Hey 
Well as money is going to be extremely tight without my wages (signed off at the mo on SSP expecting to be sacked). We've gone ahead and kitted ourselves out now to save the worry in the future, at least we know where we are.
Last weekend I took a trip to Mothercare and decided that I wanted a 2 in 1 pram/pushchair. I had a look on Ebay to see what sort of prices 2nd hand ones go for and found a seller with thousands of ratings that sells new stuff (as well as used stuff) he grades the things gold, silver and bronze. Gold is basically brand new condition, the kind of things like catalogue returns etc, silver is where they've had a fault and been repaired (and are totally fine) or have a scratch or something and bronze is used condition.
I bought the pram that I wanted which was £180 in Mothercare, new off of him for £85.55.
I've also bought a brand new cot, brand new Cossato mattress, Graco car seat (silver quality - only downgraded due to scratch on base) and Graco car seat holder (silver quality due to small scratches) - including the cost of the pram my total spent (without postage but they are going to combine it) is £157.12, which is less than the pram had I bought it in Mothercare.
My point is, there are some bargains to be had on there, I'm not a skank but I've saved a load of money which will come in really handy later on
Well as money is going to be extremely tight without my wages (signed off at the mo on SSP expecting to be sacked). We've gone ahead and kitted ourselves out now to save the worry in the future, at least we know where we are.
Last weekend I took a trip to Mothercare and decided that I wanted a 2 in 1 pram/pushchair. I had a look on Ebay to see what sort of prices 2nd hand ones go for and found a seller with thousands of ratings that sells new stuff (as well as used stuff) he grades the things gold, silver and bronze. Gold is basically brand new condition, the kind of things like catalogue returns etc, silver is where they've had a fault and been repaired (and are totally fine) or have a scratch or something and bronze is used condition.
I bought the pram that I wanted which was £180 in Mothercare, new off of him for £85.55.
I've also bought a brand new cot, brand new Cossato mattress, Graco car seat (silver quality - only downgraded due to scratch on base) and Graco car seat holder (silver quality due to small scratches) - including the cost of the pram my total spent (without postage but they are going to combine it) is £157.12, which is less than the pram had I bought it in Mothercare.
My point is, there are some bargains to be had on there, I'm not a skank but I've saved a load of money which will come in really handy later on
