tommyg
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Hm this really got me thinking. Not too sure about the whole issue. I have recently given a lot of my boys' clothes to a friend with a younger son. I don't think I would mind if she sold them on when he son was done, but probably would a bit if she did before he used them. But then on the other hand, she doesn't have to have the same taste as me and might not like every item I gave her. But I did tell her that if she didn't have use for it to just hand it on to other mums. So yes I can understand that you were taken aback by her selling the stuff.
On the other hand we were given absolutely gorgeous Pjs for our boys that sadly were too small for them already but I didn't tell the person this as to not hurt him. And since my friend with the little boy is also friends with this person, and she is the only mummy friend I have, I could not hand the pjs to her either. Normally I donate clothes to a children's charity shop but I felt heartless to just give those gorgeous pjs away like that too. So I was planning on selling them on ebay and buying something else for my boys. Now after reading your thread, I am not sure what I should do.
If the PJs were a birthday or Chirstmas gift I'd sell them. However if you know which shop they have come from Next, M&S etc I'd try returning them and ask for a bigger size.
As a gifter I try to pass on gift receipts but if I've forgotten I'd rather they came back to me and asked for the receipt than to effectively waste my money.