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Are You Serious! – Toy Rant

November 18th, 2008 by Mommie

I asked my daughter (6) what she wanted for Christmas. It’s definitely time to start hunting for bargains! She knew what she wanted right away. “I want Biscuit the dog.” Ok, fine, so I put it on her list. I e-mailed a few people and let them know about Biscuit, I had never heard of it but my daughter said it was just a stuffed animal that does tricks. Sounds cool to me. As we were walking through Costco she said “Look mom, that’s Biscuit! That’s the dog I want.” I turn to see a stuffed animal dog with a $150 price tag…ARE YOU SERIOUS!

Since when did these toys over $150 become the posh toys! Seriously! Am I the only one that thinks that is way over the top for one toy? I can’t justify it what-so-ever. They have these ponies that kids can ride on and hummers kids can drive. Hell, I was happy with a Cabbage Patch Kid when I was a kid, I remember I got a radio one year, that rocked! When did our kids need this stuff to be fulfilled for Christmas?

I explained to my daughter there was no way she was getting that. For one, I know my daughter and she’d play with it for like 2 days and that would be it. Not to mention the fact that we have more than one kid and a budget. She decides to try bargaining with me. She says that we don’t have to get it for her, one of her grandmas will. Ya, NO crazy kid, neither of your Grandma’s are that crazy. “Well, maybe you can pay for it little by little.” Um, I’m not taking out a loan so you can have a silly dog. Then she tried “Santa can get it for me”. My husband stopped that one and said Santa was on a budget this year to, due to the elves and labor unions.

Anyhow, I finally explained to her that it would take over two and a half years to save up enough allowance for it, so if she wanted it bad enough, she could save and get it. Her eyes got wide and she said she’d think of something else for Christmas.

Please, toy manufacturers, listen to me. We can’t afford your $150 to $300 stuffed animals, we have to buy milk and my family would like some meat once in a while. Haven’t you heard? We are in a recession!!!

3 Responses

Pamela Plumley writes:
November 19th, 2008 at 12:45 am

I had the same reaction when I saw the 179.00 price tag at Walmart the other week! Sorry, but Biscuit will NOT be a part of THIS Christmas! Our daughter has generously given us more affordable ideas for moving animals, now that she understand this concept!
Anne writes:
November 19th, 2008 at 6:45 am

I have never heard of Biscuit, but $150 seems like a lot of money. What does he do? For that kind of money, he better clean the whole house and teach the kids calculus.
Shilo Beedy writes:
November 19th, 2008 at 6:46 am

My daughter seen Biscuit on tv and wanted me to get one for her and her brother. So I went and looked them up and was in shock on the price. I told her I can’t buy that it’s to expensive and she says well Santa will get it. My daughter of course seems to think Santa will also get her a laptop as well. I will be lucky if I can spend 200 on my two kids in total if even that. Then my 3 year old son is requesting a Idog, Ipod, and a nintendo ds. A 3 year old it’s just crazy and was in shock he knew to ask for that. I have explained to my daughter Santa don’t have much money either this year. He has so many kids to get for and money is tight for everyone.