Amen! We found most things we needed quite easy to get secondhand for deeply discounted prices. There were always a few things, like good quality practical shoes and storybooks that didn't make us want to gouge our eyes out after five readings, that were consistently hard to find that way (always ten pairs of light-up glitter boots and eight copies of "licensed toy marketing adventures with anthropomorphic trucks" and never a pair of toddler moccasins or a copy of "Down the Back of the Chair"). That's the time to be really, really specific with any grandparents and aunties who want Christmas suggestions. Give them a size and a picture and a link to the online store. Online wishlists are helpful. Not to push on everybody, but, you know, when they ask for suggestions. It's way better than getting the battery-powered light-up guitar toy that goes off for no apparent reason at 2am.