc. Isn't the idea to help them develop a bit of restraint. If they get a toy every time they go to garage sale, cheap or not, that lesson is lost. It's great to save money. But they ought not to expect something every time they go out. I’m not sure kids will necessarily appreciate “saving money” at flea markets, etc. Isn’t the idea to help them develop a bit of restraint. If they get a toy every time they go to garage sale, cheap or not, that lesson is lost. It’s great to save money. But they ought not to expect something every time they go out.

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