Is it ok for stores to sell display models?

Dmcj13 · Oct 3, 2011

I thought selling display models was a big no no? Or am I wrong? I was at baby depot on Saturday, and saw a couple buying the display model of a Maestro, because there were no girly ones in stock. The sales person admitted that he knew nothing about car seats. :thumbsdown: Even worse is the kid they bought it for couldn't have been much if any older than one. I want to write a letter to the store or something, but I want to make sure that they actually did do something wrong.

jolynn6 · Oct 3, 2011

Not sure what the rule is but some stores seats say display model do not sell...my mil got us one on display from big lots before I knew any better

NannyMom · Oct 3, 2011

Some stores are allowed to sell the displays, I know Babies R us does it all the time. But ones at Target are labeled not to sell. However, buying the display is usually a bad idea.

emtb79 · Oct 3, 2011

NannyMom said:
Some stores are allowed to sell the displays, I know Babies R us does it all the time. But ones at Target are labeled not to sell. However, buying the display is usually a bad idea.

Yea where is the picture of the car seat we found broken with Susan on display?

Cath3114 · Oct 3, 2011

Burlington will sell displays. I've asked before.

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leblanlm · Oct 3, 2011

I've sold seats that we have out on display before. But, I will only sell them if I have thoroughly looked them over, the date of manufacture is very recent, and if all tags (recall card, etc) and manual are attached. There are definitely certain seats that I will NOT sell the display model of; those that I know have been around for a while, have been tired out many times, etc. Would *I* personally buy a displayed seat? No. But I would also not buy a used seat and I know that plenty of people do. If it were between those two, I would buy a display seat from a store vs a used seat.

NannyMom · Oct 3, 2011

emtb79 said:
Yea where is the picture of the car seat we found broken with Susan on display?

It's on Facebook. But yeah, it was like 1 month old (from DOM) and broken already.

You really never know how the seats are treated when customers are allowed to try them in their cars.

leblanlm · Oct 3, 2011

NannyMom said:
It's on Facebook. But yeah, it was like 1 month old (from DOM) and broken already.

You really never know how the seats are treated when customers are allowed to try them in their cars.

I agree. And this sounds completely hypocritical, but I would never want someone to buy a display seat from one of my co-workers. I only sell the display if it has been very recently put up. Like the True Fit I sold yesterday. It was taken out of the box Saturday and put on the shelf. Same thing with a Frontier85 and Radian that I have sold; they were literally set up just day's before I sold them. Now the infant seats? I've never sold a display and probably never will. Those seats are treated like crap and tried out in so many cars and strollers that I would not feel comfortable selling one of those.

What about returned seats though? I know that the girls at customer service don't always know what to look for when returning the seats and I definitely don't know the history of those.

Is it ok for stores to sell display models?

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