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Poll: you're having a baby, and you get hand-me-down clothes from a few people. A year later, one of those people asks for the clothes back to sell.

Posted by TFox Oct 1 '09, 09:03

(taking them to a consignment shop, I guess.) You try to guess which things were from them, but they comment after going through it that it mostly looks like other people clothes.

On a scale of 1-10, how reasonable is this? and as a follow-up, what is your next step? Invite them over to go through all the old clothes and take whatever they recognize?

Responses:

possibly that person is in financial difficulty and is searching for ways to get some money, otherwise that's pretty jerky. -- nm - zork Oct 1, 09:18 2
- That's the only reason I can think of that would explain it. - znufrii Oct 1, 09:20 1
  - or give them everything that's still not being used -- nm - zork Oct 1, 09:22
Very unreasonable and I tell them it's too late the clothes are gone. You handed them down to someone else. - Krusty Oct 1, 09:08
Classless. That which lacks class. Schoolhouse in summer. -- nm - HdnAgnda Oct 1, 09:08
If they wanted the clothes for a new arrival of their own, then fair enough. But for sale? They have already given them to you. -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 09:06 1
- Yeah, "new baby: completely reasonable. "sell": completely unreasonable. -- nm - Ender Oct 1, 09:21
Shoot them. -- nm - znufrii Oct 1, 09:05
1 = very unreasonable; not sure what I'd do ("sorry, gave them away" or "had to throw them out") -- nm - Don Homer Oct 1, 09:05 1
- "we threw them out, they were hideous and we just took them so you wouldn't feel stupid" -- nm - Beaker Oct 1, 09:07
If they did not tell you upfront, totally unreasonable. - Spawn Oct 1, 09:04 17
- Outgrown (full disclosure: not me, this is a coworker's situation.) -- nm - TFox Oct 1, 09:07
- word. we get stuff and then pass it along (Pay It Forward) -- nm - Beaker Oct 1, 09:06
- this is the correct answer. -- nm - Callisto Oct 1, 09:05 14
  - One of our friends saved her sons and is letting us use them. We are appreciative. - Spawn Oct 1, 09:07 13
    - I mean, if I gave that stuff to someone, there is no way I'd expect it back. - Callisto Oct 1, 09:10 12
      - Well, since it has a built in usage life for us, I can understand her wanting it back. - Spawn Oct 1, 09:15
      - Right. Not cool at all. And if they were friends, I'd be rather upset. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 1, 09:11
      - i am totally agreed on that point. i guess my next question is, given that they are classless jackholes, what next? - TFox Oct 1, 09:11 9
        
        I wouldn't offer to let them come over, I'd just say "if there's anything in particular you think wasn't there let me know and I can look for it". -- nm - Ender Oct 1, 09:24 1
        
        i like this one better - 'lia Oct 1, 09:30
        
        I'd send a similar response, but ask them to describe the clothes rather than coming by (which is an imposition to you) -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 09:15
        
        I think that's above and beyond what the situation calls for, but is probably good for diffusing a difficult situation. -- nm - Callisto Oct 1, 09:14
        
        See, that's too nice. They don't get any back imo. -- nm - Don Homer Oct 1, 09:12 4
        
        I'm just not sure it's worth the fight. If it was a bigger item like a crib or jumper, I wouldn't hesitate to return it. - TFox Oct 1, 09:14
        
        Word. They shouldn't have given the clothes away in the first place. If it was a week fine, but it's been a year. -- nm - Krusty Oct 1, 09:13
        
        Has anyone ever accused TFox of that before? -- nm - Roger More Oct 1, 09:13 1
        
        No. In fact, it's one of the signs of the apocolypse, IIRC. -- nm - mara Oct 1, 09:14

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Poll: you're having a baby, and you get hand-me-down clothes from a few people. A year later, one of those people asks for the clothes back to sell.

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