Gracos at BRU....Finally back!

joolsplus3 · Mar 3, 2014

Last week, the vendor lady came to the store with a big box of new stickers. It was much easier when I said "they will put new stickers on and the seats will go back on the shelves", before THEY turned into WE! I helped her pull all the boxes into groups in our cramped stock room, check all the dates on them, put all the new stickers in the right places on the box (cover up the UPC codes, and a 'new buckle!' picture on the front of each box.
But we have to wait and wait for every store to get their stickers and then for a mass email saying it's ok to put them all back on the shelves. Sigh.
I'm bummed, I've actually tried to help people out who want mysizes for tight three acrosses or second seats (the easyfit 65 or tribute were 'too ugly' for one mom. I was thinking: well, that screaming baby who hates the infant seat on a long trip is your karma, then

). Then I tell people that Walmart has that or the Contender in stock, and I don't care if I lose a sale, walmart put their Gracos back on the shelf and that's the seat you need, I won't deny you the knowledge of it.
So, yeah, hopefully this week Gracos will be back. I'm also out of Evenflo Secure Kids, and loathe selling people Baby Trend Hybrids, so the sooner, the better.

joolsplus3 · Mar 9, 2014

Re: Waaaaaaaaaiting for Gracos at BRU....

Still waiting. It's getting really frustrating too now that the Secure Kids are out of stock (new version coming soon, not soon enough, I'm down to one floor model...).
Anyway, hopefully this week.
Oh, lol, they Baby Trend Hybrids are out there, by the dozen. My old supervisor said yeah, we usually can't keep those in stock, and I said of course not, there's not any Nautiluses to sell, or they cost half the price

(I showed the shopping parents the excruciatingly complicated belt path and they opted to wait...)

joolsplus3 · Mar 13, 2014

Re: Waaaaaaaaaiting for Gracos at BRU....

Finally they are back! Gonna take a couple days for everyone to get all their seats back on the floor and proper signs up, but at least we are on the way

MommyShannon · Mar 13, 2014

A friend just took her recalled MyRide to BRU since she didn't get the new buckle yet. I didn't know what to suggest since the right seat for her was the nautilus, but they were pulled, the Frontier was more seat and price, and others have the same buckle as the recalled Gracos! While she was there, they got or brought out the Gracos. She was happy!

NannyMom · Mar 13, 2014

On ones you changed the sticker, did BRU employees change the buckles? I'm a little confused

(I've been waiting for Nautis to come back there!)

joolsplus3 · Mar 13, 2014

Haha, that was lucky! Yeah, the Maestro has the same junky buckle as the recalled nautilus... wonder how long it'll take THAT to get recalled?!?!?! (my coworker had to cut her kid's harness, he was too big for her to loosen and wriggle out... I don't think she's had time to call and complain to Evenflo about it, though

)

MommyShannon · Mar 13, 2014

It seemed a waste to tell her to get that so she could deal with that recall when it comes.

Pixels · Mar 13, 2014

Evenflo will replace buckles now. They sent mine second day air mail.

MommyShannon · Mar 13, 2014

Pixels said:
Evenflo will replace buckles now. They sent mine second day air mail.

Are they using IMMI now too?

henrietta · Mar 13, 2014

MommyShannon said:
Are they using IMMI now too?

Oh gosh that would be GREAT. Our Secure Kid 300 buckle sucks and always has. I'm pretty sure it's the same buckle that Graco was using. I'd LOVE a replacement with an IMMI buckle. If I ever couldn't get it unbuckled, I'd have to cut it, too, b/c ds is too big for me to get him out w/the tiny bit of harness left and too heavy for me uninstall and to lift up the seat to attempt to remove the harness from the splitter plate on back.

Kecia · Mar 13, 2014

They are not using IMMI buckles. Only the Symphony (which had an IMMI buckle to begin with - before they switched to the QT buckle) is going back to having an IMMI buckle. The new Evenflo buckles are a style that you are probably familiar with because they have used it on a lot of different convertibles and combo seats throughout the years.

This is a brand new "Platinum" Secure Kid DLX.

nannykates · Mar 13, 2014

My bru was a sad place yesterday. There were seriously 10 seats under $200 that harnessed past 40#...and I dont particularly like any of them. I dont want to see the stack of hybrids come through our events this month.

gigi · Mar 13, 2014

Those new/old evenflo buckles are great! I actually like them better than the IMMIs. They are easier for me to unbuckle.

Kecia · Mar 13, 2014

Yeah - I like these buckles too. The buckle tongues "eject" when you press the release button.

joolsplus3 · Mar 14, 2014

NannyMom said:
On ones you changed the sticker, did BRU employees change the buckles? I'm a little confused (I've been waiting for Nautis to come back there!)

Nah, we sent Graco back the ones with the old buckles, it would be a disastrous safety hazard for BRU employees to replace buckles on carseats. All the ones we had pulled in the first place WERE ALREADY the new post-recall models, except for like the old floor models and an old smart seat. It's just that they needed new UPC codes and big 'new buckle!' stickers on the boxes.

joolsplus3 · Mar 14, 2014

Kecia, our newest Maestro has that big round buckle. I was confused, I couldn't believe that was the new one. I'm glad they've done something to remedy the issue, though.

NannyMom · Mar 14, 2014

joolsplus3 said:
Nah, we sent Graco back the ones with the old buckles, it would be a disastrous safety hazard for BRU employees to replace buckles on carseats. All the ones we had pulled in the first place WERE ALREADY the new post-recall models, except for like the old floor models and an old smart seat. It's just that they needed new UPC codes and big 'new buckle!' stickers on the boxes.

Ok, I thought that would be disastrous!

cookie123 · Mar 14, 2014

I noticed they had 1 Graco Headwise 70 at Target today when I was there. It had a new buckle sticker on it.

NannyMom · Mar 15, 2014

Walmart had 5 Nautilus today. 2 were Aug 2013 And 50% off. 2 were Oct 2013 and regular price. 1 was Nov 2013 and had a sticker advertising the new buckles

amreb · Mar 21, 2014

Sorry, somewhat newbie here... so the Evenflo Maestro has the same buckle as the recalled Graco seats? I just ordered one when I couldn't get a Nautilus or a SecureKid anywhere. Can I get a new buckle for it (and what kind would that be)?

What kind of buckle do the new Evenflo platinum seats have? I also just put in a pre-order for a platinum Triumph and platinum SecureKid for our other car.

Sigh. I thought by avoiding the Gracos I'd not have to deal with this buckle issue.

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