'Am I Being Tight For Buying My Kids Secondhand Toys For Christmas?'
Christmas is expensive, especially when your kids decide they want a doll’s house or Lego set that’s got a three-figure price tag.With the cost of living crisis showing no signs of cooling off anytime soon, parents have been getting creative with ways to spend less on Christmas gifts at this time of year. One mum in particular confessed to buying secondhand gifts for her children – but wondered whether she was being “tight” for doing so. She took to Mumsnet to explain that her children – aged six and eight – are “massively into a particular doll brand and their items are at the top of their Xmas list”. But she added: ”[The] Problem is, everything is so so expensive!”The parent said they’d picked up a bundle of the toys on Facebook Marketplace, all in great condition, but not new in boxes. “I’ve got more than I’d be be able to buy them new, but am I being a tight Mummy?” she asked, before requesting parents’ tips on how to present the toys to her children on Christmas Day. Is it bad to
