Prams on eBay

[pne]

I just bid €55 on a pram and am having second thoughts whether this was a good idea.

The auction is going to expire in a quarter of an hour and bids are only €15 on it… I would have expected to be outbid immediately.

Now I'm unsure whether to wait up and see what happens. I'm also not sure whether the seller ships; he makes contradictory statements of "Pick up in person since shipping is expensive and inconvenient for me" and "Shipping can be arranged; contact me for pricing afterwards".

Part of me is hoping that I'll be outbid in the next fifteen minutes and that we'll maybe get this other pram which only offers "Buy it now" for €298… but which is a bit better and where the seller explicitly offers shipping (worldwide, even).

On the other hand, €298 is a lot of money.

On the third hand, there's no telling whether we'd get a decent pram cheaply off eBay if we didn't buy this one which obviously looks good—but then again, perhaps it just looks good?

Meh. Impulse purchases. Gah.

Edit 22:17: €40.50 now.

Edit, one minute to go: We've been outbid.

Edit 22:42: The second pram auction finished as well. Stella decided not to bid on it.

Will have to think about things more when we're more awake—tomorrow or later.

Comments

[jpallan.livejournal.com]

Prams can be rather darn useless, too, since the baby usually yells when they get into it.

I made it through all of Julianne's babyhood with a Maya Wrap sling (http://www.mayawrap.com) and an Evenflo baby carrier backpack -- it's a big frame pack, suitable for hiking. The sling was nice because she could nurse while being held in it, which is pretty much what newborns occupy themselves with for hours on end, plus it was a bit more discreet for nursing -- since the baby's already being held in something, though I'm not sure on European norms for infants and mothers in public anyway.

Prams are nice when you don't want the baby on you, but the chances of the baby tolerating this, at least during the early months, are low, and after that, a jogging stroller or something else that allows for the baby to look *out* more than just lying down and looking *up* is definitely more appropriate.

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

Wow. I can't imagine spending €298 on a stroller. I imagine I'll wind up needing a stroller, but I'm hoping to get by primarily with a sling and later, a backpack.

Good luck finding a stroller you like!