I do car boots and mostly buy/am given soft toys /toys that have been sent to charity shops that are ripped or broken - my local charity shop knows that I fix them and normally gives me a bag full that they can't sell, but I make sure to give a donation.

I also buy toys just to sell on at car boots.

I also run a small teddy bear hospital, most people can't tell where the toy was ripped. There's nothing like seeing a child walk away happily with a toy that will have plenty of playtime left.

These toys are cleaned, washed and sorted before I take them to a car boot, but I have had a problem with people telling me that I shouldn't be selling them, I shouldn't be repairing them.

This happened while I was buying the toys at the charity shop and the workers were asking how my toy repairs/car boots were doing.

A large woman overheard the conversation and butted in saying that the broken toys should just be thrown away, not mended and sold, then asked what sick pleasure I get from doing it.

I just told her that it had nothing to do with her and that it's just something that I like to do.

She just huffed and called me a Pedo.

The charity staff barred her from the shop, turns out that she's stolen/done things like this before.

But it made me wonder if people really think like this, I just like mending toys and selling them at car boots, most of which I give away.

You honestly can't tell that the toy/plush was broken.

I just don't understand people like that.