emandbri
Well-known member
You guys are more diplomatic than I am.
I can't find the old post but I there is local consignment sale that participated in last spring and last fall, I sold stuff and worked at the sale because workers get first dibs. In the spring there were a few older car seats but, nothing expired, and since it was my first time at the sale I didn't say anything.
The fall was a different story. There were tons of old seats, one being a 15 year old infant seat. The sale is run but a husband and wife team and I told the husband the 15 year old seat wasn't safe. He said he used to go through and check for recalls and not sell anything over 5 years but he stopped doing it because car seats no longer expire. I of course told him that seats do expire. He said he is "trained for car seats for his job" and that they no longer expire.
The second time I went in the 15 year old was still there, I was LIVED.
The third time I was there I printed off a few sites online that said that car seats do in fact expire.
In the middle of all this I had contacted the local safe kids coordinator who did tell me he would reimburse me $100 if I bought expired seats. He also went in to talk to them but when he talked to the husband the husband told him that he was the computer guy and he didn't know anything about stuff sold at the sale (which is a total lie).
I also thought about contacting the media about it but I was nervous because all my stuff was at the sale. I didn't want my stuff to "go missing" I had about $300 worth of stuff in the sale.
The fourth time I went in I thought I had won because the expired seats were gone but then a friend overheard the wife tell someone that car seats no longer expire. :dizzy:
The last time I went in, I admit I went a little over the top. I printed off e-mails I had gotten from folks on the cps list serve saying car seats expire and printed off contact info for every instructor in the state of MO and told them to feel free to e-mail them and find out if car seats expire still.
So I would really like to participate in the sale again but I am not going to do it if they are going to continue to sell expired seats and tell people that they no longer expire. My plan is to sell stuff but not work the sale, it was just too stressful last time.
So I need to e-mail them. I don't want to be snarky, don't want to put them on the defensive, and don't want to threaten them.
So here is my e-mail so far.
Dear _______,
I hope you aren't getting too stressed with all the lead testing stuff, crazy!
I was curious what your guidelines for car seats are going to be this year. I took the class to be certified again and as a certified car seat technician I do not feel that I can particiapte in the sale there are going to be expired car seats and if people are going to be told that car seats don't expire.
Thanks!
I can't find the old post but I there is local consignment sale that participated in last spring and last fall, I sold stuff and worked at the sale because workers get first dibs. In the spring there were a few older car seats but, nothing expired, and since it was my first time at the sale I didn't say anything.
The fall was a different story. There were tons of old seats, one being a 15 year old infant seat. The sale is run but a husband and wife team and I told the husband the 15 year old seat wasn't safe. He said he used to go through and check for recalls and not sell anything over 5 years but he stopped doing it because car seats no longer expire. I of course told him that seats do expire. He said he is "trained for car seats for his job" and that they no longer expire.
The second time I went in the 15 year old was still there, I was LIVED.
The third time I was there I printed off a few sites online that said that car seats do in fact expire.
In the middle of all this I had contacted the local safe kids coordinator who did tell me he would reimburse me $100 if I bought expired seats. He also went in to talk to them but when he talked to the husband the husband told him that he was the computer guy and he didn't know anything about stuff sold at the sale (which is a total lie).
I also thought about contacting the media about it but I was nervous because all my stuff was at the sale. I didn't want my stuff to "go missing" I had about $300 worth of stuff in the sale.
The fourth time I went in I thought I had won because the expired seats were gone but then a friend overheard the wife tell someone that car seats no longer expire. :dizzy:
The last time I went in, I admit I went a little over the top. I printed off e-mails I had gotten from folks on the cps list serve saying car seats expire and printed off contact info for every instructor in the state of MO and told them to feel free to e-mail them and find out if car seats expire still.
So I would really like to participate in the sale again but I am not going to do it if they are going to continue to sell expired seats and tell people that they no longer expire. My plan is to sell stuff but not work the sale, it was just too stressful last time.
So I need to e-mail them. I don't want to be snarky, don't want to put them on the defensive, and don't want to threaten them.
So here is my e-mail so far.
Dear _______,
I hope you aren't getting too stressed with all the lead testing stuff, crazy!
I was curious what your guidelines for car seats are going to be this year. I took the class to be certified again and as a certified car seat technician I do not feel that I can particiapte in the sale there are going to be expired car seats and if people are going to be told that car seats don't expire.
Thanks!