Buying/Selling flats question...

[ardeur]

I think I made a newbie mistake! (This didn't happen on diaperswappers BTW). I offered to trade a brandy-new AIO GroVia for some birdseye cotton flats. BUT... I was very silly and didn't make it clear that I didn't want any Gerber or Gerber-like quality.

I had a mom offer me some flats and I agreed. Before proceeding I asked her what brand they were. She said they were all Gerber flats and sung their praises.

I feel soooo embarrassed now. I'm so glad that I thought to clarify! But... I was really surprised that someone would attempt to trade gerber flats for something like that. I shouldn't assume people wouldn't?

How do you go about buying or trading for flats?

[kelly679]

Flats are so expensive to ship because they're heavy, i've bought mine new.

[ardeur]

Originally Posted by kelly679 Flats are so expensive to ship because they're heavy, i've bought mine new.

So moms generally don't buy or trade flats from other moms? The shipping makes it too expensive?

[qsefthuko]

As pp said flats are expensive to ship so often cost the same used as they do new.

Oh by the way I love my gerber flats padfolded. As an experiment I did double them fold to size and lay in a third padfolded. Then I pinned them on my son. Amazingly they worked great. I let him wear them overnight. Of course my son is a light wetter.

I do have other flats and primarily use my gerber flats padfolded for
Extra absorption.

[kelly679]

Yeah they are heavy and kind of pricey to ship. I would get used flats if they were in an FRB stuffed to the gills, otherwise free shipping works better for me

[Tris]

You can try Craigslist for selling them, to avoid the shipping issue. I've noticed the same issue with prefolds,you can generally find a coupon and free shipping new for the same price as used.

[ardeur]

Ok... I will go with buying flats new with free shipping instead. I think that'll be safer!

I'm depending on my flats as it'll be our sole diapering system given our specific living situation. I suppose it's wise to invest well in them.

[meljc]

Probably better off selling the Grovia AIO outright (either here or in the Grovia B/S/T on facebook) and using the proceeds to buy flats from a retailer. I haven't tried them, but I saw that Diaper Rite are 10% off at Diaper Junction right now, and it's possible you could stack on the coupon they send you for writing a review (I'm not sure that works, but definitely worth a try!).