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Submitted by DA on Monday, 29 October 20079 Comments

While at Avenues, we decided to drop by at the Baroue outlet. Had to check it out after hearing all about its exorbitant price tags. And trust me I was taken aback when cruising through the outlet got glimpses of shirts for new born kids priced at KD 22.000! There were sweat shirts for 1-3 year olds tagged at KD 8.000, toys were hovering at KD 10.000 plus and the biggest shockers were the prams. Damn damn damn…averaging KD 250.000 plus!!

If I was my own kid I would spank the living daylights out of myself for even thinking about this expensive stuff. Ask any successful and wealthy person the secret of their success, and they would gladly reply back, ‘Modesty‘. To pamper ones kids with this kind of luxury and that too for stuff that wont last them for more than a couple of months is just outrageous.

I can imagine momma Britney’s and Victoria’s or daddy Wacko Jacko, dropping by, to pick this kind of stuff to keep themselves and their kids in the media spotlight, but beyond that this kind of shopping is sacrilege.

I heard that kids wanting to play in the huge playpit need to fork out [their parents] KD 5.000 for an entry. Now I might sound like a miser SOB but hey I would pay KD 3.500 to visit the Doha Entertainment City and have fun with the kids and family, or rather take them to a beach, or a garden for a stroll and play Frisbee or hand ball or soccer.

I guess the World is changing too fast and I may be the last one in the queue to catch up to the reality of designer lifestyle for kids. But at least I am happy about it.

Here are the prams that would set you back around KD 400.000 a piece and beware there ain’t any warranty on mileage!

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Ra7aLaH said:

i loved baroue!! a place kids can call their own!

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- 29 October 2007 at 10:57 pm

chikapappi said:

I didn’t like it because it was messy as in not organized & over priced..

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- 30 October 2007 at 12:15 am

Stinni said:

Agree with you on the prices - they were outrageous. I think I paid KD3.500 for my son to play in the play area during the weekday. The cool thing is that they put a monitoring device on your child so you can check up on them through various computers set up in the store.

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- 30 October 2007 at 5:05 pm

George Bailey said: