brightredmtn
Well-known member
One of the two senior checkers actually told a family that their seven month old was safer in an infant seat over a convertible. Now granted the two seats in question were a Snugride 35 and a Scenera. In my head I didn't disagree based on quality, EPS foam etc... but that's not the right message for us to be giving to parents, we really can't make that judgment call at all. Secondly the quality difference between the two seats wasn't her point. She thought that the SR35 would fit the baby better and thus be safer.
Another thing that really frustrated me is this family came in for a discounted Scenera because they are on assistance and their doctor had told them their daughter was too big for the SR35. The baby actually still had a ton of room in the SR35 so the sr. checker wouldn't give them the Scenera. Through the course of the appointment though it was revealed that the base of the SR35 was installed during a fairly bad accident. Parents didn't know they needed to replace the base and didn't get reimbursed from insurance, I think they have probably settled and now won't be able to. Anyway they were on assistance so would have qualified for a $30 Scenera from us and this sr. checker still wouldn't give them the seat even with the knowledge of the accident. The other sr. checker who is awesome even advocated that they get the Scenera but no luck. So now this baby will be driving around in a crashed base and can't get a new Scenera from us until she outgrows the SR35.
Another thing that really frustrated me is this family came in for a discounted Scenera because they are on assistance and their doctor had told them their daughter was too big for the SR35. The baby actually still had a ton of room in the SR35 so the sr. checker wouldn't give them the Scenera. Through the course of the appointment though it was revealed that the base of the SR35 was installed during a fairly bad accident. Parents didn't know they needed to replace the base and didn't get reimbursed from insurance, I think they have probably settled and now won't be able to. Anyway they were on assistance so would have qualified for a $30 Scenera from us and this sr. checker still wouldn't give them the seat even with the knowledge of the accident. The other sr. checker who is awesome even advocated that they get the Scenera but no luck. So now this baby will be driving around in a crashed base and can't get a new Scenera from us until she outgrows the SR35.