Nedra
Car-Seat.org Ambassador
Okay, so here's my trouble:
I am interested in purchasing a Britax Pavillion G4 for my in-laws' car and a Chicco Nextfit for my car. Every Babies R Us store I've been to has Nextfits and Britax convertibles for sale.
The trouble is, they have the older models on display. The last Babies R Us I went to had THREE Nextfits on display to play with, but they were all manufactured in August 2013 or earlier, so they didn't feature any of the new updates. When I looked at the box, it seemed as though it had a date of manufacture that was more recent (December 2013) and I think the updates are supposed to be as of October 2013. So what is in the box isn't the same as what they have on display (it's better!). Would it be inappropriate to ask them to open one of their newer boxes and put a newer model on display?
I really want to check out the Nextfit without the strap covers and you can't take off the older model strap covers without disassembling the seat (which I'm guessing they don't want me to do with a seat that doesn't belong to me). My kiddo screamed bloody murder the last time I tried to put her in a Nextfit. I think it was because of the strap covers, but I'm not sure so I don't want to buy it before trying it out.
As for the Britax Pavillion G4, I'm less concerned because I know I can remove the Hugs pads until she goes forward-facing and she was fine with them when I tried her out with them anyway. But I'd at least like to see the new Hugs pads in person. I'm tempted to buy a G3, since they're cheaper and come in more colors, but if I like the new pads a lot more then of course I'd prefer to get the seat I actually like better. I didn't look at the boxes for the Britax seats, so it may be that they're still only selling G3s in store even though they have G4s on their website, but if they had a G4 in store, I'd love to play with it. Even if they had only ONE of the G4 convertibles so that you could see the updates (they're all the same, after all) and then showed all the other seats in their G3 versions, I'd be okay with that.
Is there a polite way to ask for this? Or do I just have to keep waiting for them to update their display models? I don't want to get an employee in trouble by asking them to open a box, but I also don't know if they're aware of the updates that Chicco has announced and that's why they haven't updated their floor models to match the products they're selling.
I am interested in purchasing a Britax Pavillion G4 for my in-laws' car and a Chicco Nextfit for my car. Every Babies R Us store I've been to has Nextfits and Britax convertibles for sale.
The trouble is, they have the older models on display. The last Babies R Us I went to had THREE Nextfits on display to play with, but they were all manufactured in August 2013 or earlier, so they didn't feature any of the new updates. When I looked at the box, it seemed as though it had a date of manufacture that was more recent (December 2013) and I think the updates are supposed to be as of October 2013. So what is in the box isn't the same as what they have on display (it's better!). Would it be inappropriate to ask them to open one of their newer boxes and put a newer model on display?
I really want to check out the Nextfit without the strap covers and you can't take off the older model strap covers without disassembling the seat (which I'm guessing they don't want me to do with a seat that doesn't belong to me). My kiddo screamed bloody murder the last time I tried to put her in a Nextfit. I think it was because of the strap covers, but I'm not sure so I don't want to buy it before trying it out.
As for the Britax Pavillion G4, I'm less concerned because I know I can remove the Hugs pads until she goes forward-facing and she was fine with them when I tried her out with them anyway. But I'd at least like to see the new Hugs pads in person. I'm tempted to buy a G3, since they're cheaper and come in more colors, but if I like the new pads a lot more then of course I'd prefer to get the seat I actually like better. I didn't look at the boxes for the Britax seats, so it may be that they're still only selling G3s in store even though they have G4s on their website, but if they had a G4 in store, I'd love to play with it. Even if they had only ONE of the G4 convertibles so that you could see the updates (they're all the same, after all) and then showed all the other seats in their G3 versions, I'd be okay with that.
Is there a polite way to ask for this? Or do I just have to keep waiting for them to update their display models? I don't want to get an employee in trouble by asking them to open a box, but I also don't know if they're aware of the updates that Chicco has announced and that's why they haven't updated their floor models to match the products they're selling.
