Second Hand Children Stuff

[geovalin]

In any country you can find stores or web sites to buy / sell second hand stuff for children as obviously we do not want to buy ice-skate shoes every 6 months.

Please give me the physical address or web site address for such things in Bangkok. Need to be specialized in kids items.

If it does not exist, please create it next week.

If you don't, I'll be obliged to do it myself.

:-)

[coventry]

In any country you can find stores or web sites to buy / sell second hand stuff for children as obviously we do not want to buy ice-skate shoes every 6 months.

Please give me the physical address or web site address for such things in Bangkok. Need to be specialized in kids items.

If it does not exist, please create it next week.

If you don't, I'll be obliged to do it myself.

:-)

Geovalin, have you been drinking ?

[geovalin]

Geovalin, have you been drinking ?

Why does make you think I drank? What kind of liquid do you mean?

By the way, do you know a place or website for kids second hand stuff?

[think_too_mut]

By the way, do you know a place or website for kids second hand stuff?

Thais normally scorn at second hand stuff, I was told not to offer anything to anyone, not even for free.

A load (about 1 cubic metre) of overgrown clothes, shoes, toys, accessories, we ferried to hometown and left on the porch for neigbourhood (that flows through all day) to pick from. Many poor people there but it still took time before the pile was cleared.

I can imagine how little interest it would have generated among middle class city dwellers.

[Mario2008]

Having been volunteering in several remote area's in Thailand for years, it is not uncommen that people donate clothing and toys for distribution at poor schools and the likes. Often trough a temple or a radio station which sends out an appeal.

[phaethon]

A load (about 1 cubic metre) of overgrown clothes, shoes, toys, accessories, we ferried to hometown and left on the porch for neigbourhood (that flows through all day) to pick from. Many poor people there but it still took time before the pile was cleared.

I can imagine how little interest it would have generated among middle class city dwellers.

In the West that's fly-tipping, in Thailand it's charity

[phaethon]

Actually I just came across a thread (Moses basket) in which Niranut mentions www.bambiweb.org - Thailand-based mothers' support group with a classified ads section you could browse or post a request on.

[think_too_mut]

A load (about 1 cubic metre) of overgrown clothes, shoes, toys, accessories, we ferried to hometown and left on the porch for neigbourhood (that flows through all day) to pick from. Many poor people there but it still took time before the pile was cleared.

I can imagine how little interest it would have generated among middle class city dwellers.

In the West that's fly-tipping, in Thailand it's charity

It would be odd to see a poor kid in a Burberry shirt that was 200US$ when new. Even if everybody thinks it is fake.

[samran]

Actually I just came across a thread (Moses basket) in which Niranut mentions www.bambiweb.org - Thailand-based mothers' support group with a classified ads section you could browse or post a request on.

Agree with others who have said that Thai's wouldn't really go for second hand stuff - looked down upon firstly, and secondly, most baby needs here are very cheap...

Secondly, there is a pretty established second had market amongst expats. Bambi does it for fund raising, and people swap stuff all the time.

Our moses basket which we bought second hand, has since gone through three other babies before coming back to us for our new one.

The cot we use, was 'lent' to us three years ago by some long term expat friends. Between no 1 and no 2 we tried to return it but they showed no interest, so we've told them we'll use it for no 2 when she gets to needing it. So we'll probably have it for 5 years.

[yeti]

Let's share, they only deal in 2nd hand stuff for children (most of the stuff is for babies). They have 2 shops, including a brand new one in Sathorn area.

Most of the stuff you will find there comes from Japan (no idea why), so it's rather good quality, but not much cheaper than new stuff of Thai quality.

A lot of choice (and most interesting deals) for car seats, carry bags, breast pumps, sterilizers, etc.

If you buy something and want to sell it back, they will give you back 30% of the price you paid initially (if your kid did not damage it).

[think_too_mut]

Most of the stuff you will find there comes from Japan (no idea why), so it's rather good quality, but not much cheaper than new stuff of Thai quality.

I live in Japan, I can tell you why: no way you can sell anything second hand in Japan. Nobody would take anything second hand for free. All you need is to set up a container and a banner with "drop your used baby stuff here" and in a day you will be snowed under.

Good people are happy to drop it where someone will take care of it (redistribute to other countries or dispose of). It is good people who chose not to chuck used baby stuff into "burnable garbage" and let it vanish forever.

It cost 30$ to slap a city council sticker on 2nd hand TVs (flatscreen included), fridges, washing machines to be taken away once a month.

There is hardly any market for apartments where someone had lived, second hand cars go to Russia, New Zealand, South America...let alone market for 2nd hand clothes, baby or no baby.

[think_too_mut]

Most of the stuff you will find there comes from Japan (no idea why), so it's rather good quality

Another one. Just walked past garbage room in my building, this baby car seat (Aprica brand) is at least 500$ but ended up in junk. The table next to it has city council sticker in the middle that says the disposal tax has been paid, the chair haid onthe back.

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[torrenova]

I actually disagree about the 2nd hand thing in Buriram for sure. There are a few people my missus knows who have been more than grateful to take some baby stuff from her without any thought of it being charity. Yes, they know it is for free and yes, they are friends of the missus with their new or younger babies but they are not rich for sure and have to watch their bahts. To save a few hundred here and there is important to some of them.

Perhaps because the things look new and it is between friends is the difference but then again, these are people who think we are mad / rich to "waste" Bt700 on a pack of 50 or so Mamy Poco nappies. I guess some of the things are brands and qualities which they could not justify buying or afford to buy.

I remember once when her friend's baby was born and the nappy people were giving out loads of towels and other things if you bought a pack. Knowing we didn't need them did not stop us spending perhaps Bt10,000 to get all these freebies which we were able to pass on at zero cost to ourselves.