BUGGER! I wanted to click TERRIBLE.
Anyway, I'm afraid I don't understand this. When I was growing up and my parents were strained financially, "Santa" was also feeling the weight of the economy and left me less than usual. Some years after I learned about the absence of Mr. Claus, I began to occasionally forgo my birthday or simply asked for a nice dinner out so everything could be dedicated to the Christmas holiday instead.
Although it is terrible and heart breaking for me to say, it is a lesson in being humble and grateful for what you have to begin with when you receive a smaller number of packages beneath the tree. The true meaning of the holiday isn't in giving your child everything their heart desires, but the act of giving itself even if that means they can't have exactly what they want.
Parents Can Rent Toys for Christmas: Terrible or Terrific?
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2011/12/17 23:57:03
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Every Christmas, parents face the challenge of balancing their child’s wish list with budgetary constraints. This feat can be especially hard to manage in tough economic times. However, this year one website is helping to delight children and parents alike.
Toygaroo, “the Netflix for toys,” allows parents to rent toys for a fraction of their sale prices. Just like with video rental services, you pick a plan and add toys to your wishlist. The toys are then delivered to your door and you must return them in order to get a new shipment. The service is especially geared toward young children (infants to 5+), who tend to tire of their toys more quickly than older kids.
Toygaroo’s plans range from 4 toys every other month (for $24.99) to 8 toys a month (for $52.99), with various options in between. Using an estimate of what it would cost parents to actually buy toys at this rate, Toygaroo claims that their plans result in savings of $870 to $1,825 a year.
While the economic benefits are fairly obvious, many parents are still skeptical about the service. The biggest question: Is it really safe to let my children play with used toys? Toygaroo says yes and advertises “no yuck factor.”
According to the company’s website, all toys are first steam cleaned at 212 degrees, then “fully sanitized using an all organic, EPA approved, bleach free product,” and are finally signed off by a toy sanitization inspector and shrink wrapped.
Perhaps best of all, if a child really falls in a love with a rented toy, parents have the option of buying it at a discounted price.
Still, we’re not entirely sure how we would feel on Christmas morning opening toys that weren’t ours to keep, even if it meant that there were more packages to unwrap.
What do you think about renting toys for Christmas presents? Is it terrible or terrific?
Toygaroo, “the Netflix for toys,” allows parents to rent toys for a fraction of their sale prices. Just like with video rental services, you pick a plan and add toys to your wishlist. The toys are then delivered to your door and you must return them in order to get a new shipment. The service is especially geared toward young children (infants to 5+), who tend to tire of their toys more quickly than older kids.
Toygaroo’s plans range from 4 toys every other month (for $24.99) to 8 toys a month (for $52.99), with various options in between. Using an estimate of what it would cost parents to actually buy toys at this rate, Toygaroo claims that their plans result in savings of $870 to $1,825 a year.
While the economic benefits are fairly obvious, many parents are still skeptical about the service. The biggest question: Is it really safe to let my children play with used toys? Toygaroo says yes and advertises “no yuck factor.”
According to the company’s website, all toys are first steam cleaned at 212 degrees, then “fully sanitized using an all organic, EPA approved, bleach free product,” and are finally signed off by a toy sanitization inspector and shrink wrapped.
Perhaps best of all, if a child really falls in a love with a rented toy, parents have the option of buying it at a discounted price.
Still, we’re not entirely sure how we would feel on Christmas morning opening toys that weren’t ours to keep, even if it meant that there were more packages to unwrap.
What do you think about renting toys for Christmas presents? Is it terrible or terrific?
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Merry Christmas! :'P
That is just crazy, why in the world would anyone want to give a gift to a child that they would have to return.
I am just thinking of the cross contamination issues and how they would get around to cleaning these use toys.
Also, the destruction factor that most children tend to apply to toys and lastly the thought have having to rip a beloved gift for the arms of a child is a nightmare for me just thinking about it.
This is a very bad idea but that is just my opinion.
Happy Holidays All*****
but this kind of thing is all pending on the age and child your buying it for
like if u have a 12 yr old who's been bugging u for an ipod all yr u might wan to actually buy that rather than hav it on loan
but for little children 5 and under especially if they have a lot of stuff they wouldn't care
Besides, you should really be happy with what you have.
That's cruel. σ____σ