How much would you spend in reuniting your child with a lost teddy???

As this teddy bear had been in the family for over fifty years it obviously had great sentimental value to all but I think maybe a £1000 was a bit excessive but I would do all I could to reunite within reason I suppose. If money was no object of course I would pay that to get back but I would be practical too and find a replacement. It would also be a hard lesson in life for the child but it may get them to take more care of their items in the future. I would now like to share a poem I wrote when I was eight years old about my teddy bear. I hope you enjoy. Teddy Bear. soft and cuddly, comforting, someone to turn to when the weather is rain, a shoulder to cry on, to shout at, to love, seeming sometimes greater than people you love. Always there, never strays, you go way but he stays, you love him so deeply, hate him at times, but that poor little teddy bear he never minds. Ellie :D

In my daughters case if she left anything behind then it would be her "manky" (Blanket). I would have to get it back because there is no way she could sleep without it, that is definately her comfort thing. If it had been left at an airport in another country then my hubby would use it as an excuse to go back over! He would definately go and fetch it, so it would cost us whatever a flight there and back would be!

Well, i figured that since it was left in an airport, chances are someone would find it & it would go in to the lost & found, so all you'd have to do is call the airport & ask if it had been put in the lost & found, if it had, ask them how much it would cost for them to send it back to you. For them to have paid 1000 GBP though, this teddy bear may very well have had some sentimental value for more than just the child. Especially since it had been through so many generations, so if it was important to others & not just the child then it might be worth the effort. 1000 GBP is about 2500 AUD so a lot more than i could afford for a child's teddy bear - even if it was special to me too - although i cant imagine anything costing that kid of money just to have posted back to me - even in another country!

hi dear...tht couple sure must have been veeerrryyy rich..i would rather buy my kid a new teddy bear and after all she was just a kid they could have lured her for some other and probably bigger and better teddy bear..i can understand tht she had sentiments attached to th teddy but still i feel this is criminal wastage of money..it takes lot of hard work to earn..only one comment: They are so rich that they dont know what to do with so much money...have a nice day...