Display models being sold

dneul · Feb 27, 2011

I thought that display model car seats were not allowed to be sold. I was in TRU yesterday and as I was checking out I noticed that they had a snugride on clearance for $35. Upon closer inspection I noticed that very clearly on the base and on the seat it said "Display model Not for sale". How can stores sell products that very clearly say "not for sale"?

jourdysmom · Feb 27, 2011

They can't (well they SHOULDN'T). Did you report it to a manager?

dneul · Feb 27, 2011

I wasn't entirely sure or certain so I thought I would double check. Unfortunately this was in St Louis and I am back home (100 miles away). If someone lives closer and wants to take it up with the manager I have no problem giving the location and can send you a pic I took with my phone. (Not a good pic but some proof...)

love-pink · Feb 28, 2011

I was at Burlington a couple weeks ago and seen a sales person sell an Evenflo travel system to a teen mom. She even said this is our display so it has no box or anything, but its the last one so if you want it.... :thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

dneul · Feb 28, 2011

This did not have a box either and had the label on the seat itself like an airbag label, "Not for sale".

joolsplus3 · Feb 28, 2011

It's more weird that an R store had anything that was labeled not for sale, that's extremely atypical...the only thing I've ever seen at BRU that said not for sale, display only, was a Fisher Price portable highchair. Everything just gets tossed out of the box onto the floor and we HOPE it gets sold without too much of a discount. Maybe snugrides are different since I would have liked to have labeled a couple of my bases after they stopped carrying them, some exuberant salesperson has annoyingly sold the bases that go WITH travel systems, so now the TS's are useless

LISmama810 · Feb 28, 2011

Generally there's no rule against selling floor models. I bought one myself one time, as it still had the registration card attached and in pristine condition. I figured it couldn't have suffered too much abuse.

However, there's definitely something wrong with selling a seat labeled as a floor model with instructions not to sell. I would imagine the stores got those for free from the manufacturer with the understanding that they're for display only.

I'm not sure there's necessarily a safety issue (other than abuse by employees/customers, which I'm not necessarily discounting), but I'd imagine the store is violating their agreement with the manufacturers.

Judi · Feb 28, 2011

love-pink said:
I was at Burlington a couple weeks ago and seen a sales person sell an Evenflo travel system to a teen mom. She even said this is our display so it has no box or anything, but its the last one so if you want it.... :thumbsdown::thumbsdown:

I am a Burlington Baby Depot manager. I sell my floor models, as long as I feel it is safe to do so. I have thrown a lot of stuff away.

Kat_Momof3 · Feb 28, 2011

when it specifically says not for sale, then it is blatently wrong... otherwise, it's at the discretion of the store.

jourdysmom · Feb 28, 2011

Judi said:
I am a Burlington Baby Depot manager. I sell my floor models, as long as I feel it is safe to do so. I have thrown a lot of stuff away.

But yours aren't marked "do not sell-display only" right?

Judi · Feb 28, 2011

jourdysmom said:
But yours aren't marked "do not sell-display only" right?

Nope. I have one marked that, an it is in my back room. All mine, I take straight out of a random box and build.

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