A MUM who listed a reborn doll for sale was branded ‘trash’ after a woman thought she was trying to flog her own daughter.
Jade Cowley, 24, listed the life-like doll on Facebook after buying it for her real daughter, four-year-old Freya Thomas, last Christmas.
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Her advert shows the doll – the same height and weight as a real baby – in a pram with a dummy in its mouth.
Jade, from Wales, wrote: “Unsure how much she’s worth, please help.
“Baby lavender, comes with certificate, clothes and a bracelet, hardly been touched.”
But Jade, a hairdresser, received a vile message from a woman, called Rose, who thought she was selling her real daughter.
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Rose wrote: “Is this still available?
‘You want to be utterly f****** ashamed of yourself, wanting to sell this gorgeous baby girl.
“If you didn’t want her then you should have kept your f****** legs shut.
“People like you should have their jaffas sewn up so you can’t have no more.
“You’re [a] disgusting piece of trash.”
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Jade responded and informed the woman she wasn’t selling a baby.
She replied: “It’s a doll.
“So yes Rose, take your stinking attitude elsewhere and read the description before you go bumping your gums.”
Jade found the message hilarious, saying: “She thought I was selling my actual child on Facebook.
“I was surprised. Come on, I know they’re very life-like and the description wasn’t the best, but who would sell a baby on Facebook Marketplace?
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“My boyfriend James [Lupton] was on the phone to me at the time and when I told him he was laughing and was then speechless.
“People said they could never look at a Jaffa Cake the same again after the comment that Rose used.
“I can’t wait to tell my daughter when she’s older about the day someone thought I was trying to sell her on Facebook.”
The reborn dolls are hand-made and are intended to look as realistic as possible, but Jade didn’t think she needed to spell out it wasn’t a real baby.
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She added: “My initial advert didn’t state it was a reborn doll, hence why she didn’t know, but no normal person would sell a child.
“I changed the advert after all the comments and message from Rose and I added the price she was worth.”
Jade decided to sell the doll for £220 after Freya barely touched the pricey doll after receiving it for Christmas last year.
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The mum planned to put the cash towards presents for this year, adding: “I bought the reborn doll last Christmas for my daughter.
“With it only being 10 months old and hardly touched or played with, I decided to sell it so I could put it towards new gifts for Christmas.
“I wasn’t sure how much I would get for her as she wasn’t old and in very good condition.
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“I reached out on Facebook to see if some professionals could give me a rough idea how much I would I would get for her.”
The doll is still for sale, with Jade hoping for between £180 and £250 for it.
She added: “Some people must think she’s a doll from a shop and not worth much, but there are collectors out there who know their value.”
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