What do you do with their old shoes?

clarsair · Mar 19th, 2012, 08:35 AM

LO is on to her second pair of shoes, 7 weeks after her first pair, as her feet have grown a size already. I'm loath to get rid of shoes that have only been worn for less than 2 months but, at this rate, I'll end with a mountain of shoes before long!

Do you keep your toddler's shoes for any particular reason? Sell/donate them?

sparkle_1979 · Mar 19th, 2012, 08:43 AM

I've always kept ruby's but I dont know why. She has a younger sister but I am not sure about letting her wear them ? Would you? Maybe ebay!

They are so expensive though. Ober £30 a pairv

RachA · Mar 19th, 2012, 09:23 AM

I've kept their very first pair. With my DS i am lucky because my best friends little boy is the same width fitting so i have been passing them onto her.

With Esther she's not actually outgrown her first pair yet - after 6 months! - so i don't know.

You do find that their growth slows down. i think i bought Daniel 3 or 4 pairs of shoes the 1st year he needed them. Since then i have only had to buy his winter shoes and summer sandals and tbh i didn't buy the sandals because he'd grown out of the shoes but because i wanted him out of shoes over the summer.

Nats21 · Mar 19th, 2012, 09:58 AM

Callums still on his first pair of shoes (5 months after buying them), i'll be keeping them but if I get another pair and he only wears them for a few weeks before needing another pair then i'd sell them on ebay probably - as long as they're not marked or scuffed then you might as well try and get some money back off of them! xx

charlotte-xo · Mar 19th, 2012, 10:15 AM

I kept his very first pair and chucked the rest as they were well worn xx

RachA · Mar 19th, 2012, 10:57 AM

I just thought - quite a few shoe shops take used shoes off your hands. Even the damaged ones - they recycle them. I do this if i have shoes i can't pass on.

Gingerspice · Mar 19th, 2012, 11:25 AM

we put all our old clothes and shoes in those donation box things you get in car parks.

My MIL tells me I should sell them, but LO feet grow so slowly she's in them for 5 months or so at a time and so not only are they pretty well worn, they also have really moulded to her foot so its not going to do another child any good to put their feet into those heavily moulded shoes. This is whyyou shouldn't sell worn shoes, so it makes me laugh that people say to sell them but then would never buy seond hand themselves. I might sell some of the occassional wear shoes we have as they've literally been worn a few times for weddings etc, but then again I have a neice so might just pass them on to them to use.

XcupcakeX · Mar 19th, 2012, 11:38 AM

Ebay them! If theyre in a decent condition. Ive done that with all Lolas old shoes and got a decent amount for them

starangel27 · Mar 19th, 2012, 11:39 AM

ebay ive sold a few and made at least £13 a pair back from clarks shoes

letia659 · Mar 19th, 2012, 11:43 AM

Depends on the condition but if they still look really good I sell on eBay if not I give to goodwill or someone I know and if I wouldn't put them on my child because of the condition I throw them away

Mar 19th, 2012, 08:35 AM	#1
clarsair Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North Wales, UK Posts: 729	What do you do with their old shoes? LO is on to her second pair of shoes, 7 weeks after her first pair, as her feet have grown a size already. I'm loath to get rid of shoes that have only been worn for less than 2 months but, at this rate, I'll end with a mountain of shoes before long! Do you keep your toddler's shoes for any particular reason? Sell/donate them?

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Mar 19th, 2012, 08:43 AM	#2
sparkle_1979 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 5,701	I've always kept ruby's but I dont know why. She has a younger sister but I am not sure about letting her wear them ? Would you? Maybe ebay! They are so expensive though. Ober £30 a pairv

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Mar 19th, 2012, 09:23 AM	#3
RachA Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,146	I've kept their very first pair. With my DS i am lucky because my best friends little boy is the same width fitting so i have been passing them onto her. With Esther she's not actually outgrown her first pair yet - after 6 months! - so i don't know. You do find that their growth slows down. i think i bought Daniel 3 or 4 pairs of shoes the 1st year he needed them. Since then i have only had to buy his winter shoes and summer sandals and tbh i didn't buy the sandals because he'd grown out of the shoes but because i wanted him out of shoes over the summer.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 09:58 AM	#4
Nats21 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Walsall, West Midlands Posts: 5,718	Callums still on his first pair of shoes (5 months after buying them), i'll be keeping them but if I get another pair and he only wears them for a few weeks before needing another pair then i'd sell them on ebay probably - as long as they're not marked or scuffed then you might as well try and get some money back off of them! xx

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Mar 19th, 2012, 10:15 AM	#5
charlotte-xo Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Derby Posts: 7,488	I kept his very first pair and chucked the rest as they were well worn xx

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Mar 19th, 2012, 10:57 AM	#6
RachA Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 4,146	I just thought - quite a few shoe shops take used shoes off your hands. Even the damaged ones - they recycle them. I do this if i have shoes i can't pass on.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 11:25 AM	#7
Gingerspice Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: the south Posts: 2,293	we put all our old clothes and shoes in those donation box things you get in car parks. My MIL tells me I should sell them, but LO feet grow so slowly she's in them for 5 months or so at a time and so not only are they pretty well worn, they also have really moulded to her foot so its not going to do another child any good to put their feet into those heavily moulded shoes. This is whyyou shouldn't sell worn shoes, so it makes me laugh that people say to sell them but then would never buy seond hand themselves. I might sell some of the occassional wear shoes we have as they've literally been worn a few times for weddings etc, but then again I have a neice so might just pass them on to them to use.

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Mar 19th, 2012, 11:38 AM	#8
XcupcakeX Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cheshire Posts: 1,157	Ebay them! If theyre in a decent condition. Ive done that with all Lolas old shoes and got a decent amount for them

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Mar 19th, 2012, 11:39 AM	#9
starangel27 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Durham Posts: 1,357	ebay ive sold a few and made at least £13 a pair back from clarks shoes

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Mar 19th, 2012, 11:43 AM	#10
letia659 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 2,988	Depends on the condition but if they still look really good I sell on eBay if not I give to goodwill or someone I know and if I wouldn't put them on my child because of the condition I throw them away

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