Any parents out there hate buying Halloween Costumes?

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Took my kids to the mall today to look for some Halloween Costumes, and I just want to give a big FU out to The Disney Store for basically raping anyone that wants to buy a costume there. 40 dollars (thats the start-up price) for a dress up costume. Now i am not a cheap guy but then every accessory is like 10-15 dollars. Of course my kids are in love with the damn store so i can't really tell them "sorry kids but this year you are going to be a ghost." Needless to say I wind up spending waaaaaay to much money on a Belle and Mulan costume. I better get some good pictures. Then I get home and look on-line at the Disney Store and they have Halloween shit already on clearance. I will be going back to the store to take back what I bought there only to go on-line to buy the same damn thing but for a little less dough. Anyway that is my rant for the day. When i was a kid my mom stuck a plastic mask on me and said go get some candy. Oh the good old days.
 
[quote name='Sporadic']Why go to The Disney Store in the first place?

Just go to Wal Mart and let them pick something out.[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't recommend Wal-Mart either, but you should expect to be ripped off if you go to the Disney Store.
 
Denying your children of a childhood memory to save a few bucks? That's pretty shitty. Kids remember that shit and get off on rubbing it in everyone's faces that they had a kick ass costum. They'll have the best story and be the envy of their friends for a few days. Don't think of it as "spending money" think of it as "backing a winner"
 
Eh when I was a kid, nobody really gave a damn about the costumes, we were all in it for the candy. I was a ghost most of the halloweens.
 
[quote name='JimmieMac']Denying your children of a childhood memory to save a few bucks? That's pretty shitty. Kids remember that shit and get off on rubbing it in everyone's faces that they had a kick ass costum. They'll have the best story and be the envy of their friends for a few days. Don't think of it as "spending money" think of it as "backing a winner"[/quote]

Ahh I see, you're one of those guys that disagrees with everything. I bet if he said he was happy to spend the money, you'd tell him he was doing bad by conforming and contributing to a capitalist corporation?

I don't think, "denying his kids" is as "shitty" of a thing to do as "exposing" those same childhood desires for extra bucks. You, I and everyone else knows how much those Disney costumes and accessories cost to produce and manufacture. THAT is the shitty thing.

That's like me charging $68 dollars for a bottle of vitamins when I'm the only one selling them. Everyone wants them, I'm the only seller, so I rake the price up even when they cost me $7 a bottle to manufacture.

Just as "shitty" of a thing to do.

And honestly he didn't do anything shitty at all, because he still bought them for his kids and probably didn't complain in front of his kids at all.

OP, you're a great dad. Keep it up.
 
To me it sounds like you aren't a cheap ass and frankly a bad parent. Tell your children no, how hard is that? They will shut up once you go to another store and buy them the same thing for a fraction of the price.

And I don't think my parents ever bought be costume, we always made them, except when I was 3ish and I was a yellow crayon.
 
[quote name='bigdaddy']To me it sounds like you aren't a cheap ass and frankly a bad parent. Tell your children no, how hard is that? They will shut up once you go to another store and buy them the same thing for a fraction of the price.

And I don't think my parents ever bought be costume, we always made them, except when I was 3ish and I was a yellow crayon.[/QUOTE]


Thanks for that input. I would reply with some smart ass comment but since i am pretty sure you are living in your mom's basement watching reruns of the Golden Girls I will just let you live your life, that is a greater punishment than i could ever bestow upon you.
 
[quote name='JimmieMac']Denying your children of a childhood memory to save a few bucks? That's pretty shitty. Kids remember that shit and get off on rubbing it in everyone's faces that they had a kick ass costum. They'll have the best story and be the envy of their friends for a few days. Don't think of it as "spending money" think of it as "backing a winner"[/QUOTE]

See this is why people should read the entire post before they try to pipe in with some witty shiat.
 
wow, thats brutal. how old are your kids? you should get some car washes or weed pulling out of it. i know thats what i had to do when my mom sprang for stuff like this.
 
Only a fucking moron would go to the Disney Store for a Halloween costume, and not expect to pay way too damn much.


Take the kids to Rite Aid and spend like $20 tops on each of them. Easy.
 
Making my kids' costumes. I'll buy some little accesories and things, but I sure in the hell aren't taking them to anywhere like the Disney store. As was mentioned, all they care about is the candy anyway.
 
[quote name='sociopharm02']Thanks for that input. I would reply with some smart ass comment but since i am pretty sure you are living in your mom's basement watching reruns of the Golden Girls I will just let you live your life, that is a greater punishment than i could ever bestow upon you.[/quote]

Wrong on all accounts, but I have nothing against Golden Girls.

And abortions are legal, you shouldn't have anymore children.
 
Yeah, don't go into the disney store and expect cut-rate prices. It's about as logical as expecting Jack Thompson's rants to actually make sense. Unless they're cosplay fanatics (which I highly doubt), the kids will be fine w/ a costume from a local store or just make one. My 9 yr. old cousin, who's big into anime, made his own Naruto costume for Halloween this year by buying an orange jumpsuit his size ($20), some cheap plastic slippers ($8), and the official headband ($10) which amounts to $38 of his own leftover birthday and allowance money saved since the beginning of the year.
 
OP you really spoiling your kids at an early age... that's not good. There is a difference between loving your kids and spoiling your kids. In your mind your doing this because you love them, but in actuality your spoiling them big time (taking them to the Disney store for Halloween)

Doesn't matter if your rich...and have money to burn. They have to learn the value of a dollar...why spend 50 dollars of a Disney outfit when you can get it at walmart or else where for 15 dollars?


This reminds me of that commerical on tv where the daughter begs her dad to get stuff from her "PLEEAAAAAAASEEE" and the idiot father agrees. But then he puts his foot down when the girl asks for a booze party. The girl stomps off and says "You never let me have anything!!!".

bottom line, don't spoil your kids now or your going to end up paying dearly for it later on.
 
LOL, some of these responses are hilarious. I love how if I buy my kids a Halloween costume they are now doomed to be on an episode of Sweet 16 getting a Yacht. I did not expect to go to the Disney Store and get a Deal. I was really more saying that it pissed me off that the on-line store had cheaper prices for the same thing the store was selling and now i have to take back the stuff i bought at the store just to go on-line and buy the same stuff only at at a little less cost. If I can go to the store and buy a PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP, PS2, HD DVD player not top mention games and DVD's then I think I can spring for a costume. Even though the Disney Store is insane they do have a lot better stuff (as far as quality) then a Walmart or something like that. After Halloween they will play with it anyway as dress up clothes, so it will get its use. For the record my kids did not throw a fit to get the costumes, my wife and I made the decision because they are such big princess fans and after going to Target and seeing some of the crap they sell we thought we would check out The Disney Store. I also buy my kids brand name clothes, omg they are doomed.
 
I honestly think it's better to go to a place like the disney store and get a costume than to go somewhere else and get a "cheap" costume. Overall it's a better value because the disney costumes will get more use as dress up clothes and hold up better. Also the resell value of a used disney store costume is higher than a cheap walmart costume.
It's not spoiling. Getting them a diamond studded tiara to complete their costume is spoiling.
Also, it's cheaper online so why fault him for taking it back to buy the identical costume online cheaper. At least now he knows exactly what his kids wants when he goes online to buy it.
 
[quote name='Pookymeister']i used the same TMNT costume for 5 years.[/quote]

Me too! I was always Michaelangelo, but I went through like thirty pairs of nunchucks.

As for the topic, I've never been a big fan of spending exorbitant amounts of money for anything, so I can't blame you at all for getting upset at the prices. Granted, it's Disney, and there's going to be some extortion present. Also, if my parents didn't want to buy me a Disney costume because it cost too much, I would probably have been pissed then, and forgotten about it about two weeks later because Halloween is almost always an awesome experience when you're a kid.
 
[quote name='sociopharm02']I also buy my kids brand name clothes, omg they are doomed.[/quote]

What kind of "brand name"?
 
ok so for all of you ripping him a new one about kids "not caring" that they have a better costume, you're obviously not girls. his kids wanted the princess costumes. even at a very young age, girls know what the "real" licensed disney costume is, and which is the cheap imposter. if you wear the cheap imposter shit to school, the other girls make fun of you, and may remember and continue making fun of you for it for years. yes, girls are bitchy.
 
This topic is evidence as to why you shouldn't have children. Aside from being expensive as hell just existing, they pressure you into spending more money than they're worth.

:D
 
I'm really really torn on this topic.

First off, I don't have kids. However, I have nieces and nephews that I see every single day (sometimes quite a bit more than their parents). So, I feel like I have some insight here.

Well, unlike the OP, I am a cheap ass. I have had to buy halloween costumes before (since parents were really short on money), but I couldn't pay that much at all. But, another poster is right, kids will make fun if you don't have the "official" costume.

I think, as a parent, it's decision time. If you continue to get your kid the best always, they not only come to expect it (and they don't appreciate it), you are really setting them up for a harsh reality check in their 20's. Plus, thinking back on my childhood, my favorite childhood memories are rarely the ones where a lot of money changed hands.

So, OP, I think you have to pick and choose (and maybe this is a time to give in), but always giving your kid the best isn't always the best. Do you really want to have the kid that feels she is better than others because her costume is better?
 
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